Not anything earth-shattering to report this morning, but just a quick update about my goal progress. "Beat the Bulge" 40-Day Challenge is going fantastic! Well, maybe I should reserve judgement on that fact until I make the scary trek onto the scale on Monday morning to chart my progress. Here's how my week has looked ...
Days 1 - 5: Eat gluten-free -- check!
Walk or run 1+ mile every day -- check!
Attend 3 workout classes -- check!
Day 6: Already made myself walk to the bank and back at 7 a.m. to get in my walk before heading off to Kamloops for a day of errands.
I did have to change my goal mid-week as I was becoming lackadaisical about the distance I walked or ran every day, smugly content with a mile and no more. Then, the realization struck me that I am simultaneously supposed to be getting ready to walk/run 10 km in April, necessitating a ramp-up of distance covered each day. Imagine my delight (I'm easily pleased!!) as I ran 8-1/2 laps of the gym during my students' 5-minute timed run yesterday morning. It was, actually, the first time I could (or made myself) keep running the entire time.
Unfortunately, week two's eating challenge has been changed from vegetarian to "no sugar added" - good-bye ketchup (yes, I like ketchup!), gluten-free cookies at the bakery, and tofurkey sausages (they have gluten AND glucose!). This week's eating has been surprisingly easy, except for the night Joy and David decided to devour perogies even though I couldn't eat them. All this is sure good for my self-control! Bengal Spice tea has been my saving grace. I LOVE cinnamon, and drinking a cup of this tea is like eating a cinnamon bun to me -- but with zero calories!
One of my errands today is a haircut. Yes, it's now growing fast and furious and it's time to reign it back in today. As my hair has grown over the past weeks, it's become harder to de-curl it every morning. If I'm not mistaken, it is thicker than pre-chemo. My hope is that this is genuine thickness, not just feeling and appearing thicker because of curl. Time will tell.
Checking my calendar last night, I realized I was mistaken that my "one year since chemo cycle #1" was fast approaching this week. Turns out that monumental event didn't take place until February 8th. However, I was very likely packing for Victoria one year ago today.
Well, it's off to the excitement to be had in the thriving metropolis of Kamloops. Will write again post-scale on Monday :)
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