Todays goal achieved

So... I finally took some Excedrin migraine about 1/2 hour before I left work today because my head was killing me.  I figured while I was feeling a tad bit better...I should go with it.  So....after I made dinner and helped Paige with her school project I took to the challenges of the night.  I modified the sit ups a bit--I started with sit ups but about 1/4 a way through I switched to crunches.  Believe me...I still felt the pain!

Sit Ups :(
15
18
12
12
max I can do (minimum of 18)---I did 30!  Paige was a help with counting...made me go longer!

Push Ups
10
12
8
8
max I can do (minimum of 12)---I did 12 (they were hurting today)

Squats
13
16
11
11
max I can do (minimum of 16)---I did 25

So...that means I did 87 sit-up/crunches tonight, 62 push-ups, and 76 squats.  I am pretty proud of that.

I should mention to that I closed the car door on the top of my foot and it is really sore....and then I fell picking Paige up at her after school program.....so I am even more proud of the numbers I got tonight!

Now onto thinking about tomorrows goal...although I think that I already have an idea of what that is going to be.  Til then folks!  Happy reading, happy sleeping, and happy squating!

jen

Dreading the beast

How is it that this is only the second day of my blog and I am already struggling?  LOL.  I feel like crap...sure I could put it another way...but let's be real here.  You see, I have sinus issues.  I punctured my sinus when I was 16 resulting in a week stay in the hospital which resulted in surgery and plastic surgery to fix the damage that the infection that ensued caused.  So....I am more apt to get sinus infections than the regular individual.  I got a cold a few weeks ago (after getting the flu) and thought I had kicked it....but apparently that last little germ made its way to my to my sinus and decided to have some babies.  So...here comes the struggle.  Tonight is Wednesday.  Wednesday means that it is challenge day.  I haven't missed a day of the challenge (although I started a week late because of the flu). 

So...I am dreading the beast.  The beast is SIT UPS!  Ugh.  The push ups are getting harder because the amounts are going up...the squats remain easy...but those damn sit ups.  Let's see...what are the numbers for tonights challenge (remembering that it is 5 sets per challenge....the last being the maximum that you can do).

Sit Ups :(
15
18
12
12
max I can do (minimum of 18)

Push Ups
10
12
8
8
max I can do (minimum of 12)

Squats
13
16
11
11
max I can do (minimum of 16)

OMG!  Did you see those numbers for the sit ups?  That is a total minimum of 75 sit ups (if I do the minimum on my last set).  Okay folks....I may not be here tomorrow cause I may be dead. 

Todays Goal:  Finish the challenge targets (listed above) tonight.

Never to Late to Start

Welcome to my new and improved blog (take 2).  I wrote this long post yesterday and hit save….but it didn’t save!  Ugh.  Oh well…..there is always another chance to do again!

I said new and improved because I have had a blog in the past but I didn’t stick with it and want to start new with a new focus…so here I am.  This blog is a journal of sorts in my journey to get fit.  I hope that as it starts out as a journal that it can become a place where great conversations can happen. 

So…here we go!  Back in the spring I was all gung-ho.  I restricted my diet…I drank pretty much only water….and I was always moving.  As a result….I lost 25 lbs.  Well, vacation came and a family emergency happened which required travel and my focus on improving my health went by the weigh side and here I am a few pounds up (didn’t gain it all back thank goodness) and unhappy with how I feel physically.

My husband has been a running fool….well….sort of.  He has had oodles and oodles of set backs but the difference is that he jumps right back into it.  He also got us involved in 3 challenges.  Each challenge is 6 weeks.  They are to get to 200 sit ups, 100 push ups, and 200 squats.  I am on my third week of doing this.  I like doing it….well….let me change it to I like doing MOST of it.  The push ups are okay, the squats are great, but the sit-ups….I HATE THEM!  If there was a stronger word than HATE….I would use them.  See, there is another problem.  I have a large upper area if you catch my drift.  I really want to get a reduction (cause they don’t go away when I lose weight)….and I am researching how to do this.  Anywho---we do these challenges (all three)…three times a week.  They consist of 4 sets of each and then you do the maximum that you can do.

On Saturday, James ran the Army 10 miler and I walked around the Pentagon grounds with Connor (our 2 ½ year old….we also have a 5 ½ year old little girl).  I walked around and stood at the finish line for an hour and a half or so watching the runners come in and the thought would pop into my head that I would like to run this race.  Then….the other side would pop into my head…10 MILES ARE YOU CRAZY?  As I was driving down 95 to the DC metro that morning I saw a sign that said 7 miles to the 495/95 split and I purposely made myself pay attention at how LONG that 7 miles was.  IT WAS LONG!  What am I thinking about adding 3 more to that?  I know with lots (okay LOTS) of encouragement and focus that I will be able to do it…but right now it feels daunting. 

I should have stated first that I injured my foot….the ligament on the bottom of my foot to be exact.  I am not doing any running until I see the podiatrist (sports medicine podiatrist) next week.  I fully believe that the issue came about because of my running shoes.  So…I will wait and find out and stick to my 3 challenges.  That….and change my mindset….and redo my thoughts about food.  Taking everything away and not allowing anything is not the right way to do it.  Allowing yourself to taste the things you love but not to over indulge yourself in those things is the right way.  For example, I love my iced caramel machiatos from Starbucks (nonfat)….right now this mornings (5 hours ago) is sitting in front of me.  I still have about half left.  In front of the cup are two water bottles.  When I think…ooh I am thirsty and want some coffee….I have to pass those waterbottles.  Nine times out of ten I will grab those water bottles. 

This time…I am going to make daily goals until I get my mindset to where I can make a weekly goal and a monthly goal…etc. 

Todays goal:  research and contact a doctor about breast reduction. 

Done---appt is set for November 9^th.