Taking another approach

I'm not going to be able to go to the Y this morning, I don't think. Walter just won't stop pooping and his poor bum is so raw.
I'm hopeful that tonight we can all go as a family. Hope, some days it's a struggle to keep that up.
 
Well by the time Walter woke up his bum looked fine and he hadn't pooped so off to the Y we went. My goal was to run 2 miles but I was caught by Kraig, SBBC instructor so I went there instead and I'm so happy I did!
I left tears of progress (sweat) all over the track! I was pushed like I haven't been in a long time and it was AWESOME. 1 full hour plus a few minutes of lunges, bear crawl, kangaroo hops, long jumps, inchworms around and around the track. Oh how my body just craved it. I was moaning and groaning and screaming and by the time I finished the 3rd circuit I had a few onlookers high 5in me. I felt BEAST, as my teenager would say.
Tonight we are going and I hope to run my 2 miles and then study. We'll see if my legs can take any more.
 
Yes, last night I did run my 2 miles. The best part was my legs and lungs were great. It makes me wonder if it was my legs and lungs yesterday or just my mind.....the mind is a tricky thing.
Today I try and run just 2 more then do some strength and core training again.
I'm sucking on my calorie counting though. Today is a new day, I love that you always have a new day.
 
Another better than I expected workout day...I ran 3 miles and felt pretty good. My legs are sore from yesterday's workout however, I made it further than I had hoped. I also did some core training, stretching and strength. All in all I have confidence that I'll be able to increase my mileage without too much trouble.

Time for nighty night due to I'm supposed to run 11 miles tomorrow outside with the Borgess group. My goal is to run 6. We'll see!

Colors I ate today; red, orange, yellow, white. Could have been better but it's better than it has been.
 
I'm up, had my official weigh in; I'm down a total of 96lbs since Walter, my last baby 17 month ago. Very nice job! I'm looking forward to seeing what my measurements are. Yea!!!

I'm up and not ready to go running. It is like 8 degrees out and I just don't want to have frozen phlem stuck to my lips. UGHHHHHHH!

Here I go.......
 
I don't know why I think I'm not going to love it once I get out there. It seems so dumb for me to even entertain the thoughts that I am not going to be inraptured while running with all those people regardless of the cold and snow and slush, OK maybe I could do without the slush and cold but still.
Ok, so I get there and the clinic is about nutrition combined with training. I was told I should be eating 9-10 servings of fruits and veggies a day and that my apple is probably about 2 servings. 1/2 cup of fruit is considered 1 serving, same for veggies. Other than that most things he spoke of were general knowledge. I think he could have given better pointers.
We then break into our groups. My leaders talked to me about getting back into the swing of more miles without getting injured and assured me that going 6 miles today instead of 10-12 would be a good idea and that next week I should try and do the regular schedule mile runs during the week and judge my long Sat run by how well the other runs were going. We leave the building and start out, it is cold and snowing; it doesn't even matter. By mile 2 I found my happy "bliss" and you couldn't make me stop. I felt AMAZING, I fell in love again with running. I am absolutely, head over heels in love with running. With every foot fall in the slush and snow I leave a little piece of my irritation, anxiety, disappointment. With every foot fall I pick up a little piece of confidence, pride, contentment. I am IN LOVE!!!!!
I ended up running 11.62 miles in 1:51:24, a 9.35 min mile. I am now sore and tired and spent. Thank god Jimmy lets me go to the Y after my run and steam and stretch because boy do I need it.
I will repeat the moto from the Snowman 1/2 Marathon t-shirt "YOU MAY THINK I'M CRAZY BUT....I THINK YOU'RE LAZY" I love running!
I will need to reread this tomorrow when I'm having trouble walking....hahahah!
 
Sleeping last night was a challenge, every time I moved my lower body I felt the pain of those miles. I was very stiff getting up but as I am moving through the day my legs are loosening up.
So far I've eaten; orange, red, yellow, green. I've got potato soup cooking in the pot just waiting for it to finish up. More green and orange.
Tomorrow 6 miles, hopefully outside, and core conditioning.
 
We are running inside today, speed work on the treadmill. Tomorrow it is going to be so much warmer we decided to switch our Mon workout with Tues workout.
My legs feel much better today, not nearly as stiff. I have no doubts that I can accomplish a tough run and finish up with core and strength conditioning.
Jimmy has decided to use up one of his sick days so I don't even have to deal with the boys this morning, I'm so lucky!
Good day coming up!
 
I pulled out a sprint workout that we did when we first started running together here. I looked back at my notes from those workouts and found that we couldn't run as a cool- down between sprints. I also found that our warm up and cool down were only 10 mins walking when they should have been 10 min jogs.
It's great how strong we've all become. It was definately tough but it felt great!
Planks and strength conditioning went good. I think I'm going to go up to the next level of difficult in all of what I did.

I may have pulled or strained a muscle in my right foot. I was struggling putting pressure on it yesterday, it hurt. Today I'm going to stay off of it; swimming and an upper body lift. I again went to my old notes for an upper body workout I wonder how much strength I've lost since then. I haven't done any real heavy lifting since Thanksgiving. I'm looking forward to it!
 
