If I have to crawl across the finish line I will finish that 5K

Oh my, what a week. Ok two weeks. Hopefully this will not become habit.

(This is Missy by the way. I know. Surprising.)

If you read my blog you know that two weeks ago Pat wasn’t feeling so good and we had a really overwhelming week which caused our training to suffer a little. Well this week I got sick and it really ticked me off because I felt like I was finally making some good progress.

I finally got my weight to under 150 (149 but it’s still under!) and I ran a mile! And then I got sick. So I haven’t done a thing for 4 days except sleep and work. I haven’t ate much of anything except chocolate so that’s good I guess. I haven’t even weighed myself in 4 days because I don’t want to be depressed if I’m over 150 again.

I don’t even remember what we did last week. I think I ran one day (3/4 mile) and I did 30 Day Shred 2 times.  On Saturday I ran a mile.  The whole way. Didn’t stop.  Yes, I am proud.  I was actually a little surprised at how easy it seemed. And then I realized I wasn’t pushing 60 pounds of children in a big clunky stroller. Wow. Talk about helping me get in shape!

On Monday I did the 30 Day Shred (level 2). I can actually do the entire thing without stopping. Even all the sit ups. I’m dying by the time I’m done but it’s so rewarding knowing that I can finish through it. Monday was the last time this week I’ve done any major exercise. I got sick Tuesday morning. One of these nights I did work in the garden a little bit and that was exhausting but not really cardio or anything like that. Today we are at my parent’s house and me and the kids did go swimming this morning and I tried to run in place as much as I could while I held Caleb. Plus we played “jump to Mommy” for about 15 minutes and my arms were dying by the time we finished that. So I haven’t been a complete bum. It just feels that way.

I’m still battling a head cold today but it’s much better and so I’m hoping tonight to go for a little run or maybe a bike ride.

Since Pat started feeling better the end of last week he’s been kicking some butt working out. Mainly riding his bike as often as he can, almost every other night after the kids go to bed. He’s also been walking at lunch time about 1/2 mile.

Overall I guess when you consider everything else going on, we are still doing pretty good. It’s very overwhelming trying to find the time to do everything. Have devotions, play with kids, take care of kids, clean, blog, sleep, work, etc. Something’s got to give and unfortunately lately it’s been blogging which makes me sad. It’s not only a way to journal our family happenings but it’s a way for me to journal my thoughts and what’s going on in my crazy head. So not having that lately has made me sad but like I said something has to give.

We’re down to about 4 weeks until the 5K. I can’t believe it. I’m certainly not going to reach my 20 pound lighter goal by then. But we aren’t giving up.  Hope you aren’t either!

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