Have Internet!

So yes I am back on (finally...). It seemed like forever not being able to update what was happening. lol

We are now moved in, not quite unpacked yet, and still have to clean, fix, and get all the outside stuff from the old house yet. It will come.

In breaking news... I have returned back to work last Thursdays half time for now and on light duties and chiro is now only twice a week instead of three! Every day is starting to get better but we still do not have a real diagnosis and waiting for this other specialist to see me. We have pin pointed the one main area and that is it. The only thing I am focusing on is the good and it is only getting better. :0)

I have some permission to do a bit more exercise wise so I will truly be taking advantage of that! lol There is a path that is just at the end of my street that I believe I will get to know well. ;0)

Well, a bit of a quick post this morning and will update more tonight. This morning is our first mother son trip back to the main city for school and work and we are a bit behind schedule... lol

Hope all is well!

Quick Update

Everything with the new house is coming along fine and we went to check out our new flooring last night... it is soooooo gorgeous! Movers are now coming Tuesday instead of this weekend which is ok since we need more time to pack BUT phone and such is all going to be transferred tomorrow (Friday) so I may not have internet till next week when we are out in our new house. So if you don't see me around blog land for a couple of days here, you now know why.

Improvements are continuing with my injury and all the 'specialists' thus far say to go back on my old work injury claim as they think it is from that. So we will see, but I am doing better except for this stupid cold I managed to catch from somewhere... ugh. No worries though. :0)

I haven't had much time to much workout wise and now with this cold I think I should step back a bit and only do what is really needed. ;0) So lots of fluids will be my plan with a bit of extra relaxation to top it off and I should be rid of this cold in no time.

Thanks again everyone for all the great comments and well wishes! I haven't had too much time to catch up on reading but I will! And for the IT band thing, I know pretty weird but yet strangely funny.

Have a great weekend everyone!

The Good and The Bad

Workouts? What workouts... lol Been to busy to even TRY to squeeze one in. Remember yesterday I had plans to fit SOMETHING in? Yeah, well it did not happen. I left my house around 9:30 a.m. and did not get back until 5:30 p.m. and was wiped, both physically and mentally. I think for the next bit here I will not force any plans for workouts of any kind and just be happy to get in what I can. Being realistic should be gearing my current goals at the moment and when we are a bit more settled with this moving stuff, I can re-evaluate where I am and continue on. As I manage to get the odd walk, swim, or whatever in I will be accountable and post it. :0) I am taking it easy and not lifting anything or pushing myself to the point that it will interfere with my healing.

Good thing is that the flooring is now bought and is in the new place waiting to be installed next week. My poor son had quite the workout unloading 2 skids of the stuff! We did cheat a bit though and unloaded it in to the heated garage right off the truck so he did not have to travel far. :0) Since I have a small truck we had to make two trips out there. (btw - the flooring guy had the name wrong with the Bamboo flooring, it is engineered oak hardwood which is susposed to be quite durable also - was kind of looking forward to just saying I have Bamboo... lol )

The doctors visit was both up and down. No answer BUT have decided to try to apply for workman's compensation based on a claim I made nine years ago (injured same area of back that hurts now) and see if they feel it is related in any way. I thought it may have been the knee that started it all but I am lost at this point now. Who knows, maybe they can shed some light or eliminate them so we can move on to the next possible cause. The problem with me is that some of the injuries that I have had in the past have been quite severe so how do you determine what the possible cause of this could be? It really is the million dollar question.

I do have to laugh though. You see I am so used to using lingo like IT band, SI joint, and such and I just had the ortho AND my family doctor ask me what IT band stands for... ok... this just really made me giggle. lol

So today my sister is coming over bearing timmies :0) and going to help with a couple loads of just some odd light stuff around the house. My son is home again today (will explain in a bit here) so he will be able to help also. You see I was looking around my old house here and I do not see where I could even put a packed box at this point it is so cluttered with stuff. So I felt maybe we could start clearing some stuff out to make some room for the stuff being packed in boxes.

