A New World (by the numbers)

Much better run today. Back up to a half an hour...at a snails pace BUT I'm moving forward. Now onto a even more daunting task than running...figuring out how to eat right to "fuel" (that's an official runner term) the runs.

So 50/25/25 right? If you want 1 less a week then cut your daily count by 500. Be sure to fall between 118 and 155 to see the maximum result of your effort and also remember to do at least 30 a day to get to where you need to go. Remember one ounce is plenty of that and too much of saturated stuff is horrible. Poly is good but mono is better. Lean lean fighting machine when thinking of protein but make sure not to forget 50% of your intake of your daily allowance should be those COMPLEX carbs with most of those eaten around the time of your run. Oh and by the way, running at a 4 for 30 means that you can maybe accomplish 2. Get in 5 to 6 a day of those and avoid 1 before your morning run. Remember to rest.  Guess I’ll do that in between trying to figure out my proper BMI.

Okay then, sounds simple enough.  You followed it...right?

I was thinking about all the new things that go along with any new world you enter; the uniform (in this case overpriced and undersized stretchy garmets), the people, the customs, the food and, of course, the language.  I've been a little preoccupied with a nervous tendency to try to know everything I can about my new world all at once.  Burns a person out.  My salvation is that my new world is one that will help me improve my life, it will give me a chance at a healthier way to be...something good I can enjoy during the process.  As long as I remember that that's the goal...not to look fabulous nearing mid-life while avoiding pain or worse...dreaded embarassment. 

So then the next step in my new found rebirth is to remember how I got here in the first place...my girl Hannah.  What's it like for a kid starting life in a new group home?   Hannah has been in new placements before...quite a lot of them.  But for each one, she enters a new world all over again.  She must learn the customs, the new dynamics, the rules of the land and so on.  Over and over again she has had to do this.  At the Girls Home I know the staff are excellent at their jobs.  They recognize this process that each kid must go through to be able to start on their own road to health.  She is in the right hands.  But she needs to put in her share of the work all while adjusting to her new world. 

I have a pain in my right leg today...its sore from my spastic attempt to run SUPER FAST yesterday. I'm pretty thankful that's all I have to complain about.  Hannah's dealing with a whole lot more at the ripe ole age of 14.