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{January 8, 2011} Day 109/7 – Trivia Nite

I just got home from a fun night. I was at a show opening at a gallery with some friends and then we went together to get some dinner. The first place we went was going to have a three hour wait, because of a football game, uh…no thanks, easy decision. Luckily we were in an area that boasts lots of restaurants and we qucikly decided on another.

There were several empty tables, problem solved! The waiter came up to us, offered us menus, took our drink orders and asked if we were going to play trivia, we shrugged, wasn’t our intention coming in and the first thing out of all our mouths, “I don’t know squat!”

Well, most of the time, even if everyone thinks they don’t know squat, usually each person in the group knows something about something, thereby contributing. Now this is generally true in cases where the group is not an actual trivia nite team, just friends who happen to end up at a bar that is having trivia nite.

Those nites are fun, like tonight, because none of us took each other or the event too seriously, we were just having fun. We knew a few answers, got a bunch wrong, but… we were never in last place and… we won two free pitchers of beer! I know I don’t drink, but some of my friends do and we won! Once it was a random name draw and the other because we were in last place. Now I know I said we were never in last place, but at the moment we won, the other teams that were worse…had left the bar!

What I love is to see a team get excited because they know an answer together or just one person knows the answer with conviction! That was us!

All in all, a good time was had by all and even if we’re not going to win any trivia nite championships, we won two free pitchers of beer and had a great time, as it should be!

{January 6, 2011} Day 108/6 – Resolutions – Did you make any?

Did you make any resolutions this past December 31st? Or, did you, years ago, resolve to never make resolutions? That is one of my favorites!

I found a picture from Calvin and Hobbes that says “Resolutions? Me?? Just what are you implying? That I need to change? Well buddy, as far as I’M concerned, I’m perfect just the way I AM! [http://bp1.blogger.com/_BFmrOqQJl0c/R3t9w8rJq8I/AAAAAAAAADE/-u8VadoJaWY/s1600-h/Resolutions.jpg]

I think this cartoon is fantastic! And should be how we all feel about ourselves, but is that the case? Not usually. So, in answer to my own question, no I did not make any new year’s resolutions, makes breaking or not breaking them so much easier on the conscious.

When someone asked me about my resolutions, it did give me pause to think because, I guess, in a way I did, sort of. I made my 40 by 40 list and that is a list of all the things I want to accomplish before I turn 40. Resolutions? Not sure.

Then, when I went to the gym on Monday evening, January 3rd, the place was PACKED! I normally go to the gym in the mornings on the way to work or at the location near my office in the evenings. Since I am working with a trainer now, and we’ll discuss that later, I am tending to go more to my local gym in the evenings.

Ok, back to Monday being slammed. I asked a few people, of course, everyone is in agreement that the gym will not be so packed in a month or two, when everyone has fulfilled enough of their obligation to their resolution and get out of the habit. Apparently, my local gym is always packed Monday evenings, why you may ask… According to everyone at the gym, binging eating and drinking bring them in. Ok, so, the answer… don’t go to the gym on Monday evenings before 8pm.

So, to make a resolution or not to make a resolution? That is the question. I will leave that up to you.

{January 5, 2011} Day 107/5 – My Red Shoes

I LOVE my red Dansko shoes, I mean, when I say I LOVE my red shoes, I LOVE these shoes. I practically live in them.

What inspired me to write about my red shoes is that I was in the bathroom at work and when I came out of the stall, the person who was talking with me said she knew it was me by my red shoes! I have to be honest and tell you that every day I wear them, someone compliments me on them and I am not kidding! I have random people, in elevators, servers in restaurants, men and women, just anyone tell me and I LOVE it! Now, let me tell you how I came to be in possession of these fine specimens of footware!

Two years ago, someone sent me $50 for my birthday, thank you “Mr & Mrs TheB’s” [inside joke] and I was excited to get something fabulous and not spend it on bills! I was in NYC for my birthday, my dad flew me up for my birthday that week, thanks daddy and we were walking down Broadway and passed David Z’s shoe store, [http://www.davidz.com] and I saw these shoes in the window and I said, I MUST have those! They are Dansko’s, [http://www.dansko.com], which admittedly, I had never heard of, but apparently they are great with and for people in the medical field, those who stand on their feet a lot and I know why.

