Yay! Results!

I have lost 7 lbs in the past two weeks from running and walking--yay!! In other news, I am dead tired and my body hurts!

What am I thinking?

Ahh! What am I thinking, putting my body through this torture? I ran my six miles outside last Friday and it was COLD! My face was wind burnt the whole day and I looked like a tomato. I ran outside (4 miles) on Sunday while snow hit me in the face. My body is exhausted. I keep falling asleep when I go home at night. My poor shin splints HURT. Why am I going through all this?

Because I want to prove to myself that I can do it! I am going to keep pushing through the pain and the fatigue and try my best.

In other good news, I've lost all the weight I gained in the month of January--whoo hoo!

This week:
Sunday--4 miles
Monday--3 miles
Tuesday--weights and pilates
Wednesday--basketball
Thursday--3 miles
Saturday--7 miles--then I head on a plane to Italy and will be taking a week off to explore Italy and eat as much as I can!

Foot Injury

It seems I have a high ankle sprain (diagnosed by Phil, the coach of the Marathon Club). It ached all night last night - kept waking me up. I think I did this on Monday. It was painful on Tues, but not constant like it was all night last night!!! I have to do the RICE method (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) now. I took some Advil and did ice this morning and so far I haven't had discomfort. I'm guessing I shouldn't do a lot of walking the next few days. I am bummed about this setback! I will do some exercises tonight that don't require me to be on my feet too much. I've never had issues with my left foot so this stinks.

Training week

Last night I walked 2 miles -- OUTSIDE! It was 41 degrees out. A tad bit nip when I'd walk this one area cuz the wind was blowing in my face. But, I survived it! I told myself if the temp is above 40, I am walking outside. So, that's what I did! My foot no longer hurts, but now my right shin and glute is SORE!! Probably because I didn't stretch before and after (my bad). I dread the 3 miles tomorrow -- and have no idea how I'll do 6 miles on Saturday!!! AAAGH!!!! And next week the mileage increases. Oy!

Official Training

This is the first week for official 1/2 marathon training and I am exhausted! I'm working my running schedule around my Tuesday night weights/pilates class.

My body aches! My legs are exhausted and my butt hurts from the new weight routine.

Sunday-3 miles
Monday-2 miles/weights
Tuesday-Couldn't make it to class so I did Biggest Loser Bob Workout--good grief that was exhausting
Wednesday-Basketball
Thursday--Need to do 3 miles
Friday--Need to do my Saturday training of 6 miles since I have to work all weekend.

I must admit last night I was tired after I got home (around 8ish) and all I wanted to do was go to bed or lay around. After I did the Biggest Loser workout, I felt MUCH better and could actually get some more stuff done.

Keep at it!

Fallen Off the Wagon!

Talk about slacking, I have fallen off the wagon completely. I haven't exercised at all and can't get myself motivated and my eating has been pitiful!! We had a health assessment here today at work and it was depressing when I got on the scales! I hope to get motivated again and am looking forward to spring and nicer weather!

This is my first post. Not sure if I'm doing it right. You guys are impressive! I hope you make me so jealous with your accomplishments that I get off my butt and start doing some stuff. I'm dealing with the everyday issues of fibromyalgia and chronic headaches, so it's hard to get motivated when I feel like making it through the day at work is the biggest accomplishment I can do! Now, my doctor has me on mega doses of Lyrica which cause weight gain.

Keep going ladies! I'll try to get myself on the right track.