Trying to Get Better

Oh my goodness you guys!!! This has been one heck of a week! Most nights I've slept about 11 hours. Today I had a nap! I NEVER have naps. Ugh. I take my last antibiotic in the morning and I'm really worried because I do NOT think that I'm better.

I finally got it together enough to do Day 1 of Level 2 tonight. I begged my 10 year old to do it with me just so that I would go get started. She gave up after a few minutes but it was the motivation that I needed. I thought that it would be a lot harder than it was. I guess that Level 1 really did make me stronger. :)

On a side note: I asked my hubby the other day if this new shirt that I got looked okay on me and he said "oh ya, I was going to tell you in the kitchen that you looked skinny, but I forgot". Ugh. You forgot?!?! You just can't forget things like that, okay? ;)

I was up a pound this Friday, but I'm hoping that it's just from all the sleeping or something. I'll get it back. I'd like to run in the morning, but I'm not sure how that will feel. I might try out starting on the treadmill so I can stop if I need to.

My lil bestie at Cheer Tryouts. She made it! Yay!

Uh Oh

Well, Level 2 didn't happen last night. I slept for like 11 hours!!! I am feeling really good today so I hope that I'm through the worst. I'm still a little tender but that I can handle. I'm going to attempt Level 2 tonight but I also don't want to push it too much and set myself back. I really think that it has been the rest that has helped me get better. Some websites and people have said that it can take 2 weeks to get over a kidney infection! It'll be a week since I went to the doctor tomorrow so hopefully I'm on the upswing.

My first race is next Saturday! I'm getting super nervous!

Tuesday

I'm at work today. ugh. (I work part-time) I am still feeling horrible. I was able to do Days 9 and 10 of Level 1 of the 30 Day Shred. It was hard but I pushed through it. The muscles right around my kidney seem to hurt also. I can't stretch that side and it's hard to lift anything heavy. I'm on Day 6 of my antibiotic and I'm feeling somewhat better, but not there yet. My guess is that I'll have to do another round of medicine. I haven't been running because I just don't have the energy. I am working Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday so my hope is that I'll be feeling better by Friday so I can get a run in on my day off.

I'm going to try Level 2 tonight. Wish me luck!

Oh, and I'll try to stop being such a Debbie Downer. :)

Frustration.

I just finished the 30 Day Shred. I'm exhausted and I'm going to bed. I didn't do the Shred yesterday because I was just in too much pain.  I'm frustrated. Ughgghghghghghghgh.

I feel like a fraud. Since I've started this blog I was sick for a week with a cold and didn't get much running in and then now with this kidney infection I fear that I may not run again for awhile. I'm achy, exhausted and still in pain. I'm still planning on running the 5k on May 5th because my family is doing it and they are walking so if all else fails I'll stick with them. I would really like to train for a 10k on May 26th but it all depends on when I can get better.

I'm being whiny but it's not fair. I wanna go back to being amazing.

At least I have this guy to keep me company while I recoup. :)

Kidneys. Ugh.

I broke my streak and I am NOT happy about it. Here's the story.

When I started the 30 Day Shred my back starting hurting a little but I assumed that was normal because of working new muscles. Well yesterday my back was just killing me every time I moved. Now in the past I've had 4 seperate kidney stones, lithotripsy (a procedure to break up kidney stones) and numerous kidney infections. All of the sudden it hit me, that's what was hurting, my stupid kidney! I made an appointment at the After Hours Clinic and after an hour long wait they informed that I did indeed have a kidney infection. Ugh. I was in too much pain to do my Shred. I was really upset but I've got two doses of the antibiotic and am starting to feel a little better so I'm hoping that by late this evening I will be able to get back on track.

Yesterday was a bust!

Not me. Just in case you were confused. ;)

Do you think that I could be ready for a 10k in 5 weeks?

Yesterday

Well yesterday ended up being quite the day. The plan was to go to Yoga at the local Rec Center and then do the 30 Day Shred after. I hadn't been to Yoga in a few weeks because last week I was sick and the week before was hubby's bday so I was determined to go this week. I loaded up baby in the car at 3:55 to pick up my daughter from her after school choir, turn the key, nothing happens. Ugh. Are you kidding me? Call the school have them tell her to get a ride. Call my mom but she's at work. What to do, what to do. Okay, I load up baby in the jogging stroller and head out. The school is far, but what choice do I have? 4:05 daughter calls and says that she couldn't find a ride. So I tell her to meet me at the big intersection so that I can help her cross. Finally I see her so I can stop worrying. I go home and map the route. She walked .8 of a mile by herself, I walked 1.19 to get to her and we walked 1.19 to get back. Whew. Just grateful that I got her. Then I realize what I have planned for later. *sigh* I'm not changing my plans now. I made it through everything but I was grunting during 30 Day Shred. Hubby was laughing. ;)

I think it was a little rough because I was in flip-flops. No time to change.

