Making calls & setting up dates!

I have the day off today from training! I am making calls and setting up dates to pass out fliers and hopefully sell Rescue Her products. So far Walmart has given me July 4th which is the day after my half. Oh well it is something.

If anyone has any ideas as to how I can still give a speal about my half the day after it, please post something on here or FB.

In a couple of weeks, I will be hosting an info night at my house. I will show Rescue Her's video, read some facts, and stories. I will have Rescue Her items on hand and I will take orders. I want it to be a relaxed evening; so, I will talk and then we will kick back with some Zoe(Rescue Her)coffee!
I feel that the ball is starting to roll on this one! Please remember me this Saturday at 7 am as I will be doing 9 miles for the 1st time!

Blessings,
Julietta

Wednesday training!

I did my 40 min. of walking but felt like I needed more. I know that I did say that I was in this to be fit not thin but it is nice to have my clothes fitting me looser. I can even tell when I run or jog that i feel stronger and lighter. I still want my focus to be on the right things. I want my walks to be about good health and helping stop modern day slavery.
I was asked today what the statistics were for here in the states. Here are some stats about human trafficking(thanks to Rescue Her's site):

Human Trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world.

The average cost of a slave around the world is $90. The estimated profits from one trafficked woman alone is around $250,000 a year!

32 billion: dollars generated from human trafficking

Every 30 seconds a child is trafficked!

800,000: people trafficked across national borders annually
80 percent women and girls
50 percent are children

An estimated 14,500 to 17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked into the United States each year. The number of U.S. citizens trafficked within the country is even higher, with an estimated 200,000 American children at risk for trafficking into the sex industry.

An estimated 2.5 million children, the majority of them girls, are sexually exploited in the multibillion dollar commercial sex industry

Week 9 training

So this is my 9th week of training and i am excited and scared! I have never done 9 miles before. The goal of completing a half less than a year after my surgery and for Rescue her keeps me going!

Monday: 60 mins walking
Tuesday: 40 min cross training
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: 50 min walking*
Friday: 30 min cross training
Saturday: 8 (or 9 which ever you choose) miles
Sunday: Rest

So Monday I did my 60 min. of walking but I jogged also. The first 2 miles I jogged a few times at a slow pace and then on the last mile I incorporated some speed with long strides and it felt good! I felt young!
Yesterday, while walking I felt the urge to not listen to my music for the 1st 2 miles and I prayed instead. I prayed about a few different things, human trafficking and fair trade farmers in South America were a few. I thought "how neat would it be that every step or every hour of training I do that it would save a child or woman from slavery." I do not know how this will impact the world but as Josie wrote to me "You are rescuing the ONE instead of just seeing a statistic!!"
I have to get in 40 min. today of crosstraining. That will be 20 min. cardio blast that includes lunges, squats and weights then I will do 20 min. on my elliptical to strengthen my hip.
I like having this blog! I feel more accountable now. Thank you!

May 22, 2010

Walked and partially jogged 4 miles. Today was my first day I was able to jog for more than 200 meters without stopping! 2 years ago I started having hip issues and I was unable to walk across walmart without shooting pain. This past September I had hip surgery to repair a tear and thank God I can exercise again!