Motrin
It does seem to help if I take some Motrin, not enough to run but certainly enough to walk briskly. Since this is not getting any better (or any worse), I think I am forced to make an appointment to have this silly knee looked at. I entertained the idea of biking (which I actually want to start doing as well) but I never made it over the weekend.
I did go out for my brisk 2 miles this evening but I never thought I would say I would have preferred to run. I have a treadmill but darn it, it just really hurts to run right now.
Tomorrow is a weigh in day, I would like to see some more red over on the fat-ometer.
Sunday, August 31, 2003
Friday, August 29, 2003
Darn it!
My knee has not gotten any better despite me trying to give it a rest yesterday. I did go out and as soon as I finished my brisk 5 minute walk, my knee complained loudly and steadily until I stopped running. I came home after walking and took some Motrin to see if that helps it out. I plan to give it until Tuesday (since everything is closed on Monday) to see if it improves before I get an appointment.
I don't want to do anything to injure my knee and it really kinda irks me that it is curtailing my walking/running. Much as I don't like to do it, I guess I want my NOT doing it on my own terms. Am I contrary or what?
I guess I can get out my bike and ride, that is supposed to be easier on the knees. Now that my boy is no longer in the hospital, I could do that. We will see how things look tomorrow. The route I am considering is about 4-5 miles long.
::::sigh:::: I gotta get through this and keep going!
My knee has not gotten any better despite me trying to give it a rest yesterday. I did go out and as soon as I finished my brisk 5 minute walk, my knee complained loudly and steadily until I stopped running. I came home after walking and took some Motrin to see if that helps it out. I plan to give it until Tuesday (since everything is closed on Monday) to see if it improves before I get an appointment.
I don't want to do anything to injure my knee and it really kinda irks me that it is curtailing my walking/running. Much as I don't like to do it, I guess I want my NOT doing it on my own terms. Am I contrary or what?
I guess I can get out my bike and ride, that is supposed to be easier on the knees. Now that my boy is no longer in the hospital, I could do that. We will see how things look tomorrow. The route I am considering is about 4-5 miles long.
::::sigh:::: I gotta get through this and keep going!
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Ugh!
I don't know what is going on but something is going on with my left knee. It doesn't really bother me except when I walk and when I run :::grin::: It did this shortly after I had Kierynn in March so I suspect it may be a loose ligament...is that possible? I know I did not twist, bump, fall or otherwise injure it that I can recall.
Despite the knee giving me problems, I did my 3 miles this evening without the dogs. It was awful and I know I saw some slugs passing me on the uphill but I kept at it.
Someone please tell me that this gets easier. Right? RIGHT??!!
Ugh, I just can't think of much to say right now, I am bushed.
I don't know what is going on but something is going on with my left knee. It doesn't really bother me except when I walk and when I run :::grin::: It did this shortly after I had Kierynn in March so I suspect it may be a loose ligament...is that possible? I know I did not twist, bump, fall or otherwise injure it that I can recall.
Despite the knee giving me problems, I did my 3 miles this evening without the dogs. It was awful and I know I saw some slugs passing me on the uphill but I kept at it.
Someone please tell me that this gets easier. Right? RIGHT??!!
Ugh, I just can't think of much to say right now, I am bushed.
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Junk, Junk, Junk
I hate to admit it but that is basically all I ate today. I could go into a long litany of reasons and circumstances that brought it about but in the end, it comes down to excuses and choices. I had the excuses and made my choice.
I don't necessarily think it is a horrible thing, to have one crummy eating day every now and again. I could have taken the time to eat better but took the easy way out today. I don't plan for it to be a habit but I also don't think it puts me back to square one. It shows that yep, I still make bad choices sometimes but I have to continue to look forward and get past it. Next time I am faced with similar choices, I need to make a better choice than I did this time. I know I will have other days in the future where I will be not as committed to my plan but I am okay with that.