On another note. I have been out of my thyroid medication for 3 days. We had an issue because my baby is getting a special RSV vaccine because he was a preemie. Each shot costs us $150 and he gets 5. Well they have these co-pay programs that will help you pay, so I applied and was approved but they process is taking awhile. In the meantime they have been holding my prescription hostage. Hopefully I got everything worked out yesterday and I should get my medication tomorrow. I feel yucky without it.

Oh, how I've missed you! Come back, come back, come back!

Before Pics-30 Day Shred

Yesterday was Day 5 of The 30 Day Shred. It went well. I decided to run for a half hour before I did it. I was worried that the rash on my leg would hurt, but I covered it with a bandage and it was fine. I did sweat enough that the bandaid fell off after the DVD. I was proud of that. :)  I wanted to run outside, but it was about my sons naptime and I knew that if I took him out in the stroller that he would wake up when I got home and his schedule would be off for the rest of the day. So off to the treadmill I headed. I watched an episode of Biggest Loser and the time went by fast.

I decided that I should take some before pics for the 30 day shred. Its a little late but that's how I roll.

 I would never wear this outfit to run outside, but in the privacy of my own home all bets are off. ;)

 I was really focused on not sucking in, so I'm hoping that I was pushing out otherwise this post baby belly has got to go!!!

The plan for tonight is a Yoga class at the local rec center and then the 30 Day Shred afterwards.

So fun Weekend

Well Saturday morning I woke up and decided to go out for a half hour run then do my 30 Day Shred. My husband was home so I did my first outside run without the jogging stroller in FOREVER. It started off well because I was able to wear my ipod without having to listen for my little one. About half way into it, I kept pulling my pants up because it felt like they were falling down. Eventually I started feeling burning between my legs and I figured I was experiencing the "chub rub" that I've been reading about. I ran for 8 minutes straight just trying to get home. By the time I got there I was in some good pain, I was finally able to check and my pants had sprung a hole!!! How embarassing. I managed to get through the 30 Day Shred but when I jumped in the shower it burned like crazy. I was lucky that I had a few larger bandages but I had to go buy some more. I guess that's what I get for trying to wear yoga pants to run in. *sigh*

Lovely, isn't it?!?!??!

In the afternoon we went to celebrate hubby's bday by checking out our new mall downtown. Then we headed over to do some go-cart racing. I had a good time but I got quite the arm workout trying to steer. After that we hit up a local bar for some drinks and had an awesome time! The boys played pool and as it turned out it was gay night and there were some friendly, good dancing gay men. :)  Unfortunately the night ended with our friends car being broken into but luckily no cash was stolen.

My leg is still hurting and I've been lazy all day and haven't done the Shred yet. I'm on my way there now though.

Funtabulous Friday!!!

Well, Fridays are normally my weigh-in day. So here it goes.....208.6. Yuck. But it wasn't unexpected because of the head cold and no running. (man I hope nobody that I "know" reads this thing)

One quick story. We went to my dads house for my sisters sweet 16 party the other night and my step-mom and cousin asked if I've been losing weight. I said unfortunately "no". Then my hubby chimed in and said but I'm sure she's lost inches and they both agreed. I don't feel like I've lost a lot but it was nice of him to say so. :)

While looking through some pics the other day. I found some comparison photos that I did after losing about 40 pounds before I became pregnant. Man I wish I was back to this point but right now I look more like the Before Photos. I guess I just need to keep on trying.

I'm gonna do my 30 day shred right when I get home from work tonight and a good run is in my future tomorrow morning. Enjoy your weekend!

30 Day Shred

Sorry that I've been missing the last few days. This is my daughters Spring Break and we are supposed to be in DisneyLand but we cancelled the trip because of some budget issues so we've been trying to do some fun things with her so she won't be too bummed. We went to the zoo on Tuesday. I got quite a workout there. It is on a hill so what goes up must come down. Woooo. I even sweated a little.

I haven't been running because I came down with something and when I'm sick my body just shuts down and wants to sleep for a few days. I probably won't be able to get another one in until Saturday. Not good but sometimes life just happens.

I was looking at the calendar yesterday and I realized that I only have 30 days until we are going to be taking some family pictures for my sons first birthday so I figured that this was the perfect time to tackle the 30 Day Shred. Dun Dun Dun. I started this morning and so far so good.