My son? Well for those that do not know, my son has Asperger's, ADHD, Tourette's, and Asthma. Quite the combination I know... lol We are just having a really bad spell lately about this whole 2012 stuff going on. He likes to watch the history channel and they have covered a few things about this subject. One of them being about the Mayans. Now my son see's things black and white and not much grey areas so trying to explain this to him is really hard. He says the Mayans have always been right in their predictions so something bad IS going to happen 2012. He is a bit paranoid at the moment and quite fragile. I am trying my best to keep him calm but it is pretty hard when he tells me that when ever he lets his mind go bland (as he puts it) this stuff always pops in his mind and then he gets worked up about it. So I have been trying to keep him occupied with me (he also is showing signs of a chest cold so have to keep that in check before full blown asthma attack) and I am enjoying the time with him - he really is a great help. :0) I usually would try to take him to his doc but he just retired suddenly and now we have to find a new one.

So today my mind goes in to positive thoughts and being very optimistic about the coming weeks ahead. I am going to enjoy my coffee, dream about the new place, and plan some nice walking and hopefully soon to be running again routes in that area. :0)

Busy As A Bee

That is what I have been. No wasted time around here Tuesday/Wednesday and I am so done in at this point. I had plans to go to yoga practice on Tuesday evening, my daily walks, the pool, and the only thing I have been able to do is some slight stretching. This prepping to get everything done for the new house is exhausting me. lol As of yesterday though, the only thing I have left to get is the flooring which is this morning. We have gone from wanting hardwood, then a laminate, and finally we made the final decision last night and Bamboo it is.

I went to chiro yesterday and one bit of good news is that chiro is a bit fed up about all this unknown cause of pain and is going to look deeper in to possible causes like the car accident, injury at work, injury while running, and my job as a possible cause. She kind of figures that someone needs to get on this and if no one else is solving anything, she will. Like the attitude. :0) I head to my family doctor this afternoon to get yet another note to give to work and to see about the referral to the next specialist. :0(

So enough about that. Have to focus on the good stuff around here like the house, number of bedrooms it has (6), bathrooms (3), am I ex-tactic... you bet I am! lol Family and friends are like 'why do you need so many rooms in your house?' I am like 'our bedroom, son's room, animal room, spare bedroom, office, and workout room.' :0) I think it is just the right amount, would like to get spoiled for once, and not to mention it should be way easier to keep things organized.

Today's plans are to grab some help, buy the flooring, and take it to the new house to climatize then it is me time. A walk, stretch, maybe the pool, and then the docs. Depending on the pain level, tonight may be either dance (just minimal arm work or zills), yoga practise (lightly), or just relax and enjoy one of my last fires in my fireplace at my soon to be old house.

Here's to a great day everyone and I will try to catch up the last couple days in reading here.

Cheers! :0)

Lesson Learned

Today I have learned a valuable lesson.

DO NOT put on Lakota ointment on your skin anytime prior to going to a hot yoga class. WOW! I thought my skin was going to burn off because it sure felt like it was on fire. I had put some on this morning and once I started to warm up in yoga this afternoon, well that was it. I was wiggling around trying to get comfortable and even poured water on to my towel so I could try and wipe some of it off a good number of times - didn't work too well and only spread it. When I came home and checked out my skin, it was all really red and warm to the touch. Won't be repeating that mistake again.

So that was the biggest highlight of my day. :0)

(you can all laugh now)

Needless to say, I am done for workouts for the day.

Hot Yoga

No Light Yet...

Went to ortho today to see if he could shed some light on what is happening and if there was something he could do. Nothing. Simply put my skeleton looks good and he is recommending that my doctor now send me to a Rheumatologist to see if they can pin point it. UGH. So no answers for me today folks. I am happy in one way that my bones seemed good so nothing major there, but I have to admit that I was a bit upset that I still did not have an answer. I know I can't just expect an answer immediately, but this has been getting worse and worse... kind of does a bit to your mental stamina.

But enough about the 'woo is me' stuff. I am optimistic and keeping active and in fact, I did 1100 meters in the pool today. :0) Flipper assisted mind you but I did it! I was going to try a small bike and walk again, then it was just going to be a walk... and well, time passed and the pain came so that was it for the day. Tomorrow will be chiro and then some Hot Yoga... I can just feel that warmth now... ;0)

So that is pretty much it for today in a nutshell. I am getting soooooo excited about the new house it is driving me crazy and I want to be there now. (there is a big jacuzzi tub *wink*)

Cheers!

