Payday In A Boot

Yesterday was payday and of course that means GROCERIES!!!! So I got silly and snapped some boot pics at each stop along the way. :P

First up, me and Bubba waited for Sissy to get a hair cut. Then we made a pit stop for lunch followed by a trip to Sam's (stocking up on those proteins). Next up was Price Chopper, then Dick's Sporting Goods. And last was my parent's kitchen. :D

**I forgot to take one in Aldi's :(

Doctor Update + My New Bling Holder

Sigh, I went to the doctor today, one week post-injury. Sadly I have been instructed to wear the boot for another 10 days. :(

We are treating it as a stress fracture. I go back the 22nd for re-evaluation, and if it isn't healed by then we will schedule and MRI. I am not happy about this by any stretch of the imagination. Cardio every other day? Pshhh. I can't run in a boot and walking is near impossible. FML.

I'll keep icing it and sitting on my butt because that's what's best for my foot right? Not so much for my self esteem. 

On the other hand my new Medal Hanger arrived today!!!!

After hours upon hours of agonizing over which design I wanted I finally ordered the Always Earned, Never Given hanger; 30" x 1 bar.

My husband quickly obliged me in hanging it up, which was super quick. Allied Medal Displays provides all of the necessary hardware and instructions that actually make sense! My husband loved that. LOL.

As far as my plan for the future? I'm planning on using each section for an entire years worth of medals, so I'll be good for the next two years. LOL. After that I will be buying a plain single bar and have it mounted underneath the medals for the next three years worth. After that, I'll buy a new display! And so forth and so on... :D

I love that the medals are not lying in a drawer or hanging on a hook ruining the ribbons. The quality is amazing, the shipping was fast and I am super excited to see what it looks like when it's all full! Of course right now I only have medals for 2013 thus far. ;)

What will my next design be? I'm leaning towards My Race Bling. Although I told the hubs I may go with a custom hanger that reads "I Am Running Away." Teehee

30" x 1 - Demonized Font with Shoe Sole and Female Runner

I'm also contemplating order a PR medal hanger. I think it would be neat to display the medal that represents my current personal record. If only I had more money than dreams!

Daddy told Baby Girl that if she gets serious about running he will buy her, her very own medal hanger and she chose one that suits our princess perfectly. LOL.

Happy 4th of July!

Baby Girl and I made cupcake cones for the party...yes I did indulge. :P

Yes, I know it's after the 4th. Now that things have calmed down some I can update the blog. For those who don't keep up with me on Instagram, I am now benched. :(

As you know Thursday I ran the 4 on the 4th race. That evening I sat down to relax and when I went to stand I started feeling pain in my right foot. As I tried walking on it, it hurt worse and worse. By Friday afternoon I was in tears trying to walk on it. That evening we had plans to party with our neighbors and celebrate the 4th on the 5th. I assumed my doctors office still had Saturday hours, but I assumed wrong.

Icing it down before the party

Saturday morning we got up and I couldn't bear pressure on my foot and even while sitting it began to throb in pain. So after calling the doctors office, the husband drove me to the ER and dropped me off. I didn't feel like having them stick around because a) we have two small kids b) I knew I wouldn't be a priority c) it was kind of nice to have some "me" time, even if I was in pain.

Showing off my new ER jewelry.

The wait wasn't too bad. But as I sat in the wheelchair my foot hurt so bad that no amount of adjusting could get it to stop. Soon enough they wheeled me back. Ran through the usual gamut of questions and eventually they sent in the lab techs for x-rays.

Essentially the pain is located on the outside of my right foot, just in front of the ankle. Kind of where it curves in. When I stand the pain shoots across the bottom of my foot and up my leg. It totally sucks.

Shortly after the x-rays the doctor comes in and checks it out, having already seen the x-rays, says there's no obvious breaks. He then pinches my foot where he thinks the problem is, and he was too far forward on the foot. So once he pokes and prods my foot some more he leaves to check the x-rays again. He comes back and says it's likely a stress fracture, they can't be seen until they've started healing (2-3 weeks), and/or a combination of pulled ligaments. Either way I have to see my regular doctor in 5-7 days and if it's not improving I'll likely have to see a orthopedic doctor.

No visual sign of swelling.

So he sent me packing with a boot and prescription for pain killers. They wheeled me out to the ER exit to await my husband to pick me up and let's say by then the meds they gave me in the ER had started kicking in and I was all but loopy and slap happy.