They are red, of course, being my favorite color, tapestry, with flowers embroidered on them, in gold thread, not gaudy or tacky, just right. They also had the shoes in black, but red is my color, besides they matched my car! They were $150 marked down to $50, WHAT? Exactly what I had in my pocket from my birthday money! I am going to buy them!

We got to the counter and what did my dad do? He bought them for me, I am spoiled, definitely a daddy’s girl! Are you sure daddy? Yes, then THANK YOU!!! I wore these shoes out the door, I have worn them for over two years now, the soles are still in great shape and I can go for miles and days in them, they have seen a few quite a few states and hopefully to see a few countries in the near future! I wish, as we all do, I am sure, that I had bought a few pair of these, because when they eventually wear out… boo hoo, you can’t find them anywhere!

That is the story of my red shoes and tomorrow, I am going to tell you part two of this story…

{January 4, 2011} Day 106/4 – Being a vegetarian doesn’t make you skinny

My ex once asked me, “If we’re vegetarian, why aren’t we thinner?” I laughed at that!

Just because you’re a vegetarian, doesn’t mean you’re automatically thinner. I told him, well, the only thing we don’t eat is the animal, we still eat milk products, I am ovo-lacto [I won’t eat animal flesh, but I will eat dairy and egg products], not vegan. I will admit that vegans tend to be a bit thinner, but it doesn’t matter, it’s how you eat what you eat, not what you eat. Look at the guy who lost 27 pounds on the Twinkie diet…http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html.

I have been a vegetarian since I was just about 14 years old. When my family lived in Israel for the summer between middle school and high school, I wasn’t crazy about the way the meat was cured, so I ate tuna fish, hummous, falafel and fruits and veggies. When we got back I thought I’d give vegetarianism a try, some friends of the family are vegans and I thought they were cool, I lasted about 6 hours… we had sausage pizza for dinner, who could blame me?

Then a few weeks later, I decided to try again, so I gave up red meat, 6 months later, chicken. I continued to eat fish and found out years later, that I was actually a pescatarian, who knew? Then about 5 years ago, I gave up fish altogether and although I will eat it once in a while, I am not back on the fish full time. I was at a party, looked at a shrimp, which I LOVED and said, I’m never eating that again, and I have eaten shrimp twice since then and I wasn’t feeling the warm fuzzies after that.

My mom was fantastic when I decided to give up meat, knowing my dad and sister would not participate in the fish or veggies, she would sometimes make something for just her and I and something else for them or sometimes just something for me. She was awesome and such an amazing cook, she loved to experiment and was always looking for new and inventive things for me to eat and she really loved it too. For example… vegetarian chopped liver, I’m jewish, I think it’s in my bloodstream, so that was very cool! I don’t know if she ever hoped that I would grow out of it, but I never did.

I enjoy my lifestyle, it works for me, it’s not for everyone and I wish sometimes that being a vegetarian would make you instantly skinny, but it doesn’t, some of the vegetarian prepared dishes are WAY fattening, so I have to work on myself the old fashioned way.

But I will tell you that I am not like a lot of vegetarians, my outlook is that the animal is already dead, it is going to be eaten, I just don’t have to be the one to eat it. I will cook it, I used to work in a gourmet deli and I would have to touch the raw chicken to put on the rotisserie, doesn’t bother me. I also don’t have a problem with hunting, as long as you’re going to use the entire animal, go for it, otherwise we have an overpopulation of animals running around and then eating each other out of food and dying, so give mother nature a hand. [I once was mortified when I hit a rabbit than ran out in the middle of the road, but on the way back, I saw a fox eating it, circle of life and all].

I love meeting people who are new to vegetarianism, they ask lots of questions and I love to share my knowledge, but it’s better that they do it for the right reasons, not just to lose weight and not to do it because they think its fashionable and then wear it as a badge, that is way annoying. Done with my soap box.

I’m not crazy about it when people make fun of me for not eating meat, I don’t make fun of you for eating it… and I really don’t like it when people assume that if there is meat in the dish, that I will just pick the meat out, it doesn’t work that way. I have gotten used to people not remembering that I don’t eat meat, so I often bring my own food places, like a veggie burger you can stick in the microwave, doesn’t bother me at all, I’m resourceful!

And in response to the question, if you don’t eat meat, why eat things that are shaped or made to taste like it. The answer, well mine anyway, is that I enjoy the idea of a burger or maybe even chicken nuggets, I just don’t enjoy the idea of eating the actual animal.

