Foot Injury Progress

This picture was taken the same day as the one in the previous post. By the time I got home from work, I was nice and swollen. I woke up even more Swollen on Saturday morning, swollen, but itchy, which means healing is on the way. 

Then Saturday night, as I was in the shower, I looked down and saw this bruise! So odd, since that wasn't even the spot that was hurting so badly!!  2 days later now, I have this bruise, plus another one on the opposite side of the foot as well. My leg is actually sore, but I know that's just because I've been favoring that foot. I am hoping to get out and start running again tonight! We'll see how healed it is. 

Weigh In & Measurements

I joined a Biggest Loser Boot Camp Challenge for the next 8 weeks. I am quite excited about. Fridays will be the weigh in day for it, So I weighed in for the 2nd time this week, and re-did my measurements, which I have NOT done since September. So here's the stats:

Current Weight 257.4 (1.4 Loss since Monday!)

Measurements I am going to compare to September:

Chest (+ 4, but I think I might be measuring in a different spot all the time)
Sept 2012 - 49
Jan 2013 - 53

Right Arm (+1.5)
Sept 2012 - 14.5
Jan 2013 - 16

Left arm (+1.5)
Sept 2012 - 14.5.
Jan 2013 - 16

Waist (-1)
Sept 2012 - 53
Jan 2013  - 52 (yay for a loss!!)

Hips (-.5)
Sept 2012 - 55.5
Jan 2013 - 55

Right Thigh (+.75)
Sept 2012 - 22.75
Jan 2013 - 23.5

Left Thigh (same)
Sept 2012 - 23
Jan 2013 - 23

ABS (-.25)
Sept 2012 - 49
Jan 2013 - 48.75

So, those are my measurements since September. For the most part, I've stayed pretty level, or minor losses/gains. Looking forward to see what they will be in March!

Injury :-(

I was so excited to go to the gym last night to take a 6pm aerobics class. I rushed though dinner (thank goodness I made chili in the crock pot) Mike rushed out to pick up Courtney after track practice, so I could leave the house by 5:40 to make it on time. Got there with minutes to spare and was good to go. It was nice to have people say, Hey! Welcome back, why didn't you come to Tuesday's class?? A girl who started with me last Thursday was there again last night too, so I feel better when I am not the only awkward one. However... I am such a freaking klutz. I always have been. *sigh* We started class, got some good stretches in. Less then 10 minutes in, we were starting our heel kicks and somehow, My feet got twisted, and my right foot stepped on my left foot and down I went. I thought for sure I twisted my ankle, but it ended up being the side/top of my foot. I had to sit down in class, they brought me an ice pack, took off my shoe and iced it for a good 15 minutes before I attempted to get up again. I thought it was feeling great (in reality it was numb from the ice LOL) Put my shoe back on and got up to walk, only to feel the stabbing pain all over again. They wanted to bring me downstairs to my car in a wheelchair!! I said, Um, No, I'll be just fine. One of the trainers helped me walk out to the elevator, which they MADE me take downstairs. and i hobbled to the car. I walked in less then an hour after I left the house, to everyone's surprise. 

I kept it iced for a while longer, and we were in bed pretty early, so it was elevated, but it hurt really bad during the night last night. I woke up this morning, to this huge blob on the top of it. Ouch. Kind looks and feels like a Hematoma of some sort. It's very fluid full.

 I took 4 Motrin before I came to work today, so right now, it feels pretty good. The swelling has gone down some, and I am able to walk a bit better. The pain is subsiding. I am hope it holds up until I get home at least! 

I am most sad that I can't run tonight honestly. I'll have to compensate with something else I guess. I'll figure it out, But I am NOT giving up! And i am hoping I'll be better and get to class on Tuesday! 

Week 2 Day 1 Done

There am I prior to running last night! Last night was Week 2 day 1 of Zero to 10K. It consists of six 90 second runs with 2 minutes walking between each one. I should mention that every single one of these runs has a 5 min warm up prior too, and I always add in my own 5 min (or longer, until I get back home) cool down as well. 

Last night was the first time I doubted myself that I would be ready to run a 1/2. It was cold last night. The winds were insane, so bad actually that hubby came home from work early, because he wouldn't work anymore, every time he lifted his 48 foot dumb, the truck would almost tip. SO yes, it was windy. It was 39 out, but in he dark, and in the wind, the windchill had to be pretty cool. I did great the first 5 runs, but I really really struggled with the last one. Mike run with me last night. Mike is NOT a runner, but I was so proud of him, he ran every single interval with me, and in the end, he wasn't even wiped out!! Made me feel worse almost  like what business do I have to run 13.1 miles? None at all. We actually took a long zigzagging run to Wegmans (we were out of Peanut butter for the kids lunches today.) then walked back home. We finished the program prior to going into wegmans though. I'll post the stats separately  since the mileage for the run and the total will different. Mike's legs were hurting him quite a bit on the walk home. If he chooses to continue to run, we'll have to invest in a really good pair of running shoes for him as well. We all know how much those babies cost ($$$) Having 3 runners in our house might get expensive!

So here are last night's stats:

Cold, Windy & 39 degrees. Ran at 8:30pm. 

Week 2 Day 1 1.47 miles total with a pace of 14:24 (20 min with warm up/cool etc time to complete the day)

NIKE tracker - Total miles 2.50 done in 38 mins 32 sec. with a pace of 15:23. Keep in mind when looking at that pace we walked back the 1 mile from Wegmans. (however, if I was to run 13.1 miles with that 15:23 pace, it would take me 3.32 hours to complete) 

Oh - I also signed up for the Biggest Loser Boot Camp challenge online, it starts tomorrow. I am on the Vanishing Vixen team. Excited to do this with a team, the motivation and support that comes with it! 

