Trying to balance food, fitness, and fun!
Day 14, Tuesday: Ten things that make you really happy
Day 10, Friday: Most embarrassing momentI have many, but this one is tops.
The one and only year I have been able to run Texas Independence Relay, I was set to do 4 legs. My 3rd leg was in a really nice area on the edge of Houston. It was the shortest leg of the race, it was cold, and I was feeling GOOD. I took off and I started making “road kills” left and right. I was booking it. I was in perfect conditions and I was rocking.
When I got to the intersection where the only turn was, I went left. I couldn’t really see the markings on the ground, so I kept running and I kept seeing runners. I thought I was doing well but I began to wonder where the heck the exchange was.
WRONG!
I turned left instead of right and ran over a mile in the wrong direction. I was so pissed. Turns out those runners I saw, were just random Sunday morning runners. I ran like hell back the other way and passed a few people, but in my wrong way turn, i’d been passed by 5 teams. By time I got to the exchange, I was so mad I was crying.
So I was mad, crying, and looking around for my van. That particular exchange was manned by an Austin running store (ok it’s a chain, but the people there were from Austin). One of the guys working it, had sold me shoes a few days before, so he remembered me. So he got to see me pissed off crying and ranting, as did the rest of my team, which I will mention, were newly introduced to me 2 days before. I HATE when people cry in public. I was that girl. I couldn’t handle a simple turn or dealing with my dumb mistake.
One day I will run TIR again and I want to run that leg and get my redemption.
Read about my blog about my oldest running buddy HERE
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I realized while I was in San Francisco last week, that I am more like my mom that I thought. This is a good and a bad thing.
The bad I am really going to have to try hard to fix for my sanity and for my health. It’s not hard to see that some of my habits are very type A and type A’s have been shown to have increased risk for stress issues.
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My veggie spiraler
I’ve only tried zucchini before, but other squashes, apples, potatoes, etc are on my list. It has 3 different blades to vary the size.
This spice from Savory Spice Shop. This was awesome on broiled pork chops. I will be back for a whole bottle! Says it’s great for poultry, burgers, meatloaf, and stuffed peppers. Oh the possibilities!
New venue and 2 new artists to me. We went to Texas Music Theater in San Marcos on Friday night to see grammy nominated writer Will Hoge (Dan was already a fan). Stewart Mann and the Statesboro Revue opened the show. It was all new to me and I had a great time. Not to mention, I got to have dinner with my good friend Alison and her husband before the show.
My mom (in pink) defended her Thin Mint Sprint age group title and had a PR on Saturday. That’s my sister running with her.
Photos not available yet, but we completed tore up our backyard on Saturday and Sunday. I hope this leads eventually to an awesome yard!
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I can’t believe it’s taken me a week to post about the 2013 Austin Marathon. Like always, I volunteered, no running. I’ve never run Austin, don’t know I ever plan to. Every year when it’s all said and done, I FEEL like i’ve run one, no joke. Long hours, no real breaks, and standing all weekend long. But every bit of it is fun and rewarding.
This is when the expo first opened as people started flooding in. 20,000 runners over 2 days.
I love the energy of the expo and talking to all of the runners. This year I was t-shirt exchange lead in packet pickup. I had AWESOME volunteers. Mostly college kids (had the UT Lasso’s, premed fraternity, and a few other groups). And I made a new friend from San Diego (him and his buddies came from California with a friend who was running). Hi Larry!
The most interesting and humbling experience? Majority of the race packets were put together by visually impaired men and women. I wasn’t sure how that was going to work out, but it did.
I overheard 2 of the girls from UT’s LASSO group saying how awesome I was (I was behind the curtain). Woohoo, the kiddos liked me 
My buddy Megan is the packet pick-up captain and she does a damn good job at it. I recruited AK this year to join the leaders team.
I will certainly be back next year! I can’t wait!
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Since I have been doing quite a bit of yoga, I thought i’d do some fun random facts/observations.
I’m super excited about it. So fancy!
And then there are the rants…
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Minus Tuesday, which was a super high stress day at work, I have been feeling GREAT! Like I stayed out until 3 am on Saturday morning and I didn’t take a nap Saturday OR Sunday (although for my adrenals, that a nap probably would have been wise). And I have actually slept at night! Granted, I am still waking up at least twice, but once of those is by alarm to take my early morning dose of thyroid.
What have I been doing other than the new supplements, along with my regular medication?
