In pain and with kitten.

I was 5 weeks and 5 days post-op when I felt that I could run again! I wanted to run sooner, but complications with my recovery prevented me from doing so.

I hurt. No, I really effing hurt.

It's been 6 weeks since my last run and my thighs and core are acting like they've never seen a treadmill before. Maybe I pushed myself a little. Maybe. Ok, I did. I ran full pace for 30 minutes and only stopped because I had to get ready for work. Thankfully. I fear I would have ran a 1/2 marathon before I stopped and then I wouldn't even be able to walk to the computer to type this post for you to read. My inner thighs are so tender that I don't even want to cross my legs, and my core threatens to tear apart every time I cough or laugh. I definitely did not expect this.

I am intending on running again tomorrow morning. Going for 40 minutes this time! Maybe...

There's one other complication.

I decided to get a kitten. A really cute kitten that totally supports (and shares) my drunken tendancies.

See?

The only problem is that the the kitten meows ALL the time. All day and all night. I love her and I know that this will stop, but her current 'meowy meowy' is not doing any wonders for my sleep. (And, yes, I've tried talking to her in an Italian accent.) She finally settled around 3:30 this morning which made the 5:45am wake up for my run call completely unwelcome. I shut off the alarm and slept until 7:15 which meant that I went to work unshowered. I did not care.

My hopes for tomorrow are to run for 45 minutes while listening to my newly downloaded Slacker Radio!

Seriously, though, isn't she cute??!!

Currently known as "Penelope".

Comments

enough IS enough.

I can think of many 'e' words that are relevant to my commit to be fit theme for this A-Z Challenge: energy, exertion, educate, excel...the list could go on and on. I finally settled on the word 'enough'. Christmas of 2010 I was at the lowest weight I had ever been. I remember being very happy and very, very hungry. I was over-exercising and under-eating. The weight didn't stay off because it wasn't a lifestyle that I could keep up with. By summer 2011, the weight was back on. In my commitment to be fit and my quest to lose the last 10 pounds, I will be doing enough. I will exercise enough and I will eat enough. I will change my body and change my life in a healthy, and maintainable way. When I run, I will run fast enough. When I lift, I will lift heavy enough. When I stretch, I will stretch far enough. I will, simply, do enough.

Beer me >>>

Feel the burn.

B is no longer for beer and I'm sad I really should have thought this theme through a little bit more. Words that start with B and are relative to my "commit to fit" challenge aren't the easiest to come by. I've decided to go with " burn " because I am already feeling it!! On Saturday I decided to terrorize exercise my core and upper body after my run. DOMS set in late on Sunday and after an intense work out tonight, I dread laughing. My commit to be fit challenge will include 3-4 strength training sessions per week in addition to my half marathon training program. It's time to feel the burn ! Can you feel it?

Beer me >>>

Good choices.

Happy Monday everyone! I hope your week is a good one! We're on Letter G for the A-Z Challenge, and my commit to be fit post is about making good choices. Making good choices isn't always easy for me. Mainly, because I'm usually really drunk and not thinking about what's best for me in the long run. You're probably thinking that I'm talking about making good diet choices and, of course, I am, but they aren't the only choices that need to be made when choosing to live a fit and healthy lifestyle. Nutrition and diet choices are, actually, probably the easiest of all them all.

Beer me >>>

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