Gross Pictures

I am a firm believer that pictures show more then any number on a scale ever will. So I had my daughter take a picture of me before I headed out my run last night, in my TIGHT wicking shirt. Now, I do not let people see me in something like this ever. I hide my rolls under as much clothing as possible. However, I love running with this shirt one. It's warm, it's wicks, and it's comfortable. But.. it's tight. I usually wear a tshirt over it, if I am not wearing a jacket, or if it's not so bad out, I'll just wear a jacket over it. 

So Here's last nights tight pictures - Weighing 258.8

I hate this picture the most - the back picture. I have NO behind at all.(the lovely McDonald Family Curse) So Everything just goes straight down. and the rolls and wideness and ugh. hate it. 

Side view. 

And the Front View. 

Ok, let's face it, I hate all of them, but hopefully they won't be like this for long. 

Day 3 run complete

I braved the 20 degree weather last night and run outside. I HATE, absolutely HATE treadmill running, and track running just throws me off. I can't stand the include and I feel like I am accomplishing nothing running in the same tiny circle 90 times. So.. at 8:15 last night, I made hubby take the dog for a walk and go with me. I am scared to death to run alone at night in the dark. I don't mind if it's just getting dark, but by 8pm, it's been dark for 3 hours already, and it's DARK where I live. We don't have huge tall street lights that overhang the road, we only have little lantern ones, in front of every 4 or so houses every other side of the street, so dark it is.

I wasn't sure how to dress, never having ran in this cold before. So i wore a pair of loose yoga pants (because someone of my size shouldn't wear tight fitting ones), a tight wicking long sleeve shirt under a cotton t shirt and cotton spring jacket. I had a fleece headband on my ears and gloves on my hands. Was I cold? for the first 15-20 minutes my face was freezing. I wished i had a scarf to cover my mouth at least. My lips were ice. After that, I was fine. By the time I got home though, my legs were cold. I wish I had maybe a pair of running tights to wear under the yoga pants, that would be perfect. Since I don't have a pair, maybe i'll try putting a pair of shorts on under then next time. I wonder if they even make them for people of my size?? probably not :(

So - Mike decided to try running with me, since they were only 60 min intervals. I told him he should start with the zero to 5K, but he's determined that whatever I can do, he can do too. (even though he's never ran more then a few mins before) He did great the first 3 runs, 50/50 the 4th run and then he was pretty much done. LOL It's kind of empowering to me, that i can run all 9 of those intervals and not be out of breath of after, when he is struggling. It means I actually have somewhat conditioned my body for this. It makes me proud. Although I am WAY overweight, I am ABLE to do something that alot of people even half of my weight struggle to do. Although I completed Week 1 day 3, I am disappointed that I didn't complete 2 miles. If I took another route i could have, but I didn't. So in the end, here's my results. I love the NIKE app.

W1 Day 3
Run - Outside 23 degrees.
1.86 Miles complete
Ran for 28.13 mins.
burned 308 cals.
Pace of 15.09 - Keep in mind, this is slow because it's all interval right now. I am only running maybe 60% of the time.

Tonight - hoping to get to the gym to run the track (only because hubby is broke down with his work truck, in a whole different state, so I'd have to run alone in the dark.. no thank you) So Week 2 consists of more intervals  - 6 reps of 90 sec runs and 2 min walks between. Looking forward to starting it!

Goals

Before I get into the actual post - Weigh in day today! I came in at 258.8! I'll take it! 2.2 loss.

So... Lots of inspiration on Facebook this weekend. It didn't me to the gym, but that's Ok, it was a choice I made, and I am happy with it! 

Lots of talk about how much weight we actually want to lose. Looking at the big number can be QUITE intimidating. Sunshine's journey to 199 (whose posts ALWAYS inspire me BTW  posted how to look at it in smaller numbers and how much more achievable it wills seem. So.. I've decided to take that advice. I have no real goal date set, so I am using my 1/2 marathon date for now. I basically just want to lose the weight, I have no time frame for it to happen. Here's the formula that she gave us.

Take the number of pounds you want to lose

Divide it by the number of months your giving yourself

That total is the amount you'll need to lose per MONTH (already, a much more doable number!)

If you want to keep going though, you can divide that number by 4 (typical amount of weeks per month)

This gives you the total you'll need to lose per week, to meet your monthly & ending goal. 

Since my first goal is just to get to 200 (although, I'd be really happy with 215, it's what i weighed when I got married 10 years ago and I was completely happy with my body at that point) But we'll strive for the 200 and then reassess the situation :-) I need to lose 58 lbs. 

So my formula looks like this:

58/7 = 8.3 lb loss per month

8.3/4 = 2.07 loss per week 

 IF I am able to complete this before my 1/2 in 7 months and one week, I will need to lose 2 lbs per week. it's not impossible, but might be tight. 

I am the slowest loser ever, and ALWAYS have been. (I think it's part of the reason I fail all the time. I give up when I don't see big results like others do)  If I aim for the 215 by the 1/2 I'll need to average 1.5 lbs per week. Again, not impossible, but tough for me. I am hoping for at least a 1 lb loss per week, and if that happens, they HEY!! Great! I am still happy with any loss :)

Seems easier to look at this way doesn't it? So what's your formula look like? 

Disclaimer : No matter how much I lose or DO NOT lose, I'll still be running that 1/2 in 7.1 months! I've ran at 265 before and will do it again if need be!