Just a brief mention of today's highpoint. Since prior to the meniscus incident of this summer I have been spending time on an item called the Incline Trainer (made by Freestyle). This is a deadly machine that can kill in so many ways. You can adjust the incline to 30%, decline to -3%. It has multiple programs available... I am kind of a "manual" girl as you may have guessed. Well, TODAY I was able to get that thing to 30% incline. TRUE, not for long ( a minute but who is counting) and then I dropped it back to 26, but I did get it there. I may sit on icebags tonight, LOL at work, but hey: it's a milestone. I did 40 minutes all told on this beast. Not quite up to the hour I could do in May...but I continue to work on it.
Just trying to get better and BE BETTER . And that is precisely the goal.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The JLa Update...for what its worth...
Long time no read, I guess ... Well things have been busy of course. Suffering through it seems like the 400th day of at least 100 degree temperatures. But I have been creative in finding workout plans.
Amazing how many people are out in the complete darkness to get their workout in. I have spent a lot of time at a school track near my home. After dark. Very pleasant outside,haha.
Currently doing a Month of Cardio with a friend. In the final week now. It has been good. I in fact have loved every or almost every minute of it. Still trying to get to where I was , so I can again move forward. I think I am close.
Experiencing injections in my knees right now,which I have done previously last year. Cannot say enough good things about it. A little unpleasant at the moment, but SO worth it . And proud to report one side is done ! Yay, Hyalgan ! Three more injections on the other and I will have knees that are feeling about twenty years younger for about a year.
Best of all, this will be in time for the return of BOOT CAMP this fall. Not sure when , but I plan on being ready ! There is truly nothing better.
Also looking ahead to the Rock n Roll Marathon. Planning on the the Half Marathon Relay with my daughter- and to think some moms and daughters just go shopping, HA! So excited. What a GREAT experience to share together.
What hasn't been going well? Hmmm, the elliptical trainer comes to mind. But I am staying after that. I realized I have been doing it last...not a great plan probably. So I have rearranged, LOL. Not planning on being beaten. And I have already doubled my time, so its all good I guess.
Work has been,well it has been work, Happy to be at work,employed and so forth. But like any work, it has its very frustrating moments for many reasons. I just try to look at small moments when I teach a family something that will hopefully make a difference however small in their life. Nurses really are there for the "moments" in a patients life. Might be silly (erasers in the nose), traumatic, or sometimes even the last moment. At those times you realize every small thing is huge in how we impact this family. We do not forget those moments.
Which is why as I ponder things I realize that life is a beautiful gift. There are good days, crummy days and some in between. You get out of it, what you put in. You have the opportunity to make your life and yourself whatever you want. So its all your choice.Never miss an opportunity to tell people what they mean to you. Love big, laugh loud and play HARD.
This time not a word, but a quote :
"You just can't beat a person who won't give up" ---Babe Ruth
( yeah, you KNOW I love that)
Amazing how many people are out in the complete darkness to get their workout in. I have spent a lot of time at a school track near my home. After dark. Very pleasant outside,haha.
Currently doing a Month of Cardio with a friend. In the final week now. It has been good. I in fact have loved every or almost every minute of it. Still trying to get to where I was , so I can again move forward. I think I am close.
Experiencing injections in my knees right now,which I have done previously last year. Cannot say enough good things about it. A little unpleasant at the moment, but SO worth it . And proud to report one side is done ! Yay, Hyalgan ! Three more injections on the other and I will have knees that are feeling about twenty years younger for about a year.
Best of all, this will be in time for the return of BOOT CAMP this fall. Not sure when , but I plan on being ready ! There is truly nothing better.
Also looking ahead to the Rock n Roll Marathon. Planning on the the Half Marathon Relay with my daughter- and to think some moms and daughters just go shopping, HA! So excited. What a GREAT experience to share together.
What hasn't been going well? Hmmm, the elliptical trainer comes to mind. But I am staying after that. I realized I have been doing it last...not a great plan probably. So I have rearranged, LOL. Not planning on being beaten. And I have already doubled my time, so its all good I guess.
Work has been,well it has been work, Happy to be at work,employed and so forth. But like any work, it has its very frustrating moments for many reasons. I just try to look at small moments when I teach a family something that will hopefully make a difference however small in their life. Nurses really are there for the "moments" in a patients life. Might be silly (erasers in the nose), traumatic, or sometimes even the last moment. At those times you realize every small thing is huge in how we impact this family. We do not forget those moments.
Which is why as I ponder things I realize that life is a beautiful gift. There are good days, crummy days and some in between. You get out of it, what you put in. You have the opportunity to make your life and yourself whatever you want. So its all your choice.Never miss an opportunity to tell people what they mean to you. Love big, laugh loud and play HARD.
