Week 8

And..........I'm down to....

237.6!

That's a total of.......

15.8 pounds!!!

I'm so excited! BUT, not as excited as I had hoped to be. I wanted to lose another 12 pounds in these past four weeks, but that's obviously not the case. I've only lost like 3.xx pounds...and it is 100% due to not being active. I've only got another 1 1/2 weeks before I will start walking again. I was telling Michael last night that I have "the itch." I WANT to go walk. I WANT to go run....I WANT to sweat, and breathe hard. I will do it again, but just not now. I'm getting so happy with how much my body has changed, in just the past 4 weeks. I started having Michael tape me on Mondays (thank you CWBL) and I have lost a total of 19.5 inches overall. How friggin awesome is that? So, while the pounds have been lingering, it's redistributing on my body, and I'm losing more than what I think I am (as well, I'm pretty sure I'm nearing PMS stages...so I just could be retaining....again. lol). Tune in next week to see more gone (if mother nature so sees fit) and feel my excitement as I become rested enough to start walking for cardio again! yay!

Week 7 1/2

So, I couldn't weigh myself on Monday as I normally do. Well....let me rephrase that. I COULD, however it was not accurate. Why? Because I wasn't standing on the scale correctly. No way I could. I was putting too much weight on my good leg, and holding onto the wall for balance. Yeah....it said 240.2 one min, and then I tried it again, and it said 242.6....um...I didn't gain 2.4 lbs in like 30 seconds. lol. So, since my knee was feeling better this morning, I decided to weight myself today. It said 238.8!!! I'm so happy! That's another 0.8 lbs down from last week, with a total weight of

14.6 pounds gone!

I'm very happy. Could it be more? Yes! And I truly want it to be more. BUT! I'm a bit um....restricted at the moment, so I will take ANY loss as a good sign at this juncture. I still have at least another week before I can go walking for cardio....I'm going to try and play it safe and wait two more weeks to give myself three weeks of rest. So, I shall return on Monday, I hope...with much better results. I'm drinking water like it's going out of style (yeah...120 ounces a day....I pee a lot. lol) And that's leading me to eat less.....well, except for that wonderful chocolate that Michael bought me. I just can't help myself. EEEKKK!!! (running off to get some more...shame on me)

Week 6 1/2

And I'm out of commission for cardio for AT LEAST 2 weeks. I have what is called patellofemoral pain (check it out here), as well as a grade I sprained MCL (check it out here mine is caused by excessive stretch, not blow to knee.) The nice Dr. McIntosh calmly advised me that I am not to even consider running again for at least 6 weeks, and maybe even up to 3 months. After that time, if I do decide to run again and I get the pain again, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RUN........EVER. If I do, I run a VERY HIGH risk of snapping the ligaments, which will result in surgery. Yeah, um.......I want to cry. I have been doing so good at getting my times down. I mean, come on! I played soccer for four friggin years and NEVER ONCE jacked up my knees. Maybe my ankles....but not my knees. And better yet, I could understand this happening if it was my bad knee.....the one where I fell 10 ft out of a tree, and landed completely wrong on my leg (in the hot Kansas summer...so imagine the stiffness of the ground...only good thing was it rained the day before) and never received treatment for it. I mean, I have a twisted lower leg...and it didn't get jacked up from running. It has a slight case of the patellofemoral pain, but NOTHING like my left leg. I'm so angry. All I want is to be active again. I didn't realize how much I missed running until I started getting my confidence back. So, I WILL try running again...maybe after 8 weeks. I will begin walking after 3 weeks and work my way back up. The nice Dr. did suggest to me to purchase an elliptical or a stationary bike. I'm cleared to do either of those after 2 weeks. She said that some people really just can't run...even if they did it before for a long time. It's just not fair. That's my take. :(

Week 6

And I'm down to

239.6!!

That's a total of 13.6 pounds GONE! in the last 6 weeks. *sigh* I'm in heaven. The only thing I'm actually upset about though is I didn't make my goal of running/walking a mile in under 14 mins. The lowest I was able to achieve was 14:08, yesterday. (Sunday 7/12). And mind you, this was while I was in some EXCRUCIATING pain. I ended up walking the second mile (as you can tell by the times) because the muscle that connects your calf to the muscle running down the rest of your leg was hurting soooooooooo bad. I could barely walk when I came through the door, and Michael actually told me to lay down and he rubbed and rubbed while I cried and cried. I honestly have a small bruise where it was hurting the worst. I have no idea what I did to it, but I never want to do it again. lol. And, I popped some ibuprofen before I went to bed, and woke up feeling like a champ...and went running/walking again. YES! Now, to make sure I exercise everyday this week is going to be my next challenge. Michael told me I need to rest my knees (they hurt, significantly), so he has offered to work me out tomorrow.....I'm actually scared. A lean, fit Marine is going to put me through hell. He even said, "you're going to hate me tomorrow." What the hell did I get myself into????

Week #5

And, I've backslid a little. Not too bad....only 1 pound...of which it's all water retention due to mother nature's wrath again. I'm not too upset though. I've done AMAZING this past week with working out. OOOO Did you hear????

I'M RUNNING!

Oh yes, that's right! That app on my iPhone that i've told ya'll about? Runkeeper? Well, the pro version of it has training programs now. Yes, yes, yes. There is also another app called "Couch to 5K", that Runkeeper has integrated into their app! Oh yes, I am now officially training myself to be able to RUN a 5k. I'm so excited! I've already cut over 4 minutes off of my time to run a mile. From 19+ walking it the first day (5 ish weeks ago) to now roughly a 14:28 run/walk. My goal this week is to continue to lose weight (and tell mother nature she's been evicted!) and to get my run/walk down to 13+, as long as it's unde 14mins, i'll be the HAPPIEST Christina you've ever seen! :)

See ya'll next week!