I used to have a poster on my wall that said “Does your food have a face?” I also said I would never eat anything I’d have as a pet. People always ask me if I’m a vegetarian for health reasons or political; well, in response… It started off as a trail, just to see if I could do it, then it became a moral and conscious decision and now… I’ve been a vegetarian for almost TWENTY SIX years [now you know how old I am, do the math, I’m not doing it for you!] and now… it’s just my life, I don’t know how to be any other way and I’m ok with that and I hope you can be too!

{January 3, 2011} Day 105/3 – Red

RED… stands for Retired, Extremely Dangerous. LOVED this movie!

The movie stars some amazing actors: Bruce Willis, still YUMMY, Morgan Freeman, I will always think of him from the Electric Company no matter what, John Malkovich, crazy as ever and Helen Mirren, one tough cookie! They play retired CIA agents who are targeted for elimination. [full synopsis & cast: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245526/%5D

Bruce Willis is the first to be targeted and while his character is definitely a bad ass, as he has been known to play, once or twice, he was a nice guy who was retired, interested in a girl, Mary-Louise Parker, and is hoping for a normal life, while at the same time, kicking a little you know what. Morgan Freeman is amiable, living in a retirement home, but still has connections, John Malkovich is just bizarre, the usual “afraid of what the government is putting in his head” kind of nutter, but handy with a handgun. Helen Mirren rounds out the group as an expert marks-woman, I have amazing respect for her and her abilities! Of course, it’s hard not to remember her in Calendar Girls ‘I think we’re going to need considerably bigger buns”.

They have each been retired and Frank Moses, Bruce Willis, brings them out of retirement to find out who wants to kill them. The cast is rounded out with Brian Cox, who you might remember as Col Stryker from X-Men, Richard Dryfus and Ernest Borgnine! I have to admit, when I saw his name in the opening credits, I didn’t know he was still alive! He was charming.

This movie is terrific! There is action, adventure, romance, first love, gunfire, explosives, explosions, fist fights, double crossing, espionage, breaking into the CIA, the usual. The dialog was great, very clever, the movie was fast paced, kept moving, and was engaging until the very end and the end was just plain funny, well, a lot of the movie was just plain funny.

It was almost as if they pulled all the action stars from an old age home, without them being old! It was so worth the wait and the money, go see this movie, it’s one that’s worth buying and watching over and over again!

5 RED stars I give it!

{January 2, 2011} Day 104/2 – A Song is Born

I’ll just put it out there, I love Danny Kaye. Anyone who knows me knows I love Danny Kaye. I hope to have all his movies on DVD some day, right now I have about 4 and one of my favorites is A Song is Born.

The cast is incredible, Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, just to name a few amazing talents [go to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040820/ to see the full cast]. The story is about Professor Hobart Frisbee and 6 other professors of music who work for the Totten Institute of Music. They are working on the complete history of music and they have not left the “house” in nine years, so the world of music has passed them by. One day two window washers “Buck & Bubbles” happen to come in to ask some questions and that leads the group on a new exploration, with Frisbee heading out, “don’t wait up gentlemen, I may be late, I may be home after nine pm”. Professor Frisbee is played by Danny Kaye, so quite young, the other six professors are what Honey Swanson, played by Virginia Mayo, call the long hairs, if you get my meaning.

On the outside, Professor Hobart goes to the bars and music joints to invite amazing musicians like Mel Powell, Louis Armstrong and Charlie Barnett, just to name a few, back to the institute to work on the history of music. Honey Swanson joins the group, pretending to be interested in helping, while hiding out from the law, her boyfriend, Tony Crow, the gangster is a wanted man… She is entrenched in their lives and they all grow very fond of her, and she of them, all the while, waiting for her chance to get out and as she tells her “daddy” one of the kiddies has broken out in a rash, a case of “spring fever” if you get my drift. Remember, this movie is based on the 1940’s music and lingo.

There is music, hi jinx, laughter, adventure and love as we learn about jump, jive, swing and yum-yum. Well, I think yum-yum is my favorite, seeing as I’ve always had a wee bit of a crush on Danny Kaye. Not to worry folks, there is a happy ending and boy finds girl, boy falls for girl, girl is engaged to another [gangster], boy knocks out gangster and happily ever after ensues.

