I have hit the century mark

So many things have changed in my life since I last

wrote to you.

I am so full of self confidence I feel I could

do anything put in front of me.

Today I hit the 100 pounds lost mark.

I can't even begin to describe how that makes me feel.

It has been the BEST 269 days of my life.

Due to all my success in this I have decided

that I wanted to go back to work.

Since I lost all this weight I feel better,

my Asthma is alot better, and quite frankly I have more energy.

I love being around people and I really missed

working. Yeah It was fine to not HAVE

to work but at the same time I enjoy more money

and not having to have my wonderful husband work

himself to death.

So I started looking for a job and filled out what seemed

like a million applications.

It really made me second guess that anyone would really

want to hire me since I was getting zero call backs

for interviews.

I never did anything school wise beyond high school except

for a little while at cosmetology school.

I really enjoyed that but my lungs didn't enjoy the chemicals.

Then my daughter was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes 

and was pretty sick and ended up in the hospital for a few weeks.

There was no way I was choosing school over my very

sick 5 year old. She needed her mommy there.

I was pretty much forced to quit because I was only allowed to miss

a week of school and I missed more than that. But Oh well.

Since I wasn't getting any interviews I started thinking about what

options were out there for me. 

I  knew I didn't want to go flip hamburgers, or some other 

low paying job. The goal was to make money not make less

than I am getting on Social Security.

(If you didn't know already, I have been on Social Security since

Nov 2003 due to how severe my Asthma is. It is bad

enough I only had to apply for Social Security one time and

I was approved in 3 weeks.)

I love the healthcare field. Being in the hospital so much

and watching the nurses I can pretty much

take care of myself in there. I learned alot watching.

I decided I was going to go to college and

earn a degree as a medical assistant. 

Not knowing really where to start and exactly how 

I was going to pay for this at 2 in the morning

I did a FAFSA. And the rest is history.

I start school Sept 24th. What is really exciting for me is

my daughter also wants to better herself and she is going to get

her degree in it as well. Growing up she always wanted to be

a respiratory therapist so she could take

care of her sick mama. This is a building block for her.

She already has her CNA.
And what is truly amazing is the people I have inspired along the

way who do the same for me. 

My Zumba instructor is also considering the course.

Still in shock at my 100 lb loss and the people I don't even

know that tell me how inspiring I am to them.

I think of myself as just an ordinary person.

I believe in positive thoughts and being around

positive people.

We all have some sort of stuggles.

If you don't then you are lieing to yourself.

I now have about 92 lbs to go and that is nothing. 

I already have 100 under my belt

and have proved I can do anything. 

Now I am so excited for the next phase to begin.

I got a job Monday. I didn't even really need an interview.

She did have me come in but when I got there

I was pretty much hired.

Audrie was with me because we had been at the college

doing financial aid stuff and went in with me.

I was nervous thinking what is this lady going to think

with me bringing someone with me to

an interview. She looked at my daughter and said

"Would you like a job? If you do you are hired too."

I think self confidence speaks volumes. You don't even need to utter

a word. Just in how you carry yourself.

So what if you are a bigger person. Don't let that bring you down.

Do good things for your body and you will see the consequences.

Just like when you do bad things for your body.

Live your life as if you have already hit that goal.

You are beautiful.

And most importantly

YOU ARE WORTH IT

Before and after 2012 Nampafitstudio team photo

The #1 Team of the Challenge

 

 

 

 

I'm a slacker sorry

The Canyon County Weight Loss Challenge is over 

BUT

my journey in this is far from over. It will never be completely over.

Just because I may have lost all my weight doesn't mean

I can go back to eating whatever I want and not

keeping up with the daily couple hours of exercising.

It has became a part of my life. Something that is

as natural as eating for me.

I am glad the challenge is over. Alot less stress. 

I lost 74.4 lbs and came in 13th out of about 243 contestants.

I lost 21.8%  of my body weight.

Unfortunately it wasn't based on the amount of weight 

you lost it was the percentage.

As far as my team went I lost the most weight of the females. 2 of my

friends lost a little bigger percentage. There was 2 men on our team.

I beat one and the other guy blew me out of the water. He almost took 3rd place.

We had 4 people from the team in the top 15. 

We took 13th, 11th,9th and 7th places. All odd numbers.

Our team overall lost 25% of the total pounds lost. Amazing!!

We were the number 1 team and each of us got a $15 Nordstrom Rack gift card.