Plantar fasciitis, I feel like being told that is my foot issue is like those non-running runners who are always complaining of shin splints.
I'm to be off my foot for at least a week maybe 2. I am trying not to let this get me down because I have a belief that I will come back strong if I go back smart (of course that isn't easy for me).
Today I participated in water jogging, what a workout. I had forgotten how tough that is. The instructor knows my situation so she had me up front making sure I was working hard enough; it worked!!!
Tonight we go to a running camp meeting so Jimmy can sign up for the 1/2 Marathon group. I love it!
 
It's been a few day because....I don't know I feel like I say the same things in a roation on here. I don't know if I'm still on a weight loss journey or a getting fit journey now.
I have started my marathon training blog so I've been working on that and keeping tabs on myself there instead of here.
Anyway, since I've been off here I've missed reading other journal entries and I've decided this keeps me motivated. Keeps me feeling like I've got some accountability to continue my process regardless of whether it's weight loss or level of fitness.

So, since I've been on last...I've been to a dr. about my foot. It is not plantar fascitis it is a strained muscle going from my foot up my calf. Probably due to over doing it after getting back from being sick and being off of it for so long.
I've been OKed to run but shorten my miles and no sprints.
I've run and felt great but now I have knee pain and haven't run for 2 days due to that. I've been running slower than usual and keeping the mileage low.
I did weight myself on Jan 31, I'm down to 144.5 on the Wii but I haven't yet measured myself or taken a picture. I need to get on that today.
My food has been good in relation to my decreased exercise. I've done a good job at keeping my calories around or below 2000, it's really more like 1600ish on average. That is mentally challenging but I'm proud of myself for it.
Anyway, workout today consists of swim and upper body lift and core conditioning. Tonight Jimmy and I go pick up his packet for the 1/2 marathon training club.
Have a great day everyone. I've missed this rambling.
 
I cannot even believe my unplanned eating yesterday. Each week I take my little boys for "McDonald's Day". They each get a happy meal and I get a water or sometimes a coffee, thankfully I don't feel the need to get food from there anymore. It took a while but fast food is out of my system. Don't get me wrong I still would LOVE to eat anything fast food but the idea of all those calories, fat and sodium clogging me down doesn't have the appeal. But.....we got all the food home and I thought I'm going to just grab a bite of the cheeseburger out of one of the boxes, then I ate the whole thing. I went upstairs to put a few things away and came back down and....I totally ate the other cheeseburger. Holy crap I was rooting around in those boxes looking for any left over fry or chicken nugget to eat up. I don't know what came over me. A little while later the boys were asking if they could eat their sandwiches now, ummmmm, not so much. Nice!
My workout was uninspired and pointless. I was complete crap. I did lift a little but like maybe, MAYBE 30 mins, that's probably even a stretch. I don't know I just didn't feel it. I sat and chatted and chatted and sat and finally took a shower whilch was longer than my workout. I was pathetic!
Today I try running again. My knee feels completely normal. I'm hoping it stays that way. I'm supposed to go 6 miles outside. Today will be the test not only on my knee but on my ability to stop and walk when I START to feel pain! Can I accomplish that??? I guess I shall see!
 
I didn't workout yesterday. My says it all. I can't go through all that ranting again. I'm in a better place today.
So this morning, after not having run since Tues, I am supposed to run 12 miles. I do not know if that is at all possible. I'm going out with the same mantra as I should have run yesterday with, will not run with or through pain. 1st sign of knee pain and I'm going back. I am not going to spend this weekend with an ice pack on my knee and Jimmy doing all the work around the house.
The marathon group meets this morning at 7, Jimmy is in the 1/2 marathon group and they meet at 7:30, we've decided to ride together. He will be doing a lot of waiting around for me if I run more than 6 miles.
It feels like its been forever since the last group meeting even though it's only been a week. I hope it goes well.
 
So much has gone on since my Saturday run. Again, I'll say I have spent more time managing my blog so this will be a shorter version.
Ran 3 miles without pain, then it hit and it hit harder than it has prevously had. I turned around on that run just before mile 4 made it back a 2.5 miles but then couldn't go on. The pain was excruciating. I could no longer pick up my knee. I had to walk back to the fitness center where we started.
Thank god they have docs there to help out all of us injured runners. The young sexy one checked me out and told me that my fibula bone was stuck up in the ligaments of my knee. I could actually feel the head of that bone, not out of my skin but underneath. OH MY GOD, the pain!!!
He manipulated it back into place and showed Jimmy how to help me out because he assumed it would pop back out again.
On Mon morning I made it into the chiropractor and he fixed me all up. He told me my knee to my foot was all out of sync. Needless to say I got off his table and could move pain free.
I am still sore to the touch but I can walk and bend without any pain at all.
The chiropractor didn't say when I could or couldn't run but that it would be painful for a little while due to the inflammation.
I went to the Y and decided to workout on the elliptical machine for the amount of time I should have been running. It took me a while to figure the elliptical machine out but once I did I was a great workout. Not running but the best I could do.
I'll be doing the same thing for my 4 miles today.
Have a great day everyone!
 
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