Sorry for the Absence October 27, 2018

Hello all my beautiful people out there! I have been away from the blog for awhile. I was absent due to some situations that I have been trying to prevent. I found out a few months ago that the cancer has metastasized to my bones as well as to my heart. I took some time away to deal with the trauma of this news and now I am back after having to make some major decisions. Some dreams had to be let go of and some had to be borne anew. I have let go of my life coaching business as it had become too demanding to constantly try to find clients and build the business here in California. I may resurrect it again some time in future. I have decided to focus most of my time to Life with Metastatic Cancer. I truly feel that this is where I can help the most.

Back in September I had decided to do a month long juice fast program to try to stem the growth of the cancer, but it made me too sick from detoxing and I almost ended up in the hospital again. I had to realize that after the plueral effusion debacle, that I was still too weak to put my body through so much detoxing.  Plus my heart was overcome with anger and sadness while watching the Kavanaugh hearings. It brought up so much trauma for me in regards to sexual harassment and rape. I felt all consumed with rage and sadness for a few weeks. Seeing so many people I had respected come out against Dr. Ford really sent me around a bend. I expressed my feelings on Facebook live videos but could not write about it at the time. Thankfully with the help of my therapist and some lovely women I know, I was able to overcome the rage and sadness. There is still a lot of healing that needs to happen and forgiveness that needs to be done. I have lost much of my way since losing my marriage and moving to California.

Then there is the stress of my health and out financial well being. I ended up getting a part time job because we needed to buy a new car. Well, the car buying happened way sooner than we expected and that was a stressful couple of weeks. We did get a newish car, a 2016 VW Jetta.

Breast Cancer & Cruciferous Veg

Dr. Michael Gregor has many videos on cancer and ways to prevent and survive. It is amazing how adding broccoli to your diet can have a tremendous impact on your life span if you have or have had or may get cancer.

End Goal Update: March 26, 2018

Weekly progress update on End Goal: Play Soccer

Hey all my darlings! I have been progressing slowly on the running as I have not run in a long time and I have been detoxing from chemotherapy and hormone treatments for the last 4 months.

Ran 15 minutes Wednesday and Thursday
Ran 10 minutes Sunday
Walked at least 30 minutes each day of the week.
Strength trained Tuesday and Thursday.

Weight: 66.2 kg
Waist: 34 in
Hips: 37 in
Arms: L: 11 in  R:11 in
Thighs: L: 20.5 in  R: 20.5 in
Chest: 32 in

So from last week, I gained 0.6 kg, no change in inches except for thighs, where I lost 0.5 in per each thigh. So not much changed, but it is only a week. I will be increasing my running incrementally over the next few weeks, and maybe I will get to run outside, but alas, it is snowing again today! This week I will also be adding in stairs.

End Goal; Play Football (or Soccer) in 1 year!

Hey hey hey all my beautiful peeps out there in the big, beautiful world! I have set some major end goals to achieve in the next year and here is one that I am starting today! I want to play football for a semi-professional women's team in 1 year. This may seem like a daunting task, but I believe in myself and really need to get my fitness level up and going since finishing chemotherapy about 4 months ago. This is day 1 and I am revamping my eating plan, my work out plan and how I treat my body from here on out. I have a long way to go, but I just know I can do it! I have the boots, the ball, the kit and the grit! Today I am getting into the running game slowly by completing three 5 minute all out runs. p.s. I have not run in a LONG time. I just completed the first one and am feeling pretty good. I do not want to push too much to decrease the chances I will hurt myself, so easy as she goes is my mantra this week.

What are your big end goals you want to accomplish this year? Keep an eye on progress reports and maybe even some video footage from me as the months go by! Having metastatic cancer is not going to stop me from doing everything I want to do!

Here is a link to some of what I will be doing in the weeks and months to come! womens-soccer-conditioning  Wish me luck! I am gonna need it, maybe ;)

Here are my stats as of today! I will post weekly to show if I am making improvements or not!

Age: 44
Weight: 65.6 kg
Chest: 32 in
Waist: 34 in
Hips: 37 in
Arms: L - 11 in  R - 11 in
Thighs: L - 21 in R - 21 in