Nordstrom Rack - Boise also gave us (and anyone from the challenge but we were the only

ones to take advantage of it. They were invited to many things we participated in and not 1

person showed up. I don't know if they were intimidated by us or

just didn't care) a private shopping experience with each of us having our own

person dressing us (ok not actually dressing us but picking out 

flattering clothes for our new smaller bodies).

From January to July I have lost 89 pounds!!! 

I get emotional when people I know see me and are in shock.

The look on their faces are priceless. 

I couldn't help but cry even before I weighed in when I saw

Greta Van Dyke at the challenge. She is a Diabetes Certified Educator

that is very involved with the kids who have diabetes. She is always

at the camps for them (HODIA). I love that lady.

My 21 yr old daughter is a type 1 diabetic and Greta has taken care of her at camp, in the hospital

and has taught her so much.

Audrie was barely 5 when she was diagnosed and went to her first

week long camp at the tender age of 7.

She went there having to have someone do her shots for her,

and came home shooting in her belly. And then went on an insulin pump

4 months later. She would have lots of lows because we

kept her in tight control and that would cause seizures from low blood sugars.

The pump made it to where they were less frequent.

There is no happy medium with diabetes.

 Greta was doing the weights on the set of scales I used. 

She started crying when she saw my weight and of course

I already knew what I would weigh and how much I had lost

since my scales weigh exactly the same as theirs. 

We hugged and cried some more

My leg finally healed from me breaking it in April. I didn't think it was ever going to heal.

Then the end of last month I was getting ready

to go on a date with my husband to the

Meridian Speedway and watch cars drive in circles.

He was being nice and tieing my shoes. I would swing my

leg over the back of the weelchair and he would tie it.

However I miss calculated how high to swing my left leg.

Since I was holding onto the chair with the brakes not on

we went backwards.

I fell hard on my right hip and the speaker, dresser and gun cabinet

were not very soft as I fell into each of them. I smacked my right

shoulder on the gun cabinet. My pride was hurt along with my butt.

My shoulder didn't hurt right away. Then I got a big ugly bruise on

my back on my wing. It hurt to raise my arm above my head.

In true Honey Badger style I kept going to all my classes.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

It feels so good to be able to wear jeans that when I bought them

they didn't fit. So as I continue to lose I get brand new clothes without

even having to go buy new ones.I can shop in the normal section

in the store now. Some of my clothes are just XL and not 3-5X. Most of my jeans

and capris are either XL or an 18-20 vs 28 and those 28's were getting

tight. 

I have 100 pounds left to lose until I hit the weight I want to weigh.

My BMI has went from 54.4 to an unbelievable 40.3.

Once I hit my target weight I will be in the high end of the healthy

BMI range with it being at 25.

I feel so much better.

My cholesterol wasn't to bad believe it or not before I started. Since 

then I have had it done again. My bad cholesterol dropped 10% my good stayed the same 

and my triglycerides decreased my a whopping 40%.

 

I continue to eat as clean and healthy as I can.

I still drink protein shakes at least once a day.

I still have things I shouldn't but it is not a daily occurance

and they are not eaten because "I deserve them". 

I am not a dog and do not need rewarded with food.

I still go to Nampafitstudio and work my butt off

5 days a week sometimes 6 days. I always do at least

2 classes sometimes 3. So that is around 2-3 hours a day.

I LOVE IT.

 

I wish everyone who was over weight could find a place like

Nampafitstudio where they live so they

can really start to LIVE themselves.

I am only 40 and have alot of life left ahead.

 

I have became really close with several people from the studio

and I am so grateful for whatever brought us all together

at that particular time. Its both the trainers as well

as my buddies working out beside me.

My favorite classes are ZUMBA (of course) which I do 5 days a week,

Flab Fighters which is 4 days a week,

Pilates for 2 days a week and

last but not least HHH just once or twice a week.

In August there will be 

Les Mills BODYPUMP. So excited.

 

 

Im Still Here..

I know it has been over a month since

I last blogged.

Sorry.

Life has been happening.

I got sick at the beginning of April and had to go back on

a huge dose of Prednisone to breathe. I despise that medicine.

I do however enjoy breathing.

With all the pollen and general crap in the air

I was just so wheezy. I couldn't do a who class without

sucking down half an inhaler.

For 3 1/2 weeks I had to take it and gradually weaned off.

And I was so ever blessed with 16 foxin lb weight gain.