Yoga. I did Yoga, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. My favorite of course is the class at Lululemon. I wish they were having them there in February. I did a small amount of Galloway before yoga on Sunday and it felt fine. But my issue wasn’t always how I felt, it was what my body reacted to on the inside. I haven’t done it again since. Maybe today.
Giving. I took half a day off on Friday, so I could volunteer for the Rogue 10k/30K packet pick-up. I may have played hookie I got to hang out with my gal Jenn and meet some new people.
Fun. Dinner at Garrido’s with Dan and our friend Heather on Friday night.
Is it just me, or does Dan’s steak, over potato cakes with giant roasted jalapeno on top look kind of naughty? Yeah, 90% of their menu is GF, I think he ordered that to keep me paws off of it (the potato cakes aren’t GF).
I got steak too, sorta. We didn’t eat dinner until late, so this was actually a 2nd light dinner for me. There was no way I could wait until 8:30 to eat!
Drive By Truckers show at the new Emo’s east after dinner. If it weren’t for drunk college kids, it would have been the perfect evening. Music heals. This girl doesn’t do front row for ANYONE anymore. But no matter what I say or how crazy the crowd is, I ALWAYS end up in the front row for DBT!
That’s my trying to be artistic pic of my Alabama guy, watching our favorite band from Alabama!
We didn’t get home until 3 am. WHEW! Long Friday was SO worth it. Exactly what we needed.
Saturday and Sunday, I worked on a few projects that were long overdue and did my taxes. Now I am waiting for Dan to do his, to decide who claims the house (depends who benefits more $ from it).
Besides some stress hiccups from work, I am feeling GOOD! Praying this lasts!
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I’ve been so busy lately with work and last weekend’s trip to San Antonio and San Marcos, I haven’t had much time for anything. I’ve been trying to get extra sleep like I was told, but that certainly didn’t happen this weekend and it’s been hard this week. I already feel like I only work and sleep with 7-8 hours a night! I am supposed to be working on 8-10 hours a night. This is especially hard when I wake up 3-4 times a night.
Went to the Dr. today. Saw the nurse practitioner, which was good, because it’s the one I actually like I’d originally become upset when I found out I couldn’t see the Dr, but this lady I like, so we were good. She’s a pretty smart cookie, so I don’t mind seeing her. The other nurse, I do not like AT ALL.
I’ve known for almost a month now that I have adrenal fatigue. I cut all working out except walking and yoga at the beginning of the month. I’d just been waiting to talk to someone specifically about the results.
Today she expanded on my test results and what they mean. Yes, I have adrenal fatigue. My seratonin, GABA, and epinephrine are all low. My DHEA is low even though I take DHEA. I was told this is because my body is likely robbing DHEA because of cortisol issues.
My histamines are high. From my report: Histamine value is on a high end especially with Vitamin C on board. Vitamin C blocks histamine excretion from mast cells. GI distress is most likely playing a role in your histamine level and the very low synthesis of serotonin since most of it is manufactured in the GI tract.
Everything she said made sense. My body isn’t using and/or producing hormones like it should. So I have to fix that. I have to supplement what my body isn’t converting, not with more hormones (although I have some that I am already on), but with more supplements.
I now have a load of pills I have to take everyday. I told her I wanted to get off of stuff and not be on pills forever (well except thyroid, that’s pretty much forever). She said 6 months on the supplements and when those hopefully balance my other hormones, we can start backing off of most everything. Gosh I hope so! I need a bigger granny pillbox and a schedule, because now I have way too many pills and times to take things. I went from everything in AM and 1 thing at night, to more stuff in AM, 1 at lunch, and more night stuff. SHEESH! I HATE HATE HATE medication and I never take anything unless I have to, so all of these pills are making me nuts.
Activity. Well I got a pat on the back for walking and yoga (and for sticking to it). She told me I could do really tiny Galloway stints. I think I am going to stick to walking and yoga for at least another week, to give my body more rest. I want to run, but I want to be better more.
Hoping I start healing and feeling better. I feel ok, but I so very much want to feel and look like the old me!
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Monday marked the 6 year anniversary of when I joined Weight Watchers.
My keychain with 5 lifetime keys, 25 lb disc, 5K charm, and goal star. Not sure why I don’t have a 16 week award. This isn’t my original 10% keychain, that one was destroyed YEARS ago. Now this just sits on my spice rack.
The last year hasn’t been easy with my health issues, but i’m hoping for many more years to celebrate my success!
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