Workouts & Health Update

I have been trying to doing my workouts on Sunday but I didn't end up doing my long run until late yesterday so I figured I would post today.  I got in two elliptical and one treadmill workouts at the gym and then the one long run.

Monday - 2.51 miles for 30 minutes (11:57 per mile) elliptical
Wednesday - 1.83 miles for 25 minutes (13:37 per mile) treadmill - I accidentally pulled the stop chord about 5 minutes in so I didn't get the first 5 minutes recorded
Thursday - 2.57 miles for 30 minutes (11:40 per mile) elliptical
Sunday - 5.15 miles for 1:13:17 (14:13 per mile)

We ran down by the waterfront in town and it was beautiful. The kiddo did an awesome job considering he ran a mile during his cross country meet earlier in the day.  We did intervals of running for 1 min 30 sec then walking for 30 sec.  I am feeling really prepared for the half in November.  The hubby not so much.  For the first time in a long time I had to slow down for him rather than the other way around.  I told him that I would keep his pace during the half which if we can do 14:13 a mile I am ok with that.  The goal is to PR at the Star Wars half.  

Just a few pictures from our run

So I finally got the results of my ultrasound and I am cleared of having a tumor or cancer.  They said it is just a cyst and it should be just fine.  I will probably have to follow up with it every few years but that's ok.  I am hoping that now my health will be fine and that I can just keep moving forward in getting healthy and reaching my goal wait.  I only have 19 more pounds.  My goal is to be there by the time we go to Florida in April.

Training & Health Drama

So I have decided that I would start logging my workouts for the week on Sunday's.  That way I can kind of hold myself accountable and to document my times.  So I managed three workouts and the long miles this week all on the elliptical

Monday - 2.46 miles for 30 minutes (12:12 per mile)
Tuesday - 2.50 miles for 30 minutes (12:00 per mile)
Thursday - 2.51 miles for 30 minutes (11:57 per mile)
Saturday - 4.03 miles for 43 min 25 seconds (10:46 per mile)

Keep in mind these are on the elliptical not the treadmill.  I like to do my 30 minute workouts on the elliptical (for the butt and arm works out) and I like to do my long run's on the treadmill or outside.  I went to the beach this weekend with some friends and it was way to cold and no sidewalks for me to do my run so I went to the cardio room and the treadmill was broken :(  But at least I got my miles in and I feel really good about the time.  I have really been pushing myself more and more expecially on my long runs.  I feel good about myself and I honestly want to work out more!!!  I had to stop myself a few times from going back to the workout room to get a few more miles under my belt and some weights.  I forgot how good it feels to workout!!!

Now while I am feeling really good about my workouts and my eating, I have another health scare that I am dealing with.  If you follow me on Instagram you will see that on Monday I had my follow up with my surgeon and I got cleared to run again and do crunches and lifting however, apparently they found some sort of a cyst in my abdomen when they were doing the surgery.  He wasn't able to get any good pictures so he wants me to have an ultrasound to try to rule out cancer.  It just seems like it's one thing after another with my health and I honestly had an emotional breakdown on Monday.  I came home and just laid in bed and did NOTHING, I didn't even watch TV.  I am doing better now but this health stuff is starting to wear on me.  I know that I don't have a diagnosis and that it's probably just a cyst and I will be fine but cancer is a really hard thing for me to deal with since it runs so rampant in my family.  Everyone on my mom's side has had skin cancer, my grandma on my mom's side died of colon cancer, and my dad died of cancer.  I have my ultrasound on Monday so I am hoping I get a clean bill of health.

Getting back in the groove & Health update

So even though I am not cleared to run I decided that with just a bit over 50 days left before the half it was time to step up the training at the gym so I went two days this week and then did 3 miles today.