Oh I was pissed.

I couldn't really exercise since i didn't feel good. 

By the time I felt good and was off the medicine 

it was almost the end of the month. I did manage to lose that

16 lbs I gained plus 2 more.

Sadly only the 2 lbs counted for the contest.

Most of the weight was water but a lb is a lb.

Then I woke up Saturday morning the 14th of April

with a very sore ankle. I could hardly

walk. It hurt to even cover it with the sheet in bed

or even look at it. I had not been to class since

the Thursday before and it was my beloved Zumba.

I left there in 1 piece not hurting. I can not remember

hurting it at any point,

By Monday the 16th I hurt bad enough to go to the Dr.

I just went to quick care. They Xrayed It and said

all was the matter was it was sprained.

Bull pucky.

It didn't hurt like I sprained it. It hurt like I broke it.

Since I had broke my right ankle a few years

ago I know what it feels like.

Hurt to raise it. Hurt to touch it.

Hurt to look at it.

Hurt to cover it. Whimpy Tylenol did nothing for me.

Even taking 5-6 extra strength rapid release at a time.

I was in that much pain. 

It even burned like my other one did.

I called the Orthopedic Dr on that Friday to be seen

by him. As my luck has it they don't work on Friday.

Are you kidding me?

So I had to suffer all weekend and was seen Monday.

He looked at the week old Xrays and said

its just sprained. I promptly told him 

"No it isn't".

It was still swelled like Fred Flinstone's foot.

I couldn't wiggle my last 3 toes.

Still couldn't raise it or touch it without 

bursting into tears.

So he said "Well I will put you in a boot for 2 weeks

and you come back then and we will reassess things.

If you are still hurting then, I will do an MRI."

So I got a wonderful boot. 

I guess I shouldn't complain as it comes off 

and I can shower normal.

I only made it a week and a half. I was still experiencing 

unbearable pain. I cried during my sleep because I hurt so

so much. I couldn't take it anymore.

Either give me some pain pills or find out what it wrong

with my ankle because it is NOT sprained.

I get to the Dr and he sends me for more Xrays.

Are you kidding me?

Did we not have these a few weeks ago and it said

there was nothing wrong.

If I had a stress fracture I wouldn't show up on an Xray 

I needed an MRI for that.

Well he had the technician position my foot a few

different ways.

Each way I felt as tho she was killing me.

I was wishing she would just shoot me and

put me out of my misery.

The Dr comes in my room and says

for me to show him again where it hurts.

Do I need to draw him a damn picture.

See my ankle and my foot?

Well the entire thing hurts.

He has to go pushing around making it hurt more

or to maybe see if I was faking it.

"Does it hurt here?"

"Does it hurt here?"

Are you kidding me.

YES!!!

He says "Well the one view on these Xrays 

show your ankle is BROKEN."

Maybe he should be paying me.

I told him it was not just sprained and that it burned

like when I broke the other ankle.

Since it was a clean break and didn't move I didn't have

to get a cast. I'm still in my lovely boot.

I still have a great deal of pain and trouble walking.

Next Saturday will be 1 month. 

I still don't think it should be hurting like it does.

I go back to see him the beginning of June. 

So here is sit some more not able to go ZUMBA.

The month I lost 22lbs I was going to 

Zumba 4x a week (plus the other classes

I normally went to).

I am not out of this. Not at all. Im watching my food.

Making good food choices.

Drinking water like I'm a fish.

I still go to team workouts. My workouts are just modified

for my injury. There is still ALOT

that I can do sitting down.

The end of April we also moved to Caldwell. 

My house is so nice.

And BIG.

Our other house was 2 stories and about 1300 sq ft with the normal

small yard and obnoxious neighbors and bratty kids.

I forgot and dogs barking 24/7.

This house is almost 1000 sq ft bigger and it is 5 acres.

Probably 3 of the acres is grass and ponds.

There are 3 rectangle ones and a giant round one.

All full of fish.

One pond has trophy size trout in it.

They are huge.

We got a riding mower and it still takes

an entire day to mow. Not kidding.

The month of April I wanted to lose 20 more pounds and

crack that 300 number and get below it.

Sadly I didn't due to being sick and having

a broken ankle.

I weighed in at the end of the month at 302.

Its still a victory because I lost what I gained

plus 2 more.

Even though I have a bum ankle right now

I have made it into the 200's.

Im so happy.

Today I weigh 292 pounds.

