Is it spring yet?

I had a reminder on my calendar to blog. Of course I'm not feeling too hot now. Massive headache and exhaustion. I just ate am hour ago, so I don't want to go to sleep immediately. I'm going to try to blog.  Forgive all errors. ..

So my knee. As you know I've complained about it often. I was beginning to wonder if it was the weather or my weight. I now have an answer.  Weather.
Last week I went to Tennessee to work.  The whole first day there it was 20+degrees warmer and raining.  My knee throbbed like you wouldn't believe.  It was obvious the weather change got to me.

The rest of the week however,  nothing. No pains.  I tried to walm during my breaks and when I got off work, no pain.

So I'm relieved is not weight related.  However,  with all my being careful wouldn't you know I hurt it in the most idiotic way!  Standing there on an uneven patch at the dog park. 

Proof that I got out of hand and gained weight?  Back pain has returned. 

Good news that I'm getting serious about getting on track again. ..1- starved to death, err I mean stuck to my diet. Logged it all
2 - gasp!  Joined a gym.  My health insurance has a pretty good plan for gym membership.  3- while I didn't make 12k steps today,  I did use the treadmill until it hurt too much. 

My wonderful neighbor cam be thanked for getting me there and looking into signing up.

Now that money is going into this,  I have to go!

I would have blogged sooner, but every time I remember to I'm in bed and about to pass out from exhaustion.  Like now I guess.

I need to find a measuring tape. I want to get measurements this time around.

By the way, this has been blogged with using my tabletand stylus. ...Forgive all errors. ...

more whining

Hey.. Staying warm I hope.

This winter is ridiculous and I am so ready for it to be over.

I'm doing a bit better this week eating wise.  Still not how I really should be, but better than I was.   Part of it being I'm sooo busy at work, I forget to be hungry until it's lunchtime.

I really need to kick it up with my exercise. I don't remember if I blogged about it before, but my lower middle back feels like I pulled something. It's very difficult for me to move around and my back feels so tight. 

I'm trying to stretch it as much as I can, but that only works for a little bit.   

I am more than ready for spring or spring like weather. I want the snow and ice gone so I can walk.  I'm going to walk the dogs. i'm going to walk by myself...I'm going to walk walk walk.....

I miss it. I miss the scenery. I miss the exploring.  I miss being out with my girls.   I need to get in gear.   Praying the weather is good next week in Tenn so I can walk. Good for me is no ice.....  Fingers crossed.


No news to report on the weight front. Still not good, but not awful...

Reality Check

Well, nothing slams you in the face -that you've been gaining a lot of weight-like some photos.
I hadn't had many taken in the past few months.   This weekend we attended Cleveland's Comic Con and had photos taken with some celebrities.   YIKES. They were soooooo depressing.

I've gained weight and it's a lot and it shows.  I need to get my ass in gear. No excuses. I have a meet and greet coming in June and I need to look decent.

This weather and my knee are helping sink this ship and it's just got to stop.

Bye bye junk food, pop, and inactivity.  


Who's with me?

Off Topic: Let's take a moment...

In 2008, I met my dear friend Jen from MI.   During our getting to know one another, she told me about one of her besties, Ally, who happened to be from my area.

I was fortunate enough to meet Ally at her 30th birthday party--Such a wonderful person who is so full of life.

Please take a moment to visit the following links.  If you have it in you, please consider contributing to her families health costs and memorial fund.  

https://www.facebook.com/AllyZappePrayerChain


GoFundME Allyson Zappe Fund



Thank you all.

I'll return later this weekend...

Blogging on the go?

So I found a cheap blue tooth keyboard for mobile devices...
We'll see if it makes a difference in my blogging attempts.

Right now just running a test......

Feb 15

I hope you had a nice weekend.  If you're in the Midwest and Eastern US, I hope you stayed warm.

I don't know about you, but I am sick of this weather. There is no walking outside for me.  It's too dang cold and the street and sidewalks are a walking hazard around here.  Not  about to injure myself in trying to attempt it.

I realized something the other day. Well maybe 2 things. I've discussed it with others and I am glad I'm not the only one.  The winter definitely is bringing out our eating (mostly bad) habits.  The ladies I was talking to all said the same thing, they always feel hungry and find themselves snacking on the wrong things.   So it's not just me. Not that that is an excuse, but I don't feel like a complete failure.

The other thing that I noticed, I've been very stressed at work the past week. After a long day of all this stress I come home and just want to nap.  I don't want to do anything else. This SHOULD be the time I do exercise, but I don't want to. The stress is taking a lot out of me.

This week sucked. Had a few bad days.  

The past 2 days I'm trying to remember if I did something to injure myself or if it's just the extreme cold. Both knees hurt.  I was thinking maybe it's because I've gained some weight, but then that really only affected it when I was on them.  No, my knees are hurting just sitting.

Went to the movies today and could not get comfortable. My knees have to be at a certain angle.....it's just awful.  I'm dreading tomorrow as I get on a plane and have to sit there and pray my knees don't drive me insane.

The good news is I will be able to walk for exercise for 5 days.  We'll see if I actually can follow through......

Withdrawal?

Either I'm going though caffeine withdrawal or I have something else going on.  Two major headaches in two days.  Ugh.