So this morning my daughter did not want to run. She gets up late and takes 2 hours to get ready for the day, passive aggressive I-don't-want-to-run-but-I-know-its-really-good-for-me behavior. But I have a half marathon on sunday.
One cannot bs ones way through a half-marathon. This requires the time...the miles must be put in...the sweat must come..the clothes must be stinky! So this morning I wanted to run some other place, I left my home in the car and drove off. I also am looking for interesting safe routes for my Fat Chicks! So I took off and I did 5 miles. I stopped a couple of times to chat with women and invited them to join my group--the ladies told me "you need business cards with you!" I did not have any but maybe I need start carrying some! We need to move everyday. I know this, I don't really have to like this everyday but I try. You should know that--I have crappy days too. Today was a good day though. I ran my 5 miles. I enjoyed the sun, it was a beautiful day, I chatted with new friends and old friends. Sometimes I feel like my life won't be about paying the bills, the everyday grind, the overwhelminess of the ruts in life...but that it will be about helping women be better, with a focus on what they can become--as healthy and happy. You should know that I still struggle with thing like chips and salsa...all the junk, well ice cream..I love Ben & Jerry..I love them almost as much as mu husband! That says a lot! Walk everyday, don't make excuses. Run everyday, don't make excuses. Don't let the haters stop you from moving. They can, but shoosh them aside! Get out and run ladies, move your booty! The shirts are in! A mid-weight tech shirt with a great image on the back and a nice logo on the front. Having the right shirt is paramount. Being part of the group is just fun! I will be at the Port Huron Rec Center off Gratiot on September 24th to talk about our group, sell shirts, and chat with all the guests at the open house. Come and chat! Also, notes about each classes will be posted here on the blog. So class handouts Locations for meet ups and runs, and recipes will be here for you to print off of the site. Find your inner hot chick and join us for some walking, running, cooking and eating! Hugs for a great holiday weekend! Melissa JUST A SECRET LITTLE NOTE: IF YOU BRING THE CODE "LITTLECHICKS" TO THE REC CENTER, YOU CAN GET $2 off your shirt! So the out-the-door-price would be $35 for Large and Xlarge and $40 for 2XL shirts. She you there! You know, as you start off on this new adventure to health and wellness, a bit more sweat will be coming your way, a bit more working will come your way. Make sure you are comfortable! I designed out shirts--the Fat Chicks Running! shirt--it is awesome!
It is a long sleeve white tech shirt. Being a tech shirt means that the material will chafe the skin less, be more comfortable, and breath while letting moisture wick away. I think these shirts will be a great addition to anyone exercising outside in that they are white and with all the bright color they help drivers see you! Keeping you safer! I like to be safe when I am out walking or running! You can order shirts from me--Large and Exlarge are $38 and 2ExLarges are $40. I accept credit cards, cash, and non-bouncy checks! Be part of the group and show your colors! I am so excited to feel the shirt, they are soft a nice mid-weight, with a slinky feel--I love them! Wearing the right kind of clothing is really important when exercising. If you think wearing jeans for a nice powerful walk will be comfy--please, think again! The seams in jeans (and similar kinds of pants) can chafe your skin. Chafing is when the fabric rubs repeatedly over and over, till the skin is gone and there is blood. Later after the workout, the skin scabs over, but damage is done to your skin and your morale. So be sure to have nice panties, or no panties and nice fitting running shorts--I like a mid-thigh short by Sugoi, called "Jackie," at this time of the year a bit harder to find as stores are pressing fashions for the fall. A short to the knee works great too. You can find a variety of these locally at places like TJ Maxx. I am not a big fan of black. Anyone who knows me will testify of this--I love color. I actually got a pair of long shorts that are peachy--but guess what I found out? If you sweat, the shorts get a little tooooo see through! So black for shorts is a GOOD thing. Try out shorts, test and try on at least 5 pair of different brands....see what is out there. See how the rise fits (the length from your belly button, down the crotch and up to the low back area), see where the shorts end, (move about to see if they wiggle at all), see how fit or snug they are in the crotch. Do you have a seem that is not fit snug? if the crotch is to low you can rub your skin raw--chafing! ICK! You do not want a "low rider" look with running pants, shorts, or skirts--you want a nice skin to short fit. Don't buy the first pair unless you have tried on 5 others! Same thing with shirts get a great shirt--See above! Bra's are another important fact with exercise. A ill fitted bra can lead to ripped pectoral muscles and a lot of pain. Taking care of your breasts may seem kinda corny. They get all out of shape after kids come and go, we get fatter, they sag. Its depressing. But as you strive to find your inner hot chick you do not want to continue to do damage. I have a great bra--Moving Comfort's Fiona. No under-wire, it compresses and lifts and I am a 38 D. I put on that bra and worry about my running form, not the girls! I hate under-wire as they cut into my torso near the under arm. I personally think some man came up with that idea--either that or a A-cup woman some where! Hah! I like the moving comfort (retails about $45) because I can wear it daily and get about a year and a half out of it. I have two now and I rotate them. But when I first started running, I did not have a good bra. Take care of you chest, Ladies!! Get a great bra. Moving comfort has all sizes of bra's but the bra's they have for larger women really are comfortable. Try a few styles on--pay for a great bra! Skip a Latte or something, but get a great bra! If you have not been fitted for a great bra, go to Victoria Secret or some other high end undie store and get correctly fitted. You can google it as well, know your correct cup size, know your correct torso measurement. If the girls are irping up out of your cup, the cup size is way to small ( in a normal bra)--take care of the girls--take care of yourself! So I am getting all the items finalized to start my new challenges. I am thinking about going sugar free but I am not sure I can pull that off. I have put on about 10 pounds over the summer, topping 180 lbs, Bummer for me.
