Monday I
ended up in the foothills for a procedure to blast the blood clot that was in my
central line preventing them from getting my blood collection done. So finally
on Tues I was able to get in and see my chiropractor. What a relief, my hip was
out of place and pushing on a nerve. So by Tues night I was back at the gym, my
first time since the previous Fri. I did take it pretty slow and only did 3km.
Wednesday I was back personal training, still with a bit of caution but feeling
pretty good. Not only was I recovering from my hip being out of place but holy
man the boxing work out we did last Friday left my upper back and arms alittle
sore. :-S But Friday’s workout was good and I was able to do 2 hours at the gym
with another 3km and 2000m of rowing. Today I felt pretty good and was at the
gym for 2 hours. I did 5.5km and another 2000m of rowing and some core work. So
tomorrow back out for our long walk and hoping to do 13km.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Slow Week with a Bad Hip ...
So remember my last post where I mentioned I wasn’t sure I would be able to
walk the next day after my Friday the 16th workout??? Well I was right !!! I
spent all of last weekend on ice and advil (by Sunday it was something a bit
stronger than that..lol) Melissa and I did do a short walk Sunday morning but it
was a pretty slow one. It wasn’t too bad walking but bending over and sitting
were pretty painful. And wouldn’t you know it I ended up with a dam pebble in my
shoe on the walk and so on the side of the road Melissa had to take my shoe off,
shake out the pebble, put my shoe back on and tie it up. Thanks Melissa!! Monday I
ended up in the foothills for a procedure to blast the blood clot that was in my
central line preventing them from getting my blood collection done. So finally
on Tues I was able to get in and see my chiropractor. What a relief, my hip was
out of place and pushing on a nerve. So by Tues night I was back at the gym, my
first time since the previous Fri. I did take it pretty slow and only did 3km.
Wednesday I was back personal training, still with a bit of caution but feeling
pretty good. Not only was I recovering from my hip being out of place but holy
man the boxing work out we did last Friday left my upper back and arms alittle
sore. :-S But Friday’s workout was good and I was able to do 2 hours at the gym
with another 3km and 2000m of rowing. Today I felt pretty good and was at the
gym for 2 hours. I did 5.5km and another 2000m of rowing and some core work. So
tomorrow back out for our long walk and hoping to do 13km.
Monday I
ended up in the foothills for a procedure to blast the blood clot that was in my
central line preventing them from getting my blood collection done. So finally
on Tues I was able to get in and see my chiropractor. What a relief, my hip was
out of place and pushing on a nerve. So by Tues night I was back at the gym, my
first time since the previous Fri. I did take it pretty slow and only did 3km.
Wednesday I was back personal training, still with a bit of caution but feeling
pretty good. Not only was I recovering from my hip being out of place but holy
man the boxing work out we did last Friday left my upper back and arms alittle
sore. :-S But Friday’s workout was good and I was able to do 2 hours at the gym
with another 3km and 2000m of rowing. Today I felt pretty good and was at the
gym for 2 hours. I did 5.5km and another 2000m of rowing and some core work. So
tomorrow back out for our long walk and hoping to do 13km.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Feeling some Success
It's been exactly a month since Motion Fitness in Okotoks donated my gym membership and I started doing personal training. I did the whole fitness evaluation at the begining and today (a month later) they did it again. It's been a successful month!! :-) I was down a total of 9lbs for the month and my body fat mass went down 10%. My BMI has gone down! :-) I need the reminders like this that all the hard work I am doing is paying off. I needed to hit my 10lb goal (which I did since I'd lost a bit before I started at the gym. But my aggressive goal of 10lbs a month feels like it could be attainable if I keep up at the gym, my training walks and personal training. Of course it's a happy balance to keep my gibbled body in check..lol!! (which after today's personal training is debatable whether I will be able to walk tomorrow or not! :-S But I'm super happy with my results after a month and now I am walking 15k on my Sunday walks!!! I only have 72lbs to reach my goal weight for the marathon in October and 25lbs to reach my goal weight for the half marathon in May. :-) Wish me luck!!!