This is classic Dannye Kaye, showing his acting ability, mastery of physical comedy, and talent as a leading man. Am I biased? you bet your bippy crab-apple annie! Enjoy!

{January 1, 2011} Day 103/1 – To train or not to train…

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To train or not to train, that is the question, or should I say, to have a trainer or not to have a trainer. This was my dilemma… I have been going to the gym, this time, since I joined back in May of this year. I had been wanting to join a gym and I was looking at a few different ones when I was hired by my current company SC in March. The job came with a lot of benefits, health insurance for one, dental, vision and the opportunity to join a gym, I had options: Gold’s, Curves or LA Fitness. I used to belong to Gold’s when I first moved here, done Curves and after a few months got nothing out of it, it is a great place if you’ve never worked out and need to get started, just after a while it posed no challenge to me and there is an LA Fitness, which used to be Australian Body Works, which I also used to be a member of. So, I decided on LA Fitness, there is one near my house and near work, perfect!

I have been going for a few months and I enjoy the classes and the cardio, haven’t done much in terms of weight training, it’s been years since I did any and I wasn’t sure which way to turn. When I first joined, I had my free session with a personal trainer, really enjoyed it, but could not afford it, at all, then, about two weeks ago, I happened to be leaving the gym near my house on the way to work and on a lark, filled out an entry form to win a free month of personal training. Guess, what… they called me that morning, could be either, my name was on top or they called everyone, great way to introduce people to personal training at the gym if they haven’t already tried it. So, I made my appointment and away I went.

I showed up for my session, we did my body fat count, ACK, and all that other fun, yet embarrassing stuff and discussed what my challenges and goals are, then we got down to a work out. He worked me hard, I enjoyed it, I told him I am willing to work hard, I just know my limitations, such as my knees, they have never been that strong and certain things hurt after a while. Away we went! I was a sweaty mess when we sat down after to talk about signing up for a personal trainer. I told him upfront that I appreciate what he’s going to try to sell me, but it’s too expensive and I won’t be able to afford it. Even if we’re offering a special? More than half price for signing up and half price for sessions? Huh? ok, well, I’ll think about it.

I did my four free sessions, one on the Thursday before Christmas and then the rest on Tuesday-Thursday of the next week, not sure if that was the brightest move, let’s just say, I was a wee bit sore on Friday, New Years Eve… but I worked through it. I enjoyed the work outs and I enjoy the trainer, I make him laugh a lot, which, by the way, with the amount I laugh, I should be a bean pole… and he said he can help me accomplish all my goals [when he called me, he said the only thing I didn’t check off on the entry form was to gain weight, no thanks!]. I really liked that he called me Thursday morning to check on my leg, which i had seriously pulled a muscle the week before, excruciating!

He was trying his best to get me to sign up, offering me all sorts of incentives and of course, my one big issues has been money, that’s all it’s been. Thursday night he texted me, 12 free sessions if I start on Saturday. I texted back and asked if he could really help me hit my goals and… get me a tushie [don’t laugh, I have a flat bahookie, I haven’t had any complaints, but it’s never been something I would have touted as a particularly fine feature on my person. I always ask a guy when we start dating, are you a butt man? tee hee hee]. His response was LOL absolutely. So… after my fabulous New Years Eve party, where people didn’t leave until 3 and those of us staying at my place didn’t crash until about 4/4:30 am, I was up at 9 and at the gym ready to sweat at 10am.

When he was finally free, he asked if it was alright if I worked with someone else this morning, and as long as it was just for today, no problem. I believe T was trying to kill me! MN, my trainer, told him to watch out for my leg, because of the muscle pull [and that I would push even in pain] and I think this was code that T took to mean let’s make her legs fall off! We did squats, with 15 pound weights in each hand, that was fun on my knees… then we did leg presses, no problem, we started out with 2 25 pound discs, then next set, 2 more, huh? then next set, 2 more…150 pounds? Immediately into lunges, then those horrible things where you jump down into push up position and throw your legs out, jump back up. Then back to lunges, then those jumpy/spready awful things [yes, I know there is a name for them, but I can’t remember it and this is my blog and I want you laughing at this point] then more squats then core, a horrible plank to elbow to push-up and all over again. Last thing was ham string something. let’s just say that machines in gyms were not made for someone of my stature [SHORT], hurt in places I don’t think it’s supposed to hurt.

