Well... let's try this again.

So... I'm not sick any more. I have been sick TWICE this year- record for me - except both lasted a month. Apparently, I have acid reflux and it's not just a one time thing - it's an all life thing. So, I need to keep taking meds for it whenever my throat even hurts a little bit. If i feel fine, don't need to take them. Soooo.... that means I shouldn't get sick as often! WAHOO! First hurdle down.

Second hurdle - IT band syndrome or not?

NOT.

I had an MRI. I don't have the syndrome, yet the doctor is still convinced that's what it is, even though the MRI shows no signs for it. What's the cause of the pain? Fluid behind my IT band and in front of my meniscus.

What does this mean? It means that I'm hopeless. I have no idea what is wrong, and when I asked the doctor - so how is this caused and what does this mean, he said "I don't know."

RIDICULOUS.

So he gave me this EVIL shot in my knee - in the spot with the fluid - its a steroid shot - and is supposed to heal it. We'll see how this goes - it takes up to four days to START taking effect.

If it's not better by next week, I'm supposed to go back to Physical Therapy. What's the point?

We'll see what happens I guess. Needless to say, Ange and Eric are starting insanity on Monday (stopped it from before), so I'm just gonna restart it and do more yoga - stretch my knee out if I can. Then try running again in 60 days. We'll see.

So... look for me on Monday! :)

Fit test and chest and back (p90x)

It's been so long since I've done p90x.. I miss it. Reminder - just need the video for stretching, cool down, and abs. Not the exercise.

standard push-ups: 13 on toes - sick, how fat am I?, / 8 toes

wide front pull ups: 1 self, 8 chair/5 chair - boy i'm tired. haha

military push-ups: 8 on toes/3 on toes, 5 on knees

reverse grip chin ups: 1 self, 6 chair/ 3chair

wide fly push ups: 8 toes, 5 knees/5 toes, 3 knees

close grip overhand pull ups: 1 self, 5 chair - i have gotten so weak lol/3 with chair

decline push ups: 6 toes/4 toes

heavy pants: 20 lbs - 10/8

diamond push ups: 2 self, 7 knees/1 self, 6 knees

lawnmowers: 20 lbs - 10 - i'm gonna need a bigger weight for this round of p90x/20 lbs - 10

dive bombers: 5 - men's way/4 mens way

back flys: 12 with 10/10 with 10

Done ... and sweating like a whore in church. haha FEELING AWESOME! :)

Did the ab ripper for fun. :)

Well.. that was fun.

So, starting over on Monday. It's been really hard to get up this week, cuz somewhere in the middle of the night, I get a sore throat, wake up in pain, and then don't wanna get up. But once I'm up and drink some water, it kinda helps it go away. So I just need to!

So...since I missed a day, and I'm not gonna be able to make it up in any way, time to start over! Which is okay, cuz Angela told me she may want to - and so I think it will be better overall.

This was a nice warm-up. :)

More later!

Day 3 Cardio power and resistance

So I still need to do insanity today, but that's gonna have to wait until tonight.

We went skiing yesterday, and then I went to PT and then did insanity, and took the dogs on a walk - AND my leg felt great! WAHOO!!

So I'm happy about this -and am eating very well today! HURRAY!

Day 2 - plyo

So did the plyo yesterday. It was wonderful. I love sweating and feeling like I did something with the day.

My diet, however, SUCKED.

So I made a commitment to Angela - my partner in crime - that I will stay under 1200 calories for the next 60 days. :) GO ME.

Also, my fit test results are:

Switch Kicks: 110

Power Jacks: 32

Power Knees: 68

Power Jumps: 16

Globe Jumps: 7

Suicide: 10

Push-up Jacks: 11

Low Plank Obliques: 38

Day 1 - Fit test

And so it starts...

I'm doing Insanity again! WAHOO!

Also, physical therapy is going well. I should be able to run more than a mile soon hopefully. We'll see what happens. My leg still aches after I run - and I only run at the office - so it's not like I could be doing this at home yet. We'll see. The orthopedic surgeon told me today that I should be WAY better than that, and they are worried I have some hairline fracture I'm not aware of. I'm going to them next week if it's worse. Hopefully it just gets better.

Anyway, during my "not being able to exercise" phase, I lost a pound. So my goal for the month is to lose three more, and by that, I mean weigh the same weight (three lbs less) for at least a week before I've actually done it.

We'll see if Insanity can take me there.

Exercising this morning was weird - it's been so long - it's like I almost forgot how. But I'd like to add p90x arms in twice a week - and in january we'll add swimming when we get our passes, AND yoga! wahoo! :)

So that's it for now folks - more tomorrow!

:)

I'm happy. I get to exercise again. I ran .76 miles the other day at the Physical Therapist's office (on the treadmill) without hurting at all. Today, I have another session, and probably will have one Friday - and then I think I'll be done. We'll see how my leg reacts. It feels great to actually be able to do stuff again. We'll see how far I can run at the office today.

So, Insanity, you and I - Monday morning. :) 60 days of it. I'm adding arms twice a week - tuesdays and thursdays - from p90x. And adding a yoga session on Saturday mornings. Anyone is welcome to come over and join me!

Eric and I are waiting until January to buy our gym pass. We went swimming there, and they said they will have the passes 20 percent off in January. That's 60 bucks off! Huge difference. Then we should swim about three times a week - hopefully. :) I'm excited.