Day 1 - 25 minutes, 2.10 miles, 11 min 54 second mile (elliptical)
Day 2- 30 minutes, 2.56 miles, 11 min 43 second mile (elliptic)
Day 3 - 42:19 minutes 3.01 miles, 14 min 05 second mile (walk on treadmill)

I am feeling really good about myself and motivated.  I have been doing some walks and weights which helped get me ready to really push myself.  It's kind of funny how easy it is to forget how good you feel after really taking care of your body. It is so easy to just eat that extra slice of pizza, or just veg out on the couch watching TV.  Don't get me wrong I still watch TV lol but not in the way I used to.

Sometimes I feel guilty like the weight loss is not based on anything I did because I had the help from the Hernia surgery & esophagus repair.  But as my hubby pointed out that wasn't easy.  I basically had to relearn how to eat & drink normally.  I am glad though because I have learned how to eat right.

So after going through all the health stuff lately I finally have some sort of a diagnosis.  The good thing is that it isn't cancer or Lupas which they were trying to rule out and there is no permanent damage to anything..  It is something called Perivascular Dermatitis.  Basically my doctor thinks I am having an allergic reaction to something.  So she took me off my multivitamin & Omega 3 and put me on some steroids to clear up the bruises.  So far the steroid has worked really well and all the bruises are started to get lighter which is great.  Now comes trying to figure out what is causing it.  So I will probably be doing an elimination diet after I get off the meds.  I just hope it isn't the tea!!!!!!!!!!

Here is to a productive week of working out and getting ready for November.

Meals booked for November

We got all the meals that we wanted for our trip to Disneyland in November with no problems. It's so much less stressful booking meals for Disneyland than Disney World.  I got up each morning around 6:45-7:00 am logged on to the webpage and booked them what I wanted around the time I wanted.  In fact when I looked today at everything I had booked there are still plenty of times available (except for Steakhouse 55 after the half, there is only one time left for breakfast)

We are doing:

Carnation Cafe twice (one for lunch and once for dinner)
Carthay Circle for lunch
Wine Country Trattoria for dinner before the half
Steakhouse 55 for breakfast after the half
World of Color dinner at Wine Country Trattoria

I am really looking forward to some friend pickles.

We are hoping to book the World of Color Dessert Party but you have to pay up front and we don't have the money for that right now.  It's going to be the special Christmas Show which I have never seen before so I am hoping in two weeks they will still have openings so we can book it but in case we don't we will do the special dinner instead.  We know we like that.

The kiddo still has no idea although we have let a few conversations happen in front of him so we are lucky he hasn't heard anything yet (that we know of).

More Health Issues

So I kind of thought that after I had my surgery everything with my health would be good but it isn't.  I have had these bruises showing up with no explanation.  They started on my underarms but have spread to my inner thigh, legs, behind my knees, and in my bend of my elbow (thought about doing a picture but figured it would be too much).


My doctor did 9 different blood tests but they all came back fine so they did a biopsy to see if they can figure out what is going on.  I am not going to lie, I am really scared as to what is going on.  Don't ever google things lol.  The doctor told me that she should have an answer around Monday or Tuesday so keeping my fingers crossed it is nothing to terrible and they can fix it it.

Happy September, check in and whats ahead

I cannot believe that it is September already where does the time go?  I do have to say though that I am ready for it.  The sunshine and heat has been nice but I am ready for some crisp weather, fall clothes, the candles, pumpkins, fall colors, Halloween and of course our trip to Disneyland.

Yesterday we went out and got some fall plants, pots, and doormat for our rear entry.  It looks so good.  It makes me happy to walk into the house.

