I haven’t ran in 9 days and while my ankle is feeling a lot better, it’s not 100% yet. I did get an X Ray and the initial reading is that there is no fracture, but I have been referred to the Orthopaedic surgeon for a second opinion. Not sure when I’ll get in to see them, so I probably won’t run at all this week either.

Just as I suspected, without the running, my eating and drinking habits have started to slowly slip back to my old ways. Not sure why I have a hard time controlling myself if I’m not exercising, but that seems to be the case.

I was on week 6, ready for day 3 of the C25K program, so not sure where I’ll start back up, but I suspect it will be around week 4 if I’m lucky.

Looks like I may have sprained my right ankle last week. It’s been really sore and has some swelling. I’ve been doing the RICE thing, but still did my C25K runs and it’s not getting any better. I am going to take a few days off from the running program and see if it feels better, it not, I’ll go see the doctor about it.

Here is what I’m dealing with, which I think is a ‘high ankle sprain’.

So, until that heals up, I am going to concentrate on doing some other forms of exercise. I am going to start the 100 pushups and the 200 sit ups program. These structured programs seem to help me stay on track, so I’m going to see how well I can do with these.

Took me two tries, but I did it! After my first attempt, I drove to the place I normally run and gave it another go. Nothing amazing, but I did it. I was determined not to fail the day, despite the over-indulgence in Hopslam and junk food last night. 

My ankle is still hurting pretty bad, but like my knee, I plan to just keep icing it and run through it until it gets used to the activity and straightens up. 

Despite oversleeping this morning by an entire hour and lingering ankle pain from my last run, I made it out for the start of week 6 of the C25K program.  I made a few mistakes today that made my run far less enjoyable than it should have been:

1. I took it too lightly, since I had just run 20 minutes, I figured today would be easy
2. I started running too soon after waking up
3. I ate a Clif Bar and some OJ before running

With all of that, I’m glad I made it through.  I am going to rest my ankle for 2 days so that hopefully when I tackle day 2 I’ll be feeling much better.

I did it! I completed week 5, day 3, which is 20 minutes of continuous running! That is a huge achievement for me! 6 weeks ago I couldn’t run anywhere, and here I am acting like a runner, running a few times a week and looking forward to it! Have to keep working on my legs, because my legs are what hold me back/slows me down. My cardio improved so quick (as I read it would) but my legs are taking some time. 

In the spirit of who I am and what I’m doing, I could not pass up the shirt on woot.com today!

I got out for my C25k week 5, day 2 run this morning! It was pretty good and the first time I ran for 8 minutes! Two runs of 8 minutes with a 5 minute walk in between. No issues, aside from a killer cramp in my left calf, but I just ran through it. It is sore now, but I think it will sort itself out by tomorrow.

I recently payed for an Elite membership at RunKeeper and for the $20 it is a good value. Keeping track of my routes, distance, time, etc and being able to see the progress is helping to keep me movtivated!

Weighed in today and see a 5lb loss since I started the C25K program and watching what I eat and drink!! Not as good as I’d like, but considering that we just came through the holiday season I’ll take it as a win!

Well, it’s that time of year again, where we all look to the next 12 months and decide what we want from the new year.

I want better fitness and health. Primarily losing weight and eating better foods and drinking less beer. All will be tough for me, but I know I can do it. I finished December with a total of 29.4 miles, 27.1 of them in December. I started the last week of November. Not great, but considering I have never run before it is great.

My goal is to run a 5K on or around my birthday in March and be down 15 pounds by then, which is a reasonable 5 pounds per month. 

This is the beginning of week 4 of the C25K program! It is going to get tougher from here on out, less walking, more running! That’s ok, I’m ready and willing! Decided to start day 1 tomorrow, going to give my knee and extra day of rest to see if I can get it feeling better. 

Starting out Monday right with a healthy fruit/veggie smoothie for breakfast. I want to see the scale 2 lbs less on Wednesday when I weigh in.

• Fuji Apple
• 3 Clementine oranges
• 1 stalk of celery (small)
• 1 large carrot
• 1/2 cup spinach
• 1/2 cup raspberry
• ice&water

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