Whew! Im tired!

I walked to work today, worked, then went to the gym and worked out for an hour, walked home, showered, and now im ready for a lazy evening. I have been able to run longer and faster on the treadmill which is awesome and feels great. Ive been doing about 3.5-4 miles a day and I am noticing a pattern where it seem seems the first mile or so is such a struggle and I feel like I have shin splints and my legs hurt, but after that first mile I feel great and could keep going for even longer. Today I had cheerios for breakfast with skim milk and for lunch I had an avocado, an orange, and 2 tangelos and after my workout I had a few triscuits and a couple slices of lunchmeat ham. Im gonna make some chicken and rice for dinner unless I con someone into going out to sushi with me :)

Another good day

I started my day out good by going to the gym and walking/jogging on the treadmill for an hour and then doing some stretches. I have been doing really well with sticking to my diet of avocados, bananas, almonds, boiled eggs, chicken breasts, and salads with no dressing and drinking lots of water. Someone commented that I looked as if I had lost weight and that made me happy, maybe its starting to pay off!

Great start of a new day

I crawled out of bed, did some laundry, ate a banana and headed off to the gym. I am focusing mainly on cardio right now for weight loss and then when I get to a better weight then I will focus on weight training too. I know gaining muscle mass makes you gain weight and even though I understand how it works and its not gaining fat, right now I want to see results and if the scale doesn't move then I will find it discouraging. So today I did an hour on the treadmill at alternating inclines beteeen 3.5 and 4.5 mph. During my hour on the treadmill today (I usually just speed walk) but I tried jogging today and did it 4 times and then would back down to a fast walk again. I am really excited about it because since I fractured my anke in May I haven't been able to run. I figure a treadmill is a good place to start because my ankle is still weak and I dont want to run on uneven ground. When I got home I ate a boiled egg and an avocado and am cooking chicken breasts and rice now for dinner.

Rainy Day

Yesterday I didn't make it the gym, I was disapointed, I worked a very long shift with only one short break and even though its 24hrs I didn't want to walk home at night in the cold so I opted for a ride home. I have to work a long shift today also but plan to try to make it to the gym. Life sure would be easier with a running vehicle.

New Gym

Today I joined a new gym, decided I need something different to motivate me. Since it was my first time there I decided to take it easy and just did the treadmill for an hour, about 3.5 miles at varying speeds but mostly about 3.5mph at alternating inclines. Im gonna have shin splints for sure! It was a nice start to a new place. I am really looking forward to returning tomorrow.

Geocaching Day

I know I haven't blogged for awhile... I admit, I slacked. I have been trying to stick to the course and focusing on eating a lot of raw foods and just drinking water although I do have a cup of hot chocolate in front of me right now... It's been so darn cold I have been craving something to warm me up. Today was a fantastic day, cold but still lots of sunshine :) So I went out and ran my errands for the day and got all that done then took my sisters dog to the park for awhile then took him back home and went back to the park. I placed a geocache at Tom Pearce Park, found one at Portola Park and also my very first Golf Disc. While I was at Tom Pearce then second time (first time around I had poblems with my GPS) I got a good little work out doing a very brisk walk the entire length of the park and back so that was good exercise for today. I was going to on a bike ride today but I got home and it was freezing cold by that time so I opted not too. Tomorrow I will though!
Also, yesterday Sandi and I drove all over southern oregon taking photographs and doing short hikes which was fantastic.

Bad news

Last night I checked my email and received one titled "bad news" from my childhood bestfriend Tom. I knew right away that I didn't want to read it, but of course did anyways. He was recently diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma or something like that, I dont remember exactly how its spelled. Just as I had feared, he wrote to me that he has a terminal illness (not sure if its the lymphoma or something else). I was devastated. To make matters even harder he wrote to me that it had brought him and his wife to a new level of closeness and she has asked him to never speak to me again and completely shut me out of his life and not to email him back because it would just make things harder for him. I felt so sad and yet insulted and betrayed all at the same time.
Tom and I were best friends for several years and we fooled around a couple times when we were kids but that was it, nothing at all after that, and then he married this woman about 7 years ago and she was so jealous of our friendship she never let me see him again except for one time that she didn't know about when we had lunch at a Wendys several years ago and other than that we only talk on the phone a couple of times a year and friends on facebook (which I have been deleted from apparently).
I know we havent been close the last couple years but I do still consider him to be one of the favorite people of my life, and for a long time considered him to be "the one that got away" but unfortunately I realized it too late.
I am just upset that he is going to leave this world and I won't be there to say goodbye or to console him or anything like that. I miss my friend. I don't know why women have to be so damn jealous and stupid like her. She has nothing to worry about, I have never tried to steal her husband away or anything like that and yet she has always hated me and I have never done anything but respect her and pretty much gave up on having a friendship with him because that is what she wanted and even now when he is sick, she cant let her jealousy go. I think thats really awful. She should know that after 7 years her husband isn't going to leave her. I guess she must have some major insecurities. Part of me is mad at him too for allowing her to control him like this for so many years but maybe thats just his way of proving his love to her or something. I just wish I could hug him one more time and say goodbye for good. I hate feeling like we have left things unfinished. I'm really gonna miss my friend.