My little Bit of Honey

I haven't written much lately because quite honestly I've been feeling pretty down about my knee situation. I didn't want to put up a front and fake it, so I just decided not to write. It sucks because I want to run so badly and my knee actually is starting to feel better, but I know that I just can't do that right now. Very discouraging. So I really haven't been paying much attention to my weight etc. this morning I realized I had to weigh myself, I'm doing a challenge at work and you need to submit your weight. Well, before I left the house I weighed in. Turns out I actually lost a pound! Hooray! Through it all I've still been keeping myself in check food wise and eating less/better choices.  Seems to be working! This is a victory for me because I am now in the 170s, which yes is not anywhere near where I want to be, but it is one step closer. I am 7 pounds away from where I was when I completely changed my lifestyle 2 years ago. I feel like once I can h...

I went to my physical therapy assessment yesterday, It was interesting to say the least.  I was really nervous about the appointment, I figured that I would be told that I couldn't do any type of cardio for quite awhile - and I was right.  The physical therapist was very nice and funny, which helped since I am one of those people who when I'm feeling awkward or uncomfortable usually makes some type of inappropriate joke. She asked me a zillion questions about how I got there, what I used to do for exercise, what I can do now etc.  Basically right now, I can't walk longer than 20 minutes without my knee feeling like there is absolutely nothing in there but bone on bone. It's excruciating when it acts up and I end up hobbling around, this is mighty different than the girl who walked 26.2 miles a little over a month ago. I found out that it in fact is not caused by my marathon walk, but basically by getting older and being overweight..Oh and not stretching properly. Well I...

So, I did the Jimmy Fund Walk a little over a month ago and since I did it my knee has been bothering me. I’ve let it go and had the mind set of “If I can run through it, it’s not that bad” or “If I can ignore it, it isn’t really there”. Well unfortunately it’s only gotten worse, with last week’s 3 days of couch 2 5k it seems to have irritated it even more.   It was so bad this morning I couldn’t even walk on the treadmill, I tried running and barely got to 45 seconds before I just had to stop. I was so disappointed. I still did a small work out (abs and some stretching to try and help my knee), but it wasn’t nearly as good and I barely have 4k steps as of this afternoon. I broke down and made an appointment to see my doctor because nothing I have been doing is helping, plus I’m taking Ibuprofen every day to try and alleviate some of the pain and I know that can’t be good. Fingers crossed that it is just a simple fix.   So for now I’ll have to focus on the eating better...

I finished week one of couch to 5k. Today was really hard for some reason, I don't know if it was because I took 2 days off to rest my knee or what, but I was just having such a hard time with finishing. I did finish though and I even continued on for about 2 minutes more after to make sure I hit 200 calories burned and 2.20 miles. I know that doesn't sound like a lot to most people (And hey 2 years ago it wouldn't sound like a lot to me to be honest) but for me it is a lot.  That is totally me right now, but hey it's progress. Onto week 2 of Couch 2 5k. I'm hoping I can try to get a run in this weekend just to start week 2 but we will see! My weekends always seem to get the best of me and by Sunday night at 8pm I'm sitting there wondering what happened. We shall see though. Alright, well that is about all that I have for today! Nothing to exciting!Happy Friday!

This week has started off really well, even though it's only Tuesday I'm feeling good about it. I joined a challenge group on Facebook to keep myself accountable and I'm also getting into the habit of checking into MFP every day again. I saw the above quote and it really stuck with me. How freaking true is it that we earn our body? Think about that for a second, everything you eat and the exercise you do (or don't do) all goes towards how you look and more importantly how you feel . I noticed something yesterday, by the end of the day I didn't have that mind numbingly tired feeling that I usually have. I felt relaxed and I felt rested. Even though I had still gotten up at 4:25 and worked out, worked for the whole day etc. I think it was because I went to bed early the night before, got a good nights rest, drank my water and felt great.  I never feel that way. I think that will have to be a goal I will have to reach towards every day. Just to feel..good. Another...

I have been taking a hiatus from blogging lately; it really has to do with a lot of factors. We had some crazy virus run through our house and my son, husband and myself all got sick at one point. It was rough. One of the hardest things you can go through as a parent is when your kid is sick and there’s nothing you can do about it. So basically the past 3 weeks I haven’t been working out and I’ve been eating very little, I lost 6 pounds in about a week. Well now that things are back to normal, baby is 100% himself again and I am pretty much back to normal so I have no reason to not be eating healthy and working out. So far this week I’ve worked out three times (though this morning was legs and I really didn’t give it all I had) and have been eating much better. I’m working really hard to incorporate 5 servings of fruits/vegetables into my diet a day.   The way I’m doing this is making sure that with every meal or every time I eat that in addition to whatever I’m having, I ...

Well I did it! I finished the Jimmy Fund Boston Marathon walk! What a great experience it was, really and truly. I figured I would give a run down here as I really want to tell people about it and how truly rewarding it was.   This may be long, but I’ll go through it as a timeline of my day. The miles might not be completely accurate in terms of location as at some point I started getting a bit delirious. Wake up at 4:30: I woke up feeling really excited for the race, I didn’t feel tired just anxious to get going, I wanted to arrive for a 5:30 start but in reality I didn’t get out the door until a little after 5. 5:30: Arrive in   Hopkinton, I parked in one of the middle school lots and got on the bus to go to the starting line, there were already a ton of people there. It was so cool to see all the t-shirts and everyone was just so pumped to get going. I wasn’t sure what to expect once we go to the starting line but when we got there they dropped us off and I heade...