Swim: 1100 meters
Stretches

Thank You!

I just wanted to thank everyone for all their well wishes. I am keeping myself busy and doing what I can to keep some fitness up. As soon as they pin point what is up I will let you know. I know it is just going to be something small, but I am sure that some of you know just how frustrating it can be. Things have just been getting worse over time and it has just gotten to the point that I seized up.

I also would like to thank everyone for visiting my blog. It is so wonderful to meet new people! Last week when I was a 'stalker' going through many blogs, I came across all yours and read some wonderful stuff.

To Natasha, Mel, and Javachick, you guys have made it easy to blog again for me and I am so thankful that you are still around. :0)

Now yesterday me thinks I may have pushed the boundaries too much for myself... After chiro I decided to try just some easy stuff in the pool. THEN I came home and thought oh just 15 mins on the bike won't hurt... but not stopping there, I did my 30 mins walk. You see, I was just trying my own little tri in my world. lol BIG mistake! Let's just say I had a problem even moving for the rest of the day/evening and it became an early night for me. So, found my limit - which I know I should be getting permission for in the first place but boredom sure does make you do some crazy things some times! lol Tomorrow I go see an Orthopedic specialist to see if we can shed some light on the matter and to pin point what the cause might be.

Today my plans are not that huge, well I guess they are huge in that we sign the legal papers today for our new house!!! Yeah! We take possession on Monday and will post some pics then.

As for workouts I am going to walk, stretch, and some yoga at home. I am NOT pushing it today and if I don't get everything done, I am not going to worry about it as stretching will be my priority. Dance is tonight but I don't think that is going to happen either so I think Grey's Anatomy will be the plan. :0)

Here's to a great day!

Yesterday
Swim: 750 m
Bike: 15 mins
Walk: 30 mins
Stretch
Core work

Today
Walk: 30 mins
Stretch
Core
Yoga: easy 20 mins

Total Relaxation

Yep. That is what I feel right now. Very mellow. :0)

I just came from an amazing yoga class at a new place for me and I think I just dropped about 10 lbs in water! lol We sqeezed 50 people in to a small studio, like I am talking mats are touching each other all the way around. You could not step on the floor because it was just not there, only a sea of mats. I got clocked in the head once which considering the set up I am surprised I did not get hit more. I did not know this but I guess tonight was raising money for Haiti. Glad I went. After wards they served this amazing chai tea that I sipped all the way home while my hubby drove (he was my taxi for the night).

Today was not too bad as I did my walk this morning and then I ended up getting a massive headache. So I ended up going for a nap for a couple of hours to get rid of it. It worked thankfully.

I must have been in the creative mood to try new things again because for supper I made a healthy version of fried chicken, curry cauliflower, and corn bread. Sorry no pics but it was super tasty and I WILL be making that again.

My back and leg only bugged me a bit today and was more on the achy side than anything else. I stretched pretty good at home but wanted another really good dig in so I headed to yoga, and very glad I did.

So that is my day pretty much in a nut shell. Tomorrow I am contemplating heading to the pool but we will see... not too sure If I should push it anymore.

Have a good evening all!

Walking: 30 mins
Stretching
Core work
Yoga

Payback...

For all those that post beautiful food on their blogs. :0)

It is payback time to post some of my own. I know it is not really running stuff, but it is ALL healthy stuff and some of it was from craving from your blogs. lol



My morning breakie consisting of an oatmeal made with egg whites, cinnamon, ground flax seed, non-fat milk, and apples.








Lunch consisted of a peanut butter, banana, and honey on toasted whole wheat bread.









Supper, I decided to try a new recipe called Greek Roasted Chicken. I liked placing the lemon under the skin as it felt like I was some kind culinary chef. lol







The end result... It was DELISH!
(The rice stuffing was cooked inside the chicken)
I am realizing now though that I forgot the veggies but blame it on the excitement of a new dish.

There was a small garden salad too but, I figured there was enough pics.



