Day 24 started with a thunderstorm. The remnants of Hurricane Isaac had worked its way here and a thunderstorm was among us. I decided to sleep a little longer and drive the kids to school. As we drove there, the rain poured down. A silent prayer went up to heaven asking for reprieve from the rain so the kids would not get drenched as they walked to the front door. As we turned on the last street, the rain slowed to just a spinkle. Praise God!!
Since some of the schools in town were without power, I decided to work from home today in case school was dismissed early. I've also been pretty good about staying on a healthy diet and logging my food. I haven't exercised yet, and I keep looking at the clock to determine what to do before the kids get home. I should do my P90X video and stick with the schedule, but I procrastinated and opted to catch up on my reading, update prior blog posts and do laundry instead.
As I read about Joseph's faith, and saw how the Israelites ended up in Egypt, (setting the stage for Moses' Exodus) I switched load after load of laundry. By the time I made it to Proverbs 3, I came upon a familiar verse. "Trust in the Lord your God and lean not on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5-6. This verse has held many meanings for me over the years. Today it reminded me that I can't get lazy. Clearly, leaning on my own understanding was not going to get me thin. Finally, at 2:30 I opted for a 30 minute walk/run. Wouldn't you know it the phone rang. Mark was calling to fill me in on some important things. I switched the call to my cell and walked and listened. 30 minutes later, at least I had done something.
The skies had cleared up and Ry had soccer practice, one of the other moms, who is also training for a half marathon, offered to stay so I could get to the gym. Once there, all of the eliptical machines were used. Crud! I opted for a treadmill and began the walk/run cycle increasing the speed each run. When I transitioned from the 4.0 mph speed down to a 3.2 walk, the shins splints returned. Darn treadmill. I have been training on the road for miles the last several weeks without shin splints - 8 minutes on the treadmill and they're back. I opted to just walk the rest of the work out (3 miles) to avoid further injury. In the end, it was not the workout day I had hoped, but it was over an hour of exercise and a great reason to keep drinking my water.
My post-workout dinner was lentil, mushroom and vegetable soup. I'm started to warm up to this soup. It is certainly more filling that just plain tomato soup, and does not conflict with my bloodtype. I also had the opportunity today, since I was home, to eat two egg sandwiches. I use egg whites, a little chedder cheese, and two slices of Ezekiel bread and a teaspoon of ketchup. It's really yummy. My post workout shake and my soup rounded out a great food day.
"Trust in the Lord your God, and lean not on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5-6
Wish we could take those walk/runs together!
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