My anniversary

so i have been pretty good about working out every other day.  nothing much to tell really except i weighed myself and within a week i was able to get back to my original weight..pretty sure it was just my female body holding a half a gallon of water lame.  Anyway, monday was my first anniversary with my husband.

                                                              Us right before we left for the
                                                                           restaurant.

It was such a nice surprise when i got home from work and there was a van in my driveway that had come to deliver me all this stuff!!!

Here is a close up of my flowers from my love :)

Anyway we went to Olive Garden my favorite restaurant  for dinner came home popped in a movie and i fell asleep within 20 minutes of it :Z haha what a way to end the night early!  But to make up for it we are going to go away for a few days when he is on spring break :D

treadmill

my workout today was on a treadmill...it has been sooo ridiculously humid and i dont even want to think about running out there haha...not to much to tell cuz running on a treadmill is pretty self explanatory and when your watching tv while doing it, it doesnt make for any good stories :z  i have decided since i dont know what is wrong with my leg i am going to run every other day until it is better.  i figured running every other day versus nothing at all is the better option until im better...

untitled :)

so today it is beautiful outside!! 75 degrees in the middle of march :)  i know my last post i complained a lot but hey, everyone has those days when your so frustrated with something and nothing anyone says will make it better...only a good venting and waking up to the next day will get rid of it haha.  i went running today after an EXTREMELY stressful and physically exhausting day at work...i think i did pretty good.  I was not sure if i should have run because of my leg, but i figured i couldnt feel it when i was walking anymore (only going up stairs) so the two days of rest must have done some good.  i thought that it wouldnt hurt (or would it ? ;) haha ) to try, and i could always stop if it started hurting...i wouldnt want to make it worse now :) anyway i started running and was surprised that it only hurt a little but it was definitely possible to push through it.  I noticed that about 3/4 of the way done it really started to hurt but i was soooo close so i just heaved-ho the rest of the way haha.  i kept telling myself that this hurts and it sucks, but it doesnt suck as much as the feeling i had yesterday when i found out i gained three pounds!!!! so i pushed and ran my anger out :)  when i was done i had a literal breathtaking pain in the lungs due to the fact that i pushed my out-of-shape-lard-butt down the road...but i feel great now and super glad i accomplished my run today :)  oh yeah by the way my run was......1.06 miles with a total of 11:22 min.
 average pace of about a 10:46 min/mile with and average speed of 5.58 mph

Definition of don't give up

So I didn't work out yesterday or today due to the fact that I am highly discouraged...( and im trying to let my calf have a little break from whatever is wrong with it ) i know that I said that weight loss wasn't my main focus however I can't help but say that it did and does have a huge impact!! I have been really good the last three weeks about running and eating but instead of losing anything I ended up gaining like 3 pounds!!i know that I probably gained a little muscle but 3 pounds seems a little ridiculous!! I'm so upset about this..and yes looking at my blog helps a little as far as encouragement but seriously...I weighed myself last week and I was the same weight that I was since like November...how in the world did I gain three pounds in a weeeeekkkkk ....sorry I need to vent somewhere...

ouch!!!

so the last few days that i have gone running i have had this massive cramp in my left calf.  it hurts so bad it makes me not want to run.  i dont really feel it when im in a relaxed state.  like it know it is there but it is a very slight pain (rating 1-10; 10 being the worst...it is a 1).  i stretch  REALLY well before my run and for the first like 2 minutes of my run my calf becomes a 4 then it goes back to a 1.  then when i am done and i begin walking and stretching for my cool down it flares up and becomes a 10.  it is unbearable!!!  then maybe an hour after my run it slowly drops numbers until it reaches a 1 again..if you are reading this do you have any suggestions or advice that would help me??

Killer Dog

Today it was 60 degrees outside!!!! This weather is beautiful and so crazy!! three or four days ago it was a blizzard and we got 6 inches of snow haha..well needless to say I definitely took advantage of this beautifulness and ran outside on a different path.  I did so well!! This weather definitely gave me a little extra burst of energy  :)   i noticed i was running a 9:30 min/mile when i was about three quarters of the way done!! I do however regret checking the time cuz haha i slowed WAYYY down after that.  I was so surprised that i went that fast then all of a sudden my side hurt, my calves burned and i couldn't breathe haha..amazing what happens when my mind takes a little break from distracting itself.  Anyway my mile was an 11:12 min/mile..not counting the last one i did (which in my book shouldn't count haha) i shaved off 7 more seconds :)  Anyway i named this one killer dog, because half way through my run a random chocolate lab decides to charge at me and puppy!! Out of panic I yelled at the dog and told him no, so instead of charging at me he turned to go after my dog..so superRachel decides to jump in front of my dog in an effort to save him.  I yelled no one more time and gave a quick swing of my foot (don't worry i barely got him) and the pathetic thing ran away!!!!  After that i kept on running and the end haha.  that was my interesting story for my workout today.

As of yesterday there was no workout!! i had zero energy!!! i knew that if i attempted to run my time would have been probably three times worse than the 13 min/mile i ran the other day... so i decided to rest and I took a wonderful nap haha..it lasted 2 hours!!!!

grrrrrrrrrr

so today I ran.   Kind of mad...I feel like not running or working out for the last two days really put a road block in my way.  I did TERRIBLE today...I ran a 13 min mile!! SERIOUSLY!!! why??!!!  It definitely didn’t help that my husband (who is pretty fit for the most part) decided to run with me and LEAVE ME IN THE DUST!!!! When I run it is a huge mind game for me just to get through it..and when he did that to me my mind was screaming surrender and waving the white flag!!!  I think I am better off running alone!! the only way running with me would have helped was if he stayed at my pace.  I am not really looking forward to tomorrows run.

Snow...double time

So needless to say I didn't work out today...i ended up working a double so I'm exhausted annnddddd it is a blizzard outside..I'll share some photos of my drive home :)

pep talk time

wow....so today i really could have used a personal pep talk haha...i had the day off of work today so i decided to go for a run sooner.  I wanted to get it out of the way :z However, the idea was great in theory, but actually getting dressed, stretched and motivated was a whole other story.  Finally around 10:30 I got my butt dressed and walked outside.  As I walked down my driveway I prayed the whole time.  Lord, I do NOT want to do this, but deep down I really do.  So give me the grace and strength to complete this run to the best of my abilities.  Guess what?! He did!!  I started running and I got lost in thought about something ( I don't even remember what I was thinking about) and before I knew it I was almost half way done with my run! Unfortunately though, once that realization hit me, it made the rest of my run THAT much more difficult.  Time just DRAGGED on after that haha.  But needless to say I finished my 1.05 mile run at a pace of 10:55min/mile. feeling pretty good right now :)