Obligations!!

UGH!! I'm so tired of being responsible!! Can I just be a kid again with FABULOUS metabolism, able to eat anything and everything without gaining weight?? Were you wondering where I was this morning?? I was sleeping!

My sister is borrowing/renting my car until she gets married in August. Well, she went to see her fiance this past week and let me have the car back, which was perfect because we needed it. The stipulation.... I had to drop it off to her at the airport last night at 10:30! I didn't get home until 11 and then I couldn't fall asleep. I didn't want to take a melatonin because I wanted to get up and work out in the morning. Unfortunately, I didn't make it because my kids decided they didn't want to sleep. My sleep was interrupted 5 times last night! I eventually gave up and turned off my alarm.

I'm gonna do cardio kickboxing today to make up for it.

My aching feet

My feet for about 5 days have been killing me!! OUCH! They feel like thousands of needles are stabbing them with every step!! Even when I get done working out they still hurt. I feel like I have one huge blister on my heel and another on the ball of my foot. That just covers the whole foot. I am not sure what it is. Marlo and I looked at my shoes this morning, but they are still in pretty good shape. I don't know, but lately OUCH! I am just trying to suck it up and hopefully it will go away in a few days. Oh I really hope cause it hurts!! Okay that is my whine for the week!

By the way I will be weighing in Early early early Thursday morning and probably will not report my weight loss till when we get back from our vacation!! I am really hoping to loose one more pound!!!

Kim's Weekend Weigh In

Here's the summary of my week:

Monday - ate bad, traveled...no exercise
Tuesday- Zumba! only got in about 45minutes due to a doc appointment- FOOD-did very well
Wednesday- Worked out at the park for 40 minutes - did strength training at night-FOOD-did very well
Thursday- skipped morning workout but ended up doing Jillian Michaels ab video-FOOD- was good until dinner. We had to go to Walmart so we bought a chicken dinner. I came home and cooked some veggies to go with it so we had something healthy
Friday - accidentally slept in so I will have to fit in a video sometime today

So, the weigh in -

I keep fluctuating between 3-5 lbs, which is really frustrating, but I am happy to say I am on the down side of that fluctuation. If I keep up the workouts I may be able to lose next week and get out of that 3-5 lb range.

I can't actually make any weightloss goals. Honestly, it just sets me up for disappointment because it hasn't been happening for me. Here is the plus side though... I am motivated. I want to workout, I want to eat good, AND I think I'm over the craving for soda. So...

GOAL #1
NO SODA!

GOAL#2
Do at least a 30 minute workout EVERYDAY...excluding Sunday of course

GOAL #3
Count calories in... I have nothing to help me count calories out so that will have to do

Weigh In!!

I lost a pound! I am really happy about this pound it puts me closer to my goal!! I have to brag about my last 2 workouts in the park.

Thursday- Went to the park and they had the sprinklers on!!! It was wonderful. Monta and I walked through it every time we came to them. It also just made it cooler with the water in the wind. It made the 5 miles so nice.

Friday- It was sprinkling!!! Which was wonderful until it stopped then it was really humid. Also today Monica and I ran the first lap together. When we got done with the first lap I said I am slowing down. She said NOPE! And I was like I can't run this fast. She kept talking and I kept running. By the time we finished the 2nd lap I was so out of breath. But I did it!!!

Gary and I put the kids to bed around 8:30pm then we have been doing workout videos on youtube and last night I discovered tons of workout videos on Sparkpeople. So last night I found a 7day boot camp! So we did day 1 yesterday. It is only 15mins, but man it felt good.

My goal is not to go to crazy this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We leave to visit Gary's family on Thursday, so that will be my next weigh in and I am hoping for one more pound!!

Question...

Okay, as you know I have a pulled muscle in the back of my thigh. When I sit or lay down for an extended period of time it cramps up pretty bad. So, my question is...

Do you know any stretches for the back of the thigh?? I can get the outer muscles and inner muscles, but I can't seem to stretch the muscle that hurts. It is right in the center going up to my butt. Ugh, this sucks. =)

I missed my walking this morning but after dinner I'm either going to go to the gym or go upstairs and try the workout videos Kristi gave me. yay!

What am I thinking???

I can't believe I'm going to be running another 1/2 marathon in just three days. And of course, just like last time there has to be all these trials before I run. I have a cold again. It's not too bad, I think it's more allergies, but still I'm stuffy and have a little cough. The main pain is my foot. Ever since I got my last cortisone shot it has actually gotten worse. The dr. put an extra little pad in my shoe for extra arch support, but I think in a way it damaged my fascia tendon. Last Monday (a week ago) as I was running I got a sharp pain that shot through my whole arch, and it's been very sore since then. I actually think the cortisone shot worked, the place that I usually have pain is fine, it's been a different pain, so yesterday I decided to go to the podiatrist again. I went to a new podiatrist. Partly because I felt silly going back to the same one less than 2 weeks after I was there last, and also because I hadn't realized Sandra Taylor works for a podiatrist, and it's kinda nice knowing someone at the office. Is that weird? Anyway, I REALLY liked this dr. My other dr. was good too, but I felt like this one was just a little more personable, and understanding. So anyway, the prognosis is that I most likely tore some of the fibers of the fascia tendon, but not the entire thing. It actually sounds worse than it is. It does hurt pretty bad, but it will heal. But when people have surgery for plantar fasciitis all the doctor really does is goes in and cuts the tendon so that it isn't pulling so tight, so as he says, I just gave myself a little bit of the surgery on my own. He says I can still run the race on Saturday, but I'm going to be really sore, especially on Sunday so I just have to take a lot of pain killers.
As far as weight goes for this week, I pigged out last weekend and I still have a couple pounds to go to get back to Friday's weigh in weight. I swear, I don't know if I'll ever get to my goal weight because it's such a struggle to just maintain, but I won't give up!!

Wednesday already???

I feel like this week has just begun! I did pretty good yesterday considering I had a very busy day. It would have been easy for me to go out to eat for lunch because of how late I got home from Matthew's doc appointment, but I chose to wait, go home, and eat a turkey sandwich. Yay me!...too bad I ruined it with a handful of peanut m&m's. Ugh! They were staring at me and after so much junk this weekend I could not resist. THEN I had no choice but to go out to dinner so I had 1 slice of supreme pizza. Water Water Water...that's what I've been focusing on. I have felt so dehydrated from all the soda I had.

Now the reason I say I did pretty good is because I was go go go yesterday. I don't think I sat down for more than 30 minutes other than while I was driving. Even though I had to leave Zumba early I still went. I actually get really excited about that class. I love to dance.

This morning I did NOT want to get up. It didn't help to know that I had to leave early because of the kids I watch were getting dropped off early, but I did it anyway. I got 45 minutes in. I am going to try and get more in, but I don't know if it will happen.

FYI - My sister gave me exercise equipment!! I have an abslide...the old kind that is super hard. I now have an exercise ball with straps to use for strength training that comes with a training video. I have several workout videos from Jillian Michaels. Each DVD works a different part of the body. I have 2 DVDs of some other lady who does the 2 weeks to a better body. She also gave me a Reebok stair stepper that raises up and has a workout video with it.

I am willing to share! I am so grateful she passed all of this to me, but at the same time I sit here and wonder when I will really have time to do it. Tuesday and Thursdays I don't babysit, but lately they've been full of erronds and chores. Somehow I will make some time. Anyway, if you guys want to borrow any of the videos let me know.