Moving Forward

Today was the last staw that broke my already fragile self esteem, DH and I have been helping each other try and drop a few pounds... Monday morning we stand on the scale and assess the damage or success. He is about 15 pounds down and today the .4 that I was down was back with a vengeance. This on top of the new batch of zits and self esteem crushing weekend with Barbie 1 and Barbie 2 this was more then I could handle. Finally at ten I was able to pull myself off the bathroom floor and slog out 5 miles. The thought of going too far away from my house was more then I could take so I did figure eights aroud the neiborhood. Good thing it was still snowing and no one was out on the streets so you could not tell I was a bit teary or hear my audible sobs as I ran. I have to say if it was not for the blog and hearing Carolyn, Sno and Marion and many others here in my head say "don't think just go" I would never have ventured out today. My right hip and shin were buggin the whole time, I hope some icing and streatching helps so that I can increase my miles this week. Even as I'm righting this I can't believe how pathetic I'm sounding.... so sorry today for being such a Debbie Downer. Lets hope for a better day tomorrow. 

Tonight was better then yesterday, thank heavens! I was able to feel more comfortable and then even push myself just a tiny bit. :) Got to the gym after my run and lifted weights with DH for a few minutes, nothing too much. Shin is still a little buggy so I will ice it after I get cleaned up. 

Sno, I think I found a NP in Salt Lake City she even graduated from Bastyr, I need to call and see what it is going to take to get into her, if insurance will cover any... and all that business. I'll let you know how it goes.

So for Sasha I will post what I eat today

Breakfast - oatmeal and an orange

snack - carrots and protien bar

Lunch - tuna w/light mirical whip and mustard, lettus on whole grain bread, banna

snack - (This is where I faltered today) 6 thin mint girl scout cookies :( then some grapes

Dinner - Family was all out tonight, so just a can of vegi soup with crackers :) orange juice to drink.

7 miles - 1:06:29

laps : 9:40, 9:36, 9:53, 9:22, 9:09, 9:20, 9:29

What a crazy night! As much as I love getting together with my sisters, it makes for a very busy day. I got off work a bit early so I could get a run in before I had to meet up with my sisters. But as always there was more then I expected and by the time I left work... changed into my running close, and got on the road I didn't have as much time as I would have liked. So I decided to push myself a bit and run three miles at a fast pace that I could hold the entire three miles. Luckily all the street light's... cars and people were very corroperative and I didn't have to wait or slow down during the three miles. But about mile 21/2 the wheels were getting very wobbly... but I kept the pace and by the end was happy to stop. I stopped my garmin, and walked about 20 yards, to catch my breath, then did the last two miles at a more moderate pace. All in all I felt pretty good with this workout.

I was a little late meeting up with my sisters for the sister date, but it was a great time, didn't get home until pretty late and didn't sleep well again! I will do longer and slower tommorrow (today).

5 miles - 44:50

laps: 8:51, 8:33, 8:34, 9:24, 9:29

Tonight was much slower and longer then yesterday, boy this was a difficult run. My right shin was protesting the entire run :( Just when I thought it was feeling better. After my run I went to help a friend wash down wall of an apartment she will be moving in. Just recently divorced, I swear it's an epidemic lately. I also have not had a good nights sleep the past two night. So I'm beat. Going to go have a nice bath and head to bed.

 8.33 miles -1:23:37

Laps: 10:08, 10:04, 10:01, 9:50, 9:59, 9:58, 10:22, 9:58, 9:50

Today has been a pretty slow day here at work so I decided to run at lunch. I have not been able to do this for quite a while and it was very nice. Such a beautiful day! I didn't plan on running at lunch this morning when I was packing my gym bag so I was not completely prepared. I didn't have a towel to shower with so it was the sink and paper towels for me LOL, Luckily it was not that hot of a day so I didn't sweat to bad.

Tired to run the dirt trail next to the river by my work, but it was too muddy, I had at least a pound of mud on my shoes, before I backtracked to the road. I almost feel twice before I turned back, it was a slippery mess! I hope it dries out before I try this run again.

5 miles - 49:55

Laps: 10:16, 9:46, 9:38, 9:36, 10:40

Today was the first time in 11 months that I was able to run with my running girlfriend, I have missed her so much. She has been recovering from pelvic stress fractures. So we met at the parkway and she ran the first 6 miles with me. I can't tell you how nice it was to have her with me! When she was done we were back at the cars... I got a drink and told her bye, then ran the rest of my run. The last mile was getting hard but all in all I felt pretty good and was happy I got this long run in .

15 miles - 2:21:10

laps: 9:54, 9:22, 8:46, 8:59, 9:13, 9:18, 9:52, 9:31, 9:36, 9:21, 9:31, 9:12, 9:16, 9:38, 9:41