Our Halloween Fun Time

POPCORN AND MOVIE COMA

YOU PLAY YOU PAY

Well I am back from my trip to Schaumburg where I did LOTS of Shopping (shopping=lots of walking b/c had no car) and even more DESSERT EATING! I went with my sister because she had to go on a business trip and did not want to go alone. We had a wonderful time!!! I did very good with food till dinner time and then we had a DESSERTS EVERY NIGHT (and they were NOT tiny desserts...they were lumber jack size desserts)...ymmmmmm. However, now as the old saying goes "You play you pay" I am now suffering the consquences of my excessive consumption of desserts. I did 4 miles this morning and thought I was going to DIE ! By the time I hit my home street I thought I was going to hurl all over the place. I was cramping and my head hurt and of course my foot was throbbing. I am a mess and no amount of treadmill work or precor replaces the great outdoors....I don't care what they say! So after I get my oral surgery out of the way on Thursday I am going to work my butt off (and my thighs and my gut etc...) On the upside I believe my foot is on the way to recovery. I still take Naproxen and ice it after using it but the pain has dramatically decreased. I was actually able to make it thru my boot camp class with very little discomfort and that was with running sprints and doing jacks. However,this morning after pounding on it for 4 miles it did throb. My foot is screaming "No more desserts you big pig I can't take anymore weight on me!" So I guess before consuming desserts I should consult all parts of my body not just my stomach.

This has been such a busy week because after I returned from my trip, I kept my grandson and my neices over night friday, where we went out to dinner and to Boo at the Zoo and then came home to watch our favorite Halloween movie Nightmare Before Christmas...they ate LOTS of popcorn and stayed up late. The next morning we got up made Mickey Mouse Pancakes, Eggs and Sausage and orange juice. We then went to the free movie and ate yet more popcorn. Then we came home and played some board games and bingo (for prizes...their favorite). At 3:00 our day together ended and they went home after having a fun time.. and I wasTIRED from our fun time (but I had a great time with some really great kids! I have decided that mothers 40 and older that have young childen must surely take some kind of upper to keep going on a daily basis.

The Amazing Stomach Stretching Woman!

Well Sunday I did 2 1/2 miles and had nothing more then a little tenderness in my foot.! However, I did find that it is difficult to bike after running! I ran and then climbed on my bike thinking "Alrighty this will be a piece of cake" Ha! I could barely make my legs move!!! Monday...went back to power hour, Tuesday did 30 minutes on the precor and lifted, Wedneday swimming....and then spent the rest of the day walking and walking and walking at the Covered Bridge Festival. Probably should have taken today off or at least should have done something lower impact in sympathy for my poor recovering plantar facitis but NO...not me... I decide yes I will run after I lift. I did 3 miles and my foot, while not extremely sore, is much more tender then on Sunday...no doubt from the excessive walking on Wednesday at the Festival and then running on it Thursday. Running was most difficult today as I was not just carting my self around but also several pounds of guilt...see next paragraph for details on guilt pounds! Tomorrow back to Power Hour and Saturday will be my day of rest.

Now back to the covered bridge...there is nothing better then eating and shopping...both of which I overindulged with on Wednesday. My sister, my son's girlfriend and I went together and I had a wonderful time. Oh I ate..how I ate...I ate desserts all day long. I had desserts for breakfast, snack, lunch, dinner and snack again. Now my poor poor stomach is all stretched feeling and it feels bruised and bloated and I swear it has stretched out so much from the amount of desserts I consumed that my stomach is scraping the floor when I walk!. I ate so much that I could not even do the abdominal crunch machine this morning! I will pass out if I see another dessert anytime soon. My sister and Tasha had to take an oath of silenceon how many desserts I can stuff down my throat in an eight hour period. I think I should be showcased in the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum! I am truly a freak of nature. If you have ever watched Charlotte's Web remember when Templton went to the Fair...well that was me at the Covered Bridge Festival. Except for I can eat like 100 times more then Templton...he was such an amature.

Usually my free food day is Saturday however because of my large consumption of dessserts during our little road trip I have to give up Saturday. Now I will suffer ALL weekend because I have no treats to look forward to and I have to get thru all next week till the NEXT Saturday before Glutenous Kim can come out to play.