Monday, March 12, 2012
In a groove ...
I finally feel like I'm getting into a good routine with my walking schedule and my personal training at the gym with Kristine. Yesterday I walked 14.8km and then a more leisurely 2km in the afternoon with the kids to and from the park. Our morning walk was great Melissa and I were joined by Andrea (one of my kids' teachers from last year and we christianed her with a 13km walk...lol I really wanted to do 15km and Melissa and Andrea were done at 13 so I continued on to do almost another 2 to make it to 15(well 14.80..lol). Doing 15km outside this Sunday was so much easier than doing 10km on the treadmill like we did last Sunday!! Horaay for nice weather and walking outside. So I logged a total of 25km this week with walking and rowing!! Great Week!!
Another big accomplishment is I hit the 10lb mark for weight loss. I felt like I've been working and working and only seeing a half pound here and half pound there, but it's all added up to 10lb now. I am so excited about that, it is great motivation to keep up the hard work because it is paying off. Only 70 more to go! :-)
It has been so awesome to have Melissa as a workout partner, she definietly makes it easier when I have company! :-)
Today is my rest day, well my rest day from the gym and walking, but it's catch up day for groceries and housework..lol
Our team is still looking for businesses and corporations that would like to donate to the Arth-Kickers in support of the Arthritis Society. $1000 donation will get your company logo on our training jerseys and $500 (business or personal) will get your name listed as a "major donator" on our shirts! We are over a quarter of the way there but still need to raise close to $27,000. Thank you to those that have already donated it is greatly appreciated!! :-)
Have a great week everyone I look forward to logging a few more Km's this week ... gonna try for 30km!! :-)
Cheers
Another big accomplishment is I hit the 10lb mark for weight loss. I felt like I've been working and working and only seeing a half pound here and half pound there, but it's all added up to 10lb now. I am so excited about that, it is great motivation to keep up the hard work because it is paying off. Only 70 more to go! :-)
It has been so awesome to have Melissa as a workout partner, she definietly makes it easier when I have company! :-)
Today is my rest day, well my rest day from the gym and walking, but it's catch up day for groceries and housework..lol
Our team is still looking for businesses and corporations that would like to donate to the Arth-Kickers in support of the Arthritis Society. $1000 donation will get your company logo on our training jerseys and $500 (business or personal) will get your name listed as a "major donator" on our shirts! We are over a quarter of the way there but still need to raise close to $27,000. Thank you to those that have already donated it is greatly appreciated!! :-)
Have a great week everyone I look forward to logging a few more Km's this week ... gonna try for 30km!! :-)
Cheers
Saturday, March 10, 2012
March 2 post from Arth-Kicker Blog
Here is the post I posted on the Arth-kickers.com website March 2. I usually copy and paste it here for my followers and forgot! Sorry! :-)
March 2 Post::
Well it’s been a super busy week with so much to talk about. Sunday, Melissa and I headed off to the gym to do our long walk on the treadmill since it snowed and I’m scared to walk outside in the snow and ice for fear of falling and hurting my hip. It started out as a 10km walk but I only made it to 5km. For some reason I thought that walking on the treadmill wouldn’t be as hard on my feet so I didn’t tape them to prevent blisters, while by 5km my feet were burning so bad I could hardly step on them. (Kind of how they feel after doing a half or a full..lol) Sure enough when I took my shoes off there were big blisters on the balls of my feet. Bandages and tape for a couple of days and short walks on the treadmill. Well thankfully Monday was a rest day anyway. We still did 2 hours at the gym, we did our 5km and then did some weights, core work and ended with a short stint on the eliptical.
Tues was our bottle drive at the Southe Pointe Bottle depot, so to date we’ve raised almost $300 collecting bottles. We will continue collecting bottles until October so if you would like to donate yours send us off an email and we can arrange for pick up. The bottle drive was fun, we had Shaw TV there doing interviews of the Arth-Kickers and Elisha from the Arthritis Society. If you missed it on the Calgary community channel stayed tuned for it here, I’m trying to get a copy to post on the website.
