I love this picture from the dojo. These are the dogs of our Hapkido Master that come in every day and are so good. They wait patiently behind the counter until it's time to go home. Somebody put a sparring helmet on them and shot this picture and it's so cute.. the others are dancing in the background.
So after my last post things got a lot better. I calmed down and went back to class and passed some of the things I needed to get through to get ready for my next test on September 24th. I'm super nervous and probably making a bigger deal out of the whole thing than I need to. But it's been over 4 years since I've done a test, so... that's what I'm going to do, make a big deal. A few tests under my belt (literally) and I'll probably be more calm about my tests and the whole process, but for now I'm neurotic and I really want to do a good job. I'm also trying to get my body to do things that it's not exactly easy for it to do right now. With all of the Physical Therapy that I've been going through... in fact my Physical Therapist told me specifically NOT to do martial arts... we think that she thinks that it's like WWF SMACK DOWN.. but it's not. My doctor does know that I'm doing it and he's fine with it as long as it doesn't hinder my progress towards fixing the Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. I seem to be getting better.. so I'm still going. In fact I want to be doing more.. I'd love to add kettlebells to my routine, but I really don't think my form is that good and I'm not good at self correction and my husband isn't that good at it either (although if you ask him, he'd tell you he's an expert.. ha!). I'm hoping that Tracy and/or Mark when they visit in October will have time to give me some pointers to get me on the road to using the KB's again without injury.
I really feel I am an athlete but I am not living as one. My diet has gotten all wacked out since I tried eating a vegetarian diet for a while, but that didn't go so well. I was eating too much cheese and not getting enough protein because I seriously don't like tofu, which can be a problem. I like it OK as a food but I'm concerned about the estrogen value in it and so I really didn't want to eat that much of it. I just don't know what I was thinking. My diet was really good and I mucked it all up for a few months.. now I have to regroup and go back to what I was doing before. My energy is still pretty low and so cooking is what I really love to do.. but it's not easy when I feel crummy. I hate eating out.....and Greg doesn't really cook.. nothing that I like to eat anyway... so I just have to get my act together and muster up some kind of game plan if I want to have a decent meal.
So, priorities need to be set and my friend Tracy has always been a wonderful example for me and in my opinion for EVERYONE... although she has boundless energy which I only wish I had! Planning is key and that's what I'll do with our meals since Greg will eat what I eat and we both work out at the martial arts studio doing kickboxing and Hapkido. I'd love to do Yoga too... but I'm not able to at this time. I'd also like to add some walking to this as well. Work, gardening and house cleaning and that about rounds out the schedule for us. That will fill it up.
So... back to what works....at least what makes me feel good.
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