Bummer

I decided not to participate in the Bayshore...I'm really not happy about it at all. I'm still dealing with the pain in my left foot - which should have been resolved by now. I haven't run since the beginning of April. My bone scan was Friday and I should know the results by Wednesday this week. If it doesn't show anything, then I'll most likely be sent for an MRI next. I decided to remove the orthotics from my shoes to see if that helps any. When I went to the chiropractor a few weeks ago, my entire left side was screwed up.....which tells me that those orthotics are not helping my alignment any. We'll see if I get any relief this week without them.
I have been doing the Power 90 workouts - but didn't lose hardly any weight this week..I'm at 178.2. I did take Tues, Thurs, Fri off (which I shouldn't have)...and we went out to eat on Saturday, and I had some wine this week. I'll get it under control...at least I didn't gain any! I won't be taking any rest days for the next 2 weeks so I can catch up with the workouts. I am getting stronger and am able to do more pushups now :)
I should find out about my job interview today...I really hope I get it. I'd be working in Bay City, M-F, no weekends, 8-4:30 (which means I could run in the am again!!) Anyone who's reading this, please keep your fingers crossed for me!!

Hmmm..

My foot is still bothering me - I went back to the podiatrist and she ordered a bone scan to be done on the 15th. She said that if I fractured my calcaneus, that it won't show in an xray. So I have to endure yet another test. I guess they inject it with a dye and then I have to go back 3 hours later to have it read. I seriously hope it's not a fracture.

I have been working out, just not running. I started the Power 90 program (not P90X) and began the week at 183.0, this morning I was 177.4, so not a bad first week! I was a little pissed at myself for getting back over 180 again, and our week up in Traverse certainly didn't help. We have been eating really well - even managing to cook dinners together after our workouts. Most of the time we want to kill each other in the kitchen - we definitely have different ideas about the way things should be cooked. We used recipes from Stephen's metabolism advantage book and one of my 30 min cookbooks this past week. Neither one of us is counting calories, just watching our portions and trying to cook healthier meals.

I certainly plan on continuing the Power 90 program all the way through - it's 3 days resistance, and 3 days cardio + abs with 1 rest day per week. The first few days were really hard - the 3rd resistance day was a little easier so I'm going to try to up my weights on some of the exercises and see what happens. The cardio and ab work is still tough though. At least this will help maintain my fitness level so when my foot is better I'll be in better shape to begin running again.

Our fence is finally up and ready to stain. We also got pre-approved for a mortgage so when it sells we are ready to be on the buyers end :)

Still limping

Well - the injection in my foot helped for about a day and the pain returned. I'm taking 500mg of Naprosyn 2x a day but it's not really helping much. I can't figure out what the heck I did to it - the podiatrist will have to narrow this down for me when I go see her this week again. I haven't been able to run at all now since the first week in april and I'm thinking that I'm probably just going to bow out of Bayshore since there is no way in hell that I'll be even remotely ready to run 13.1

I just hope that the extra time to heal will allow me to pick back up in June so I can at least have some running fitness before San Fran!
Stephen and I are starting the Power 90 program tomorrow morning. I'm working on the grocery list right now and am excited to start some sort of exercise...hopefully my foot won't give me problems doing that!

Our long weekend in traverse was ok - the weather didn't cooperate so we didn't get any golf in. Turtle creek casino was nice - our room was huge :) We went wine tasting one day which was a lot of fun. Grand Traverse resort was a big disappointment - we'll never stay there again.
Back to work tomorrow...wonder what my caseload is going to be like?

More time off...

I went to the podiatrist on Wednesday, got another xray...no fracture that we could see. The point of pain in my heel is not at the origin of my plantar fascia though - so it's still a bit of a mystery. I got another injection in my foot, a script for naprosyn for 10 days and have to lay off running on it. On Thursday my foot felt so much better!! I still feel the soreness in my heel, but it isn't nearly as bad as what it was. The doc did say that I can bike or do the elliptical in the meantime. Problem is I don't have a gym membership. So long as the rain holds off this weekend, I'll get my bike out and go for a ride.

Stephen and I will begin the Power 90 workouts on May 4th and have decided to commit to watching our calorie intake with the program. I'm excited about doing a program together and think it will go much better that way for us :) I'll just have to do my runs in addition to what the program entails. I'm quite nervous about even attempting Bayshore at this point because I haven't been running....I guess I'll try to run beginning in may and see if I have any pain. I don't want to risk getting seriously injured. San Francisco is too important! I must be healed up by June.