I did go out walking this evening. I swear, I make better time doing my route when I am walking than when I run. How pathetic is that? I keep saying I want the distance rather than the time right now. Repeat after me, I want the distance not the time right now. I need to discipline myself to go the distance and then I can work on running faster than a slug.
I also came to the conclusion that I can't take the dogs and kids both when I run. Tonight I was just walking and my 10 year old decided he wanted to walk Dawson, my boy dog. Yeah, sure he did...as long as he didn't see a toad. Every time my son saw a toad, I am having a leash tossed at me. Dawson also wants to stop at every fair game spot he can. Add in there that when I have the kids and dogs with me, I make the kids stop and the dogs sit when a car wants to pass us. This works out alright for walking but seriously cuts into running. That is it! I am not running slower than a slug really, it is from stopping for traffic. Too bad I know better :::sigh::::
Still....it says something, I suppose, that I continue to go out and make my pathetic run when I do. Tomorrow, I really need DH to take some before pictures of me.
Tomorrow is a running night, the longer distance running....a whole 90 seconds at a shot but hey, it is building up slowly and gradually. I guess now I need to work on specific body areas. 8 pregnancies have not been kind to my midsection. Anyone got recommendations??
I hate to admit it but that is basically all I ate today. I could go into a long litany of reasons and circumstances that brought it about but in the end, it comes down to excuses and choices. I had the excuses and made my choice.
I don't necessarily think it is a horrible thing, to have one crummy eating day every now and again. I could have taken the time to eat better but took the easy way out today. I don't plan for it to be a habit but I also don't think it puts me back to square one. It shows that yep, I still make bad choices sometimes but I have to continue to look forward and get past it. Next time I am faced with similar choices, I need to make a better choice than I did this time. I know I will have other days in the future where I will be not as committed to my plan but I am okay with that.
I did go out walking this evening. I swear, I make better time doing my route when I am walking than when I run. How pathetic is that? I keep saying I want the distance rather than the time right now. Repeat after me, I want the distance not the time right now. I need to discipline myself to go the distance and then I can work on running faster than a slug.
I also came to the conclusion that I can't take the dogs and kids both when I run. Tonight I was just walking and my 10 year old decided he wanted to walk Dawson, my boy dog. Yeah, sure he did...as long as he didn't see a toad. Every time my son saw a toad, I am having a leash tossed at me. Dawson also wants to stop at every fair game spot he can. Add in there that when I have the kids and dogs with me, I make the kids stop and the dogs sit when a car wants to pass us. This works out alright for walking but seriously cuts into running. That is it! I am not running slower than a slug really, it is from stopping for traffic. Too bad I know better :::sigh::::
Still....it says something, I suppose, that I continue to go out and make my pathetic run when I do. Tomorrow, I really need DH to take some before pictures of me.
Tomorrow is a running night, the longer distance running....a whole 90 seconds at a shot but hey, it is building up slowly and gradually. I guess now I need to work on specific body areas. 8 pregnancies have not been kind to my midsection. Anyone got recommendations??
Monday, August 25, 2003
Down Again!
If you look over to the left, you will have noticed that the red in my fat-o-meter has gone up. I was so pleased when I got on the scale this morning and saw another 1.5 lbs has gone away. That makes a total of 7 lbs.
You would think that two weeks in that exercise would be getting easier. Oh, physically it is getting easier. I am not as easily out of breath and am doing a 3 mile route, alternating the run/walk program. The real challenge to exercise is the mental aspect. I just don't like getting out and sweating. I do feel better when I make myself get out there and do it but I hate the sweaty feeling that comes with running.
