the next step

on to phase 2 of my grand 'life overhaul' plan....pushups. it seems to be working out pretty well so far. i don't do well with waking up early one day and sleeping in the next, so i'm trying this out. i did 56 pushups today. i know what you're thinking. there's no way in #@#$ that i did that many. well, they were girl pushups, and i did them. right after i ate some ben & jerrys.... it was low-fat though. i needed something cold to soothe my sore mouth from surgery. yeah, that's it.

my whole face actually hurts. an apicoectomy is not fun. basically they cut my gum open, took a jackhammer to my face and sewed it back closed. google it if you want the scientific explanitation. :) the swelling has gone down some, so i'm starting to look like myself again. i hope this is the end of my body rebelling against me. it's been one thing after the other. i want to be healthy again!

Rock Climbing

We decided to take a few of the teenagers from church rock climbing this weekend. I think they are an age group that gets overlooked too often because adults are afraid of them. I guess either I'm not that old yet, or I'm not easily intimidated, but I enjoy taking them to do things. There are a couple of kids that had a great time, and were very vocal about it. Two of the girls were very quiet though, and I didn't think they had a good time at all. My father-in-law cornered me at church this morning to tell me that those two girls' dad had mentioned to him that they really had a great time, and that we would never know how much it meant to them all that we would do something like that with/for them. It really made me feel good and also feel that maybe I'm actually making a difference to someone. It sounds silly I guess, but you never know how much a small action can mean to someone else.

Couch to 5K - Day 2

Well, I managed to get up and run again. Maybe a pattern is emerging! It felt pretty good too. Except for the part where I was listening to the Wicked Soundtrack and I started crying, which in turn made it hard to breathe. I don't know why something like that would make me emotional, but every time she hits the big notes in "Defying Gravity", I get weepy. (insert rolleyes here)

I also started the hundred pushup plan yesterday. It is a 6 week program claiming by the end you will be able to do 100 consecutive pushups. Well, I did my initial test and I eked out 21 "girl pushups" My plan is to do the program the "girl" way, and then hopefully do it again with "real" pushups. It's not looking good though, as I can barely move anything above the waist at the moment.

And I've realized reason number 1,453,899,324 that I need to lose weight again. I can't wear my favorite boots..... My calves are too big. grrrrr If that's not motivation, I don't know what is!

Couch to 5K - Day 1

So, I'm starting from scratch again. It's been about 6 months since I've run regularly. I got up 30 minutes early today and did day one of the new plan. Since this plan requires a shorter run, I'm trying to run faster. I did 4.5 mph running, and 3 mph walking on the torturemill. Don't ask why I'm so slow inside, I don't know. At least I'm breaking a sweat again. Tomorrow I'm swearing off Big Macs. Oh, and doing pushups.... It must be done. I'm breathing down the neck of having gained 50lbs back. I can't let that happen, or the fact that I'm a total slacker will be official.