D Day +66

Lots of stuff has happened this week. First...bad news. I strained my patellar tendon in my left knee. Suckarooni!!!! I woke up in a lot of pain on Thursday. I narrowed down the area of pain. I 'diagnosed' myself because I am an internet doctor. I looked up the anatomy of the knee and was able to see what the cause of the pain probably was. So I looked up stuff on pain in the patellar tendon and came back with a lot of info with what I was experiencing and what potential causes were. So since I fit in the area of potential causes, I went to go see my doctor...just to make him feel good and because I felt like throwing away 15 bucks for a copay. He asked questions, looked at my knee, did some feeling around and came up with a diagnosis. Guess what it was? Yeah well I didn't tell him that I already knew, I wanted to make him feel superior. Then he says....you need to stay off it for at least 2 weeks! These strains can be stubborn in healing and you don't want to injure it more. I was like....huh??? But I have to workout!!!!

Wohhhhh....wait.....what did I say????

But I have to work out!!!!!

That's what I thought I said! Where in the hell did THAT come from?!

He said to talk to my trainer (Sham) and he would be able to work around it. I should still be able to keep moving. Phew!

Then he went over my lab tests. I have complete blood labs done every year. I've got a lot crappy medical history in my family so I'm rightfully paranoid. Well get this...here are the numbers:

Total Cholesterol - 154
Glucose - 93

These are the big numbers I was stunned about. My numbers before this were:

Total Cholesterol - 211
Glucose - 105

All of my numbers came back great! I'm healthy!!!!! The old numbers had me in cardiac danger zone and diabetes danger zone. Considering those are both big parts of my family medical history, this is awesome news!

I met with Sham today and was weighed and measured. And yeah! I'm losing. I knew I was or I at least knew I wasn't going backwards but the numbers are very encouraging! Some numbers stayed the same (my waist...grrrrr) but it just goes to show that weight comes off in different areas all the time. So I'm not begrudging any of it! I think I've lost around 10 inches and 8 or so pounds since I started working out with Sham at the beginning of April. I was with him a couple weeks before that but there wasn't any working out.

So in total ALL of my numbers are GREAT! Aside from the knee thing, I'm very happy!

D Day +63

It's Tuesday....bleh! I'm running on empty. Sham upped the workout yesterday again. I used a 15 pound cowbell weight (is that what they are called?). I had to do the swinging squat inbetween exercises. Another timed workout. I like the timed workouts better. I think I do better with those because it forces me to pace myself and to keep moving. Plus it plays a mind game on me, for some reason my brain thinks it's not as hard as when they are a certain number of reps for me to do.

I was pretty tired when I got up this morning. I could have stayed in bed alllllllllll day! I was running around right after work last night and I know my body didn't get to have downtime when it wanted. My head hurt because I didn't eat as much as I should have. I went to the movies to, saw Star Trek for the second time...(love that movie!). The person I went with bought a big bag of popcorn and a big soda. I didn't have the urge to dive into and eat it. THAT felt good! I just looked at it (and him...he's not a little guy or a medium sized guy for that matter) and was like yeah...I don't need that.

Where am I feeling it today? My thighs, shoulder area (blades, upper arms, sides of my chest), my knees are a little sore. Not a lactic acid hurt, just sore.

Sham sprang his ankle last Thursday and wasn't able to make Fridays weigh-in so we moved it to this Friday. That's ok, cause I was freer with my eating this weekend. It was planned because of the weigh-in. Since I was already set on letting go a bit this weekend, I couldn't say no to myself. If I did that, I would be thinking about it and binge somewhere down the line. So I did it anyway with no worries. I will make the extra push this week for Fridays weigh-in. I think I'm doing good. I went to the doctor and they had to weigh me and according to their scale I'm doing good. Yeah! Sham said the inches may not necessarily be noticable this next weigh in because it can slow down for some reason, I forget but he said I should notice it in the weight. Who am I to question him? So far he's been right about everything!

D Day +58

It's been a week since my last post. I'm not neglecting just finding it hard to find a few minutes to sit down and type.

I'm doing really good. My workouts with Sham are getting harder which has to be a good thing because he wouldn't be giving them to me if I couldn't do them. I finish what he sets out...it is NOT easy! I dread it when he goes over all the exercises but in the end I feel so proud of myself for getting through it.

My allergies have flared up again today and my back hurts (...female problems...ugh and I get weighed and measured on Friday! Great!). I went to the doctor yesterday and they weighed me and according to that scale I've lost weight. I wish it was more but I have to tell myself fast weight loss is a thing of the past. That is not good weight loss. The doctor gave me new allergy meds so hopefully this works and I won't be so bad when I get back from working out today.

I didn't do any cardio yesterday, but I just couldn't fit it in. I worked a little late then had to go the doctor then had to come home and make dinner for me and the kids, clean up and by that time it was time for bed! :p I won't beat myself up. I'm been good on my cardio workouts since I got back into it. I was sick for a whoel week two weeks ago.

I have to get blood work done tomorrow so I have to fast until I get that done. Eeeesh. I'm saving that for tomorrow because it's a non-Sham day.

Gotta say that it was nice going to the doctor yesterday and I could say no to all those questions...are you depressed...NOPE...are you having joint pain....NOPE....are you having trouble sleeping....NOPE...is your appetite irregular....NOPE! These were all problems I was having before Sham. My weight was up since the last time I was there but I told her about Sham. I told her the last time I was in the doctor's office was because my head was all messed up, my daughter was critically ill, it was a bad time. I put on weight! But everything since then has resolved itself and I'm on my way back down again. She was happy for me.

