I have NOT given up....

I've just been very busy. I know, we ALL are very busy. But I haven't stopped trying to keep up with healthy eating and exercise. I have stayed on track with my eating, but my exercise has been spotty at best.
Earlier this month my husband went in for some out-paitent surgery that kept him over night unexpectedly. Thankfully, he is ok. There were no complications, it was just the severity of his injury made recovery lengthier than it normally would have been. He is still recovering and cannot do many things around the house that he normally would be doing, thus one reason why I have been very busy.
I also have been a bit stressed and that normally would end up with me eating poorly, but I didn't do that this time! In fact I barely ate (I know...a terrible thing to do), but when I did, I made sure that I was eating healthy food instead of the comfort food cravings. Ironically enough, I didn't crave the junk food I normally do. In the end I lost 5lbs.
So, that 5lbs coming off totally kick started me into more exercising. I have been walking a lot. There are a lot of hills around here so the walking has been good.
As I went out for my walk today I don't know what came over me, but I began to RUN!!! RUN...I tell you!!! This is ABSOLUTELY not something that I would voluntarily do unless I was being chased by zombies....THEN I would definitely run. But today, here I was thinking, "Ya know, I have these really good running sneakers on, maybe I should just run." and I ran 1/2 a mile. A MIRACLE....seriously. Those that have known me for some time know that I HATE to run. It's a long convoluted drama as to why, but suffice it to say it mostly comes down to my breathing. See, I am asthmatic and have been all my life. I don't need an inhaler, I'm not that bad, but I have a limited lung capacity and if I don't keep up with exercise, I have even less lung capacity. So, when I run, my body has the strength to go a lot farther than my lungs can. My lungs start to hurt, then burn, then the sharp pain begins. It's actually quite annoying, so I have to stop once I get the the sharp pain part. It's not life threatening. It's kinda like when you work a muscle to the point of exhaustion. It's that sort of pain but in my chest. Again...quite annoying. So today, I did it. I decided to run and start strengthening my lungs so they have more stamina. I felt pretty good while running and now I feel even better!! AND I'm really proud of myself. :)
Have a great day everyone!
~N