A 10 lb loss so far.

My loss for the challenge is

49 lbs

14.5% loss.

My loss for my overall journey is 

65 lbs.

I am so proud of myself.

I have awesome support. Terrific friends and family.   

Until we meet again....

P.S.

Our Campaign we had to raise money

was completely funded.

The weights have been ordered and

our new 

Les Mills Body Pump

class will be starting soon.

Its going to be fun and will

involve alot more weights.  

 

 

Decide to be happy, it's good for your health.

I had my 2nd official weigh in today.

I was pleasantly surprised. 

My goal for the month of March was to lose 20 lbs.

I did that and then some.

I lost a total of 22 lbs.

 

Amazing!

 

Today I was rudely awakened by a pretty hairy asthma attack.

I probably should have went to the hospital but Im stubborn.

After 4 back to back breathing treatments it loosened up

and i got relief.

I have just taken it easy today and I won't exercise for the next few days.

That part sucks but I like to breathe and sleep without fear.

 

I will just strictly stick to the properly eating part

of this life change. Im not calling it a diet because

I have failed at so many diets. A diet sounds so strict.

 

I missed the last bright and ugly cardiokick this morning and

I am missing the Zumba class tonight. 

I am a Zumbaholic.

 

Nothing else has happened that it too exciting.

 

Thanks for coming back and reading.

Thanks for supporting me and encouragement you give.

I will in turn pay it forward by inspiring others to

do the same for themselves.

Right on Track

Its been a few weeks since I posted.

Nothing new has happened

EXCEPT 

I have lost 9 more pounds since my weigh in

on Feb 24 2012. I now weigh 317 lbs.

I was at the Dr last week and he was very proud

of my success. As were all my friends I have made that work there.

Got my A1C done for diabetes to check my blood sugar

levels for the last 3 months. It was 5.6. 

Pretty damn good if I don't say so myself. 

I also has a CT done on my back. It showed my back

needs surgery again to correct the pain and problems

I am having. Nothing will help besides surgery.

I've lived with the pain this long I may as well

try and get as healthy as I can so the surgery

will be easier on me. 

When he does do it he will have to cut my back open again,

vs going in thru the side like he had initially wanted to do.

Then he will take out all the old hardware (screws and a metal cage)

replacing those with new and of course I assume they will have to be

bigger so it fixes the spot that is shot.

Recovery will be the 3-6 months as usual. Last time

I had it done I healed quickly and that was even having

to be on Prednisone and that makes you heal slower.

There is no way in hell (besides no being able to stand the pain) 

I will put my getting healthy on the back burner

and stop exercising when I have just started this. I want to 

have lost at least 100 lbs first. And I don't want to miss

all summer of going and having fun

on my 4 wheeler either. So maybe next winter.

I have continued to workout everyday. I either do

Zumba

Hip Hop Hustle

CardioKick

Flab Fighters

or

our Team Workout (every Sunday).

My goal for the month of March was to lose

20 pounds. Here the month is just about

half over and I have it about half way finished.

IT IS GOOD TO BE

ME  

7.2 More Pounds

So since I weighed in Feb 24 2012 I have lost

7.2 more pounds!!!!

I have had a stomach ache and everything

that goes along with it so I didn't

eat anything but 2 pieces of toast

yesterday.

Day before that wasn't much either.

I know it wasn't all being sick and not eating.

Tonight I went to Zumba. I missed it 

Monday and Tuesday because I was sick.

When I came home my husband

told me how HOT I looked.

Lol. 

I enjoyed hearing him say that. He says

He can see such a big difference.

One important thing is

HE LOVES ME UNCONDITIONALLY

and I love that about him.

I have the best husband anyone could

ever ask for. We have been married

22 years this year. 

I can't wait to be healthy and old with him. 

We love each other so much that when

one if us dies, the other one will die

of a broken heart.

February Progress!! Were Sexy And We Know It

For the month of February my team at NampaFitStudio has lost

195 pounds !!!!!!!!

There are still a few team members left to weigh in.

Here is an inspirational video of our first

months progress

And Look at that babe. 

IT'S ME!!!!!!

 I lost 16.6 pounds in Feb. and 29.8 pounds since I started

this weight loss journey Dec 20, 2011

Next month we are going to look even hotter!!   

Someone who inspires me

So there is this person...

Her name is Kim Rose...

She has been what made me want to keep going to

NampaFitStudio

You see she is the one who had the brilliant 

idea to open the studio.