This time not a word, but a quote :
"You just can't beat a person who won't give up" ---Babe Ruth
( yeah, you KNOW I love that)
Sunday, August 7, 2011
The Longest Summer,Or At Least in the Top Three (1988,2006,2011)
Well, it has been a long time since I blogged. Not sure if it was for lack of things to say or lack of time.
For those of you that have read here before, let me bring you up to date.
1.Back to work.
2.Back to working out ...sort of.
3.Completed Physical Therapy.
4. Summer...UGHH
With regard to number one: I am delighted to be back at work,because I, like so many of you NEED MONEY. Of course the work place also has issues, crazy people,and even crazier clientele. But in my absence it seems the overwhelming problem of childhood obesity has not been solved. So my place as a radical warrior on the front is as needed as ever.
Let's address Number Two: Working out. I do workout every day. But it is very different than it was prior to my injury. True I was just greenlighted by my surgeon three days ago, but P.T. had done the same the week prior.I find myself mostly walking at the HS track near my house as I have in my recovery. Earlier in the year, I spent more time at the gym,and seemed to have a much faster pace. But I guess I am getting there.The official word was "we expect you should be completely back where you were by eight weeks". Really. ? Completely back or completely able to be back I wonder. Because that is four days away.Hmmm. I just may be behind.
Number Three : I did complete P.T. It was hard,challenging and rewarding. I found out I could do squats and not have my leg snap into pieces. I learned even more that its not so much about working the injured area, as it is working EVERYTHING around it. To of course help the previously mentioned area.I learned that after many years as a rehab nurse and ortho nurse, those patients were working hard to do what each could do at their own level. Whatever that might have been.
And I must say here also that I learned just because a surgery is completed by way of an arthroscope,you should not minimize its importance. No such thing as " Ha, it's just a scope".
Number Four: Summer. How damn long can this summer go on I ask you? This has been one long, HOT beast if you ask me. It is not my favorite time of year .I will leave it at that.
I am blessed to have some awesome friends that have stuck by me this summer. People to attend events with, people that meet me to walk, people that help me keep the ball rolling so to speak motivationally. I tend to suffer sort of a "slump" this time of year. I am desperate to not do that this year. I lost a couple months already I feel in my plan at least, so of course I just don't have time for that. I am really focusing on going in the right direction,regaining what I have lost (abilities not pounds of course), and continuing on the path. Some days that is easier than others, but I still keep going.
I can't decide if the word should be "persevere" again? So I am choosing "Strength". I won't give you the definition this time. I have found it can mean many different things. I have had to draw on my own strength to continue, to try, and to focus on what my goals are that I reach for.
So I am not going anywhere,but forward.
For those of you that have read here before, let me bring you up to date.
1.Back to work.
2.Back to working out ...sort of.
3.Completed Physical Therapy.
4. Summer...UGHH
With regard to number one: I am delighted to be back at work,because I, like so many of you NEED MONEY. Of course the work place also has issues, crazy people,and even crazier clientele. But in my absence it seems the overwhelming problem of childhood obesity has not been solved. So my place as a radical warrior on the front is as needed as ever.
Let's address Number Two: Working out. I do workout every day. But it is very different than it was prior to my injury. True I was just greenlighted by my surgeon three days ago, but P.T. had done the same the week prior.I find myself mostly walking at the HS track near my house as I have in my recovery. Earlier in the year, I spent more time at the gym,and seemed to have a much faster pace. But I guess I am getting there.The official word was "we expect you should be completely back where you were by eight weeks". Really. ? Completely back or completely able to be back I wonder. Because that is four days away.Hmmm. I just may be behind.
Number Three : I did complete P.T. It was hard,challenging and rewarding. I found out I could do squats and not have my leg snap into pieces. I learned even more that its not so much about working the injured area, as it is working EVERYTHING around it. To of course help the previously mentioned area.I learned that after many years as a rehab nurse and ortho nurse, those patients were working hard to do what each could do at their own level. Whatever that might have been.
And I must say here also that I learned just because a surgery is completed by way of an arthroscope,you should not minimize its importance. No such thing as " Ha, it's just a scope".
Number Four: Summer. How damn long can this summer go on I ask you? This has been one long, HOT beast if you ask me. It is not my favorite time of year .I will leave it at that.
I am blessed to have some awesome friends that have stuck by me this summer. People to attend events with, people that meet me to walk, people that help me keep the ball rolling so to speak motivationally. I tend to suffer sort of a "slump" this time of year. I am desperate to not do that this year. I lost a couple months already I feel in my plan at least, so of course I just don't have time for that. I am really focusing on going in the right direction,regaining what I have lost (abilities not pounds of course), and continuing on the path. Some days that is easier than others, but I still keep going.
I can't decide if the word should be "persevere" again? So I am choosing "Strength". I won't give you the definition this time. I have found it can mean many different things. I have had to draw on my own strength to continue, to try, and to focus on what my goals are that I reach for.
So I am not going anywhere,but forward.
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