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Exercise Thursday
Jan. 22nd, 2009 09:38 pm
Running (Apartment)
Time: 30 minutes
Distance: 2.123 miles
Top Speed: 5.4 mph
Top Incline: 4.0%
Calories: 300
I thought I would get in a little run while![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
toob was off enjoying the first day of FC. :) I think I could really use the time to calm my frayed nerves, get some laundry and cleaning done, go over my notes for the Buddhism panel... (and sneak in a few rounds of Rock Band).
The apartment treadmill feels really easy now that I've been pushing myself again on the runs. Still, my legs were grateful for the easy time of it. I have this particular pain in my right leg, down low where it feels like a tendon is connecting to the bone. I don't think it's a tear -- to be honest, I'm not sure what it is -- but it tends to bother me whenever I get in a particularly good run. I'm hoping it's something that will get better on its own, but I suppose I should e-mail my doctor about it.
Right now I'm reading two books aimed for self-improvement: The Writing Diet by Julia Cameron and Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach. The former is a godsend to folks who tend to eat emotionally, even if Cameron insists on using really retarded phrases like "Snack Attack" and "Body Buddy." There's actually a few good ideas in there, namely using writing as a replacement for food when you get that craving, but if she insists on saying "writing yourself right-size" one more time I'm going to scream.
The second book deals with self-image issues from a Buddhist perspective, which I certainly appreciate. It's definitely written in that hug-yourself, New Age tone, but that's not something I mind so much. In fact, I'm wondering if resisting anything written in that tone is a way of pre-emptively invalidating the advice so I don't have to follow it. Oh, the traps we set for ourselves.
I'm getting a lot of mileage out of the book and I'm only two chapters in. After the convention, I'm probably going to be really annoying and talk about it for a few weeks or so. Just so you're warned.
Now: dinner, a bit of reading, and bed. I'm making an early day of it tomorrow so I can get to the con by mid-afternoon. I can't wait to see you guys there!
Time: 30 minutes
Distance: 2.123 miles
Top Speed: 5.4 mph
Top Incline: 4.0%
Calories: 300
I thought I would get in a little run while
toob was off enjoying the first day of FC. :) I think I could really use the time to calm my frayed nerves, get some laundry and cleaning done, go over my notes for the Buddhism panel... (and sneak in a few rounds of Rock Band). The apartment treadmill feels really easy now that I've been pushing myself again on the runs. Still, my legs were grateful for the easy time of it. I have this particular pain in my right leg, down low where it feels like a tendon is connecting to the bone. I don't think it's a tear -- to be honest, I'm not sure what it is -- but it tends to bother me whenever I get in a particularly good run. I'm hoping it's something that will get better on its own, but I suppose I should e-mail my doctor about it.
Right now I'm reading two books aimed for self-improvement: The Writing Diet by Julia Cameron and Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach. The former is a godsend to folks who tend to eat emotionally, even if Cameron insists on using really retarded phrases like "Snack Attack" and "Body Buddy." There's actually a few good ideas in there, namely using writing as a replacement for food when you get that craving, but if she insists on saying "writing yourself right-size" one more time I'm going to scream.
The second book deals with self-image issues from a Buddhist perspective, which I certainly appreciate. It's definitely written in that hug-yourself, New Age tone, but that's not something I mind so much. In fact, I'm wondering if resisting anything written in that tone is a way of pre-emptively invalidating the advice so I don't have to follow it. Oh, the traps we set for ourselves.
I'm getting a lot of mileage out of the book and I'm only two chapters in. After the convention, I'm probably going to be really annoying and talk about it for a few weeks or so. Just so you're warned.
Now: dinner, a bit of reading, and bed. I'm making an early day of it tomorrow so I can get to the con by mid-afternoon. I can't wait to see you guys there!
