And the verdict is....

I tried Pilates this morning. The balance queen I am not. I'm not even the balance princess. More like the balance jester! There were only 2 major falls off the ball. I'm talking fall totally off the ball and have the ball roll across the room. Minor falls there were more of. A.lot.more. Other than that it was good. I feel like it could definitely strengthen my core, make me stronger and more balanced.....with some time.

The only thing about it was that I felt like I needed to do an aerobic exercise as well; something to get my heart rate up. Soooooo after an hour of Pilates I did a 2.2 mile walk.

Heart rate up: check. Aerobic activity: check.

Feeling it all over after both activities: priceless.

This should be interesting....

I'm going to be trying Pilates in the morning.

I was told to bring one of those giant balls to balance on.

Yeah, this should be really interesting!

SU-Weet

Hot diggity; dog diggity!!

21 total pounds down!!

4 pant sizes down!!

Back up to 5.5 miles (walking at this point but can running again be far behind?!?!)!!

Those are definitely numbers I can deal with!!!

Can I get a woot woot!!

So sad

Today two of my friends lost their fathers.

I can't imagine the depth of their pain and grief.

Please remember that each day with your loved ones is a gift from God.

Open that gift with joy and be thankful for every moment.

It can end too soon. Don't have regrets.

Yikes!

I can't believe how long it has been since I've posted!!
I need to post about our fun, fun, fun Spring Break vacay to Tucson.
I need to post about starting back to miles after my knee injury.
I need to post about having my last PTO function prior to handing over the reins to someone else.
I need to post a lot of things but I think after catching up on all the blogs that I follow I'll go to sleep.
Yeah, I need to do that. But I promise I'll be back really soon!!

Ouch!

My knee hurts.

It's swollen...

It hurts to bend...

It hurts to straighten...

Forget twisting it.

The PA says its the MCL and the Patellar Ligament and I should stay off it.

I laugh and say "how?"

I DID IT!!!

I ran my first 1/2 marathon this past Sunday!!!

I had decided I wanted to run my first one (yes, I said FIRST one) before I turned 40 (yes, I said 40!) The only race that would give me enough time to train, be in Atlanta and be before the big day was the ING 1/2 this past Sunday. I told my friend Christine "we ought to do that together" never expecting that she would call me a couple days later and tell me that she had signed up!! HOLY MOLY!! So I sign up, I start training and then I hurt my knee.....and Christine had a small problem of 5 broken ribs. Did we let that stop us? Heck no!!!

Decked out in Hello Kitty shirts, red streaks in our hair, white and red striped socks and black nails; we did it! Not only did we do it; we did even better than we thought we would do by over an hour!! We have now officially done something that only 1% of the population has done!! How 'bout that?!!? Proud? Hell yes!!!

13.1 miles? Been there, run that!!!