Run, Run, Run....

I love running, I love the feeling I get finishing a good run, I love the sweat, the push, all of it. I really love running in runs, especially fun runs. The Tinkerbell Half Marathon was a blast in Jan, I cant wait for this coming years. I all ready have my registration money set aside :)

The Diva 5k was really fun too, I love seeing all the pink!! Today tho is awesome cause I just registered for the Color Me Rad 5k, which is in Sept. Its a fun run, where you get pelted with color bombs, It looks so fun!! Best part is I get to run it with my son Justin. Justin is 11 years old, and has started to like running too. He loves to go running with me, and wants to join the track and field team in middle school next year, not to mention for his 14th birthday (the youngest he can be due to a age limit), he has asked that his b-day gift be registration for his first Half Marathon (the Disneyland Half Marathon).

Im so happy that something healthy I am doing for myself, is rubbing off on my family. I love that I get to share something I love with my kids. I also love that I get to show them, your never to old to try something new :)

Tonight was.......

AWESOME!!! Tonight was a fun night :)

Tonight was the awards dinner for the Oro Loma Sanitation districts poster contest, we got to go because my wonderful daughter placed. She drew a poster and turned it in, and tonight we got to find out where she placed. Sky won FIRST PRIZE!!!! The prize.....$700!!! WOW that's a lot of money for a 7 year old hehe. SO that's reason number one why tonight was awesome.



#2 I knew it was going to be a pasta type dinner with treats (this is our 3rd year in a row Sky has won something from Oro Loma), So I knew kinda what to expect. I planed out my day and made sure a had a good amount of points left for dinner. When we got to dinner I saw a HUGE bowl of fruit. I filled half my plate with it, then I guessed that the scooper was about 1/2 cup, so I gave myself one scoop of pasta with tomato sauce (they had alfredo, but I passed on it NSV), then came the garlic bread. I knew it would be there, I grabbed 1 small piece and walked away.....quickly. Then I went to the drinks, and saw they had lemon and cucumber infused water (I was kinda impressed) I got a cup of water and went and enjoyed my food. NSV (Non Scale Victory) #2

Then came the deserts......2 of the 4 things didn't look very good so I passed, then I saw raspberry cheese cake, and some chocolate chip cookie bar thing. Luckily they were small little 2 bit squares, I mean they were small. I grabbed one of each. The cheese cake....yummy but not worth a second trip for the pts, then the cookie thing.....one bite and I knew NOT WORTH IT!! I even spit it out. It was funny tasting and just plane nasty. So I was good on desert, felt like I got a treat. NSV #3, also helped the awards part was starting.

NSV #4 My little black dress!! My bff Star brought me over some cloths, and one was this dress. It was so cute, but a bit form fitting, I have never worn a dress that snug. I tried it on and liked it, so I got brave and wore it to the dinner with my black heels and a little black knit, short sweater cause it was a bit cold. I got so many comments on that dress and how I looked from some of the teacher from our school :) MVS #4 and here is a pic to prove.......I WAS HOT!!! hehe

Good Week :)

Last week was so nice, I ran 3 x's this week and I felt stronger and stronger with each run. Best part I lost 4.6 at WI on fri. Not to bad, only 2.2 to go till I lose all the weight I gained being hurt. Its so hard to be so close to my 85lb mark, then to get hurt and have a big set back, but there is always something to learn in every situation.

What did I learn.......Breaks are needed. I was pushing my body hard, really hard. I had no intention of stopping, getting hurt made me stop. Now I have to work a bit to get back to where I was.

Lesson #2 in all this......I can get back to where I was and past that, NOTHING can or ever will stop me. I refuse to be so over weight again, and I  have proved to myself that I don't have to be. I'm strong enough to push threw a injury or set back, and jump right back on and keep going forward.


Don't ever stop moving....take breaks when needed, but don't ever stop :)

Diva 5K

After being hurt, I totally went against Doc orders on Sunday May 5th. I ran the Diva 5k in Burlingame (I paid the registration for it back in Jan, and you cant get your money back). I took my meds when I got there, and wore 2 abdominal type supports so I wouldn't bounce.

Besides that.....IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!

My amazing friend, Nicole, came out with me just for support. She is the best :) I mean come on the girl got up at 4am just to come hang with me and cheer me on. I'm one lucky girl to have such a awesome friend!

Check out that beautiful sun rise on the Bay!

 

Posing on the starting line :)

 

Just a small bit of runners, lining up to go. There were 1786 people total who ran the 5k.

