Mandy's meanderings!

Man, I was just not feeling it today.  I'm feeling further and further away from where I thought I would be by now and it's really frustrating me.  Hopefully this week goes better.  I did the weight loss program again, but took several breaks and messed with the speed some too.  I did finish pretty strong though.  Total time was 40:00.

No running today, but I did do about 8 hours of yard work.  Mostly ripping out grass.  I think that should count as a workout.

I am REALLY sore from yesterday.  At least it's in a good way though!  I did the weight loss program again and did much better than Monday.  Not great, but much better. Had a max speed of 5.9 and a max incline of 5 for 40 minutes.

I think Monday I was thrown off mentally after a phone call from my doctor.  Apparently I had abnormal results for my liver function from my physical a few weeks ago.  They didn't really explain what that meant and whether or not I should be worried, so I spent the day freaking out.  Now I've decided that there's no point in worrying about it.  I go in for another round of tests either tomorrow or Friday, so hopefully I can get some more answers then.  In a way I almost hope there is something that can be taken care of, because from what I've researched online it could be the cause of all the stomach/intestine issues I've been having for about 2.5 years now. 

I really didn't feel like doing anything today, so I settled for walking in my pjs barefoot.  Once I got going I challenged myself with some incline, but kept it pretty loosy goosy.  Did 2.5 miles mostly around 4.8 mph and went back and forth from 2 to 3 on the incline.  Total time was 32:26.

For some reason, seeing snow this morning really made we want to run-go figure.  I'm trying to keep up with the bigger incline so I didn't go as fast as usual.  Did .25 mile warm-up, jogged 1.50 miles, walked .5 mile, jogged .75 mile, then did a .5 mile cool down.  I kept the incline at 2 about 90% of the time.  Total time was 40 minutes.

I think I'm feeling the groove again.  Although my calves and shins are KILLING me from all the incline stuff this week.  I settled for a nice slow jog with no incline.  Adam is trying to convince me that video games are a great distraction when running on a treadmill, so I gave it a go today.  It kind of worked, but I don't think I got as excited as he wanted me to.  Did a mile warm up, then jogged the rest of the time.  Total time was 40:00.

 On a different note, in looking up more stuff for the mysterious liver issue I apparently have, Adam found some research showing that cryptosporidium can sometimes(rarely) lead to liver failure if the immune system was compromised.  Also, I found that my symptoms were MUCH more extreme than normal.  So now we're playing a waiting game until Tuesday when the doctor is supposed to call back with the results from the second round of blood tests.