Hello out there!!! I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season :) Usually during the holiday season, I like to bake, relax, shop, and travel. Last year completing some of these task where difficult for me, I didn't really bake, shop, or travel because I had my thyroid removed in late September and was still trying to adjust. This year has been a completely different story I shopped until I couldn't walk anymore (shopping counts as exercise right?), I am in the process of baking all kinds of cookies, I am getting ready to leave to San Diego to go watch my beloved Texas Longhorns play in the Holiday bowl, and...... I finally applied to a Ph.D. program. Applying to a Ph.D. program has been in the back of mind for some time I just hadn't worked up the nerve and of course the thought of possible rejection is never fun. This year, though I thought, hey why not I am trying to live my life to it's fullest and do things to prove to myself that I can do this even if I am missing a vital part of my body. So now I am sitting on edge, wondering will I or won't I get in??? Either way, I need to keep reminding myself that what is meant to be is meant to be. In time I will find out and at least I can say I tried!!
As for my running adventure, and training for the hot chocolate run I still haven't been able to maintain a consistent running schedule. The holiday's and getting in my application kind of derailed me. However, I have been doing a lot of walking with my dogs and of course holiday shopping walking. I know I need to train more intensely and I hope to get to that soon. I also hope the weather gets a little better it's been raining, cold, and just yuck to be able to run outside and I don't want to go run on a treadmill, but if I come back from my San Diego Trip and it's still like this then the treadmill it will be.
As for my weight loss adventure, my mom and I have been trying to watch what we it as much as we can. I don't think I have gained weight, but I don't think I have lost weight. Isn't dieting during the holidays so difficult??? Especially, when you are baking :) I am proud of my mom and I though for trying to watch our Weight Watchers Points that I think is an goal accomplished in itself!!!
Well I am off to go shop some more and with that I ask.. Does anyone out there have any plans of actions or adventures for the holiday season???
Friday, December 23, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Couch to 5k
I am tired of beign a couch potato. I am tired of gaining weight. I am tired of being of track. I am just tired :)
A couple weeks ago I signed myself up for a 5k (3.1 milles) that is called the Hot Chocolate run. I have been so off track with running it is ridiculous, and I can tell that my body is just inflating from all the bad food I have been eating and from my lack of movement. In the back of my mind I keep telling myself I need to get off this couch and get back to running. So now that I have signed up for this run, I have to get serious. In the past I would just get out there and start running and give myself a couple weeks and be good to go, but now that I have had my thyroid removed I somehow convinced myself that running is way to difficult. It is time for me to step up to the plate and get running!!!!! As much as I want to just get up and run, I decided that I needed to work myself back into it. I downloaded the couch 2 5k program on my iphone, and started it today. It wasn't to bad, and I am now motivated to complete this program and prepare for my upcoming run!! Unfortuatly, I forgot to turn my GPS tracker on so I don't know how far I went, but I got at there and it's a good start! Has anyone out there every down this program??? If so let me know if you like it.
A couple weeks ago I signed myself up for a 5k (3.1 milles) that is called the Hot Chocolate run. I have been so off track with running it is ridiculous, and I can tell that my body is just inflating from all the bad food I have been eating and from my lack of movement. In the back of my mind I keep telling myself I need to get off this couch and get back to running. So now that I have signed up for this run, I have to get serious. In the past I would just get out there and start running and give myself a couple weeks and be good to go, but now that I have had my thyroid removed I somehow convinced myself that running is way to difficult. It is time for me to step up to the plate and get running!!!!! As much as I want to just get up and run, I decided that I needed to work myself back into it. I downloaded the couch 2 5k program on my iphone, and started it today. It wasn't to bad, and I am now motivated to complete this program and prepare for my upcoming run!! Unfortuatly, I forgot to turn my GPS tracker on so I don't know how far I went, but I got at there and it's a good start! Has anyone out there every down this program??? If so let me know if you like it.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
I am a warrior!!!!!
GEEZ , I have been so busy with work that I haven't had a chance to update my blog :( But better late then never.
