One Month!

We moved our morning run to the University's track. We needed a change of scenery plus we thought that the cushioning track would help our shins and calves....It did!! Mine felt a lot better while running. I know that I need to get used to running on the street for the race, but I think this will have to do for a little while longer. At least until I build up the strength in my legs to take the pounding of the pavement. It was also a really nice change of scenery -- campus is so calm and peaceful at 7am, it was nice to have the wide running track pretty much to ourselves. Today's run felt great! I did have a little bit of negative self talk...I told my head to "shut the fuck up I'm trying to run" several times. Eh, over all I would say a GOOD RUN! :)

*I ordered Women, Food, God from the bookstore today!! Whoo-hoo!!

Again, I just have to take the time to commend everyone who has been inspired by this blog to get up and change something. I have friends emailing me, telling me that they are proud of me, telling me that they too have decided to start a workout program, or that they are working on the inside first. Anyway you cut it if you are improving your self esteem, upping your positive self talk, and feeling better you are on the way to love and peace within yourself. I'd like to provide you all with some information on how to get started or to keep going.

Eat, Pray, Love
-- This book changed my life! If you have not read it...READ IT! It is about one women's journey into self discovery. You don't actually have to take trips to Italy, India, and Indonesia to go through the journey -- do it with Elizabeth Gilbert.
"I felt a glimmer of happiness when I started studying Italian, and when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such dark times you must grab onto the ankles of the happiness and not let go until it drags you face-first out of the dirt - this is not selfishness, but obligation. You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight."

[I felt that same glimmer when I decided to run and train for a 5K -- find your glimmer]

**Junk food will come back to haunt you -- Even if you don't gain a single pound (yeah right!), unhealthy food takes a toll on the body. That's because saturated fat, which is deposited in the arteries accumulates over time. In fact, research shows that more than 90 percent of heart disease cases are preventable -- but you have to start early**
(Shape Magazine)