High Falootin Woman

Phrase of the Day: "Do you have a stool sample with you?"
Yes I am a high falootin woman and I live a glamerous life......6:30 this morning I was wandering around my yard looking for a fresh stool sample to to take to the vet. Why don't you ever see woman on TV doing this gross stuff? My life is not like desperate housewives. No adultry, deaths, or intrique...just stool samples, dust and dirt.
The vet was just the start of a fun filled day...I must now go to the grocery store to buy my vegatables and fruit, then back to home to battle dirt and grime. I think I may surrender to the dirt and grime because there is NO WAY I am ever going to win!!!! So I should just wave my white flag and sit on my porch and drink lots of coffee.
Tomorrow tomorrow I get to run!!! Hurrah for me!!! I am only going to do 2 miles to make sure I do not blow my foot out!!!! Yesterday I jogged around the gym a little bit during power hour class with no more discomfort then when I walk so guess I am ready to hit it. I am going to tape my arch and support my ankle with an ankle brace. I think 2 Sunday's ago when I did the 4 1/2 miles my foot hurt so badly because: 1) Wore totally the wrong shoes/with NO support, 2) Did not tape my arch up, 3)did not wear my ankle brace 4) took the hillest route I could find (heard hills are hard on a healing plantar facititis)and 4) went too far for my first time out in 2 weeks. By the time I was done on Sunday I could barely walk the pain was so intense. So I am sooooo excited to get out on the road tomorrow. The only bad thing about running on Sundays is that my husband has to poke me awake in church CONSTANTLY. Told him if the Pastor talked louder and maybe yelled into his microphone "Kim in Row 4 WAKE UP YOU HEATHEN" I would stay awake. Well off to my glamerous life....do you think it would have been nicer if I had worn heels and a dress when gathering my stool sample????

A Work in Progress

Well here I am now! A work in progress. I have still have a ways to go but boy do I feel better. I thank all my family for all the support and tolerance (as I have become a tad bit obsessive). Thank you mother for your constant love and encouragement. I thank my Y family for their encouragement as I strive for my fitness goals. I thank the nurse that told me I was a walking stroke...which pushed me onto the path of health recovery. Thank you to Melissa for not killing me the first six months when all I ever did was complain how my lunches. Thank you to Julie at the Y for her constantly reminding me that "Yes you can do it!" She is an awesome fitness leader!!!! Thank you to Mike at the Y for helping me through my first run...A special thank you to my husband for : driving (unknowingly to me) thru all the cross roads on the sleighbell run (my first run) to make sure I did not pass out on the route, learning to eat vegtables with me,giving up his Friday night Pizzas, listening me to rattle on and on about my classes at the Y and my athletic shoes, letting me spend $$$$ on shoes, shoes, shoes, pretending to be interested when I tell him the routes I have run (at least sort of running!), and most of all for just loving me! It is hard work and I could not have made the progress I have without all the love and support from my husband, my mother, my children, my sisters, my neices and all my other family, friends and coworkers!!!
Some of my favorite weight loss phrases : my niece Amber hugged me and said, "Aunt Kim I can get my arms all the way around you." My daughter "Gross Mom I can see your collar bones". My grandson Tyson "You're not as round anymore" Y instructor Julie, "Take it up to jog",

PRE YMCA KIM

Only 2 more days!

Yeah in 2 days I get to attempt to run again! I promised myself I would do no more than 2 miles then I would bike 6. I can't wait! Did the Precor this morning because I could not spend another day with the unending hunger that swimming gives me. Tuesday I was practically in tears I was so hungry!!! and I ate oh I ate. I started out pretty good...the usually egg beaters/fat free cheese and cottage cheese and baby carrots for breakfast (my standard monday thru Friday Breakfast) for snack I had probably two servings of pretzels and some more baby carrots, for lunch I had a big apple, turkey sandwich on carb control bread, big bowl of cauliflower, celery and red peppers with 2 tablespoons of light ranch dressing, after lunch had a cup of sugar free international coffee, still hungry had some MORE pretzels, then at 3:00 had another apple, then consumed and entire bowl full of sugar free jello, for dinner I had cajun fish (baked)some steamed shrimp with garlic, 1/2 cup mac and cheese, carrots and greenbeans...didn't eat after dinner but sure wanted to... I have decided that swimming is hazardous to my diet and should be banned from my program!
Today I was much more controlled...of course I did not swim!!! However, my sugar took a noise dive today and I barely made it back to my office from my afternoon walk. By the time I got to my office my hands and legs were shaking and I was sweating like a pig (and let me tell you seeing me sweat...it aint pretty...just ask the people at the Y)had to drink and entire can of sprite before the shaking stopped. Blah I think I need to check my sugar more often...quite a change from a year and a half ago when it was way to high!!!
******Warning****** IF A CERTAIN SOMEONE ( I will give you a hint as to her identity...she goes by the name SLUG a/k/a Mother) DOES NOT GO TO THE Y TO EXERCISE WHEN I AM OUT OF TOWN IT WILL BE A FULL 6 MONTHS BEFORE I GO OUT TO LUNCH WITH HER!!!! I WILL GO TO LUNCH at RED LOBSTER AND THEN TELL HER ALL ABOUT THE DELICIOUS COCONUT SHRIMP SHE MISSED OUT ON. I WILL GO TO LUNCH AT PEPES AND PHOTOGRAPH MY DELICIOUS LUNCH AND EMAIL THE PICTURES TO HER TO TORTURE HER. I WILL GO TO PIZZA HUT BUFFETT AND BRING HER BACK AND EMPTY PIZZA BOX THAT REEKS OF PIZZA!!!! I WILL MAKE MEATLOAF DINNERS AND BRING PIECES TO FLAME AND FEED IT TO HIM IN FRONT OF HER....I AM STILL THINKING OF OTHER TORTOROUS THINGS I CAN DO TO HER!!! I think that a mere three hours of exercise is NOT worth six months of torture: 3 hours of exercise v. 4,320 hours of torture...hmm which would you choose..tossing my head back...evil laughter hahahaahahah

