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.

running with dogs

I ran at one of my favorite parks today with my dogs. I love to bring them along because they have such a good time. My doctor told me a while back that when I run, I should leave the dogs at home because they throw off your normal "stride" or whatever. I really noticed it today. Jacob would stop to sniff every tree, then jerk when he reached the end of the leash. Then he'd run to get ahead of me until he would jerk on the leash again. I wanted to kill him by the time we were done. Oh, and I scared a lady with a little weiner dog. She didn't think I could handle my dogs, and was scared they were going to eat her precious pooch for lunch. It was kind of funny. Finally I got her to pick up her dog, and walk by. sheesh.