BarefootINBlundstones

Today is Sunday - and it has been 11 days since I posted last.  It has been a full 11 days.  While most has been good - some has been hard.  And, if I am honest, some of the "hard" is my health. My lower back, and specifically my right hip has been a mess.  And due to my schedule over past two weeks, I have not been able to go and get it worked on.  I knew with every step I made on my daily walks, that my glute muscle was so blinking tight.  My massage thereapist has attested to that, as well as to the Doctor I see about my back.  His words on Friday were "oh my goodness, this is so tight" ... So, I walked out of there feeling so much better.  Feeling less stiff, less in pain - helps me tacklet everything else to do with the journey I am on - trying to regain my health. So today .. here I am.  And choosing again - to make some good choices to aid in what I feel will get me into better health.  That for me, involves the things that I put ...

  One step forward Two steps back It doesn't matter if I am walking in the best runners or barefoot in blundstones It is still one step at a time. One Step Today is day 199 of walking.  Day 199.  I am pretty proud of myself.  This is a new thing for me - as I am a little lazy I think, and easy to pack in the towel if I get tired, or emotionally low, or too hot.  And man, yesterday and today were hot walking days.  On the weekend I was feeling low - I was hurting physically.  I had a HUGE hunch why. I live with a diagnosis of Fibromyalgia Syndrome of FMS for short.  (Diagnosed in 1995 so you would THINK I would have it figured out by now lol)  It is painful - and it is invisible.  No one knows the pain unless I tell them.  I look and appear "normal" but one thing I have found is that if I can minimize the sugar and the flour that I consume, it is a good thing - because with FMS, its about inflammation and Sugar and Gluten seem to kic...

                                       Barefoot in Blundstones.  That is the title of this blog.  Or maybe it could be called Joy on the Journey.  Regardless of what it is called - it is about Me.  Joy.  A Granny who is almost 63 in a couple weeks or so. At the end of last October - I was challenged to get outside and walk at least 10 minutes 5-7 times per day.  Melina knew what she was asking me to do, but she didn't know that I have this thing in some areas - that if challenged I can dig my boots in and do it! So November 1st of last year, I began with a challenge - to walk and I didn't want the 5-7 times.  I wanted to challenge myself to walk Every. Single. Day. Now, living in Manitoba - I knew I was going into late fall and winter ... But here I am in Spring and celebrating that I have walked every single day since November 1 challenge...