Letting Nature Run Its Course

I used to make a quarterly business plan...crunching the numbers, projecting sales, predicting outcomes!  I still have stacks of business plans...until one day I was done with planning.  Now don't get me wrong planning is good.  The question is can we over plan? 

These days, I set goals and practice what I call adjustment planning.  I feel like this helps me change when necessary to accomplish my goals.

Let's take my running plan as an example of this theory.  I currently have running goals set for 2014.  While 40 weeks of running have been scheduled, sometimes out of necessity the days, time of day or even milage might very well change.  While nature takes its course such as illness, lack of sleep or other reasons I grant myself permission to deviate from the schedule.  This has helped me meet my goal with less stress!

Allow yourself to deviate when things come up!  It has really worked for me.  I find opportunities become abundant. Be it business or self improvement, be patient and let nature takes it course with your life! 

How to Run from Inflammation!

Inflammation can make you miserable as well as stop you in your tracks.

There are different sources of inflammation.  The question is how do you deal with it.  Check out this list of suggestions...

As a running coach, the primary source of inflammation my clients experience yet have a difficult time understanding is that associated with overuse be in our daily movement, over pacing outside of suggested pacing or going long!  

My recommendation for any runner out there is simple.  If you can not rise and run without pain, you have a level of inflammation you need to address prior to lacing up.  Even with the most conservative running schedule sometimes our daily activity added to that is too much for the body to process.

Inflammation pools in the system as we rest.  So it is not uncommon to be on your feet all day and feel great only to go to bed and wake up stiff and out of sorts.  Listen to your body.  The other caution is relying on anti-inflammatory meds through out the day.  Also trying to quick fix the problem other ways is just enabling the inflammation.  DO NOT be an ENABLER!

In todays world we can not avoid inflammation.  However, we can do our part to minimize with moderation of eating and working out.  Most importantly hydrate!  Hopefully this gives you something to think about and ponder as you rise and shine each day!  

Disclaimer;  this is no way intended as medical advise to treat or cure!  :-)

Getting Fit

 I have never been referred to as an "athletic" person. I never really had any desire to be. It was never really my thing. I started working with/for/around Sandra about 2 years ago. I had a vicious Dr. Pepper addiction. If you know anything at all about Sandra CrazyFitnessLady Wells you should know that didn't sit well with her. When I say addiction I mean that in the absolute truest sense of the word. We are talking like a liter a day easily at minimum. So, working with/for/around Sandra at some point inspired me to create healthier habits. Baby steps. Just a little at a time. 

    In January I started with drinking water, TONS and TONS of water.

 In March/April I started focusing on nutrition. Eating less processed food and sugar...realized there is sugar in EVERYTHING. Bacon. Yes. Even your bacon isn't safe.

In August Sandra had worn me down to RUNNING...ugh yes. 

So, I started setting my alarm for 6:15 A.M. to do Circuit Training twice a week for strength training and run/walking 3 days a week for cardio. Learning that balance of the 2 is absolutely key! If I take off a day of circuit training I feel it in my run the next day!  Now after a few months I have to admit I really kind of love running and working out... It turns out your 6:30 A.M. run sometimes looks like this! 

I ran my very first 5k last weekend, and it was no big deal! Easy peasy! I'm now strongly considering running a half-marathon in April (this would have been deemed CRAZY TALK this time last year) 

I didn't really do any of this for weight loss, just to be healthier/feel better about my self in general. It has worked wonderfully! I am much stronger, less tired, and I've toned up a lot! I didn't lose weight on the scale but I went down a pant size! These are DO-ABLE habits that took me a little less than a year to develop and I will keep FOREVER. I don't have to hobble around sore all the time, and I still get to eat a cheeseburger every once in a while. Everything in moderation. That's what makes this a DO-ABLE life. =) 

-Kalin