Day -2

Saturdays are for my slow, long cardio workout, so today I enjoyed a two hour hike at a regional park. It was inspiring because the combination of the snow, the frozen lakes, the sun, and the tree I saw with the largest, bulging, rotted out knot I've ever seen inspired me! Now I know the bulging sounds disgusting but actually trees are truly remarkable how they can have a whole section of themselves bulge and rot and still continue to grow. Beautiful! 

The fresh air also started to clear out the cobwebs and chronic pain from not working out as much as needed lately. I'm one week into the workout schedule and am headed into the first full week of pre-training. 

The key to pre-training is putting all the components together and maintaining that balance. In the past, I seem to always be able to get one or two things going together, but not everything. 

This is one reason the healing from chronic pain, specific muscle atrophy, adrenal fatigue and the drain of trauma on your cellular memory has taken so long....it's all about balance. When I can maintain balance on the outside, my body has an easier time staying in homeostatis (balance in body language). When the body has to do most of the "heavy lifting" in areas like stress, nutrients, hydration, and rest, then it's fighting against itself (figuratively speaking). As I consider the goals for the first week of pre-training, these are the key considerations.

For example, my adrenal system is directly related to my Circadian Rhythm. This means that, at times, my body thinks midnight is actually 10:00 AM, wakes me up and keeps me up like I'm in the middle of the day. It also thinks 7:00 PM is actually 2:00 AM and is screaming at me and wondering what am I doing up? Most days it's not that dramatic, but that's why the adrenal testing I'm going to do this week is going to make a big difference. It will tell us exactly what my adrenal system thinks it's supposed to do, support it with medicine while it gets stronger and adjusts my Circadian Rhythm back to "normal." 

Because of this, I started leaving work at 3:30 p.m. last week so I can exercise by 4:00 or 4:30 - before the "rush" at the gym makes it almost a mute point as a relaxing activity and before my adrenal system starts it's evening dip. The experience from the first week tempts me to believe that this may become one of my future keys to success. I'm hoping! 

I'm daydreaming a lot about the days when my blog is all about the trials and tribulations of training and not healing... which is exactly why I know this is the absolute right road for me. Off I go for my "daily rest"!