Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Spring Hiking is Awesome!

Picture- Hope hiking through the mustard plants on Bernardo Mt. I love spring!


Oh! to be strong! I love feeling as strong as I do. I know I can be stronger, but I know I'm so very much stronger than I was this time last year. Yesterday Steve and I hiked the Highland Trail, it is about 1 1/3 mile straight up with a 800 ft elevation. While going up, I didn't feel weak, couple of times Steve wanted to stop and enjoy the view (rest), but I just wanted to keep going. When we got near the top, I was hoping to get to the gate in a certain amount of time, so I took off running, now I never ever could have done that before. It feels so good!

I'm bummed that my bone spur on my shoulder is only getting worse. I'm loosing upper body strength just as fast as I'm gaining lower body. I went yesterday and had a Cortisone shot, hoping to get the pain under some management. I want to get through this summer with Hope, enjoy myself and then think about surgery next fall. My doctor gave me some exercises to try to strengthen my arms, I hope they work, cause I starting to feel like a weakling in the arm area. Pretty funny, I start out saying how strong I feel and then go into the weak stuff. weirdo!

I'm thinking of joining a woman's soccer team this summer, it would help keep me in shape. I've been running down at the Lake some mornings and trying to get anyone that will go with me on hikes up any hills or mountains around. Monie and Steve both did ones with me last week. Any takers??? I promise I won't run up the hills!! ;-D

As far as my weight goes, I got sort of slack there for a while, eating to much and not getting enough exercise. My weight went up a few pounds but I've taken it back off. I now would like to drop 5 pounds by June 1, might not be to realistic, but ya' got to have a goal!
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Tough Beginning! The dreaded photo op!

Okay, first thing first, I had Steve take pictures of me in a tight shirt and shorts. That was hard, it became apparent right away I have been in denial for sometime. It is killing me to have to post them right here for all to see!!!
Next, I weighed myself, ah...umm...yeah... do I have to say? Honesty!! Okay, I weighed in at a whopping 164, ouch! I knew I should never have taken the scale out of my bathroom! But now everyone knows. It's all down hill form here, right?
Then I went and got my sewing measurement tape and started measuring the bod!
Neck -12"
Arms - 12.75
Breast - 41.50
Waist - 35
Tummy - 40.5
Butt - 41.5
Thigh - 23

No wonder I just sort of look like a tube, not much variation in the sizes.

My plan is to work really hard on taking the fat off the areas that don't need it and build up muscles where I do! So, how am I going to do this? First cut out calories, I'm not going to do anything drastic, but those mid-morning snacks and late afternoon snacks have got to be either removed or a better food choice to replace the junk food.

I want to post each day what I ate the day before, it might be a bit of a bore for some of you, but it will allow me to see where I'm cheating and hopefully some of you will join me in this and post your own stats and what your doing to get in shape.

It's 4pm and I'm a bit hungry, this is the hard time of day for me, I like to snack as I prepare dinner, so please when you think of me, send up a little prayer for me!

Till tomorrow, keep the Lord close!