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Learning to Run – Week Three, First Run and a Big PFFFT!!

Running – check.  Three minutes walking, four running, repeat three times.  I ran indoors on a treadmill today, as the wind is gusting at 30-40 mph, and I just didn’t feel like getting blown into the path of an oncoming car.  Something about broken legs and internal injuries just doesn’t appeal to me.
BIG PFFFT!  I gained a pound this week.  I know exactly why.  I received some rather disturbing  news last week, and in my mounting panic, I knowingly ate more than a few cookies.  And Chick-fil-a nuggets with waffle fries.  And a large hamburger WITH a bun and onion rings.  And some licorice.  And a piece of cake!! 

Am I a stress eater?  You betcha. 

I kept up with moving by running, pilates and gardening, but it wasn’t enough to compensate for the indulgences.  Eh.  I’m off to a better start already this week, and I will be successful.  No dipping into the WW weekly allowance points for me this week!  Well, unless I totally max out on activity points.

I hesitate to fully disclose the disturbing news until I get full reports back (hopefully this week) from all the doctors involved and the lab results, including pathology.  Yeah, pathology.  It’s that bad.  Prayers would be appreciated that this turns out to be nothing.

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Saturday – Reclaiming the Garden

Iris ‘Breakers’ – Front Garden, May 2010
I consider myself to be an avid gardener.  Love to get out in the dirt, nurture baby seedlings into giant flowers or veggies.  I have to admit that I’ve let my gardens go.  Lack of time once I went back to work full time and the ongoing drought sort of killed them.
However – we had rain this winter.  Serious amounts of rain.  Enough to fill lakes and recharge aquifers, and enough to revive my garden!!  I spent this entire morning digging, weeding, and tilling – about 30 WW activity points worth of work!  Yeah!  More astonishingly, I found old friends.  Perennials that I thought were totally dead and gone are pushing up leaves and blooming their heads off.  I’m flabergasted at their resilience. 
Iris ‘Painted Clouds’ – back garden, April 2010
I need some of that, especially for the days when cookies are screaming my name.
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Learning to Run Week Two Do-Over – Fourth Run

Botanic Garden Run!  There are great paths through the woods that at the moment, require climbing over fallen trees. Excellent Fun.   Not sure there was much actual running going on becase of the terrain, but I can attest to some very fast walking for a total of one hour!
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