Wednesday was our interview with the Western Wheel in Okotoks. She did the interview at motion fitness and did a few photos with my personal trainer Kristine, as well as Toccoa and I on the treadmills. We are excited for that article to come out as well. Thurs and Fri were gym days and more personal training, as well setting up at the Calgary Farmer’s market for a weekend of selling our bracelets and collecting donations.
Here are a few pictures from our bottle drive on Tuesday.
March 2 Post::
Well it’s been a super busy week with so much to talk about. Sunday, Melissa and I headed off to the gym to do our long walk on the treadmill since it snowed and I’m scared to walk outside in the snow and ice for fear of falling and hurting my hip. It started out as a 10km walk but I only made it to 5km. For some reason I thought that walking on the treadmill wouldn’t be as hard on my feet so I didn’t tape them to prevent blisters, while by 5km my feet were burning so bad I could hardly step on them. (Kind of how they feel after doing a half or a full..lol) Sure enough when I took my shoes off there were big blisters on the balls of my feet. Bandages and tape for a couple of days and short walks on the treadmill. Well thankfully Monday was a rest day anyway. We still did 2 hours at the gym, we did our 5km and then did some weights, core work and ended with a short stint on the eliptical.
Tues was our bottle drive at the Southe Pointe Bottle depot, so to date we’ve raised almost $300 collecting bottles. We will continue collecting bottles until October so if you would like to donate yours send us off an email and we can arrange for pick up. The bottle drive was fun, we had Shaw TV there doing interviews of the Arth-Kickers and Elisha from the Arthritis Society. If you missed it on the Calgary community channel stayed tuned for it here, I’m trying to get a copy to post on the website.
Wednesday was our interview with the Western Wheel in Okotoks. She did the interview at motion fitness and did a few photos with my personal trainer Kristine, as well as Toccoa and I on the treadmills. We are excited for that article to come out as well. Thurs and Fri were gym days and more personal training, as well setting up at the Calgary Farmer’s market for a weekend of selling our bracelets and collecting donations.
Here are a few pictures from our bottle drive on Tuesday.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Another Donation
Some very exciting news with our fundraising, we received a $1000 donation from Keystone Excavating ltd. Thank you to Jim Elias over at Keystone for bringing this together for us. We are thrilled that you want to be a part of this exciting journey with our team and support the Arthritis Society. We can’t wait to see their logo on our training jersey.
So that brings our team fundraising up to $9325 and that means we are over a quarter of the way there!!!
Most of my week has been spent at the gym with my friend Melissa, she is being a great support! I started with my personal trainer on Tues and meet with her again Friday. The kids have been off school all week so it’s been a bit of challenge to get out for “power” walks but the cross training at the gym in the evenings has kept me on track.
Our Survivor Pool fundraiser is underway and we have 2 pools, thanks again everyone for your support. We have our bottle drive coming up Tues Feb 28th. We will be set up in the parking lot of the Southpointe Bottle Depot in McKenzie Towne off 130th ave. Shaw tv is going to be there interviewing us, so stop by drop off your bottles and say hello! We would love to see you!
March 2,3 and 4 we will be set up at the Calgary Farmers Market so you can stop by there too. We will be collecting donations and selling our bracelets!
So that brings our team fundraising up to $9325 and that means we are over a quarter of the way there!!!
Most of my week has been spent at the gym with my friend Melissa, she is being a great support! I started with my personal trainer on Tues and meet with her again Friday. The kids have been off school all week so it’s been a bit of challenge to get out for “power” walks but the cross training at the gym in the evenings has kept me on track.
Our Survivor Pool fundraiser is underway and we have 2 pools, thanks again everyone for your support. We have our bottle drive coming up Tues Feb 28th. We will be set up in the parking lot of the Southpointe Bottle Depot in McKenzie Towne off 130th ave. Shaw tv is going to be there interviewing us, so stop by drop off your bottles and say hello! We would love to see you!
