Week two

It is amazing how soon you can get a bit hooked on exercise when the sun is shining! And it is equally amazing how hard it is to get out of the door when the rain pour down... Week two included NO running, but I trained pilates/yoga on Monday, weights on Friday - and had a very, very, very long walk in the woods (6 hours in Nordmarka) on Sunday. The biggest problem that week wasn't little exercise (I am very satisfied with 3 days!) but I have eaten A LOT of candy! So today - Monday on week three I have sugar abstinence... This week will be a hard one... :(

Over to the good news! I made an exercise program last week and tried it out on Friday and that was very successful! Saturday my arms were acing and that is a good thing. :) So now I am more free to exercise in studio right after work if there is no classes I want to attend. I am still trying to work up my nerves to start cycling to work - but its not tempting early in the morning... I like to get right out of bed and straight to work. :) Maybe another day... I have a flat tire and some how its not fixing itself... Go figure...

Reality check!

Well... First week is almost over. This weeks training is at least, because tomorrow its 17th of may and that is our national day - so tomorrow will be all about ice cream, hot dogs and family and friends. Tomorrow my running shoes will get a bit rest. My new running shoes actually - and they are so new that they don't need a rest. :) I bought them today and they are very good! But they don't make me faster... I guess it will take a couple of weeks before I can start feeling happy about going out to run. Right now it feels like a pain in the ass... I truly, deeply HATE the last hill up to where I live! It makes my legs go sour and I have BIG problem getting up before I can take a brake and stretch. My running route is my Nemesis right now. :)

I ran with my best friend today - and we tried to push each other a little bit. It worked the first time - but the last time I got extremely worn out and almost stumbled in to our goal line. But we managed to shape of the time with 1 minute! Not bad for two runners in terrible shape. :D My friend struggled just as much as I did and that was a bit of comfort to me. She usually is better than me when it comes to lunge capacity (she is usually in better shape than me and I have that damn asthma also), but right now we are quite equal. The most significant difference is that she is more competitive than me. I have no competitive bone in my whole body... I just give up rather than push myself. When I ran the last sequence I could hear one tiny voice yelling "you can do it!!" "Damn you're good!" but there was a stronger voice shouting "Oh, shut up! You are never gonna make it! Why hurt yourself and trying to make a goal that doesn't count in the big world?" And I honestly doesn't understand why I push myself... The world would never explode if I don't make it on a better time than before. I don't think competitive at all. I can hardly remember why I do run. The whole idea of getting in better shape is a goal I only have when I'm sitting in my couch and feel fat and ugly after eating to much candy. I need to practice on thinking more at my goals and remember what I work towards. I need to learn how to think more competitive. Even if the competition is myself and my own body.

So I apparently have more to work with when it comes to my mental health. :) How to stress down and how to be more competitive and focused. Anyhow - I'm VERY satisfied with my week! I have trained 5 days this week. 3 running and 2 in the gym. I have tried to implicate meditation in my daily routine and the only thing that I haven't paid much attention to is the drawing. I'm gonna do that when I feel that I have the training in order. I can't change my world in one time. :) Just starting a little by little...

Day two!

Wow! Quite proud of myself today! I went out and "ran" (mostly walking fast) 7 km today - and I REALLY REALLY didn't want to get out of the couch today. My butt and thighs is really hurting after training yesterday and I have too big running shoes that makes my feet wobbling around in them and makes blisters... Need to buy some new ones, but that have to be next time I get my paycheck. :)

Anyway - I have to say that I LOVE my running tights! They made my butt look almost presentable. :) But what strikes me when I was "running" around was that when other peoples tights are a bit looser around their ankles (?? Is that correct spelled??), mine is quite... well... tight is the word. But who cares?? I can run for a short period of time and is trying to do something about the whole situation so if someone wants to think that I look horrible then let them. :)

Now its time to go to bed soon. I had my dinner and I can recommend this for others who need dinner to be quickly made:


Chop up some coriander.








Chose your favorite meat. Here is chicken.









Boil some pasta.









Add some Crème Fraiche with feta cheese and sun dried tomatoes (VERY very good!!)








And... Voilà! :) Bon apetite! And good night...

Hmf! This was quite a hard start on my new lifestyle... Well - the start wasn't to bad, just my bad shape that was more extremely than I thought!. :) But I did spend an hour in the gym! A very sweaty hour! So I have started my path to health and balance. The toughest part of the day was to ride my bike up the small hill to get home after filling the tires with air... My legs were burning and I was sounding like a hippo (felt like one to) - and OF COURSE did one of my neighbours stand in the door watching me! I guess I can say that was luck in desquise because I have a feeling he likes me a bit to much - and I hope I definitly killed that romance!

Well - anyhow.... Here I am! Day ONE! Sitting in my sofa after exercise and a shower and is thinking of my life. 15-20 kilos to much, stressed out of my mind and with a terrible health regarding my capacity of being active. I cant run 10 meters, I get asthma attacks, I sleep poorly, I feel like a hippo and feel a bit confused on what I am doing with my life. Not in "maybe I should change my line of work"-confused, but just "what do I want to get out of my life"-confused. :)

So I have 9 things I want to make my daily habit:
1 Be active for at least 1 hour a day
2 Eat more fruit and vegetables
3 Drink more water!!
4 Cut down on sugar (a classic!!)
5 Eat more seeds, nuts and beans
6 See if I can do without medicines
7 Do yoga and meditation to ease the stress
8 Train to become a happy runner
9 Draw a little bit to get my creative side a boost

My wish is to be able to run for a longer period of time and make that my main activity instead of being inside a gym - at least for the summer. And if I can transform me to a runner I think my asthma will get much better (and my back pain may go away) and I can cut the medicines to.

Now I need to relax. I had a wonderful dinner with cod, carrots and potatoes and need to rewind a bit before the night. :)

Day one

Well - actually its day zero. Tomorrow I will start yet another new, fresh start on trying to live my life as I ought to be. As a better person in a healthier body and with a healthier mind. I don't think I have to be a better person - because I think of my self as a nice person (haven't got any complaints yet!) but the state of my body and mind is not exactly the best. A bit heavy around the waist and a stressed out mind that doesn't exactly help. :)

So my question to the people out there is: How do you fix stress??