Wednesday, February 3, 2010

What color are your glasses?

Many of you follow this blog through links on facebook (Thank you!), therefore, many of you have heard me talk about Phil Brabbs and his battle with multiple myeloma. I was reading his blog this morning, I am completely inspired by him. He is on cycle 6 of chemo, raising 2 small children with one on the way, and imagine this; wasn't feeling too well the other day. To get out of his funk he ran three, yes, THREE miles. My hero.

I have listened to people complain a lot as of late. I think about how blessed so many of us are, and how different our lives would be if we could spend a little more time looking through these (photo courtesy of Phil's blog) Rose Colored Glasses. My goal is to look through these as often as I can, and feel blessed everyday for what I have, including my health. Maybe I will tint my goggles rose as I head back to the pool tonight for another work out. Yeah, that's right, tonight, even though it is not MY swim night I am going swimming. 1500 is my goal. Bring it! Lisa said she is looking for a swim cap for me. I hope it is obnoxious!

Since I didn't work out yesterday, and have not lifted since Sunday, I am heading to the gym when I get out of work at 2 today. Cardio and weights, cardio and weights, cardio and weights. I could write about song about my love affair with cardio and weights. I am grateful that I am not refereeing any basketball games tonight, just overseeing the action, so I don't plan on being a hott mess like I was Monday night.

The Body Purification is officially over. I feel amazing! I am so glad that I did it, as yes, I am glad that it is over, but in a way, it isn't really over. The purification was an opportunity to detox from carbs and sugars and basic crap. Now that I have done that, why go back? I said it before, and I will say it again, I am not looking backwards I am moving forwards. Fish and chicken, lentils and wild rice, lots of veggies, that's about it for me. It has to be if I am going to rock this triathlon! And of course my SP complete. When you click on that, look at the ingredients. Then do me a favor compare it with your protein shakes. Many powders are filled with sugars and crap. Seriously. Don't believe me? Check it out for your self.

Inside all of us is HOPE.

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4 comments:

  1. lisaFebruary 3, 2010 at 2:43 PM

    I really love this...wehile I am far from the dedicated healthy person you are...I can always strive to be better. This is so inspiring and i really LOVE LOVE LOVE it....weighed in today and i lost 4.5 pounds. I feel happy that my hard work has paid off. looking forward to the meeting at the Wellness U...please remind me!
    Gotta go and still searching for that cap!

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  2. EhrikaFebruary 3, 2010 at 3:09 PM

    Thanks Lisa, I am glad you like the blog. I am proud of you for losing 4.5 pounds! That is amazing. It always feels good to be rewarded for hard work. Motivating each other and moving forward into healthier lifestyles we can 'dominate' (as Phil says) anything. Lentils for dinner along with a small filet of whitefish (baked with lemon and olive oil) and I am ready to swim my little heart out.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2010 at 7:30 AM

    Note to myself- stop venting to Ehrika. Check and check.

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  4. EhrikaFebruary 4, 2010 at 2:55 PM

    The post had nothing to do with venting. You know you can always vent to me. I was actually thinking about conversations that I was never an active participant in when I wrote it. One conversation was someone speaking AT me, not to me, and the other thing I was thinking about what just something that I witnessed but kept my mouth shut because it was none of my business. I am sorry if I made it sound like you could not vent to me. Forgive me?

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