She started in a basement of a church with NO AIR CONDITIONING

It grew from a few people to 

what it is today.

This place is like NO OTHER

If you are on the fence about going somewhere 

to start that exercise program, or

continue that exercise program

come give her studio a try.

There is something for everybody!!

All classes have modifications for those needing challenged to those 

who have never exercised a lick in their life.

The trainers are real people.

Not meat heads.

They are kind, knowledgeable, encouraging

motivators.

Remember your first class is always free with the code

that is found on the website I listed above.

You know how you get sick of going to the gym and working out?

Well this isn't a gym. It's called a STUDIO.

How could you ever get tired of these trainers?

You miss them on days you are so sore from

getting your butt kicked the day before and need to give

your body a rest.

You will miss the friends you have made who are

there to encourage you as you encourage them

on their journey.

Did you ever think you could say that about a exercise joint?

This is something great from Kim's Facebook wall she posted.

It speaks volumes and is so correct.

It's true! "You are who you roll with."

 (Thank you Coach Peterson. You know who he is right? Only the BEST college football coach there is. Look how successful Boise State is. He is a wonderful leader and coach.) 

At NampaFitStudiowe aren't all power-lifters or marathon runners,

 although some are. Some are here to lose weight.

 Some to get stronger. And some are here just to get away 

from laundry for an hour- whatever your journey is, come roll with us. 

Surround yourself with positive people- be a positive person. We'll see you in class.

Kim Rose you are my Coach Peterson

and I 

I will be your Kellen Moore

HoneyBadger Down!! HoneyBadger Down!!

So Sunday the 19th when we were working out at our team workout,

I bit the big one and fell.

I almost caused a pile up behind me.

We were doing sprints and running sideways

to make it more interesting and fun.

I had made it down one direction and slowly (and when I say slowly

I mean s-l-o-w-l-y I was pooped) jogged back to switch sides and do it again.

All was fine until about half way when my leg that went first decided

it wanted to go again. I managed to get my self half way turned

(to like if I was going to run straight) and my brain was still in the mode I was

running sideways.

Then It was like my feet were cemented down to the track

and

BOOM

HONEYBADGER DOWN

HONEYBADGER DOWN

It ripped my left knee open and gave me lovely

road rash on the left leg with little asphalt

rocks embedded in. My team mates came running as did our fearless

leader. It was gushing blood everywhere.

I was helped up and I finished my sprinting.

No way was I going sideways to the left tho.

But the important thing was I DIDN'T QUIT.

Yeah I was bleeding to death but when I got back to the bleachers

I poured ice cold water on it to kinda wash it and that helped numb it. Then we did a few more running exercises and headed back to the studio to wrap things up.

I went to the Dr after class was over. It was still numb and trying to bleed but not as bad.

They numbed it up and went to town scrubbing on it. They got out all the junk but said me washing

it out with the water probably helped wash junk out and kept it numb.

Infection is easy they said because it is right at the joint in your knee. They were going

to try and do stitches but I didn't have enough meat

left to sew it shut. So they used super glue and the

tape looking stitches stuff. They wrapped it with an ace bandage

since I am allergic to latex and couldn't wrap it with the stretchy stuff that looks

like an ace bandage (the lab people use it in place of tape.

 I can't think for the life of me what it is called).

I went to class all week just being careful. Today was the first day I have 

put any type of pressure on my knee for fear it will burst open

or hurt like hell. I didn't put pressure right on it but above it and

it was ok.

I am so like a HoneyBadger it isn't even funny. 

Something happens to me and I get right back

up. Dust myself off and continue.

HoneyBadger Don't Care!!!

It's the end of the month...Guess WHAT

It is the end of the month and guess what?

It is time for the 2nd weigh in of the challenge.

I have been so excited for the day to come.

I was going to go weigh in tomorrow the 25th but

I was too excited. 

I hurried down stairs this morning after I peed to weigh unofficially.

My scales (which weigh a pound heavier than the pharmacy) said 326!!

I about fell off backwards.

So I hurried back upstairs, got showered and dressed and told Audrie lets go so

I can weigh in today. I'm dieing to know what theirs say.

For good measure I hop on mine again.

Damn thing said 327!!!

So I attributed that to the fact my hair was soaked from showering. Clearly

I had a pound of water in my luscious hair. . I squeezed and squeezed

at it and off we went. 