Well I did it, I completed the warrior dash and I am officially a warrior!!!!! It was tough and very challenging, I did it slow but my goal was to complete it and that is what I did!!! Now I am not going to lie, I did have to "cheat" on a couple of the obstacles but I just didn't have the strength to get myself through certain obstacles, but I made it to the end and for a thyroidless girl like me.. that is a major accomplishment. I am definitely proud of myself, and I think I just might try it again next year. There were some obstacles that where kind of scary, but the volunteers would give us clues and hints and that seemed to help. One of the first obstacles was a mud pit that I tried to avoid but slipped and fell right into it and of course lost my shoe. I was able to retrieve my shoe, but after the last obstacle another mud pit I lost it again, but I guess a true warrior doesn't mind losing a shoe ha ha! I hope that one day, some of you are inspired to try something like this!!! I am not going to lie, I probably should have trained harder for this, and luckily I had been going to boot camp because if not, I would have been in serious trouble I think. It is also a mental thing, so if you can convince yourself that you are strong enough, then this is possible. Here are some pics!! I don't have pictures of all the obstacles, because it would have been difficult to carry a camera. Luckily, my dad got some shots of me on some of the obstacles towards the end.
This is me before the race!!!! My friend and I before the race!!
My dad was able to get some pictures of me!!! The fireman's pole, you had to climb up some barricade type thing and then slide down!! That was kind of fun but scary but it was a steep fall!! The other one is a rope climb that was high also kind of scary!!
Well I did it, I completed the warrior dash and I am officially a warrior!!!!! It was tough and very challenging, I did it slow but my goal was to complete it and that is what I did!!! Now I am not going to lie, I did have to "cheat" on a couple of the obstacles but I just didn't have the strength to get myself through certain obstacles, but I made it to the end and for a thyroidless girl like me.. that is a major accomplishment. I am definitely proud of myself, and I think I just might try it again next year. There were some obstacles that where kind of scary, but the volunteers would give us clues and hints and that seemed to help. One of the first obstacles was a mud pit that I tried to avoid but slipped and fell right into it and of course lost my shoe. I was able to retrieve my shoe, but after the last obstacle another mud pit I lost it again, but I guess a true warrior doesn't mind losing a shoe ha ha! I hope that one day, some of you are inspired to try something like this!!! I am not going to lie, I probably should have trained harder for this, and luckily I had been going to boot camp because if not, I would have been in serious trouble I think. It is also a mental thing, so if you can convince yourself that you are strong enough, then this is possible. Here are some pics!! I don't have pictures of all the obstacles, because it would have been difficult to carry a camera. Luckily, my dad got some shots of me on some of the obstacles towards the end.
This is me before the race!!!! My friend and I before the race!!
We had no idea what we where getting into, well we kind of had an idea but not really ha ha!!!
My dad was able to get some pictures of me!!! The fireman's pole, you had to climb up some barricade type thing and then slide down!! That was kind of fun but scary but it was a steep fall!! The other one is a rope climb that was high also kind of scary!! My dad also got a picture of me on the tight rope!! I was nervous about that one, but it turned out to be my favorite obstacle ha ha!!!! The last obstacle was the mud pit, we had to swim through it, the muddy water was nice and cold and felt good, since here in Texas it was still hot!! I even got sunburn :(
This is me getting out of the mud pit and believe me that was a slippery mess, and this is where I lost my shoe at the end. This is how I looked when it was all done!!!! I was a muddy mess!! Oh, and I hate how the mud sticks to your clothes so much, it makes all your fat show.. but it also has motivated me to get back on track with my eating plan which is a whole other story I will need to blog about soon.
After the race you get hosed down, and they have a pile for you to donate your shoes. They power wash them, and send them to the needy. Unfortunately, I was not able to donate my shoes because I lost one, so the other one went in the trash :( I had taken extra shoes with me because I had planned to donate mine.
The race took me a little over an hour, which I had kind of expected. So I was starving, so my parents took me to eat at one my favorite places in Austin!!! I was so hungry I ate all my food, and even asked for extra "vegetables. This particular restaurant counts anything that does have meat in it as a vegetable, and you can have all the "vegetables you want!!!!!!! The portions are huge and best of all it's home cooking type of food!! It was delicious!!!
I hope that some day, many of you will be inspired to challenge yourselves in way that you never thought you would!! I also hope, that if you have the opportunity to attempt something like this to go for it, and you too can be a Warrior!!!!