Remedy

This title has several connotations.

I JUST returned from a 45-minute walk/jog (gasp! yes! you read that correctly!)  I have a LOT of thoughts that went through my mind on today's little "adventure" and wanted to write some of them down while I ice my plantar fascias (sp?).

Gross, I'm a sweaty mess.  However, that does mean the sun is shining; my day has been sort of a random-doings day, nothing incredibly significant but a lot of little things that, when they add up, mean . . . my life? :)

Let's inspect the purpose for my calling this blog-post "remedy", shall we?  Okay, talked me into it.  I'm going to work backward chronologically, so follow along!

Now: Icing feet, writing this post, considering how many ibuprofen I will be taking asap, and guzzling water.
Just before: 45-min walk/jog, as I mentioned.  Dog in tow (although, occasionally, she was towing me), we set to the streets of Gainesville.  But not before . . .
Prior to exercise:  new socks, new shoes. (New as in haven't been used - I bought them last fall, mom, so don't be concerned about me buying stuff!)
Before donning attire: text-chat with friend SS to see if she wanted to take a trail-walk with the dog and me.  (I REEEALLY didn't feel like running; wanted an excuse to just stroll and still get moving).  She had just finished a run.  That's it.  I need to do this.
Moments before chat with SS:  phone conversation with momma-bear.  She did *another* 9-mile run last night.  Helped me figure out my school sitch, at least for the time being, as far as which classes to take (starting Monday).  Talked about awesome books :)
Before talking with mom: futsing around, doing some non-sensical (sp?) stuff, mostly being lazy - considering a wanted-but-unnecessary nap.  Determining when /how to talk myself into taking my dog (and myself) for a nice, long walk (much needed by both of us).

??Question?? Why, as a masters student in Health Education and Behavior, do have to CONVINCE myself to get out to exercise and eat well?  Why is MY behavior so poor?

So, if you read that, it seems like a pretty good progression of "events", right?  Where does remedy come in?

Mostly these three things, going from most recent to most predominant:
1) I consumed an E-N-T-I-R-E bag of nacho cheese doritos in less than 24 hours.
2) My belly/gut is ACTUALLY growing larger without pregnancy to blame (or, credit).
3) I really, really want to get beyond my mind and the physical pain (that is recently due to not-enough-movement, in my perception) and actually get to do some road races again.

Yep.  You read those right.  Gross (first two) huh?  Yep.  I figured that I had better bare all, not just success but those struggles, so ya'll don't think that I'm just a perfect lil' health nut ;-) (riiiiiight!)

Also, during today's "trudge" (word: kudos to mom. Funny- kudos - hahaha! her business' name!) I had some lists pop into my mind that I wanted to dictate and type up, more for me, but also for anyone else who likes lists/pro-con stuff.  Not sure why.  Just deal with it.

MOTIVATORS: mom. SS. new socks. new shoes. belly fat.
GOOD: did it (walk/run). dog got a good workout, too. and i'm blogging about it. hopefully that will perpetuate me wanting to blog more.
BAD: i'm out of shape.
UGLY: i ate roughly 1800 calories worth of shit. please excuse foul language. but foul language accompanies foul food choices.  oh, and i had a can of coke.  (REALLY, Nicole? WOW! yup. it was in the fridge, beckoning, been there for months.)
INDIFFERENT: tried different style of running - more on toes/midfoot - to lessen energy use, lessen impact on body, and try to train for my viabram 5 shoes (which i will bring back from RoRo's house in Minnesota!).
NECESSARY: M-O-V-E-M-E-N-T. icing feet. probably will ice shins since i jogged on my toes/midfoot (tried to, anyway). may need some ibuprofen, unfortunately. oh, and a SHOWER.


Back to remedy.  I needed, for my own sanity, to 'remedy' the crap that I put into my body in the last 24 hours.  Those 2000 calories were neither needed nor expended, and the majority of the calories came with no nutritional benefit.  Yuck!  My poor digestive system and all the systems (ALL the systems) that depend on the nutrients that I consume.

Two other reasons for 'remedy' = mom helped me to remedy my angst over classes, and I remedied the fact that neither my dog nor I had done more than 10-minute walks for 4(?) days. DONE.

I also had a couple of epiphanies.  Pretty neat for me since, for anyone else, they really don't matter much.  I decided that I don't want to live in Florida (for the rest of my life).  I also decided that I don't really want to be a psychologist of any sort.  Not that I was really going along a path of psychology, but I am very interested in the "subject" and am acutely aware of the every-moment influence it has on EVERY aspect of EVERY life!  I want to incorporate psychology into whatever I do (ie. positive psychology, reflection, goal setting, barrier identifying), but I will definitely be referring to trustworthy professionals for the most part.

Okay, stinky needs a shower. 


Good day, and GET MOVING! :)