blah to swimming

More swimming today! Blah I HATE swimming but I hate not exercising more then I hate swimming. So up and down the pool I went looking pathetic with my little floatation devices! The swimmers are all swimming past me and I felt like the rat in Alice the Wonderland that was swimming in Alice's river of tears. Soon soon I will be on the road.. at least I feverently hope! Ready for another day of swimming tomorrow.

One More Week

One more week and I should be able to hit the pavement again. Got my spiffy new motion control shoes and rigid inserts. Now I am just waiting for some of the bruising to go away and I will be off.... I spent 35 minutes on the Precor and burnt around 450 calories. Good workout I put it in resistance 20 the last 5 minutes to give my calves a nice hard workout and it was like trudging thru kneehigh mud!! What an awesome burn!!!After that I joined the last 45 minutes of power hour class and she burnt our arms out!!! Now I am sore all over...it feels great. I have am so excited to hear about stories of the Chicago Marathon from Susan and Mike. Needless to sayI am green with envy!!! Oh well! I guess since a year and half ago I weighed 289 pounds I should be greatly appreciative that I am now 168 and able to do a 10k on a good day. However, I have NOT had a good day for awhile because of healing fallen arches! It pains me greatly to see runners on the road and I am stuck on the stupid Precor or in the pool. I have determined from seeing many pictures of runners that at 168 I am still to heavy..granted I have increased my muscle mass (my son says my biceps are scary looking) tremendously but I am still struggling because that is still alot of weight to be dragging down the road. So I have determined that I must gain control of my weekend food. I am a compliant diabetic Monday thru Friday but somehow Saturday and Sunday are horrible for me. I ATE an ENTIRE box of Golden Grahams over the weekend!! What a glutton I am. I know if I get my weekend food under control I could get 20 pounds of fairly quickly. So now I am going to focus and buckle down get that weight off and work on my running so I am not turtle slow. I will be working on posting some more pictures of preexercise Kim...
OH and BIG KUDOS TO MY MOTHER FOR HER AWESOME EFFORT AT POWER HOUR this morning...YEAH MOMMY!
Just a Thought: I remember when I first started my weight loss journey that I was just so sick of being referred to as that short heavyset woman..the other day I heard somebody asking about me at the front of the my office and they said "Where is that short lady that sits up front?" What do you think of that??? I lost an adjective!!!

Poor Poor Kim

I have never added a picture before so hope this works. I am sitting on the couch with my mother and the young man is my handsome son Brad! This is not me at my largest but it is the first picture I came across. It is very hard being large. Simple things that people take for granted our difficult. Tying your own shoes...had to put my foot off to the side to tie or put my foot on a chair..turning over in bed, fitting in the seats of the Elliott Hall of Music...etc. My Dad referred to me as BBW which is BIG BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

Up and Running!

Yep we are up and running...at least my computer is. I am still in a healing process but probably one more week and I am on the road again...Finally! I have had tons of problems with the feet. My arch fell in my right foot and I did nothing to address the issue. Just keept running on it trying to run out the pain. Then of course pain moved into the ankle. I was hobbling around...had to use the POOL and PRECOR blah. Thru a referral from my awesome Y friend I went to a Sporting Goods store on the west side and he told me I was wearing totally the wrong kind of shoes. Which I should have figured out because my foot and ankle were hurting more then ever. I got some nice Brooks with awesome side support and a insert for a rigid arch support. Immediately my ankle was not hurting. However the side of my foot is tender which the salesman said he thought would go away if I rested for a week and ALWAYS wore shoes with my inserts and to NEVER go barefoot. I feel so much better. I have to take a week off and just do Precor and swimming and then I am ready to go out next week. Can't wait because the weather is awesome!!! P.S. My husband will kill me but I bought TWO pair of new running shoes...even though I have two that are less then six weeks old. However, in all fairness I can't wear the other shoes because they kill my feet.
P.S. For all those that think if your feet are really killing you...extra cushioning shoes are not always the answer sometimes they make your feet worse. Salesman said common mistake most new people make!