Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from our family!

I hope your day was blessed!

I finally did it!

I made that appointment at the doctor to have my bloodwork and girl checkup stuff taken care of.  I found out that it's been over 10 years since I've done it and I don't even have a primary care physician anymore.

Good grief, that's embarrassing.

I also woke up with a UTI.  I have been plagued with them since I was a kid but this is the 3rd one this year and normally I maybe get one every other year.  They are concerned and want me to see a urologist.

Good grief I'm a wreck...

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Well...She's not such a baby anymore, she turned 11 today.  My goodness, where have the years gone?

Happy Birthday Caitlyn!

I Won't Give Up

I have to admit, I am losing my will to keep going with tracking my calories.

Here's where I am with things:

I am still loving my fitbit.  I mean, I.LOVE.IT.  I am a little obsessive about making sure I get my 10k+ steps in each day and making sure I burn at least 2K calories a day.  Things are going strong there, no complaints.

I am still doing my mile a day challenge.  So far, easy-peasy getting it in.

My running is going great!  I have gotten all of my long runs in and am doing well with getting midweek miles in and even pushing my pace.  Today I had 4 miles on the schedule but I felt so great that I kept going till just past 5 miles.  It feels great to be back in a good training groove.

I am still trying to eat healthier and track my calories on My Fitness Pal.  I am faithful about tracking every single bite of anything I have.  I'm getting better about my portion sizes which I've needed to do for years.  I feel so much better when I eat healthier.  The thing is, the scale is not cooperating.  According to my fitbit and My Fitness Pal, my calorie deficit in the last 7 days was just over 5200 calories.  That should equate to 1 pound at the least.  How much have I lost?  Zero.  Zilch.  Nothing.  Nada.  Ugh!  So frustrating! In fact, in the last 4 weeks, I have lost 1 pound when the numbers say I should have lost 4-5 pounds.  Grrr...

I have mentioned to several people that I need to have my thyroid checked.  I believe I am doing everything right so I'm thinking maybe there is a medical reason why I am not losing weight.  I don't know why I am procrastinating on having it checked.  It's been over 10 years I think since I've had blood work done so it is time.  Someone needs to give me a shove.

I don't want to give up.  I shouldn't give up.  I would be so disappointed in myself if I gave up.  Is a little progress really too much to ask for?

Mile A Day Challenge

I know I've been bad at blogging lately.  I think there has been a lull in interesting material in my life.  Too much mundane stuff that even I don't want to read about.  I promise I'll try to get better.

Some of you may remember last year's Mile-A-Day-Challenge sponsored by my friend Jenny over at Running Halfway Around the World.  It started in December and ended up continuing into January.  Most everyone ended it there but I couldn't let it go and I kept it going. I made it about 150 days of at least a mile a day before the streak finally ended.

Anyhoo, the December challenge is back.  We're only 3 days in and everyone is welcome to join.  You can find the check-in on facebook.

Hope to see you over there!!