Saturday....Flu???

This week while in hospital my neighbor went and bought me two new winter running tops and a head band to keep my ears warm...I got this pamphlet on Sunday and saw that the gear was available in the shops on Monday, the day I was being booked in...so I called my neighbor and asked her if she would please go to the shops for me...which she did...and bought herself a few tops as well. I know I'm going to struggle coming back from my Cape Town trip where I will be running in hot sunshine for 56 days to freezing cold temps...so making sure I have my gear ready so I dont have any excuse.

This morning when I woke I felt as if I was coming down with flu...the whole day my energy was low and I felt tired, yet I had a very good nights sleep...

I told Hubby I would take my camera and do the 10km route while he cycles...that way I still burn calories, but not pushing my HR up too high.

About 3 hours later I got a sms from my neighbor asking if I would do a short run with her at 4.30pm today....

I said YES..

I struggled from the start, at no point did I feel I got into it...

I struggled with my breathing.

Was the worst run I've done in a long time...I hate struggling to breath the way I did today when I ran.

Am happy its over to be honest.

I ran for 38 mins

Did 5.3km's ( 3.2 miles )

Burned 459 calories

HR 122 - 146

Yesterday while doing my weekly shopping I noticed they were selling GOLD FLAXSEEDS and then the normal Flaxseeds that Ive bought since starting the Clean Eating program.

I wonder what the difference is between Gold and the normal...anyone know??

Friday ~ painful run!

Today while out shopping I bought another slab of chocolate after leaving the last one I bought to celebrate the end of being treat free for a month....I have enjoyed 3 blocks...and now feel satisfied...I don't think after being treat free for so long that I will fall back into the habit of eating chocolate daily like I used to.

I am wanting to EAT CLEAN and know that the sugar... as the chocolate is organic, they call it RAW sugar ( sugar is sugar ) is something I have to be careful of.

While shopping today I also came across these shoe refreshers...

Now my running shoes need this badly...

So lets hope they do the job they say they do.

At 11am today my neighbor came over for our planned run...

WE decided on the Castle Trail Route as it's a route we both enjoy.

Instead of doing the 10km ( 6.21 miles ) route we decided to shorten it...

My legs felt so tired from all the lunges and squats we did in our PT workout yesterday...I have been struggling to walk up and down the stairs..when I sit and then stand I am in such pain, so thought a run would do them good....It took me till about the 5km ( 3 miles ) mark to feel my muscles loosen up, only then could I run comfortably. I told my neighbor who likes to push at the end that she was welcome to go ahead of me, as I wanted to run at my comfortable pace till the end.

She went off and then we hit a hill where she walked at such a slow pace that I pasted her and got to the finish before her...but then I do have to consider she has been suffering with a nasty cough all week so didn't have her usual stamina....

I know if she was feeling herself I would have been left in her dust.

Ran 7.63km ( 4.74 miles )

Time 58 mins

Calories burned ~ 736

HR 126 - 168

Have not done my sit up's the last two days...

Did the push ups yesterday but not today....

Will get back into this routine, amazing how two days in hospital has put me off my routine.

Thursday

I haven't photographed my foods since Tuesday and now when I want to post a pic of food or something to do with healthy lifestyle I can't find any as all that I've taken I have already shown ...so here is me...doing what I love doing besides training....PHOTOGRAPHY.

Yesterday while running along the route to the Castle I told myself I have to go back but this time for a long 10km walk with my camera as the beauty outside is amazing along the trial routes. I run through all the leaves that have fallen on the ground, its really breathtaking...

Will be doing that route tomorrow morning with my neighbor but without the camera!

This morning I went next door and trained my neighbor..she is losing more weight...she says she is not dieting but following the healthy eating plan but still the weight keeps coming off...how lucky can some one be...

She has now lost 12 kg's ~ 26,5 lbs and is now weighing 57.6 ~ 127lbs.

Anyway we did a 10 min warm up....then Low Impact movement into cardio...then squats..oh boy did we do squats...forward, side, back..with lifted knee bringing in the abs as well...my butt felt it as I walked home...but of course we first ended with a good stretch.

Time ~ 56 mins

Calories Burned ~ 564

HR ~ 114 136

I'm really happy how I have managed to adjust my lifestyle to only clean eating.

I am enjoying the small changes I have made since reading Tosco's book and now am looking forward to the next one which still is not available on Amazon.UK..

I know when I go home to Cape Town in 17 days time for 56 days ~ I will find it a little struggle

but am going to make sure I keep to the Clean Eating as much as possible.

