This morning I woke up a little before 4 a.m. feeling a little cramp-y but then it grew into excruciating pain. I thought maybe I was going to NEED to use the bathroom so i went in there, but nothing happened except more pain and then the nausea happened and then i almost passed out. I called Scott and I eventually crawled back into bed and dealt with pain til morning. I was supposed to have my work-out class at 8 a.m. I don't like being a wuss, but didn't think it was smart for me to go, so i text-ed both Andrew and Michele to say i wasn't going to make it. After speaking with a nurse, she encouraged me to go to Urgent Care, so I did.

Long story short, I have a cyst on my right ovary that apparently has ruptured and that's why the pain has spread. Now I'm fine, but have residual pain and bloating. Scott is going to take the boys to my brothers and I'm going to stay home and recoup. The 4 hour drive and sleeping on an air-mattress in a tent, doesn't sound so good to me right now.

As for the recovery, i just need to lay low for a few days. The 12-week boot camp challenge this week is to go 21.5 miles. Run, Bike, Walk or Elliptical at least 3 different methods, minimum 2 miles a method - all within 3 days of starting. I'm hoping i feel well enough to get this done.

Week 3 - 12 Week Boot Camp

This weeks challenge: Cardio Blender I finished it in 1:36:27. The only change we did, was to knock down the bicycle to 5 miles instead of 10. All four of us decided that.

It was hard! But it was so good to be with the girls, otherwise I probably would have given up! My cool Polar watch (that I got from my girlfriends for my 40th birthday) said I burned 1221 calories. Whew.

Now, not to sabotage my workout with my dinner!

So last night i ran the south park loop - 1.83 miles. i kicked it in 20:20. That's my best time so far. only thing is that i am starting to feel the shin splints again - especially my left leg. Hopefully I'll just work through that. The scale is starting to move - the right way!!!

Week 2 - 12 Week Boot Camp

Just got back from my 2nd weekly challenge - "Tri-this Modified" INSANE! My official time was 1:07:13. I burned a whopping 934 calories. This is Andrew's "modified triathlon" - Run 2 miles, do 3 exercises, Bike 15 minutes, do 3 more exercises, the Elliptical - at level 12 at 60+ mph, 3 more exercises.

The first "leg" of the challenge was to run 2 miles - I thought, no biggie, I can get that done in 23 minutes or so. I forgot I had to set the treadmill at 5% incline - Oh my word - that was so difficult. So instead of running at 5.3-6.0, I could only run 4.5-4.7, with some walking here and there. Who knew what a little hill would do.

My legs are pretty stiff with all the running, walking and exercising I've been doing. I have been trying to stretch as much as I can.

Any way, I made it. Again, that was nuts. I'm assuming that I'll get a migraine today, since my workout was so hard. I usually do. however, I'm out of my Zomig and the prescription is expired, so we'll see if they refill.

The food is going OKAY, not perfect, but I think I'm doing better than normal. I'm journalling on DailyBurn.com, and have dropped the Mountain Dew. My iced tea content is up, that thats okay, too. I sure hope I start seeing results soon.

12 week challenge

I've been thinking about this blog thing - that i really am not a blogger, that i should just delete the whole account and let it be. But then I just thought, why don't i use it to journal the next 12 weeks?

for the past year and a half or so, a group of 4 of us have been getting together with a personal trainer (Andrew). This has been good, and I'm definitely in better shape than when i started, but I'm not where i want to be yet - I just haven't "stuck to it".

Andrew has started us on this 12-week boot camp. Along with weekly challenges, points for exercise, food journals and more. Can I really make this work for me? We'll see if i can make some real progress.

So today, I completed the challenge - Kelli's revenge.

I dont have time to blog, but need to get this off my chest

I'm feeling behind in life. There is so much to do, and I'm not even working a consistent job (that's another story). I'm not very good at prioritizing my "mom" and "wife" jobs.

So, what brings me to this blog tonight, is: DINNER.

What's for dinner?????? ugh. The dreaded words. I DON'T KNOW! I should.

I've had this road block now since Eli was born (or so it seems, i've had some great periods of organization, but this is not the norm).

I've pulled my thoughts together many times, but then my calendar of meals really doesn't work. So I guess i need to schedule in FLEXIBILITY. Things that contribute to the ROADBLOCK: time, money, diet, and kid's dislikes.

I've been trying to "get it together" now for weeks. I thought once school started I would get this together, but alas, I have not taken the time to sit down and plan.

We're having spaghetti tonight. I have one REALLY happy kid, but one equally UNHAPPY kid ("I'm TIRED of spaghetti, I don't even like it any more!").

So there you go.

I need to re-read Audrey Thomas' book "What's for dinner" She's got great ideas. I just need to tailor it to our family.

Any ideas?

Corn in my lint-trap

Yes it is true, there is corn in my lint trap. How? you may ask? Well let me tell you -- it is not pretty.

It all starts with dinner. I decided to go with a "kid friendly" dinner last night. Lucas mentions at the table that his stomach doesn't feel so well - and coming from him, I have to believe him, yet i try to ignore it at the same time. He eats a chicken nugget, some mac and cheese and some frozen corn. not much, but enough to satisfy the dinner police.

Scott and I went out for the evening and returned around 10pm. Lucas was up telling me he had a stinky bottom (and it hurt). Well needless to say, he had been in the bathroom quite a bit while we were gone, and it wasn't looking good. We plopped him into the tub for a bit, got his PJs back on and got him back in bed.

About 30 minutes later, he comes back down and tells me he threw up. Lucas has never been one to make it to the bathroom when he's throwing up, or even a bucket if it was near (in this case it wasn't). He tried to tell me he didn't throw up in bed, but on the floor - this is only semi-accurate. yes it was on the floor, but it was also everywhere else.

Scott and I went to work in cleaning up the carpet (and the wall!?) and i grabbed the sheets from the bed - and got them in the wash right away.

This morning i put the sheets into the dryer and afterward when I cleaned the lint trap for the next load and what did i find? Corn. Now this corn was not whole kernel corn. At least not any more, mostly just the hulls of the kernel. After going through the dryer, they were actually crispy. Yum.

So, that is how I got corn in my lint trap.