I actually do love the morning. I just don’t love that I was in bed and now I have to get out of it to begin the day to start the cycle of life all over again. It’s better than the alternative I suppose, which is not waking up in the morning.
I have been working on more forward progress this last week after taking some time to not do anything that I said I was going to. And then I realized that it’s already April, the forth month of the year and I have finished only one project. So, slowly but surely I have been trying to make progress. In this week I have been able to get two more tiers sewn on to the second skirt I have been doing. I haven’t been as good at getting miles in as I would like, but that is due to me not being prepared for the morning. That’s me just being lazy at night and not doing what I need to do. I have a few reasons why I need to start making sure that I am doing the right things. Let me explain.
Last weekend, Thomas and I were sitting down figuring out what to do for dinner. We decided that we would go get some Subway and then get ice cream and a movie.
I’m pretty partial to Subway because it’s one of the places I can go and know that I will have the same thing and it will taste the same as it always does. I get the chicken, bacon, ranch. With no cheese, obviously, and no ranch. I have come up with some interesting ways to get around my eating problems. When I ordered, I said no cheese, I’m allergic to it. The lady cocks her head at me and asked, “You wouldn’t happen to have O blood, would you?” “Yes, I am in fact.” She goes on to tell me of her personal research with blood types and how the body processes foods. I go on to learn a little bit more about my body and what I found out and have now tried out for myself, I would say this was some very interesting information. She said that type O is the original blood type, it’s the same as the caveman that lived so long ago. It doesn’t process dairy and eggs, because they are animal by-products and we didn’t domesticate animals for a long time. The other one is complex carbohydrates. This was again, something that we as humans didn’t start to do until the domestication of animals. My body has issues with both of these things… could this be something worth investigating?
I thought about it, and so I thought I would try out a little trial to see what did I think about it, and is this going to be something that is sustainable. I went with fruits, meat, and veggies. That’s about it, with the exception of my coffee and creamer but I use almond milk so it’s not really anything with milk in it. I noticed on the first day that I had good poos and that my stomach didn’t hurt. The second day I went to put on my jacket that I keep at work, I didn’t have to pull it to bring the zipper together. Interesting. By Thursday, I have noticed that my stomach feels and looks a lot less bloated. And then we had dinner. I had made some sautéed veggies with a Kielbasa sausage and tater tots. I also enjoyed a piece of bread. I knew before I went to bed that my stomach wasn’t a happy place. I went to work the following day with my tummy very much bloated. I was feeling a little bummed about that. I even went on my morning run and we did nearly 5 miles. There wasn’t nearly as much poo that there should have been. I hate that.
As far as the food goes, I think I’m going to work on this kind of eating to see what it could do for me. I have enjoyed the feeling of feeling good. Today, I had three pieces of bread and some wonderful tuna salad stuff. I call it salad but I don’t know if that’s what I would call it. But, whatever. It was amazing. I was very much enjoying the balsamic vinegar on the bread, it added such amazing flavor.. Oh my goodness!! And then I took a nap. Oh I love naps.
As we had no fruit in the house as of yesterday morning, I had to wait to make a shake. What’s the base you ask? Why that’s going to be a pea protein. Yup. More veggies. Lots of veggies for the last week. Red peppers, onions, avocados (which are really a fruit), cucumbers and chicken with vinegar. Holy hell, I even put crispy onions on it. Talk about a flavor explosion in your mouth. And the morning shakes have been amazing as well. And celery for a snack with peanut butter (another protein). The amount of meat that I have been eating has grown exponentially. I am loving that. Though yesterday morning, I really only wanted to have bananas and blueberries.
Ok, so about half way through the week, I noticed the way my body seemed to have changed, but also that it seems that if I wanted to lose more fat, I would only need to workout a little bit. And many say cardio isn’t going to of it. I would like just be able to run. and lost weight. And have more deeper pockets. And not worry about getting attacked while out running. Well, I think I want a lot more than that, but that’s still to come.
The new shoes I got are fantastic on the trail. On the road though, it seems like it’s running in cleats on the pavement. Looks like I am back to looking for the other ones.. And I found some. For way more than I want to pay for them, but at this point, I’m not too sure there is a choice about it. I have been using my old pair of running shoes for the most part. And as of today, I have started a new training plan and I need to go put in my next ten minutes of running. It’s through the Garmin app and I am going with a 10K program. And it’s great, but it won’t set the date for my actual run on the correct day. I’m hoping to be able to take about three minutes per mile off what I’m doing now. I am hopeful. I would like to be able to run longer distances again on a regular basis. Baseline from when I got hurt. Going on two years now in a few months. It would seem that recovery has taken a lot longer than I thought it ever would. I am hopeful for good health and a healthy body that can move.
And good news to report for the forward progress. I got the second skirt finished! Hooray for the little things. Now to get moving on the other projects. I have to actually get my ass in gear. And I managed to get graduation stuff done. Now to get the announcements for it. Ugh! And I have to get the scrap book worked on before graduation. I have to order more photos for it as well. She’s graduating next month. It seems so strange. She was just little last week, I’m sure of it. My sweet little goose. ❤️
Anyhow, the week to come is nearing and I do have some chores that I’m working on now. Like the laundry. And making sure the child gets her clothes washed. It’s getting gross with that one. How does on live in such squaller? Yuck! Until next time dear reader, good night.
The Morning High Runner 