I do buy most of my own foods when there so I know I will have quite a bit of control in that area.

I am one month and 7 days treat free!!

And have trained everyday besides the one day for the last 42 days....

Wednesday...* So Touched *

The photo's with this entry today were taken from my hospital bed...

I am thrilled to say I LEFT THERE LAST NIGHT ( Tuesday )

At the end of this entry I have copied and pasted a blog entry dedicated to me

I was so touched....

This is one of the many reasons I love what I do...Helping others!!

Today I ran 9.2km in one hour and 9 mins

I burned 912 calories

HR 129 - 149

I felt tired.....my whole body felt the stress I have been carrying around the last few days...In hospital I was always showing a happy face to the world, being understanding and not being demanding or difficult...Yet inside I felt the stress and today I felt it all over my body like heavy lead when I ran today...but I was happy that I carried on and finished the goal I had set out for myself.

I Want To Be Like Her.

As you all know, I am training to get fit and living more healthier to lose weight and in my quest to accomplish this. I have Marchelle who helps me through this journey. I am accountable to her.

Marchelle heard of me wanting to lose weight and so she offered her help and advice. She is living in Germany and via Skype, her group: Seeking a Healthy Lifestyle and logging of my exercise via Dailymile, she keeps track of me.

Marchelle also explains on her blog about how she is currently in hospital getting prevention medication for her MS (lesions on the brain) and how she is still exercising in the hospital.

She is still doing her morning jog outside the hospital, jogged up flights of stairs, and doing sit-ups and push-ups. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!?

She’s also taking her own food to hospital to stay on track and not eat the hospital food.

She is such an inspiration by staying possitve through this. By exercising while being in hospital. By eating her own food and staying on track.

People, I want to be like her.

I want to lose the weight, exercise and help others in achieving the same. I want to be as possitive about life as she is. I want to be possitive like her through this kinds of tough times in life.

Marchelle, I want to be like you.

Tuesday ~ 2nd and last day in hospital

Day two in hospital....

I went to bed soon after 10pm as the old lady's husband asked me at 8pm to please wake his wife up at 10 pm so she could take her medication....

I was a little shocked...do the staff not come and wake her up...anyway I played on the internet and woke her up in time...then went off to dreamland..

I did wake up at 2 am...went to the loo and sat there reading a magazine....then came back and went to sleep till 7am...was so dark outside but could see it was going to be a lovely day.

I got into my gym gear...told the nurse on duty I would be away for over 30mins...

Started running the moment I set foot out of this building...first uphill which really caught me, then downhill where I managed to feel better ( 10 mins mark ) then up hill again to the hospital.

I walked into the building and then run slowly up the floors...all 9 of them.

Got to the top and did 3 sets of 12 lunges onto the step...walked to my room and did 4 sets of 6 proper push ups...then went to shower.

Ran and Trained for 38 minutes

Burned to my surprise 506 calories...what I normally do in an hour

HR 129 - 153

As you can see i have been eating my own meals since coming to hospital...this was me this morning after run and shower ~ I asked the lady sharing with me's daughter ~ a photographer as well as nurse to take the photo....I wanted to share with you all how I am keeping to clean eating....

I went for so many tests again today....sit around waiting ....test, sent off to the next place....sit around....got through it.

Then the pharmacist came around to show me how to inject myself and said the first one would start this evening...what a process and the side effects for the first three months!!!

So I decided that I will only start the treatment in the New Year...I spoke to the Professor about this and he says its up to me...that he has looked at my results and MRI scans and that I have slow moving MS....and that he does suggest I do the treatment but for now to go and have a good holiday with my family.

So that is where I am......And...Going home at 17.30 ~ Hubby coming to collect me

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Monday...In Hospital.

So here I am....me the fit chick...in hospital...wondering why I am here...as I feel so good...

The sad truth is things are happening inside my body that are beyond my control..

All I can do from now on is keep eating clean...and take the new treatment and believe I will be okay....

I didn't sleep well last night, I can only put it down to coffee I had too late as I was not feeling nervous about today...I felt at peace that I was doing the right thing for me..

At 3am I got up and read my Woman's runner magazine....

4.30 am I got up and went back to bed....but tossed and turned, dosed off and woke up.

Felt frustrated as I know sleep is so good for one and I was missing out on mine.

When hubby told me he wanted to leave home at 10am as I had to book in by 11am I said...I need to train first...so there I was at 8am before my shower...doing 250 sit ups and 4 sets of 8 proper push ups...After shower and packing in the last few things I packed my foods into a cooler bag,and off I went...

