Last week I found out that there is nothing broken in my ankle, just good old fashioned tendinitis! I always thought that was some BS condition that people used as an excuse. Well, if so, it’s a good one to use, because it hurts like hell. 

This injury has totally derailed my fitness program, and I was doing so good! I have made up my mind to get back on the wagon tomorrow morning. Going back to counting my calories, and getting some exercise every day. I’m going to lift weights, ride a bike, walk/hike and use my new fitness ball to try and keep losing weight, get my mind right and feel better.

Here it is, Sunday night, and I’ve officially over-indulged the entire weekend. Too many beers, too much junk food :-(  I’m going to pay for this when I run in the morning and when I weigh in on Wednesday! I’m going to have to be extra good this week!

Who else went off the plan this weekend?

Too many of these for sure!

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. 

Since I started running and watching what I eat about 7 weeks ago, I have been making a fruit & veggie smoothie just about every day. I have a Vitamix blender that I use that does a great job, no small bits of anything left after I blend it.

Here is what I put in today’s breakfast/mid morning snack;

• Dole - Frozen Blueberries, 0.5 cup
• Michigan Apples - 1 Large Fuji Apple 
• Carrot - Large - Raw***, 1 large
• Pineapple - Raw, all varieties, 1 cup, diced 
• Spinach - Raw, 1 cup
• Dannon - Light & Fit, Non Fat, Vanilla Yogurt, 4 oz
• Tropicana - Orange Juice, Some Pulp, 6 fl oz

This was calculated by MyFitness at 412 calories, which is not bad since this is breakfast and mid-morning snack for me. Very filling and introducing the fruit and vegetables has really made me feel better in several ways.  It’s an easy way to get vegetables and fruit that I wouldn’t normally eat.

This is not today’s smoothie, but a recent one.

Did my weekly weigh in and am down another 1.5 pounds!! The running and watching calorie intake is working!  

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.

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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