I most definitely cannot take the meds unless I am ready for bed. For starters I have two small kids and cannot afford to pass out on the floor leaving them unsupervised. LOL. Secondly it makes me loopy as all get out. I did get a good nine hours stretch of sleep last night and after two days off from working out I was jonesin'. 

So I hobbled to the garage and had the hubby help pull the erg out. I didn't think pushing to 5000m was a good idea, so I opted for a shorter 2000m. Eleven minutes later I was done but not satisfied. Since I missed back/shoulders Friday I worked on the baby back. When I was nice and sweaty, I was happy.

Sure I'm going to have to modify a lot of my workouts for the next few weeks, but I refuse to give in. My healthy habits are seared in my brain and my body just needs that sweat in order to feel good. I love it!

Four On The Fourth - Race Pics

Here are the pics from the official photographers :)

Our group before the race

A bonus pic from my bff. :D She caught us flying down to the finish!

Four On The Fourth

Leg day yesterday... last minute decision to wake up at the a$$ crack of dawn to drive to Kansas and run a 4 mile race. Genius I tell you! Two and half hours of sleep? Really sore legs and glutes? Yep... I'm that crazy.

All four of us made a last minute decision before online registration closed at 7pm last night. It was a crap shoot because I still had to find a sitter last minute, since the hubs had to work. Luckily my Daddy stepped up and agreed to keep the kids overnight due to the early wake time for me. This was so last minute that once we arrived at one of the ladies houses, we had to determine who was actually driving because we hadn't even thought it out that far. LOL.

Definitely not a fabulous time by any means, but I had fun. My legs were so sore, and around mile 2 my left glute was screaming in pain. I finish and I was proud of that.

This lovely lady caught up to me after the race started and tapped me on the shoulder. Took me a second to realize who she was. Love see my motivating December Mama!

Next race... Moms Run This Town, Running Mad Virtual 5k. :D

Firecracker Flight 5k

Pre Race Flat Mama

LOVE my new sox. They are a bit snug on the old thick calves, but they fit. That's more than can be said for any others I've tried at the local stores. And my headband sums up WHY I'M CRAZY ENOUGH to run TWO RACES in ONE DAY! I'm in it for the bling.

Pre Race

Post race with my bling.

Wha wha whaaaaaa

NOT my fastest time by any means. This course had some major hills that sucked big honkin' donkey balls. Secondly my lovely 3 year old decided this would be the PERFECT time to pass his germies to me and I woke up with a congested chest and said hills only compounded the breathing issues I had going on. I felt worthless this race. Also... this sucks so bad, at mile 1 I thought I hit the lap button, um no, I hit the stop button on the Garmin. Grrrrr. Who knows how long I went before I realized it as it ended up only showing 2.83 miles after the finish. :/ Thank goodness for timing chips!

Two hot messes!

So thankful for my running buddy, Marisa.

New Bling!!! Have to order a medal hanger soon. :)

I'm not going to say this race was fun, because I was miserable the entire time. The hills and lack of oxygen nearly killed me. I will say... I'll do it again because it's likely they'll change the location next year. ;) But Marisa & I have determined we will run this Annual Series of Holiday Runs until we can no longer run. Yay for running buddies!

Tuesday Time Machine & Weigh In

As if my other post wasn't enough for ya. ;)

Here's a little trip in the time machine:

At my heaviest I was 277.6 after giving birth to Irish twins (13 months, 2 days apart) albeit I found out that number in 2011, so long after Baby Boy was born. When I began weight watchers in March of 2012 I showed up 260.0 on the scale. I'm proud to say as of today I'm down to 211.

The scale has been "stuck" these last few months and I've been bouncing in the same zone and it's really starting to wear on me. Although I can see physical change in my muscle appearance, I can feel change in the way my clothes are fitting, I'm still not seeing a ton of change in measurements either. So I'm sure you can see I'm frustrated by this.

But I'm still keeping on, keeping on. I obviously have to figure out what has caused this plateau and break through it. I don't know if stressing over it is complicating the issue or what but man this sucks!

Also, I've been tossing around changing the name of my blog. While I love "A New Me" I need to find something that will work so I can change the blog URL as well... I am no longer "Up The Creek" so.... suggestions? Let me have 'em. ;)