Another beautiful day in the neighborhood. The only unfortunate aspect of sunny mornings is that my desk temperature reaches appx 85 degrees due to sun angle in the am. It is SMOKING hot in here. Tough. Loving the nice weather though, it looks to be a beautiful weekend so hopefully I can get outside to play outside for a bit. Maybe even...gasp...go for a jog! Last night was my second running experience since the foot fracture and everything felt great. Knee/ankle a little creaky at the ripe age of 23, but foot felt awesome so I was a happy camper. I had to hold myself back from going faster than 7.5 mph on the treadmill, I already feel the need for speed. I need someone to control my treadmill speed during rehab or it might get a little crazy.
Random thought #1 of the day: I eat weird [but delicious] food. For breakfast I had dinner: salmon, garlic broccoli and black beans. It was tasty and I have no problem with eating veggies for breakfast. For lunch I brought 1/2 of a spaghetti squash [still raw...going to need to figure out a way to cook it] with elk marinara. That just isn't a typical menu for breakfast and lunch, but I'm okay with that. I imagine the spaghetti squash will get a few funny looks.
Random thought #2 of the day: since Sunday I have done 7 workouts. My body is really tired, walking up the stairs of the T caused a few grimaces this morning. I am grilling with one of my girlfriends tonight [celebrating the 55 degree weather] and am really excited to chill out and have a little bit of a thirsty Thursday after a week off ass-kicking. I watched Beer Wars this week [thank you Netflix] and it was an awesome documentary on the beer industry, the big 3 vs. the smaller boutique brewerys. Not sure I will ever buy another Miller, Bud or Coors product again after the documentary, plus all microbrews are exponentially better tasting. I love the Boulder Beer microbrews, and also a big fan of Magic Hat and of course Sam Adams has become a regular since living in Boston [summer ale is out! YES!]. Anyway, plan tonight of grilling and fine beer is pretty appealing. Woohoo! Is it 6 yet...?
Bio lows. I am a firm believer that your body goes through natural cycles of bio highs and bio lows. Some days you wake up ready to take on the world and plow over anything in your path. Other days you wake up, would be just fine being rolled over, and wish to be physically carried anywhere you need to go in the forseeable future. I think these highs and lows exist for many aspects of your livelihood, including physical energy, emotional wellbeing, spirituality, and sexuality. It is important to understand that not all days can be bio highs, your body's energy is cyclical and you need the lows to balance the highs. I think that awareness of your highs and lows is key to living a balanced and healthy life.
This morning was definitely a bio low for me in the physical energy department. Luckily it is habit to wake up at 6 and get my butt to Katie's spin class every Thursday, so that wasn't the difficult part. Once I was on the bike I was like 'uggg I HAVE NO ENERGY!'. Yes, it even happens to me. Sometimes you have to dig a little deeper to find the energy to make it through spin class, lifting, a run etc. Whenever I hit these physical lows, I step back and focus on how blessed I am to have an able, athletic body. I grew up with a grandpa with a prosthetic leg [motorcycle accident in his 20's after a successful college basketball career]. Watching him get around always made me feel so lucky that I had two legs that allowed to me walk, run, swim, bike etc... at my leisure. While he certainly did the best he could given his circumstances, his disability continued to remind me how blessed I was to be given a fully functional body. To this day, I think about my grandpa every time I have a bio low. I may not always feel like I can take on the world, but I am incredibly blessed with a healthy, physical self. Soreness and exhaustion are only temporary, pushing myself to the limit every chance I get is my gift to my grandpa and a promise to myself to never take my body for granted.
So...thought #3 for the day: you have no excuse, push yourself to the limit. KICK ASS!
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