So, hungry yet? :0)

To keep up with the copycat theme of the day here I also had my very first Iskiate (Chia seed Drink) mentioned in the popular book 'Born to Run' - forgot to take a pic though. Which reminds me, I had bought the audiobook of this and quite liked it so I went out and bought the real deal also.

Well you know that snow I had taken pictures of before? We got lots more and still are. I got stuck just outside my driveway this morning on my way to chiro so I had to shovel myself out. Not something I am really supposed to do right now and I did end up in quite a bit of pain. I think that really threw off the rest of my day here as I just can not get comfortable. I did try to do my 30 min walk... finished it, but I think I maybe should have just called it for the day. The rest of the night here I am just going to veg with my ice packs. I was considering heading out to another yoga class to stretch out but I believe the ice pack idea with a good movie would be better for me. There is always tomorrow.

Dreaming of running...

Walking: 30 mins
Stretching
Core work

Painful Awakenings

The above lovable furball should come with a warning - Do Not Waken Abruptly In Bed. I was having a lovely sleep last night until something startled my furry friend and then blood wept. Ashes, my lovely cat, used my torso, arm and head as an escape path to safety. So lets just say that I woke up pretty stiff from the sudden tension and had lovely deep claw marks clearly marking the path he took.

Chiro this morning felt so good and was much needed. I didn't even go for my walk till after I went. As for my walk, wow, I haven't felt this good on the treadmil, or moving around at all, in a LONG time. I did speed up just a bit and kept my time the same. I felt no worse after so I hope it was ok to do so. This waiting to see an ortho is killing me...

I must say after that good walk I had a tune in my head: (tune of Raw Hide)

Keep runnin', runnin', runnin'
Through the paths we're movin'
Keep them legs a runnin'...

You get the just of it. lol

To keep myself from going insane I have been keeping myself busy though the last while. I have been teaching myself guitar the last six months, taking loads of pictures, yoga, dance, I was working at my job up until I couldn't even move anymore which was early Jan. here, trying to make sure I get at least on daily walk in, reading, looking for a new house (which we did find and I'll post another time), cooking more, sewing, movie watching, and listening to new music. I haven't biked or swam yet this year. Biking was a no for now because of what is going on injury wise (unsure) and quite honestly it has been cold and the thought of getting in to cold water right now just chills me... I promise I will look in to it though. :0) It really would do me a lot of good, at least just some arm stuff and no kicking.

Well speaking of swimming and yoga, maybe I should see about doing one of them this afternoon. :0)

My Asics

Walking: 30 mins (not too sure about this DailyMile logging thing - I have been logging but it is not showing up on my side bar widget thingy???? )
Stretching
Core work

Goal Ideas, Thoughts, and What Nots

Goals

I have many people to thank for their contributions to this blog world. Through you I have reminded myself that goals help you through life especially when there is turmoil. I obviously have goals like:
1. lose wt
2. stay healthy
3. get running again
4. stay injury free,
but I need to remind myself of these.

Then there are the fun goals, the little or sometimes big ones that make things a bit interesting or perhaps give purpose to something. I am impressed with all the ones I have come across in my readings. You guys have the best of ideas out there!
-raising money for charity
-running in all states
-100/365 books in the same number of days (ditto with movies)
-100 burpees/crunchies/pushups or any other exercise
-Half marathon/Full marathon/ or even your very first 5k
-lose wt
-a picture a day for a year
-all food in pictures
-diary through pictures
I find them all so interesting and have decided to contemplate something for myself. Not sure yet but it will come. I know the best already would be.... Can I make it one full year with out getting injured? hahaha Now for the ones that really know me, you know that is a good one! lol

But seriously, I can't plan for any race at the moment until we figure out what is wrong and why it is getting worse with out me doing ANYTHING strenuous. So until we figure what is up, I am on the hunt for a fun, useful, or helpful goal.

Back in my daily life part of things, I have quite the busy day already. Did my walk, stretches, and core work, went to one specialist for some tests, came home to eat, plan supper, more stretches, ice, and to....

work on my laptop!!! wooo hooo! Yep, got it back and soooooo happy. :0)

So, if you don't mind, my laptop and I are going to do some fun reading with some new friends I have come across in our little cyber world so I can live vicariously though many of you in your running, swimming, cycling, and life just as it is. :0)

Walking: 30 mins
stretching
core work

Today I Am Stalking...

