Reflect

It is New Year’s Eve, I guess I should take a moment too reflect on the 2012.  It has been a very bumpy year, but I learned a very valuable lesson… I am a very strong person and am capable of handling anything.  Ok, I need to lean on others from time to time, but that is ok.  When I started having major issues I had an amazing group of people circle around me and provide me the support I needed to be strong. 

2013 is going to be a good year!  I read somewhere about writing a positive thing about the day every day.  There is always something positive in each day, sometimes it is harder than others, but it is there. I am not going to set any resolutions because they just get broken, but I do have a goal… I want to complete 201.3 miles this year.  Yes, the number is low but as I sit here and type this I am starting to feel the effects of my pain pills kick in.  I know a couple of years ago I could have done that in less than two months, but that was then and this is now. 

 

Happy New Year to everyone!   

Day One

I guess I really shouldn’t say ewww, but I can’t help it!  I have a lot of renovation work to do and seeing a picture of me just proves it! That is ok! Gives me a starting point.

 

Today I had another very enjoyable pool day and did a real live workout from one of my books.  Today is was Swim Workouts for Triathletes 30 minute workout #1 advanced.  It took me more than 30 minutes, but it was the distance that I could handle.  Looking at the book (I have had it for about a number of months now) I think I will work with the General Fitness Training Plan for now. I just need to get my swimming back on track before I can even begin to consider signing up for any triathlons. 

My primary doc has been on me for a while to go gluten free, I am going to give it a shot and see if it helps me out any.  The aches and pains make me more than willing to try anything, so long as I don’t need more meds! I have an appointment with my rheumy tomorrow, I might ask him what he thinks about the idea of going gluten free. 

365 Days of…

ME! ME! ME! ME, ME, ME! Yes, I know this is on the narcissistic side, but it is something I need to do! This past year has been rough!  I am still in my flare up, but I am seeing what I can do to work my way around it. I am excited that I am down to 5 mg of prednisone but I am still up about 50 pounds.  That is about a pound a week for the past year!  Thanks to my graphic design back ground I figured I would have some fun and make a visual project out of this and I will take a picture every day for the next year and at the end post a video with all the pictures.  Hopefully there will be a nice change.  Oh, and I have set up a nice little day by day, by the end of the year every block (and then some) will be filled up! Here is to 365 days to a new me, well, not really a new me, I like me, how about 365 days of construction to a renovated me! (I am not setting any goals, I am going to take this one day at a time and see where I end up.)

WAY Beyond the Bling

I found out earlier this month that I will be graduating by this summer.  It will have taken me exactly seven years to obtain my undergraduate, but I did it.  Now I get to look towards my future, which is both exciting and scary.  In February I will be taking my LSAT, you got it, I am shooting for law school.  I have known for about two decades that I wanted to go to law school, but I never really thought it would be possible until now.  I have been studying for the LSAT and finishing up this quarter’s classes, I am looking forward to the next two weeks when I can focus more on the LSAT before going back to school. 

For at more than the past decade I have wanted family law but with the degree I have spent the past seven years working on I am also considering intellectual property law.  I should have my application submitted by the beginning of March 2013.  Yes, I am nervous, but excited!

 

One mile

For the past month I have been struggling to get to some resemblance of my old training plan.  I remember walking in the gym thinking it is a light day because I only have 6 miles on the books or hitting the trails with 15 miles.  I am excited that I am at one mile!  I have worked my way up to 20 minutes on the treadmill some days I barely complete a mile in the time, but I get it done. 

This image is missing one of my treadill sessions, my iPod was acting up on Wed.  I did an additional 1.26 miles on Wed.

This next week I am up to a whole 25 minutes! I know it doesn’t sound like much, but trust me, I am very excited! I am also going to try to mix it up a little. I have been pretty good about making it to the gym four times a week, by Friday I am tired so I take a quiet day and then the weekend I am running around with the kids I just don’t make it in.  This week, depending on how I feel (FREEZING cold out), I plan on changing up my Tuesday/Thursday workouts. I am going to try to make it back to Tony’s class on Tuesday morning and Thursday I am hoping for a yoga class.  We will see.