Surprising Changes

I went for my yearly exam last week and they called me yesterday with my blood work. My cholesterol has never been super high but it dropped over 50 points since the last time I went, I am also insulin resistant and my insulin is great and I have cut the pill I have to take in half over the past year and once I am done losing weight I might be able to get off of it completely (that is not totally controlled by my weight so I will just have to wait and see about that).

Last week I lost 4 pounds and 1.5 inches, this week I think it will be a different story. I haven't felt well - I found out last week I might have to have some minor surgery and it just put me in a funk. I haven't been overeating but I haven't been making the best choices either. On top of all that my throat hurts. I know excuses, excuses. I have been working out all week (today I think that my trainer was trying to kill me - I have ice on my legs as I type this!)

I hope this blog helps inspire someone because I am not inspired at the moment. I am so thankful for this contest but I am beginning to be ready for it to be over so that I don't have to feel so anxious every week for weigh in. Do not get me wrong...I am so grateful for this opportunity!!! I feel like I won when I was chosen and I have never worried about winning overall. I wanted to do the contest so that I could have the personal training and support and so I could learn HOW to work out. That being said I will be glad once it is over for the fact that if I don't lose weight one week I don't have to feel bad. When I go in tomorrow and most likely don't lose weight or maybe even gain I am going to feel awful! If I was at my house and I am the only one that knows that I gained or lost I won't be in such a funk. Oh well wish me luck!

On a very bright note I ran on Monday and I was able to run a little over half a mile in just over 6 minutes! I am going to run the 5K at the end of March, I may have to walk a minute/run a minute the whole way but that is ok...I will finish at some point. I can almost bet my husband will be able to run the 5k twice in the time I run it once!