This is my surprised face because I didn't think that I would sweat that much. (Ignore my whiteness. I gotta get working on that)

Learning

Well, I've been reading other blogs out there because I really have no clue about running. And I'm learning that there are different types of runs. So far I get that there are shorter, faster runs and longer, slower runs. I know that there are other types but these are the two that I understand so far. Before all this, I just thought people got out there and ran. I never knew that you could train yourself to be faster either. I'm grateful to be learning so much!

I figured that Saturday was a good day to try and do a long run. I've never made it to 4 miles before so that was my goal. I knew that if I added one more loop around my pond that I should make my goal.

I did a 5 minute warm-up walk and then 3 minutes of jogging to 2 minutes of walking. When I reached one hour 5 minutes then I finished with a 5 minute cool-down walk. My daughter went with me and she rode her bike while I pushed my son in the jogging stroller. It felt so great to be done and since my hubby was home I had him take a cute little pic.

Today is Sunday and Easter, I was planning on a short-fast run but I woke up with a sore throat so I'll probably put that on hold. I hope everyone's holiday was nice!

The Weight of the Situation

So has anyone else noticed that I haven't brought up my current weight yet. Ya, that is because it is still hard for me to talk about.

Bigges Loser style "Your current weight is" about 205. Ugh. I'm only 5'4".

This blog is not going to be about weight loss, but at the beginning that was my goal. Unfortunately running doesn't counteract all of the extra calories that I eat. And it doesn't change the fact that I forget to take my medicine all of the time. Until I can get those two things under control the weight issue will probably not go away. Honestly, I'm okay with that for now. I have made one goal. I'm not ready to track my calories, but I'm going to keep a food diary. I'll write everything I ate and why I ate it. Hopefully it will help keep me more accountable without making me obsess.

Sometimes I feel like I can only concentrate on one thing at a time. And I'm really excited about running right now so I'm gonna stick with that.

Recent picture of me. From New Years. I have lost a little weight since then. I hate it. I'm still working on being who I want to be. I just gotta keep on trying. :)

I'm Amazing?

I didn't want to run this morning. My legs were just tired and I knew that my sons nurse was coming at 1 and our house wasn't exactly the cleanest. So I told myself, "I'll just do a couple of miles on the treadmill while watching last nights Biggest Loser." That sounded okay when I realized that there was no way that my son was gonna take a nap early enough to run and get showered before his nurse came. So, he was loaded in the jogging stroller and out we went. I gotta tell ya that it didn't get any easier. I had to go to the bathroom and running while squeezing your cheeks isn't the easiest. Although I suppose it works your butt muscles. hehe. But I did it. Yep. I told myelf that I only had to do 4 laps around the pond but I ended up doing all 6.

Some lady on the trail said, "You're amazing." Not sure what she meant by that, but I'll take it.

I'm amazing. Sigh.

My view on the way home. If you look close you can see the lake inbetween the marsh and the mountains.

Hip Hop Hustle

So, my friend has been basically begging me to go to Zumba with her. They have it right after my Yoga class every week, but honestly I'm intimidated. That looks hard! I'm a semi-dancer but sometimes I struggled to keep up, or to make my body do what I wanted it to do.

Well, we compromised and I attended Hip Hop Hustle last night. Not too bad. I just wasn't able to do some of the moves. Crazy Legs? What the heck is that? (that's my Utah slang in there)

The class was actually really tough on my knees and my legs felt like jello from my previous run, but all in all it was pretty fun. :)

 Good thing I love this girl!

I'm still not sure about Zumba yet though. Anyone tried it?

Whoa Nelly

So yesterday I decided to do a short run because it was terribly windy here so I couldn't take my son out in the jogging stroller, so I resigned myself to the treadmill. I just love saving my episodes of Biggest Loser and watching them when I run, such motivation. I was thinking that I would run for a half hour but I am so SLOW that I didn't get anywhere in a half hour. I made it to 2.5 miles in 41 minutes. That works for me.

Question for when anyone finally starts reading my blog. ;)  I am still doing a 5 min warm-up and cool-down. And I count that distance towards my run. What do you do?

Friday I was able to get in about 3.6 miles outside. Beautiful day.

BIG NEWS. I think I finally picked my first race. My mom said that she will walk one with me. So over the weekend we picked one on my grandfather's birthday. In the town that he lived in. My uncle and my sister will probably be joining us also. Plus it said there is a small carnival after for the kids! It sounds like a tiny race. I don't think they will even have a clock, but I'll have my HRM. So, look out Cinco De Mayo! I'm coming for you.


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