Mid Week Check-In

I am wearing a belt. This is significant news because my pants are loose enough that I need a belt. Yay! Not only am I wearing a belt, but I am wearing the belt that I bought a few years ago from Addition-Elle and had to ADD three holes to it. I am in the last original hole! Wahoo! Little one likes my belt too. He thinks it's a new toy. Ha!


So it's Wednesday again I have learned quite a few interesting things this week.

1. I was at a talk with Dr. Reed Ferber, the man behind the Running Injury Clinic at the University of Calgary. They can diagnose what is going wrong with your body when you run to rectify the problems. They don't teach you how to run, they do a series of tests to determine what muscles are weak and if you have bad running habits. Also, because you are working with a physiotherapist, part of the $400 fee is eligible for claiming on certain work benefits programs. Score! Here is a link for some basic exercises to strengthen your body for running. http://www.runninginjuryclinic.com/resources/hip-muscle-strengthening.html

2. It's important to change your daily exercise sequence. Your body is really good at muscle memory, so if you do the same exercises in the same order everyday, after a few days the exercises become less effective. I run 3 times a week, yoga 1 time (increasing to 2 times while mum is here) and now I want to add some floor exercises at home. It's important to change the paths I run, the style of yoga I do as well as change the order of my floor exercises to trick my muscles.

3. I noticed that I eat a lot of the same foods on a daily basis. This works for me because the less I focus or fixate on food, the better it is for managing my food addiction. Having the same healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner every day teaches your body to crave these foods. Here is the link for Dr. Oz http://www.doctorozwebsite.net/dr-oz-diet-what-food-is-right-for-you.html.

4. I have to be more diligent taking photos of the foods I eat. It is so easy to forget what you had to eat the day before.


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