I'm looking forward to getting out of town for a few days... Traverse city here we come :) Can't wait to go golfing, so it better not rain!

stuck

It's been 10 days since I've worked out. I'm feeling fatter by the minute.... My foot hurts even when I'm just standing on it. I'm still waiting on the results of my x-ray. My doctor sucks...she never calls with test results. I couldn't get into my podiatrist, so I had to resort to my family physician - whom I'll be changing shortly due to her lack of follow-up with me. I just pray that it's not a stress fracture, otherwise it will be 6-8 wks of non-weight bearing for it to heal properly.

I know I need to do something to keep myself in shape, so I ordered the Power 90 DVD's. I figure even if I'm able to run, this program will help me with my diet and resistance training. I still would like to get back down to my wedding weight of 166 at the very least!! I'm currently 13 lbs above it.

We did have another showing of the house this week - just so happened it was on a day that Stephen didn't make the bed, left his clothes on the floor. I left a few dishes in the sink and the floors definitely needed to be swept. I was totally mortified when I knew that there was somebody coming to look at it. Nothing I could have done though - I was at work and they left me a message with 3 hours notice. We are just going to have to really buckle down with making sure the house is totally clean when we leave. We sort of got lax with it since we hadn't had a showing in over a week. We're still working on the fence. Stephen has one more post to go and then we can put up the panels. We were hoping to have most of the panels up this weekend but Home Depot didn't have the fence in stock, so we were stuck ordering it. This project is costing us $1000 to do, so somebody better buy this house once it's done!! Once it's up, I'll have to stain it to match the deck and the rest of the fence.

We've been looking online for houses, haven't really seen anything that we like a whole lot though. We are still trying to explore other options for financing for the build. Some builders will finance the construction - of course I'm sure they wouldn't want us to do any of the work ourselves, so it would end up costing more in the long run. We'll see what happens. First this one needs to sell!!

Will I ever heal?

I had to stop mid-run on Thursday with excrutiating pain in my foot. I was totally sobbing on the treadmill from frustration....not only am I in training for a very important race, but running also helps me maintain my weight. I am not very disciplined with my diet - and it scares me to death that I'll have to stop running and start watching everything that I eat. I had increased my fiber intake - but it has given me horrible stomach pains in the afternoon (and I was taking a probiotic to help it). I actually gained a pound and am at 179 right now. I think it's due to consuming alcohol...I've had a few glasses of wine x 3 nights this week.
I'm going to call the podiatrist tomorrow and pray for an appointment on Tuesday. I'll have to figure out how I'm going to heal my foot and still maintain my fitness level so I can resume training ASAP.

As for the house - no bites yet. The average time to sell a house in Bay City is 5 months. We have decided to put up a fence between our yard and the store. We spent the majority of the day yesterday clearing out brush and trees. The problem we are running into is the tree roots - trying to figure out a way to get the posts in. We may have to call someone...

Steady

Still holding at 178...guess it's better than gaining! I did eat like crap this past week. We ate out quite a bit since I didn't want to mess up my kitchen. I'm definitely going grocery shopping tonight after work. I'll take my chances with the mess....I feel super bloated, yuck! I'll have to put together my meal plan for the week when I get home.
I got 4 runs in this week, and my foot is killing me. I got a new pair of running shoes, Asics Gel Kayano. I ran in them without my orthotics and they felt pretty good, I even noticed the next morning that my foot didn't hurt so much. Then I made the mistake of running with my orthotics...bad move, my foot hurt during the run and was worse afterwards. I'm going to use today as a rest day to let it heal up a bit, and then do a short run tomorrow. I'm definitely signing up for another 6 weeks of yoga. It forces me to stretch for a full hour and I feel really good afterwards :)

So far no offers on the house, we had a 2nd showing yesterday and are hoping that maybe we'll get a phone call today with an offer....? We spent most of the weekend driving around looking at houses (from the outside). Boy, they look so nice online and then you actually get into the neighborhood and it's a whole different story. We did manage to find 2 nice ones in Freeland that would be possibilities if we sold ours.

I've got another busy week at work, my days just fly by!! I'd really love to have a day when I can just sit on the couch with a few movies and do nothing!