March 2,3 and 4 we will be set up at the Calgary Farmers Market so you can stop by there too. We will be collecting donations and selling our bracelets!
Monday, February 20, 2012
Changed it Up
Well Sunday's walk kicked my butt. My friend Melissa loves doing intervals so we did 6km of intervals, 2 minutes of power walking and 3 minutes of fast pace walking. The last 4km which was mostly uphill we did a steady fast paced walk. I usually feel pretty good after 10km but I definitely felt the difference doing intervals that's for sure. This week it's off to the gym on non walking days and personal training at Motion Fitness starts on Wednesday. Super excited about that.
We posted an ad on Kijiji looking for people's help to help us with our fundraising and we've had some responses from people that would love to donate items for silent auction items at our fundraising events.
Check out our fundraising thermometer ...
we are almost a quarter of the way to our team fundraising goal which is great news. We still of course have a long way to go so we need your help. :-)
My team mate Heather has created a blog post on our arthkickers website, check it out.
Have a great Family Day!!
We posted an ad on Kijiji looking for people's help to help us with our fundraising and we've had some responses from people that would love to donate items for silent auction items at our fundraising events.
Check out our fundraising thermometer ...
we are almost a quarter of the way to our team fundraising goal which is great news. We still of course have a long way to go so we need your help. :-)
My team mate Heather has created a blog post on our arthkickers website, check it out.
Have a great Family Day!!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
e.x.c.i.t.e.d
Well it's been a crazy week and we have some exciting news!!! First of all a huge thank you to Motion Fitness in Okotoks, they have donated a gym membership for me from Feb to Oct. and I am super excited about that. I am excited that they want to support and be a part of my journey!
We are $1200 closer to our fundraising goal this week and that is so awesome! On Feb. 28th our team will hosting a bottle drive in the parking lot of the Southpointe Bottle depot. Not only are we going to be collecting bottles but Shaw TV is also going to be there to interview our team and the Arthritis Society. We can't wait to share our story!! So we would love for you to stop by and be a part of an exciting event!!
We are currently looking for a place to print our logo on some t-shirts as well as help us with our training jerseys. If you have any suggestions of places for us to check out, we would love to hear from you.
Our bracelets have made their way to Ontario and that is such an awesome feeling. Thank you to my friend Jodi out there for helping us sell them. The support is so much appreciated. Also thank you to all our family and friends that are supporting our survivor pools, we are thrilled to have 2 pools on the go! Good luck to everyone playing!
Phew ... that was alot of information...lol!!
I know that October seems so far away but we would love to complete our fundraising before the half marathon in May so that we can focus more on training, so please share our website http://www.arthkickers.com/ with your family and friends and help us real our goal! :-)
Every donation big or small will help us reach our goal!
We are $1200 closer to our fundraising goal this week and that is so awesome! On Feb. 28th our team will hosting a bottle drive in the parking lot of the Southpointe Bottle depot. Not only are we going to be collecting bottles but Shaw TV is also going to be there to interview our team and the Arthritis Society. We can't wait to share our story!! So we would love for you to stop by and be a part of an exciting event!!
We are currently looking for a place to print our logo on some t-shirts as well as help us with our training jerseys. If you have any suggestions of places for us to check out, we would love to hear from you.
Our bracelets have made their way to Ontario and that is such an awesome feeling. Thank you to my friend Jodi out there for helping us sell them. The support is so much appreciated. Also thank you to all our family and friends that are supporting our survivor pools, we are thrilled to have 2 pools on the go! Good luck to everyone playing!
Phew ... that was alot of information...lol!!
I know that October seems so far away but we would love to complete our fundraising before the half marathon in May so that we can focus more on training, so please share our website http://www.arthkickers.com/ with your family and friends and help us real our goal! :-)
Every donation big or small will help us reach our goal!
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