I wasn't getting on a 3rd time. I don't think my heart could have taken it

had I of weighed 328 the third time.

So by the time we get there and I wait so I can get weighed my hair had dried

some. LOL I know I'm crazy.

My Official weight for the end of Feb 2012 is 326.2

It feels so good. 

I lost 16.6 pounds this month!!! Thats 4.15 pounds a week. Can you do the math to

know what that equals for the length of the contest (which is 6 months)? That is about 100 pounds!!!

OMG that is going to be great.

I continue to be determined to be healthy and

lose this weight. I will win in this.

My pants are so baggy in the butt and hips. Several pairs I can take off

without even unbuttoning them. The ones with no buttons I have to keep pulling

them up. What a great feeling. 

Women's Exergy Bicycle Tour

Our team is signed up to help with the 

Women's Exergy Bicycle Tour

that will happen the end of May.

 It is for women Olympic hopefuls to

tryout for the bicycle part of the Olympics.

 There will be women from everywhere

participating if they are wanting to be in the Olympics.

Not sure yet what we will be doing

but it is going to be one of those once in a lifetime

opportunities to help with.

They are still taking volunteers as this is going to be HUGE. 

Sign up here http://www.exergytour.com 

It is the ONLY place to qualify in North America.

And my team and I are participating. Who knows maybe you will see us.

What has kept me so busy

I have been really good using my phone app to enter all of my

calories I consume each day. I log my exercises in it also. I found the cord to 

my Bodybugg so I can charge it and upload calories

it indicates I have burned.

I really like instant gratification. The Bodybugg does that for me. I can look immediately and 

see what I burnt or come home plug it in and see. It will tell me down to

exactly how many calories a minute I have burned.

I have allowed myself 1600 calories a day. With many of those days being under. That doesn't

count exercise that would allow me to eat more. But I need a deficit in order to lose weight

so that wouldn't make much sense working out, busting my ass to then go and eat

that many more calories. 

At first I let the app (I mainly use my phone but it is online also) choose for me

the ratio of carbs, fat ect. But i decided to change it. I'm doing great.

Right now I have it set at 

140 carbs a day (the majority of the days I am at about 100 carbs)

44 grams of Fat (strive for under 50)

and

160 grams of protein. (You should set the amount of protein to be how much you would like to weigh)

Hopefully this change will allow me to lose more weight.

I have been going to class. Taking Audrie to Dr appointments and the lawyer since her

car accident. Boy that has been a nightmare. No one will admit fault and take responsibility. Got tired of the run around. Audrie was the only victim there out of the 3 vehicles involved. She didn't ask to be tailgated or rearended. So we have a lawyer. They can decide who was at fault and go after them.

In the meantime she missed so much work that she was fired from her job.

Pretty chickenshit of you ask me. She didn't qualify for the FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act)

because she had not been there a full year yet. She lacked 3 weeks. Kinda convenient if you ask me that 

she is released from her job just before she would have been eligible.

Oh well. She found another job.

Since she lost her job she also lost her medical insurance. She was set to have a skin

graft on her leg that doesn't want to heal the first week of March. Due to her

diabetes it keeps breaking open and has been open for over a year. I'm so afraid she is going

to end up with infection and it settling into the bone. It is so scary looking. Now we are

back to square one again.

She has panic attacks daily now since the accident. It messes with her blood sugars due to the stress.

She just got out of the hospital after being there 2 1/2 days due to high blood sugars. 

The Dr's feel she is suffering from PTSD from the accident. It will

take time but I'm sure we can get thru this also. 

It would just be nice to out that accident behind us so we can all move forward.

Last week I had to have a steroid epidural in my back. My hip hurts like there is

no tomorrow and I have a pinched nerve somewhere

between my lower back and my hip.

I have pretty constant pain from my hip to my knee. Its about 4-5 inches

long and feels at times like I am being electrocuted. The rest of the time

it feels as though someone is holding an iron set on high to my leg.

FUN TIMES.

Then Wednesday I started physical therapy. It is pointless if you ask me. but the Dr 

didn't ask my opinion. She does shock therapy with this

little ultra sound machine. Feels like she is pushing from my back thru my

kidneys and out my belly. Then she gives me

exercises I am already doing in my classes at NampaFitStudio. So I fail to see

the point. I am supposed to go 3x a week for 6 weeks.

BUT she said since I already am quite active that I only have to come

2x a week for 5 weeks. 

OH JOY!!