I am on the hunt for some blogs to read to place in my new 'blogroll' of sorts. I was going through some of the other blogs that I used to read and there has been no movement in even longer than I have been away. So I am on the hunt and stalking some newbies for me.

In the mean time I have been trying to figure out how this blog was set up again. I was hoping to move some stuff around in my navigation bar like what is in the homepage - I would like that to be my blog page instead and use the other pages for what they are used for. Make any sense? Didn't think so. lol

Today hasn't been too eventful thus far. Did my walk on the hamstermill, stretched, core work, went to chiro, had some more x-rays done, exchanged some movie rentals, planned supper, playing with my blog, and searching for some new ones to read. Pretty exciting heh? I think I am done on the playing with my blog for now until I get my computer back as I have all the reference stuff for the layout and such on there.

So as I am stalking in cyber world, I am becoming more and more excited about getting back on the road running wise. I am reading about all these wonderful races, both the ups and downs of them, and just wish it was me. There is a list I have made up of all the races I would like to do in my life time and it seems I add more and more as I read on. I know I will never be fast - and I know it is wrong for me to say it that way, but it is the realistic expectation of myself. I just want to get out there and move, meet new people, and just enjoy myself out there. It's all just about having some fun.

Well, off I go again stalking away...

Walking: 30 mins
Stretching
Core work

VFF's

Official web site is Vibram FiveFingers (tks for pic)

Pretty neat stuff. I have come across the odd person wearing these and had always wondered what they were and now I know. In our world wide web I have read a few blogs about them and will pass on this info to you so you may find out a little more. That is if this intrigues you as much as it did me.

Fourhourworkweek
Runwithe
There were more blogs but I forgot to bookmark them... :0P

So like a curious cat, I searched my city online to see if and who may carry such a new thing to me. Well the one place that popped up was our locally owned running store, Brainsport, and then I saw another store that intrigued me even more.... Escape Sports. I phoned the place up to check and verify that they do, indeed carry these intriguing things and a variety of sizes I may think I was. They did so I clean up and off I waddled.

I must say I was impressed not only by the store itself but the service. When I arrived, there was another gentleman trying a pair of VFF's on and quite liking them. I really liked the down to earth atmosphere there and I was promptly helped. My foot was sized appropriately and then the trying on of these marvelous inventions started. I am in love with these things.

Now, after I had picked what I liked in VFF's, I was drawn to some jackets by Loki. Now these were also the cat's meow also. I am talking zippered vents, hood, built in mitts, and... built in face sheild! Now maybe I just live under a rock and have not contact with outside life but I have NEVER seen these before and they were just the coolest.

So if you haven't guessed it by now... guess where I am going shopping when I get some cash. :0)
Not just a want but a need because I need a new jacket as mine is falling apart and I haven't seen anything that has caught my eye till now. I also think that either one of the Loki jackets or hoodies is going to be great for my son.

As for the rest of today, doc in afternoon and figure out if there is a date yet that I can return to work.

Well I guess I won't be returning to work tomorrow... off for about 3 wks again here and assess again then. ARGH!!! Hopefully the specialist can shed light here because I am going to go crazy!
So much fun...

Walking: 30 mins
Stretching
Core work

New Shoes

Well this past weekend was spent looking for new shoes. I figure what can hurt me even more by getting them. So off I go to our 'better' running store to get checked out. Again, overpronating when walking but looking at the tread wear... I am on the outside. So Neutral with cushioning and then what ever worked after that with them watching my gait.

So, came home with my tried, tested, and true favorite brand, my Asics (Gel-Landreth 5 this time), and a bit of a newcomer to me in the walking world, some New Balance Walkers 845's. I figure with all this walking I am going to be doing for a while here I had better get the right shoe for the job. The New Balance aren't the prettiest out there for my taste, but they were the ones that worked. The runners, well, I am staying optimistic that I will heal in a descent amount of time and not to mention but there was a sale going on at the store...

