**Day 455**

Today's weight:

Down .5 since yesterday, down 3.5 pounds since Monday.  I'm done with the daily weigh-ins.  My next weigh-in will be next Friday.  I'm happy with how this week went.  I tracked my food, I drank lots of water, and I exercised.  Speaking of exercise....

Yesterday's 5k training did not go great!  As soon as I started the first 90 second interval of running I knew it was not going to be a good training session.  I had pain in my lower legs, and by the second to last 90 second run interval I couldn't run, so I walked it.  I ran about one minute of the last 90 second run interval.  In total, we were out there for a total 38:27 minutes:

So, even though I didn't get all my running in, we did do alot of walking, and I'm happy with the workout.

I'm getting really frustrated with all the pain I've been having lately - my heel, my knees, my calves, my shins, my hip, my back....so, so frustrating, but I just have to work through it.  I'm not going to do any running today - just take a walk.  I want to give my legs a rest.

My dad is back from vacation, so we'll be starting back at the gym on Monday.  It's terrible that I didn't go once while he was gone.  There's no excuse for it - just plain laziness.  I'm glad he'll be out there every morning, again, to pick my lazy butt up.  I don't think he has any vacations planned for awhile - thankfully!

Have a great weekend!

**Day 454**

Today's weight:

So, up 2.5 pounds from yesterday!  Ugg!  This is why weighing daily is not a good idea, but I'm only doing it for this one week.   Anyway, I didn't exercise yesterday, and I didn't eat supper until 9:30pm, so, maybe, that had something to do with the gain.  Who knows?

I'll be going out to do my C25K training in a bit, and I'm really hoping my knees don't hurt like they did Tuesday.  I already have to deal with the constant heel pain, so I don't want to start worrying about my knees, too!

**Day 453**

I did my C25K training last night and it was a killer for me.  We moved up to running for 90 seconds at a time, and it was rough.  My knees were hurting, immediately, and the pain only got worse throughout the workout.  I had to ice them when I got home:

But I'm happy to say that I was able to complete every 90 second interval of running, and we even added an extra one at the end, and I made it!  Thank you to my running buddies, Jen and Michelle, for encouraging me!!

My weight yesterday was 235.5 - you can see the pic here.  My weight today:

Down 3 more pounds.  That's 5.5 pounds lost since Monday.  Obviously, that's not fat I'm losing.  I must be retaining alot of water, but, whatever, I'm just glad the number is going down!! 

**Day 452**

I watched what I ate yesterday, I drank my water, and I did my 5k training last night with my friend, Jen, so yesterday was a good day.  Today's weight:

So, that's a 2.5 loss since yesterday morning - whatever!  This crazy body of mine!  Anyway, I'm just going to keep at it, and, I think, just for this week, I'm going to post my weight every day just to track what my body is doing.  Hopefully, the number will keep going down!

**Days 448 - 451**

Things are bad.  Very, very bad.  My last weigh-in was on March 9th:

Today, March 26th, I weighed in at 238:

I've gained 15 pounds in 18 days.  Crazy, but for me so, so easy, and so, so sad.  I'm angry, embarrassed, frustrated, disgusted, but not surprised.  I've been eating horribly.  I've been having drinks with friends on weekends... way too many drinks!  I haven't been drinking enough water.  I have been exercising here and there, but not enough - obviously.  I can't believe I let this happen.  I've gained back almost all the weight I lost last year.  I started Jan. 1, 2011, at 248.5 pounds, so, at this point, I'm only down 10.5 pounds.  Shit.  There's not much else to say, right?  I have to make some changes.  I'll be back when I do.

**Day 447**

Most of my aches and pains were gone today (except for the heel), so I did some 5k training with two friends tonight.  We did day 2 of week 1.  I felt much better, and I didn't have any major issues during, or after, the workout- just some heel pain, but it's manageable.  Our kids came with us, and my girls really enjoyed it, so they're going to join on from now on.  It always feels great to exercise with my girls!

I'm surprised how hard it is for me to run one minute straight!  I workout at the gym often, so I didn't think I would get so winded jogging outside, but, wow, just the one minute kicks my butt!!  It takes the whole 90 seconds walk break to catch my breath before I have to run again, but it will get easier - I just have to keep at it!

**Days 445 & 446**

Monday night I, finally, got my butt outside to run!  My friend, Jen, started the C25K, so I decided to do it with her, since I haven't been doing the Hal Higdon program, as I planned.  Unfortunately, the training did not go good for me.  For months, I've had pain been here:

And it's been getting worse.  I think, I've started walking different to compensate, and it's affecting other parts of my body now.  My foot was hurting when we started the training, and by the middle of it my knee and lower back starting hurting, too.  I should have stopped but I didn't, and getting back to my friend's house was not easy.  When I woke up Tuesday morning it was very painful to walk!  I had pain in my right heel, right knee, lower back, and my hip - I was walking with a limp.  So, I had to skip the gym, and I spent the day in alot of pain.  I still have pain today, but it's not, nearly, as bad, so I'm thinking about going out for a little walk.  I should probably go get my foot looked at, but I'm thinking it's Plantar Fasciitis, and I don't think there's much the doctor can do for that - maybe make me wear a boot cast (no!), or give me a steroid shot (ouch!), so I don't know.  What to do?  What to do??

I'm not weighing myself until March 31st.  Why?  Well....because I've gained since my last weigh in - mostly, from my weekend away.  Seriously, it's crazy how fast I put the weight on!  One weekend of bad choices can undo two weeks of hard work for me!  So, I'm ignoring the scale, and working my butt off.  Of course, it would be easier to work my butt off if I wasn't injured, but I'm doing what I can. :-\