 

1mile to go :)

 

Nicole and I :)

 

After the run with my medal, boa, tiera, rose, and glass of bubbly (ginger ale) lol. They sure know how to make you feel like a diva at the finish line :)

 

Checking out the after party with DJ Honeylishious, He was awesome!

 

I had a good run, I finished in 32 min. Not to bad for being hurt, not my best, but not bad ether. It was such a fun day! After the run we hit this little café called Baywatch. OMG I had the best coconut, macadamia nut, banana, pineapple pancakes ever!

 

This run got me so excited for the Tinkerbell Half Marathon, which I'm even more excited for because Nicole is running it with me! Its going to be a awesome 4 day Disney runcation, only 8 more months :)

SO I had EVERY intention....

Of keeping this blog up to date. Then I don't post for 2 weeks, BUT in my defense, I have a very good reason. I haven't been able to move in over a week, literally, I have had to lay on my couch or in my bed on my side in the fetal position.

Why, you may ask........Simple

I got hurt working out. Yeah I know LAME, but I got really hurt. So here is the awesome (lame) story.

I have been going to the Marina by my house, for the last few weeks, not only to run, but to do the fitness trail. Its a mile loop trail that has work out stations all along it. If I stop at each station it takes me about a hour to walk/workout for the whole mile. I started doing this to help me tone up. I did it for 2 weeks 3x's a week, then on the first day gong in to my 3rd week I got hurt. I was 1/2 mile on the trail (so half way threw my workout) at this station you lay on a flat bench, hold a bar above your head and lift your feet over your head (a revisers sit-up if you will). Now the benches are at different angles, one is flat, wile the other 2 are slightly more elevated (one I swear is at a 90' angle) I was on the completely flat one.

On my 4th rep, as I was bringing my feet down, I heard a pop and was is instant pain. I mean the pain was so bad I all most threw up and blacked out. I laid on the bench not moving just staring at the sky, trying to make a scene, when the gentlemen who was working out on the same station as me came in to view.

Workout Guy: I heard that pop, are you ok?

Me: (in my head thinking OMG he heard it!!)

Workout Guy: Mam take a breath, are you ok?

Me: Shook my head yes, then quickly said "NO".

Workout Guy: Ok, just take a few breaths and let see if we can get you to sit up. (pulls out his phone and calls his wife who was running the trail).

Me: (trying to sit up, feel the pain on my right side) I think I pulled a muscle.

Workout Guy: How did you get here?

Me: I drove.

Workout Guy: Ok, lets see if you can get up and walk a bit.

I get up and we start walking and can feel the muscle in my abs pulling with every step. OMG IT HURT!!!

We get to about the 1/4 marker and his wife meets up with us. She asked me where I parked, and I told her, She asked me if I wanted them to call anyone, I said no I just want to get home, Ill be fine. So the 3 of us walk to my car very slowly. All the time the guy is asking my questions, about where it hurts, what was I doing when it happened.

We finally get to my car, and I very slowly climb in. I was hoping once I sat it would feel better.....NOPE it got worse, it started to cramp and spasm like crazy. The guy then pulls out 2 advil, tells me to take them and drive to the ER, He's a EMT and he thinks I tore a muscle. He tells me I need to get it check out ASAP, cause a full tare requires surgery to fix. His wife asked if I was ok to drive, I told them yes, and took off for home. As Im driving its killing me, Im having to hit the break with my left foot cause I was cramping on my whole right side. I got to the parking lot of my place, and realized, Mr. Workout Guy might be right :(

So sitting in my car in my parking space, I call my doc tell them what happened, and they tell me to get there ASAP.

I get to the Doc, they get me in really fast, She feels around and tells me she can feel a tear on my right side at my waist :(, but it also feels like I pulled a muscle up in my diaphragm. In comes a ultrasound machine and sure enough......there is a small tear.

So in the end I pulled a muscle by my diaphragm, and have a small oblique tear, was given LOTS of meds and told to not move as much as possible. Then I need to go back in, in one week and be re-ultrasound to check to see if the tear was healing right. At my appointment last week, I was told its all healing great. Now I have some stretches I have to do everyday to help stretch out the pulled muscle, and I was told I could start running again.

Both have been a challenge, I cant run like I did cause my side starts to cramp, but it is getting better. The worst part is I have gained 7lbs in the last 2 weeks. I have had a really good week this week and even ran 3 days, so Im hoping I will have some sort of lose this week.