I am an ob nurse loving my job. Learning to live life without an eating disorder All while living with my crazy lab mix named chloe. This is our tale. Put on your seat belt and join us on our wild ride we call life.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Running?!
I have been doing really well with recovery the last month. So my reward was i get to start exercising again. As long as i eat all my meals :) So today i went to the gym and did a piyo class. I love Piyo. For those of you who have never heard of piyo it is pilates and yoga choreographed to faster music than what you would normally do in a yoga class. There was even Lady Gaga. Anyway before the class started we were talking about running. I have been wanting to start running and doing 5ks. However i have never been able to really stick to it. I get frustrated with trying to figure out the whole breathing and running thing. So some of the girls were giving me advice so i do feel like i am fat and out of shape. So after the class i wanted to try to some of the advice. So i found my ear buds in the bottom of my bag plugged them into the tv attached to the treadmill and found House. What better way to run than with House on? One girl told me to count my steps and and every 3rd step to breathe. That was a little difficult. So i did pursed lip breathing for 6 counts. And before i knew it I had run a 1/4 mile. NEW RECORD FOR ME!!!! And i liked it. I thought well lets see if i can run 1/2 mile and i was able to do it!! It was a little difficult. But i did it!!!! Can you tell i am excited?! Hmm maybe i will be able to run a 5k in May for breast cancer. I can not wait to start running outside with Chloe.
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Wow Katie! I had no idea what you were going through! I am glad you are getting help, and I know that you will be able to accomplish all your goals! congrats on the running too! I did some running in HS and felt so good doing it, but I fell away from it. I'm proud of you for running and making a new record for yourself! You are going to be my inspiration to start running again, I can tell! Keep up the good work girl!!!
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