Stop it, now!!!

The local news broadcast reports we have not had recordable rain in more than 59 days. The streak came to an end this evening when a small band of rain moved across Harris County. Stronger thunderstorms will be moving through the area tomorrow as a front moves through. Although the rain is a welcome sight, I see this as another good reason to be off the LSHT.

I didn’t do much today other than transplant my vegetable seedlings to my “bucket garden”. A local pool company occasionally throws away 5-gallon chlorine tablet buckets. With their permission I pick them up any time I see them next to the dumpster. I am planting my entire garden in ten different buckets. The bottom third of the bucket is filled with lava rock and the remainder is filled with top soil. My bucket garden will enable me to move plants towards or away from the sunlight as needed and there is a lot less weeding. My bucket garden is back friendly, as I don’t have to bend over as far to tend to my plants. With a little luck, keeping the buckets closer to the house will discourage squirrels and birds from harvesting my vegetables as they have done in the past.

Starting last night I noticed a small twinge in my lower back. This is the typical feeling I get when I haven’t exercised in a long time. On cue, my back is telling me to get off my ass. Tonight I went for a late night walk and I even ran for five minutes. There was a fog over the area, resulting in 100% humidity conditions. It was steamy, but I wasn’t out there long enough to find it bothersome.

Walk:
1.67 miles
30:00
17:58 pace

Run:
0.44 mile
5:00
11:22 pace

Push-ups: 21

This has been a stressful week and very little has been going right. Each day I find myself emotionally eating, which is one step closer to binging. Hopefully tonight’s run flushed some of those feelings out before I find myself in a tailspin.

I certainly feel a lot better now that I’ve exercised.