I had decided to take today off as I had a good run yesterday....

but had I known I was not going to be seeing to today I would have gone out for a walk as it was a perfect Autumns day...I stayed in my room waiting for the Professor to come....all day I waited!

I had my muesli and yogurt, flaxseed and fruit for breakfast at home...

In hospital hubby brought me a lovely fresh Rye bread roll which I had with peanut butter and an apple.

Later I had a banana and nuts

Hubby brought me roasted veggies with Turkey mince for dinner...

I said NO to their meals today....

This evening hubby and I took a walk down the road to the shop as I wanted plain bubble free water...the hospital only has the bubble one...I then took the stairs up to my ward...and boy was I out of breath when I got to the top...

Tomorrow I have to find out what time the Dr is seeing me, what time I will be getting my injection as not going on cortisone anymore as I am MS symptom free...so will start with MS prevention medication immediately ~ I need lessons on how to inject myself...as...as..as..I want to go for a walk tomorrow and climb those stairs for at least an hour...told the old lady in my room I will be doing fitness in the morning so she must not worry when she sees me doing funny things in the room or on my bed....hehehehe

Reporting in.....Sunday

Hubby took the first two pics of me last night while I did my 37 mins training session...

He was watching Rugby...The South African teams, while I stood on the side doing my workout.

When it came to the push up he said * Drop your butt lower its too high *

I said..* Cant be as I am making sure my body is flat and squeezing my glutes before I do my push ups *...

so I suggested he take photo's for me to see how high my butt is when I do my push ups...

I think they look fine...of course after taking the pics he said

* No your butt was better this time

* LOL....men!!! That's all I can say....

This morning I set my alarm for 8am...was awake before then as I cannot sleep late like I used to ~ Back in my 30's I could sleep a day away...but not anymore. Once my eyes are open I want to sit up, read, or watch tv, get up...I cant go back to sleep...

I wanted to eat my breakfast an hour before my run as I hate running too soon after eating ~ I feel as if something is weighing me down and cant get going...

At 9.30am the girls and I all met for our run..I asked Hubby to take OUR WINTER GROUP PHOTO before we started as I have one of us in our summer gear...now as its a lot colder we are all in our winter running gear. I have a short sleeve top under my long sleeves as within 10 mins I take the long sleeve top off and run in my short sleeve one...I cant run when I feel like I'm over heating...besides the lady standing next to me in the photo who also took her top off, the others ran all the way ( and the sun was shining ) with their long sleeves on.

( nothing wrong with running with long sleeves on in the hot sun, its just me who doesn't like doing it as I over heat...Menopause!! )

I sensed from the minute we got together that the girls were tired...only the one ( marathon runner ~ 2nd from the left ) and I felt good...the rest were dragging behind and it was written all over their faces that they would prefer to be at home than doing this....so marathon runner and myself walked ahead and broke out into a jog within the first 5 mins....the rest followed but moaned and groaned as they thought we had started to run too early....we ignored, but kept a slow running pace going...Every now and again I would hear....* Can we walk now * and I would say....Yes, but first we run to that tree, or there where the sun starts to shine on the road, or something sort of goal a little further on...so that they could push themselves....at the 4km mark I could sense the girls were falling behind and marathon runner and I were too far ahead...she decided to go back to see if they were okay and I said...

I'M RUNNING FROM NOW TILL THE END ON MY OWN AS TOMORROW I'M IN HOSPITAL AND CANT TRAIN FOR THE NEXT WEEK....and off I went.....

I did 11km ~ ( 6.8 miles ) in 1 hour and 18 mins....could have done better had I not walked and ran slowly the first 4km ( 2.4 miles ) but Sunday is normally group day so its okay.

I burned a whopping 1064 calories

HR 130 - 159

My weeks results

7 workouts

Burned 4309 calories

Ran 28 km ( 17.3 miles )

2x PT sessions

2x Home workouts

Now am packing my bags for hospital...

I have packed gym wear in for 3 days as tomorrow I won't have time to train as will be settling in and starting my first doze of cortisone and talking to the DR about my up's and down's I have experienced with their aftercare services regarding myself...

My plan while in hospital will be to do abs while lying on the bed....

I will be walking the 9 floors of steps ~ need to see what time my treatment is daily and work it out from there...but 2x a day at least for 30 mins

I plan to do lunges on the steps, while no one else uses the steps as don't want to appear as some crazy fitness fanatic.

I am taking my computer along, and camera

Will be updating both my blogs daily and sharing photo's

So keep coming to visit me...

3 October and STILL TREAT FREE...