The Human Body Amazes Me!

I went and met with my nutritionist today. It was just a formality as i am just starting my dietary restructuring this morning, but so far it looks good. I had a 4 egg white and one yolk omelette, with lots of veggies and salsa, and finished it with a piece of fruit. At snack i had 2 kiwis, for lunch it was rice veggies and chicken. Super is a shrimp stir fry and for snack its a half cup of yogurt. So by no means am i starving, and its a lot more flavorful to keep my binging and cravings down! Lets see what it does on the scale over the next Wednesday!

After my appointment with Leslie i went to the gym and decided to listen to Chad and not workout today to let my body recover from yesterdays exercises. This left me with just cardio available, to work on. There was no way i was looking forward to force myself to jog today as i was having cramping and shin splints yesterday and the day before. Chad told me to try and stretch out my tibialis anterior muscles before and after jogging, and remove the incline on the treadmill. Well i tell ya the man's a genius, what a difference. I stood on the treadmill and walked for 5 min at 2.8 mph then 5mph for 5 more. I alternated that for 60 minutes without stopping! That means i jogged 4.02336 km and walked 2.2530816 km in intervals. This tells me i have completed the distance of the 5 k run i signed up for and now i need to keep working on it till i can jog 5km without stopping.

I account the amazing progress i have made with this goal to Chad. Every time i was running today and starting to slow down i was hearing him in my head chanting at me " Come on Marc buddy just 2 more minutes, don't slow down now just 30 seconds" or even when i did step on the sides for a quick second i could hear him in a very motivating voice saying " Come on Marc get back on, no excises get on, I'm gonna add time on! " But I think the funniest thing that came to mind was when i completed my 5 min jog interval i could hear him making sounds like a humpback whale, encouraging moans and groans, and finally ending with " Yea buddy! You did it! " When i finished up I almost expected Chad to bring over someone like Terry Fox and both telling me in true Chad fashion that i was a natural and they couldn't believe how well i was doing! Strange but he always has someone near by to motivate me in one way or another!

Overall i was thinking about how quickly the human body adapts, how well it endures, and when respected it will always amaze you. Test your body, bring it to the brink and think like Tony Horton when you think you can only do 5 more but your brain says you can do 10 do 10, its worth it!

Thanks to my team for motivating and supporting me!