Tomorrow is the time I start the week 2 of the running program. It is: a brisk 5 minute warm up walk, followed by 90 seconds of jogging and 2 minutes of walking for 20 minutes. I am more interested in the distance right now than time. I also decided, as my knee began to ache while I was running...sweat dripping into my eyes and 200 lbs of dog trying to trip me while a 6 yr old was yelling for me to come look at the toad she found..... that I am going to also alternate my running nights with walking nights. I know the guidelines say 20 minutes a week, 3 times a week is recommended but I know me. If I don't get out there every single night, it will be too easy to slack off. So it will be run days are Mon-Wed-Fri and walk days are the rest of the week. Eventually I will switch it where I run 4 times a week, walk 3 but I don't want to be too hasty rushing into things.
I had a patmyselfontheback kind of moment today. You know, it is so easy to take the easy route and not quite so easy to take the correct route in some things. I was out running (not literally..from behind the steering wheel) errands today and it ran close to lunch time. Iain got some chicken fingers from Burger King and I got NOTHING! I just got his little meal and went home to my sliced cantelope (which I actually do like). That may seem like a small thing but it is so much easier to just grab a burger than to go home and make something. I did sneak TWO fries though :)
Bad habits are hard to break and easy to fix or fast foods is a prime culprit here lately. It is so easy to grab a burger to eat on the way home from being in Nashville, or to run down to the cafeteria there for something quick than to take the time to make, pack and cart something with me. It looks like my little dude will be released this week and I am hoping to do better at sticking to my meal plan when he is back home.
How was YOUR week? Drink water, exercise and eat less...it is working for me so far.
If you look over to the left, you will have noticed that the red in my fat-o-meter has gone up. I was so pleased when I got on the scale this morning and saw another 1.5 lbs has gone away. That makes a total of 7 lbs.
You would think that two weeks in that exercise would be getting easier. Oh, physically it is getting easier. I am not as easily out of breath and am doing a 3 mile route, alternating the run/walk program. The real challenge to exercise is the mental aspect. I just don't like getting out and sweating. I do feel better when I make myself get out there and do it but I hate the sweaty feeling that comes with running.
Tomorrow is the time I start the week 2 of the running program. It is: a brisk 5 minute warm up walk, followed by 90 seconds of jogging and 2 minutes of walking for 20 minutes. I am more interested in the distance right now than time. I also decided, as my knee began to ache while I was running...sweat dripping into my eyes and 200 lbs of dog trying to trip me while a 6 yr old was yelling for me to come look at the toad she found..... that I am going to also alternate my running nights with walking nights. I know the guidelines say 20 minutes a week, 3 times a week is recommended but I know me. If I don't get out there every single night, it will be too easy to slack off. So it will be run days are Mon-Wed-Fri and walk days are the rest of the week. Eventually I will switch it where I run 4 times a week, walk 3 but I don't want to be too hasty rushing into things.
I had a patmyselfontheback kind of moment today. You know, it is so easy to take the easy route and not quite so easy to take the correct route in some things. I was out running (not literally..from behind the steering wheel) errands today and it ran close to lunch time. Iain got some chicken fingers from Burger King and I got NOTHING! I just got his little meal and went home to my sliced cantelope (which I actually do like). That may seem like a small thing but it is so much easier to just grab a burger than to go home and make something. I did sneak TWO fries though :)
Bad habits are hard to break and easy to fix or fast foods is a prime culprit here lately. It is so easy to grab a burger to eat on the way home from being in Nashville, or to run down to the cafeteria there for something quick than to take the time to make, pack and cart something with me. It looks like my little dude will be released this week and I am hoping to do better at sticking to my meal plan when he is back home.
How was YOUR week? Drink water, exercise and eat less...it is working for me so far.
Sunday, August 24, 2003
My Legs
My legs are certainly protesting this evening. We took the fat dogs with us again this evening and even my girl dog, Daria, was dragging by the time we were done. It is kinda ironic since it was actually cooler than it has been in some time and the humidity was lower too. My boy dog, Dawson, was still charging ahead though. I don't think they appreciate that I am bringing them along AND reducing their food a little bit.