Ugh....my lower back!!!!!! I really would like to have my plumbing taken out!

D Day +50

I'm feeling sooooooooooooooo much better! Feels good to be among the living again.

The back of my legs are sore from the hip raises I did yesterday but that's ok. I miss feeling like this...does that sound crazy or what?! Well it feels good because I know that I'm moving and I'm working towards my goal and its working! Yippee!

I've been getting compliments from people who haven't seen me in awhile. It sure does make the soreness worthwhile!

Off to get my heart rate up!

D Day +49

I totally hit the wall last week! I measured on April 22nd and I lost about 6 inches! Wow, pretty groovy. Not bad with 3 full weeks of working out with Sham. But then....I got sick.

I got really really sick. I haven't worked out with Sham since LAST Monday! Ugh... I haven't done squat (no pun intended). As for eating right, well that was all out the window. I didn't go to work, I rolled out of bed around noonish then went straight to the couch where I would stay til I went back to bed. I managed to get up a few times to make myself soup. I didn't drink a whole lot of water. Which is bad period. Gotta drink water regardless if you're sick or not. But I just didn't have the energy to eat let alone drink. When I did have water, it tasted so disgusting. You know that sick taste you have in your mouth when you're well....sick? Water does not mix well with that. I didn't take my vitamins either. I tried but my stomache wasn't having it.

I'm still sick but feeling alot better. I am very stuffy but the nose is running which is a good thing! It wasn't running at all last week, tons of congestion so I know things are finally flushing from my body.

I ate breakfast today for the first time in a week - a couple boiled eggs and an apple and water. Water still is not tasting good. I also took my vitamins. Tummy still doesn't like them but it's tolerating them anyway. I had some green tea too. Some fancy kind my girlfriend sent me. Supposed to be all natural. Straight from China. I've had it for awhile but didn't want to open the package because it was so pretty. Ladies, you know where I'm coing from on this.

Anyway, I'm meeting Sham in about an hour and a half. I'm so scared. My muscles are feeling like mush. Not a whole lot of movement at all in the past week. Not even core exercises. But at least it was no movement due to being sick and not because I just didn't care and was being lazy.

It's going to feel like the first time all over again. Ugh. But gotta get started again somehow!

D Day +36

It is HOT this morning. I do not like Sacramento when it is HOT! I hate heat! Yesterday my work out with Sham was I guess you could say...not as hard. He brought what looked like a volleyball. I put it on the ground I went to pick it up thinking it was feather light and....ooomph! It was like a ten pound ball! Should have known the workout wasn't going to be easy!

It was very hot yesterday afternoon and working out on grass makes it that much hotter. I felt like I was moving through molasses. I had to do more exercises that had me in squat positions. I had to get the medicine ball, raise it up and slam it to the ground in a squat position. Then I had to get in a squat position and throw the ball up as high as I could. Then I had to get the ball and walk or run as fast as I could to a point and back and start all over again. Not easy for me to do in the heat. Sham took pictures of me doing those. Nice!

I did it. Sham knows how to get me. I'm competitive. When I hear him say, '...no one has finished this' or '...only one person has been able to finish this set' that puts me in Seabiscuit mode! I will get a burst of energy. I may not finish as fast as I think I should but dammit, no one is going to say I didn't finish something or I couldn't do it. After our timed workouts I'm always asking him...'how fast was I....is that good? Don't lie, tell me if I'm slow!' I want to be the best. Yeah I was that kid in school who always had to sit up front closest to the teacher and was the first to raise her hand to answer anything and everything. You all had one of those in your class. The one you couldn't stand, the one you talked about, the one you called 'teacher's pet. I didn't care. I was never afraid to face down anyone, even if they were bigger than me. Many times girls would want to fight me for some lame reason but they never counted on me accepting their challenge. Funny how just looking someone in the eye will cause someone to think twice.

That's how I look at these workouts. I'm staring them in the eye. You won't break me. You may come close but it will only make me stronger for the next challenge.

Tomorrow is my weigh in and new measurements. I feel good about it. For the most part, I have done everything Sham has told me to do. I do not leave the house without food. I'm eating fruit now. I am getting to bed at a good hour and I'm exercising when not with Sham. In a nutshell, I'm taking care of myself and taking into account how something is going to negatively affect me and my progress. It feels good.

D Day +29

My thighs are feelin' it today!!!

I'm putting together my workout music tonight. All Rocky music! When I was working out with Sham yesterday, I was having a lot of trouble with my upper body exercise. He had me in a squat position and my lifting arm up, bent at the elbow in a right angle. I was to lift a ten pound weight up like I was pushing it up. It was hardest on my right arm, the injured shoulder arm. Anyway, the last set I closed my eyes and told myself to go! I pictured the scene in Rocky IV where he put everyone in a cart and lifted them all up. You can hear the music! Yesterday at the end of that set, I was Rocky! So I'm making a workout compilation of Rocky music.

I do that alot. I picture Rocky in my head. Rocky could do anything and he's always awesome at bringing that extra push right at the end for a knockout!

I saw these cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute capri jeans that I would love to be wearing to Denver in July. I'm going to wear them!

Me and Rocky, baby!

Eye of the Tiger!