Awoke this morning late...no alarm went off (which felt like a oh no moment, for just a moment) as it was just before 6 a.m. Got up, hurried to get out the door...as I wasn't going to let getting up late throw me off, my first day walking again.
Pure exhilaration, when my feet hit the pavement. Cranked up the sound on the iPod and off I went. Knees well rested, though my thighs started to get a little achy after a mile or so...which is to be expected after not walking for two weeks. Also the pads on the bottoms my feet were getting irritated once again. After I had bought these walking shoes...a friend who is a runner, told me that I should have bought them 1/2 size bigger, as the feet swell when walking or running. Even though my shoes are new; I have ordered another pair 1/2 size bigger, as I want optimum comfort for my feet...as I am in this for the long haul.
These past two weeks, the choices I made when it came to nourishing my body, were a bit healthy, a bit not. Money was a bit tight and some of the foods that I was routinely eating, I ran out of. That in combination of frustration and disappointment over not being able to walk...kept my eyes off the prize at times. No binging, just a bit of unhealthy choice making.
The path I am on has now come full circle...one more time, to where I was a few weeks ago when I first started this amazing journey. My body is healed, I am financially blessed (to be able to buy nourishing food) and once again I am passionately determined...to get back on track.
I have just weighed myself for the first time in two weeks and I did not gain but lost three pounds. Breakfast today was a bowl of steel cut oats.
I am off to do a bit of weight training for my arms...another thing that was neglected these past two weeks.
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