Tomorrow is yet another weigh in, officially #2. I know I did well on exercise this week, did so-so on my water and not as well as I could have and should have done on my meals. When rushed, it is too easy to fall back into bad eating habits. School is starting for my kiddos and when I make their lunches at night, I will make mine as well.
I can tell you a successful eating habit though. I have taken leftovers, that normally I would have eaten in one sitting and stretched it to 3. Rather than snarf it down straight, I have cut meat and made it into sandwiches or an entire extra meal out of it. That should count for something but alas, you can't reason with a scale.
My goals for the upcoming week are simple and definately do-able. Exercise more, drink more water and eat less....sounds pretty simple. We shall see....
My legs are certainly protesting this evening. We took the fat dogs with us again this evening and even my girl dog, Daria, was dragging by the time we were done. It is kinda ironic since it was actually cooler than it has been in some time and the humidity was lower too. My boy dog, Dawson, was still charging ahead though. I don't think they appreciate that I am bringing them along AND reducing their food a little bit.
Tomorrow is yet another weigh in, officially #2. I know I did well on exercise this week, did so-so on my water and not as well as I could have and should have done on my meals. When rushed, it is too easy to fall back into bad eating habits. School is starting for my kiddos and when I make their lunches at night, I will make mine as well.
I can tell you a successful eating habit though. I have taken leftovers, that normally I would have eaten in one sitting and stretched it to 3. Rather than snarf it down straight, I have cut meat and made it into sandwiches or an entire extra meal out of it. That should count for something but alas, you can't reason with a scale.
My goals for the upcoming week are simple and definately do-able. Exercise more, drink more water and eat less....sounds pretty simple. We shall see....
Saturday, August 23, 2003
Fat Dogs
I decided that my dogs (literally, no my feet) stank and needed a bath today. While I was giving them a bath, I realized that I have fat dogs too! My dogs are big, they should ideally weigh between 85-90 lbs and I bet each of them is currently over 100 lbs. Eeek! Guess who gets to join me when I go out in the evening now. I used to keep the dogs in very good shape since I was competing in obedience with them but a few babies and a sick child put them on the sidelines.
They were so excited to see me get their halters out and snap them together for a walk. Dawson, my boy, remembered his manners and only once did he lift his leg on a place he should not (I don't let him on mailboxes, flowerbeds etc...telephone poles and empty fields are fair game though). By the end of our 2 miles, he was ready to be home and get his water.
I missed walking/running last night so I made it a point to get out this evening. Everyone came along except the birds and hamster. The nasty storms we had last night cooled the temperature off but the humidity was still high.
Didn't drink enough water again, I drank more than I would have normally but not as much as I should. Did that make sense?
Day after tomorrow is another W day...eek! As long as I have not GAINED, I will be okay. I would like to see continual loss but no gain is good too. See ya later!
I decided that my dogs (literally, no my feet) stank and needed a bath today. While I was giving them a bath, I realized that I have fat dogs too! My dogs are big, they should ideally weigh between 85-90 lbs and I bet each of them is currently over 100 lbs. Eeek! Guess who gets to join me when I go out in the evening now. I used to keep the dogs in very good shape since I was competing in obedience with them but a few babies and a sick child put them on the sidelines.
They were so excited to see me get their halters out and snap them together for a walk. Dawson, my boy, remembered his manners and only once did he lift his leg on a place he should not (I don't let him on mailboxes, flowerbeds etc...telephone poles and empty fields are fair game though). By the end of our 2 miles, he was ready to be home and get his water.
I missed walking/running last night so I made it a point to get out this evening. Everyone came along except the birds and hamster. The nasty storms we had last night cooled the temperature off but the humidity was still high.
Didn't drink enough water again, I drank more than I would have normally but not as much as I should. Did that make sense?
Day after tomorrow is another W day...eek! As long as I have not GAINED, I will be okay. I would like to see continual loss but no gain is good too. See ya later!
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