I’m used to working up to strenuous, this guy thought we should start there and work our way up. He was a nice guy, very motivating, different style than MN. Turns out he grew up in Coram, which is a city near my family’s summer house on Long Island, small world! If I have to work out with him again once in a while, no problem, but I prefer MN, I like the way he does things and he definitely pushes me beyond my limits. Besides, I make him laugh all the time, he did say that no one makes him laugh as much as me and that’s a small feat in and of itself.

So, here’s to my training and getting on that path that I really want to be on. I am turning 40 this year and how great will it be if I can wear a bikini next December in the Bahamas? AWESOME! [or at least feel fabulous in a bathing suit] I have other goals, but why not go for the gusto [they say when you register to get married, register for the expensive stuff, you never know!]. Keep up with my progress, I might also be sharing some tips that I learn, maybe we can do this together!

Look out Atlantis, here I come!

Happy New Year!

{December 22, 2010} Day 90 – Girls Night

The age old ritual of girls night is something that is so important and I am honored that I have been a part of different girls nights groups.

Girls nights don’t have to be anything more than a few girlfriends getting together and having dinner, watching a movie, having drinks, book discussions or even crafting. I’ve been a part of a few of those and it’s fantastic! I love to watch some peoples faces when you mention crafting! If they do not see themselves as anywhere in the same hemisphere as Martha Stewart, they freak out!

I have been part of a birthday bunch. We would do things, but mostly, when it was time for a birthday, the three others would get together to plan, then all four would go out to dinner and celebrate and spring the awesome gifts on the birthday girl. I’ve been a part of a group of women who left the same company, started with some of us who had been laid off and then it grew. We started out as 5 then dwindled. There are some times when we would get together regularly, but then life gets in the way and as amazing as we all are, and multitaskers, we can’t get four women together once a month for dinner!

You realize how important this ritual is when you are participating and then have grand ideas, we can do this every month, then… as you are sitting there, you are going around the table and not worried what anyone else thinks of you, you aren’t primping for anyone, these are your girlfriends, the people who are there for you no matter what. What is it they say? There are some great sayings:

It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. ~Marlene Dietrich

The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you’ve had. ~Author Unknown

These are two of my favorite quotes, both true and telling an speaking volumes. Sometimes when you get together for a girls night, it’s like no time has passed and other times, wow, there is so much to catch up on! You talk about yourselves, you talk about your families, you talk about your jobs, you talk about other people, it’s the way it is and the unspoken girl code, you don’t have to worry because you know none of these girls would rat you out to anyone and they will stick up for you when you get called to the mat.

These girls don’t care what you do for a living, they don’t care how you dress, but they will be honest if you ask, so be careful… they love you because of who you are and how you treat them. No matter who you are, you should go out for girls night every once in a while, doesn’t matter if these are girlfriends who you see all the time, just call a few girls, jump in the car and go!

I have been called a guys gal, which is a label that I treasure, I can hang with the boys, but no matter how much of a “one of the guys” I am and will continue to be, I am so glad to be a girl and part of the girls night rituals, I wouldn’t trade those for anything. I love my sister with all my heart, I would lay down my life for her, but I am lucky that it worked out that way, some women aren’t as lucky as I am, maybe they are only children or only have brothers…

Sisters come in all shapes and sizes and are more special when you get to choose them. Treasure them, embrace them, love them.

Now, get on the phone, open an e-mail, make a plan and go have a girls night out!

{December 21, 2010} Day 89 – Reality TV

What? As the band ‘Bowling for Soup’ said in the song ‘1985’, “when did reality become TV?” Seriously!

I don’t have television, is that a collective gasp I just heard? Summer of 2009, I decided to cancel my cable to save money, it wasn’t so bad, when they canceled the cable, I still had about 80 channels, and then a few months later, I started traveling and I decided that I wanted to cancel my internet connection and just get an air-card, so I did. When they cut the line for the internet, they literally cut the cable, no stations, no fuzz, no nothing! Ok, still not a bad thing, I have a 400-disc dvd player/carousel that will play movies and music. It already had close to 300 movies and I’ve since added to the collection, so when I want to watch something, I just press play on the dvd player and away we go.