I went to chiro again today as I am still at 3 days/wk for now and I so can not wait til I can see the ortho so maybe some light can be shone on the situation of what is up. This not being able to sit, walk, stand, ANYTHING for the past while now is driving me crazy. I am faithfully doing my stretches, trying to get about a 30 min walk in every day, ice, ibuprofen, a bit of core work, etc., and the list goes on. I am slowly getting the wt back down so there is less stress on the body. I am just really running out of answers/questions here on what to do next. This is where I need to practice my patience... to wait till I see the specialist. Tomorrow though I have to see the family doc to see if I am able to head back to work yet. I highly doubt it but work needs to have a note and tomorrow was the next check in day. I also have to start the EI process as there has been no income while I have been off. If I could pin point this injury to where/when it happened then great, this may be easy, but when things just got worse and worse... I don't even know anymore. I am scared that this is some bio-mechanic thing initially from my car accident that did not heal right or something I did wrong in the process. For all know this could be from one of my falls that I had on my long runs that I had treated with physio... See? Many questions.

Now this weekend I was not the only one getting new shoes, my son was also. All I can say is size sevens for my son! Ack! He has hit one of his growing spurts and I am sure he is going to tower over me by summer. He is now the proud owner of two new pairs of running like shoes.

Now for a bit of chic flic talk (guys you may want to leave now).

I just watched the movie My Life In Ruins and it was hilarious! I enjoyed this movie as it was just what I needed right now. A lot of humor, a bit of sadness, and a happy ending. Typical plot but heh, who cares! I was happy. The Rotten Tomato site pretty much summed up that it was a waste of a movie, but I do disagree and since this is my blog, I can. :0)

Weight wise things are going in the right direction. I am going to continue to do what little workouts I can until I am told I can do more.

Walking: 30 mins 3 mi/hr
Stretching
Core work

Shoes, Gait, Bio-Mechanics....

And this list could go on...

The usual suspects and questions that I even asked myself about why this pain and now worse is happening.

1. Do I have the right shoes for me? It seems to change every time I go to get shoes and different physio recommendations

2. Have I had my gait analyzed? Ah, yes twice now... I thought the last one really nailed it but??? Mind you your foot needs do change...

3. Am I doing core strengthening exercises and any other exercises? Yes, but could be doing more I guess.

4. Am I stretching and not over stretching? Yes, I am stretching.

5. Am I doing the recommended exercises from physio to keep things well? Yes on that one to.

6. Do I need to get newer shoes? This one might be a possibility? I still think they are under mileage but maybe they are just done...

7. Or is this all just results of an old injury that was not healed correctly or treated correctly? This one seems to jump out as an answer also as this could be anyone's fault including mine. Not fault per say, but just not right?

8. Am I training too hard, too long, or too fast? Ah, I can't even get to training at all for the last while. No over use here.

So these are the the things that are going through my mind right now and I just wish there was a magic wand that could fix things in an instant. That really would not solve the initial problem though because if this is my fault in something I am doing wrong, I would like to know so that I do not repeat it. You should try to learn from the past right?

I now know why even more why the sport of Tri's is so much of a temptation and a fast growing sport. Not too much stress on one part of the body... But it really does have it's challenges that is for sure and it is quite hard. I was going to look at it before and maybe once I get things better here, I should really consider looking at something like this for me. I know it is a different thrill and it is just hard for me to imagine getting in to a zone like I do with running. *Remember I am a last of the pack girl and not a speedster. lol

Once again, I am going to vear out to the best running store here and see what I can find, get fitted properly, yadda, yadda, yadda. I will just start with the shoes and then go from there and then just patiently wait to see the ortho at the end of the month. Maybe I am just missing something...

Ahhh, runners really are the worst! lol

Walking: 30 mins
Stretching
Core work

Dance

One thing I did start up on again was tribal bellydancing (ATS) as I did miss it. I used to do it before but ended up focusing more on my running instead. So I figure while I am out of commission for a bit, I need to stay active. I am not going all gung ho and such with the moves right now cause it would hurt but even just the trying to walk around and move my arms and such is great. This pic was taken in December after a small performance. Dig the makeup? :0) Maybe I will be brave and post a full body pic of what I wore, full belly and all. lol Will make a great comparison pic later on though.

