Just do it...

You've probably heard that before somewhere... but sometimes it's just what you've got to do. Suck it up & just do "it", whatever your "it" is.

For me, I am a hill-o-phobe. I hate walking uphill.  If I'm walking somewhere, I will plan my route so I walk the least amount of uphill, and the majority either downhill or flat. (I believe this comes from years of living in Winnipeg, where the only "hills" there were to climb were overpasses... ) But I've been getting a bit bored with the 4km loop I've been doing lately (mostly flat with two hills), so I decided to switch it up. Instead of turning at my usual spot, I kept going... UP a hill. it was slow going, I mean, not only was I dragging my ass up the hill, but pushing a stroller too, but I got up there. I got to the end of the road, and then decided to "just see what was over that hill..." to my right, and there I went - up another one! Once I got there, it was fairly flat, and I knew that I was close to the highest point in my neighborhood (for reals), so I made my way back to the main street and started back home. By meandering a bit through the residential part of the area, I avoided walking straight up the damn big hill I'm usually scared to attempt (because I know I wouldn't make it) and got to walk down it instead :P All in all, I ended up walking a hair over 5k today, in just over an hour. I'm  actually pretty proud of myself for doing this walk - not only was it a beautiful day, but I felt fabulous after.

I haven't been running much on my walks lately, as we've been walking with an older neighbor in the mornings. It's nice having someone to talk to - makes teh time fly & the hills less painful (seriously). Our routine was off today, so it was just me & the babe walking this afternoon, so I ran a bit when I felt up to it. I'd love to try Couch to 5k, but sad truth, I can't run for a minute yet, let alone many of them. I'll get there though. Slow & steady wins the race...

OH - and I'm doing the walk again tomorrow with a friend :D

Interview with a Tweep!

Words of Inspiration - interview with Dreena Guptill

Dreena is one of my tweeps from Edmonton... in the last year & a half, she has lost over 110 lbs hula hooping! This interview is about her journey to lose weight - what inspired/s her, where she came from & where she's at. A lot of what she says rings true to me... I'd love to start hooping, but classes in these parts are few & far between. I guess I could "pull a Dreena" and just get a hoop & start at it in the backyard...

Run Forrest Run!

So, a funny thing happened on thursday when babe & i were out for our walk... i got it in my head that i was going to run a bit, so i did! about a whole 100m, but still. it's a start. and y'know, it felt pretty good!

So then, during Friday's walk, I ran a bit more (4 stints, abt 340m in total - walk was almost 4km).

We went to j's parents yesterday, so i didn't go for a walk, but tonight after we got home & unpacked & babe was sleeping & my blog post for tomorrow's blog hop was done, i had this little niggling to go for a "wrun" (a walk that includes little runs interspersed. yes, it's a chelle-ism :)) so i did! i'm not sure how much of my approx 2k wrun was run v walk - probably abt 300ish mtrs again - but it felt pretty good to get out. it was a lovely night for a wrun... a bit overcast tho, so gps didn't accurately track. ah well.

if i'm going to get serious i need a good pair of runners, some reflective gear & a good sports bra (maybe even a new-to-me jogging stroller??) but for now, i'm enjoying just getting out & doing what i can. i've wanted to learn to run forever. now i'm finally doing something about it.

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kinda unrelated, but i totally noticed at the ILs today that i've lost inches around me midsection. still many to go, but yay! i might actually take measurements on wed (weigh day) & then again with each visit to nutritionist. we'll see tho.