It truly hasn’t been a bad thing at all, I don’t really miss it, I don’t even watch tv shows on my laptop. Occasionally when I travel I might watch a show or two, but I don’t think I’ve really missed that much. I might decide to rent a few complete series sometime down the line, but right now, I’m ok.

Back to the reason for this posting… I go to the gym about 5 mornings a week, sometimes in the evening. I usually have my headphones on when I am running or reading a book while I am walking. Ok, I admit, there have been a few times that I have watched old episodes of Star Trek, the original series, on my phone, while walking. But what they have on at the gym for the most part is crap. Don’t get me wrong, there is at least one tv tuned to sports and another, maybe even two or three to news, but what gets me is the reality tv shows!

Who decides we need or want to watch this drivel??? The worst? How to decide? The Real Housewives of whatever! Don’t forget The Girls Next Door, The Hogans [whatever they were], The Kardashians, the list goes on and on.

These people have more money than they know what to do with and someone is giving them more and the public is eating it up! I will admit, I was a wee bit addicted to The Ozzbournes in the beginning, but it does wear off eventually. They didn’t irritate me as much as these other shows, with the Ozzbournes and Gene Simmons, Family Jewels, it’s the every day life of a family that we get to look in on, yes some of the family does stupid things, but [and I am probably contradicting myself here] they were a family and Ozzy is someone that has always fascinated me, as well as Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed. You are watching a family unit, somewhat unusual, but a family unit. These others, I just don’t get it. They get more and more over the top, starting fights in the street, talking about each other behind their backs, what is the point?

The problem is, America is watching and just making them more and more money and fueling the fire bigger and bigger. Jersey Shore? Didn’t New Jersey have a bad enough reputation before this piece of drivel came along. I have to say, it’s nice to say, when someone asks, did you see…. happen on…., i can say, nope sorry, don’t have tv, don’t watch it. I won’t feign complete ignorance as to what the names of the shows are or who some of the big names are, I have the internet and thanks to the gym, I can see them on the small screen, but I am happy to say, I have no idea what Snookie did last week, with whom or where. What I hear on the radio when they do their entertainment news segments is more than enough!

And, since these people have put their lives on display, they and the public find it fascinating or surprising when something goes wrong, ie, Hulk Hogan getting divorced! The show puts their entire lives out there for people to see and their actions and indiscretions…it’s not surprising that families are breaking up, the pressure to be on all the time and airing your dirty laundry? Yes, people want to know because we are inherently nosy, but come on, like we tell someone exposing themselves on the street, PUT IT AWAY!

Does this really mean that there are no new ideas, no good programming for us to watch? I guess so… I think I will stick to my movies. I am thinking about getting streaming internet again, but that’s just so I can sign up for Netflicks to get instant downloads on my Wii!

{December 20, 2010} Day 88 – Going to the Gym

Whew… I don’t know if it’s getting harder because I’m getting older or because I’m just fat. LOL. Ok, I’m not that fat, I am overweight, I have about 25 pounds to go, as I have already said, but some days, I just feel fat… [ok, I’m also throwing the girl card in there, I am a little bloated, one guess why…]

So, at the gym, all I really do is walk/run about two miles a day, I’m not saying that’s a lot and I’m not saying that’s a little. Since I get up at 6:30, I make it to the gym by 7:30 [sometimes it does take me a while to get out of the house, when I finally stop hitting the snooze button] and I only have 30 minutes to work out and then get to work. I think I’m doing alright, I am trying the Galloway Method [http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/marathon.html] I walk/run/walk/run. Some days, I walk 5 minutes, run 10, walk 5, etc until I hit 30 minutes; some days, I can’t run 10 minutes, so I walk 5, run 5, walk 5, etc. you get the picture. I think it’s all good, I’m getting 2+miles in every morning and I am starting to feel a little better, but sometimes, I keep this knot in my chest that doesn’t dissipate for quite a while.

This morning was cool, I did the 5/5/5 method, but I felt a pick up in my steps towards the end and I was running my heart out for the last 5 minutes and surprised when the treadmill slowed down for the cool down. Very cool, well, at least I think so!

My goal is to run 2 miles a day for a few weeks until I’m more comfortable, then add another mile and another mile until I am running at least 5-7 miles a day. Then I know I will be more confident to attempt a half marathon, I know it’s 13.1 miles, but if I can get past the halfway mark, then I think I will be golden and who knows what the future will hold after that.

That is my musing for the day.

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