Day 3

My feet smiling in Crocs

I would like to start this post off by talking about my favorite pair of shoes. There is no greater pair of shoes than a good ole pair of Crocs! I bought this beautiful knock-off pair in Grand Rapids four years ago for the whopping price of $8.00. College students love a good deal and these shoes have never failed me. We have had many great adventures together and there is no sign of wear and tear, so there will be many more to come! Not only are they durable, comfortable, and easy to slip into, but they are a fashion statement as well. You have to be confident to pull off Crocs because by wearing them you are literally telling the world that you don't care what you look like. People have criticized the Croc in blogs and you-tube videos alike. But I say screw 'em! They obviously haven't tried a pair on or done anything interesting enough to need a pair (camping, hiking, tubing down the river, etc). You go out and you wear those Crocs, loud and proud! Yesterday I made the grave mistake of wearing my Nike tennis shoes. My feet suffered. Today I was back in my Crocs and my feet were smiling again. ;) Since it was rainy today, and my parents field is half tore up for the wedding venue, it was muddy and I had a bit of slipping and sliding going on. Nothing my Crocs couldn't handle. Ok ok i'll stop.

I looked forward to my walk all day today! It feels great to have something positive to look forward to every day. I just went to the folks place again because of the weather. And because Ryder called and said she wanted to go on a walk again today. I couldn't turn her down! I started my walk off at a very brisk pace today and I reached a top speed of 4.5 mph. I may have accidentally looked at my average speed yesterday instead of my top speed, but oh well. My average speed today was around 3 mph- an improvement!

About halfway through my walk (at this point my average speed was 3.5 mph so pretty brisk for me) I had a blood sugar incident. I got blurry vision, weak, hungry, and faint all within a couple of minutes. The reason this happened is because I have been eating crappy, no-good food all week long and used my birthday as an excuse to do it. Today was probably the worst I've eaten in a very long time. I won't bore you with the details. When I started my walk I actually thought about how I need to stop that behavior and get back to eating healthy! Well, that idea was definitely affirmed when I had to veer towards the house to eat a banana and some trail mix and wait for my hands to stop shaking. Lesson learned. There is NO excuse to put trash in your body. It makes me feel tired, lethargic, bloated, and cranky on top of the blood sugar spikes and dives!

I finished my walk at a more leisurely pace, which brought my average speed down. I was ok with that. You can't go from zero to one hundred with something like this. It will take time, but I will get there!

P.S. No new items to add to the Lost & Found today.

With gratitude,
Jamie Lynn