We also went out and got me some new clothes.  I will do a post on some of my new clothes which I am really excited for.  I have lost 26 pound so far and I am in Small & Medium tops and 10/12 pants.  I went from XL and a size 16!!!!!  I feel so good about myself & healthy which I haven't felt in a long time.  Even though my doctor hasn't cleared me for running or heavy lifting he does allow me to do small weights (2 lbs) and walking and elliptical.  So I have been doing about 45 minutes worth of weights a day and walking 1-3 miles every day.  I am in phase 3 of the diet so I can eat pretty much anything except for wheat products (I have some problems with bread, cakes, etc)  I am actually just fine with that though.  The hubby and I were talking and I told him I would be fine never eating white bread or drinking soda again.  It's kind of funny how after you get it out of your system you don't miss it.  I have finally learned how to eat right.  My goal is 80/20 diet and I think I am doing pretty good.

We are now getting back in the swing of things with school for the kiddo and it's going to be nice to get back to a real schedule.  We made a "To Do" list that we are hanging in the kiddo's bedroom of what he needs to do and if he does what he needs to every day then he will earn Video Game time. The kiddo has been struggling with organization and staying on task so we are hoping that this will help him

We have a full plate this fall.  The kiddo's birthday party is coming up so we are planning for that, we have the start of football season so we will be going to all the home games, we are working on planning for our upcoming trips, we will be getting in a lot of long runs before the half (once the doctor clears me of course), we have a make up anniversary dinner since I had just had surgery on our real anniversary, we will be hitting up the pumpkin patch, and I need to up the ante on blogging and social media.  I have quit a few posts planned and a video or two hopefully they won't be so terrible that I can't even edit them lol.

I hope you all have a wonderful start to September.  What are your favorite things about fall?.

Star Wars Dark Side

Florida here we come (in about 8 months lol).

The registration for the Star Wars Dark Side was on Tuesday and we got registered pretty smoothly.  It looks like the 10K is what is selling out not the half or the challenges.  I tried to make a video of the registration process but it's so hectic that I just kind of gave up.  I think next time I will strap the Gopro to my chest rather than hold the camera.

We got the kiddo registered for the 10K and the hubby and I are doing the Dark Side Challenge.  I am pretty terrified not gonna lie.

I figured I would give a few tips about how we get registered

*Take the morning off.  Don't try to do it at work.  We always take the first two hours off the morning of.  We brew some tea, get logged on about 10 minutes prior and have at least 3 different web browsers up.
*Have an Active account and remember your password.  You can do this beforehand at www.active.com
*Have your credit card handy.  You only get 15 minutes from start to finish so have your card out and ready to pay.  We actually use two separate accounts our joint for the hubby and my personal for me & the kiddo.  Because the hubby and I always pay the same amount I don't want to risk my card getting rejected because of fraud concerns.
*Register for the one that fills up the fastest first.  I always register the kiddo for the 10K first because those are the ones that are filling up fastest.  I open up the 10K in one browser window and then go over to another browser window and start my registration.  The hubby does his on the tablet.
*Know the cost ahead of time. Active adds about $22 on top of the registration fee.  Be prepared so you aren't shocked.
*Figure out if you want extras.  They offer extra's like a track jacket, tumbler, pins, kids ears etc.  Know ahead of time if you are going to do that.  The pins are about $17, the jackets are about $100.  We sometimes buy pins but we don't really buy the jackets, tumblers etc because we don't know what they look like.  We would rather spend the money on wine glasses, I Did it Shirts, and then take a look at the jackets before we buy them.  The track jackets are only about $75 at the Expo.  If they sold I Did It Shirts with registration we would be all over that though.  (With that being said if you want good Expo stuff get there early.  I will do a blog post about that when we go in November)
*Get excited and prepare to train..  You are all registered now get excited that you get to run the most Magical Race out there.

We are looking to book the hotel by the end of the month.  I am leaning towards Port Orleans Riverside because we LOVED the French Quarter last year but want to try out every hotel before we duplicate.  I am also  looking into Caribbean Beach, the Lodges at Fort Wilderness, and Yacht Club (yeah never gonna happen unless someone gives me money out of the goodness of their heart or I win the lottery lol)

I hope everyone who wanted to get registered did and that you run your best race ever.  If you have any opinions about hotels to stay at let me know.