So Monday rolled around. It was a bank holiday so I was off work and I had plans to go to Lancaster. Pa with my parents and my brother and his family. I actually woke up super early to get what I had to so done....and allow myself time to go out running. Yes, I ran! And I did fantastic. I ran at a comfortable pace and my pace was one of my fastest runs since this foot problem started. Amazing how just a little consistency results in improvement.
So yeah, let's talk about Lancaster county, Pa....land of smorgasbords (buffets) and delicious desserts. Ok, let's not! No seriously. I didn't do too badly. I did have a piece of shoe fly pie (my favorite and utterly delicious pie....I don't make it, I could but I don't...it is a treat I give myself when we go to Lancaster....which is usually at the most 4 times a year...give or take). I did eat off one smorgasbord. I ate a plate of food (heavy on veggies as I don't much like meat...although shockingly i did eat a bit of ham...first time in years) a salad...and that piece of shoe fly pie. For dinner we stopped on the way home at a Chili's. I had a buffalo chicken salad (the chicken was breaded and fried....I won't pretend that the chicken was prepared in a health obvious manner) and at dinner I munched on some tortilla chips. So not exactly healthy. But the true victory is that I never ate yesterday to the point of feeling sick. I was full but never so stuffed I was sick!
Backing up to my Monday morning run...some of my deepest thoughts hit me while I am running. I was thinking about my friend Paula (hi Paula!!). Who hooked up with me for my abysmal run and also the gym run. I told her about those still very tentative thoughts that I have on running a half marathon (we won't even mention the full...although that thought is there too...just a lot quieter at this time). Paula immediately looked at me and said 'I'm in!' She also found a picture of the teeshirt that I want to get when I complete it and actually earn it!
During this talk we had mentioned one friend that is always saying she is joining us, but to the best of our knowledge has yet to run 5 feet. There are always excuses. So on Monday morning this conversation was floating in my head as a remembrance and one phrase kept coming to my mind. 'Just do it'. Stop talking about it. Stop planning to do it. Stop making promises that you are not going to keep. Just do it!! I understood the words behind the phrase for all these years, but I didn't really grasp the depth of that phrase and what it means to, well...life. Just do it! I was a naysayer for years who always talked about doing it. I was a planner for years 'tomorrow I'm going to start running' or 'as soon as I get myself some running shoes...or a workout outfit or whatever'. I'll be out there. Excuses!!! Just do it! Stop talking about how much you want to do it...stop talking about your plans describing how you are going to or how much you want it. Just do it!!!! Exercise, fitness and weight loss is divided into two groups of people. People that live that phrase....or people that live in fear of that phrase. I want to and have once again started to live that phrase. Just do it!!!