I finalized the classes that I will be offering via the local rec center. I will be hosting Fat Chicks Running! classes including running, walking, yoga and an eating and cooking class. That last class will show fun things to eat and drink that are tasty and healthy...sometime people think that healthy food taste like cardboard when in reality, I think, we have warped, crazy, destroyed taste buds...we have forgotten what what fruits and veggies really taste like. We have really been almost brain washed to not like the true taste of real food, real fruit, real vegetables. We don't know the tastes of meat that has not been raised in a lot, shot full of chemical, walking in its own poo and the poo of thousands of other animals. A grass fed cow tastes pretty darn great, as does a grass fed beefalo or a grass fed pig. Shocked to find out that grass fed animals are better for you? Taste better? Well, its true. Try it out if you don't believe me. Anyhoo! I am trying to decide if I should do a juice fast, a sugar fast, a fast of everything! Yes, I am still an addict to food and sugar. I have not figured out to deal with eiather one yet but I hope in this journey I will find a solution. I ran three miles today with my eldest daughter. Then we got rained on--very refreshing and fun! I got a full body massage and ate a ton of food. I am trying to get my blog, my site and my text reminds all hooked up together. I am almost to that point. I am excited to start this adventure and I hope you will join me! Do you think I should log my food here? I need some serious accountability.....what are your thoughts? Today I started to get active again. I wanted to start earlier in the month of July, but I had what I thought was a stress fracture in my foot. Luckily, it was not and today I started moving again. With my pal, Linda--we did about a mile on some crazy machine at planet fitness and then we did slow walk and runs on the other crazy machine. I think all the machines are crazy. I am working to get running outside again. I am planning to do the Crim 10 miler at the end of August and then the next week my daughter and I, Linda and her daughter, will be doing the Swampfoot 4 mile. Will you join us? We are running in the 11 am heat!
I am also starting my juice fast…crazy I know. I want to share that this is a challenge for me. I am not sure how many days I am going to attempt. I am thinking 5 to 10 days. Why is it challenging? I am hypothyridic, and been fighting off diabetes, plus diabetes runs in my family, I have had diabetes in the past (gestational). My grandmother had the adult onset diabetes. I am fighting this disease off--I am not getting that diabetes!! My goal with Fat Chicks Running is to get you out and moving with me. We have to advocate for each other, no one is going to get you healthy ladies, but I want to help. After I get the blog up and running I will post more about me and more about my life and what I want to do with life, job, my art, and my mad skill! Today, I am starting some new challenges. Why do I need to blog, why do I need to talk? Why does what I have to say matter? Weeelllll, I can share what I think, as many of my friends, family and utter strangers tell me I have great ideas--like my husband I am a problem solver! hah!
I want to have discussions, I want to hear what you have to say I want to facilitate dialogue and vent if I need to--it is my blog after all! I will rotate between these topics as I see fit. What makes me think I can? I have experience, a lot, via life, education, and travels. I am married and I value the power of a healthy, happy marriage between a man and a woman. I love and like my husband. He is the center of my life--we are partners, helpmeets to each other and we make the leadership of Team Fernandez! I am a parent, though I have lost babies too. I have traveled the world to teach and make art while seeing some of the highest culture our world has to offer plus I have seen the greatest poverty in the world. I am happy and I know what has taught me how to be happy. I fight with my weight but I know what has worked to keep diabetes at bay. I want to share with you what I do and what I have experienced basically for one reason. Accountability. If I am talking about how to loose weight and stay healthy or get healthy, I will continue to do so. If I am sharing what is happening in the world of education and how childhood is being killed, maybe you can help change that reality. If I am writing about the power of having delightful, cheery art in the home and business, maybe you can help me sell my art and I can help you create some too! |
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M. Leaym-FernandezHey, I am a wife, a mom, a teacher, a wellness activist, and connecting all my parts together--I am an artist! I worry about what women are doing to themselves. Gaining weight, not having balance in life, letting the stress destroy our bodies. This blog is going to be full of stories, ideas, and whatevers that I find to help women not end up like the women in the movie "walli" fat, unable to move, unable to work, unable to live. I want to share my struggles, my story. Archives
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