My poor little Mac laptop is in for repairs. :( So right now I am using my hubby's old laptop (microsoft) and I am going nuts!!! Not to mention most of my pics are on my mac to show, but just the ease of use for me... I am not used to it again and it makes for some interesting typing and usage. lol The only thing that is great about this thing is the huge display. :0) I sure would like access to most of my pics though...

So, chiro is this morning again and boy oh boy do I need it. Last night was the first night at dance since before the holidays and even though I did not do much, just the moving around did me in a bit. Mind you I move around for anything, just walking for a few minutes and I am in pain... I am going to ask about some water activities even if it is just light walking in there. I know when I tried to swim before it hurt the knee pretty good and with the SI joint involved now??? Who knows. I can just keep trying.

Eating wise not too bad but yesterday did not get as much veggies as I had hoped. Must change that today.

It was really great to catch up a bit on some ol' bloggers I used to read. I still have the links and I am going to keep them for now - but of course if you want me to delete them just let me know. I like a familiar face to this cyber world. :0)

Other than chiro, my plan today is to just get moving and try not to over do it. Will report later.

New Year... New Life

Well, well, well, it has been quite a while now hasn't it. lol

I don't want to really give a long and drawn out novel about what happened to me the last while but I will summerize as much as I can. I don't want to give a bunch of excuses either because I must become accountable for what has happened. This is my third attempt at wt loss and I will make it this time. If running is not to happen any more then so be it I will find something else to or try tri's or something... that would really be a feat in itself! I just can't sit back and do nothing as I have always been active. So here it goes.

I was doing great, then bad and all over the place... Between family heart attacks (x2), strokes (x1), attempts of suicide (x1), cancer (x3), pancreatitis (x1), and many other general misfortunes... I let myself down and did not take care of myself. Simply said. Then whenever I had tried to, something else happened.

I tried to keep up my running and that even went to the wayside as my stupid knee just does not want to give up, more like it is prob the IT band but we have done pretty much everything besides surg and I am seeing the surgeon here at the end of the month. Right now I am off of work due to the fact that the pain is now up in to my lower back. Yes, have done the evil roller, stretches, ice, wrap, etc... you name it. I just can't be comfortable in any spot at the moment.

One good thing about this past year is that I am officially a non-smoker!!!! WOOOOO HOOOOO! I will admit that I slipped here and there but as of the end of March beginning of April. I don't have the exact date because I was not trying to focus on it which worked for me - not to mention the Champix! lol Which I will mention, that stuff is EVIL but it worked. I found that if I did not focus on how many days and stuff it was easier for me. Some people want the exact day and I am like what is the diff, I am not smoking now. :0)

So my weight... ah yes... not too pleaseant. I started of the year at 158.6!!!! my highest in such a long time. I gave in to old habits and used food too much as a comfort. So let's just say I did not handle the stress too well.

In other good news, I did take some trips this past summer. My son and I did a driving trip by ourselves in my new truck - yes you read right, a new truck. Not a huge thing, just a Ford Ranger but I LOVE it. It is my third one and my car finally had it... I do wish that I would have bought a 4x4 though... So, yes, my son and I did a mommy/son trip to Jasper and around BC, mainly Prince George and such. We had a great time together and I taught him how to gold pan which was in prep for my next trip that we did in August. Alaska!!!! The three of us, hubby, son and I, drove along with the two dogs (Denver had to be put down - another not fun thing last fall) and off we went. We originally were just going to drive to Anchorage, but we felt that since we were there we may as well see lots more! So we ended up going to Fairbanks, then took the Top of the World highway (not for the sqeemish) to Dawson City, Yukon. It was an amazing trip and I will fill in pics of some of this later.

So, my new plans? 1. get my life back 2. have better coping mechanisms 3. get healthy 4. fix knee so I can run again or start speed walking lol but mainly find cause and see what can be done 5. get physically active again with other things 6. lose wt back to healthy norms again

So there is a brief summary of what is up... oh and by the way - We got a new house and moving in 1 month. Lets see how I can do this... lol

Wii Active: 1:14 hrs (including day 3 of 30 day challenge)