kttherobin-runs

 It has been one month since I decided to give Beachbody a try and exercise more consistently. I started about 132 pounds. I have seen 129 on the scale, but I'm 131 today, so I probably haven't actually lost any weight. In January, I worked out 11 times. I didn't follow the 21-day fix schedule exactly, but I did my best considering my migraines, Jack's migraines, Eliot staying home on quarantine for COVID exposure, and the many snow days. This morning before school, Eliot said he was excited to have PE today because he hadn't gone to PE since before Christmas--they were out so much! They had two four-day weekends! So, yeah, January was hard for starting a new exercise habit and establishing a routine, but I'm proud of myself for getting in those 11 workouts. In February, I hope to exercise three to four times a week with Beachbody. The weather has been horrendous (so cold! and two snow storms!). It is raining today, but tomorrow gets a little better. This week, ...

 I just read an unpublished post from April 2019. So I published it. I wrote about getting close to 130 pounds and feeling stuck on an endless cycle of working out for health, getting caught up in trying to be "fit," and then getting discouraged when I didn't see results. That was almost three years ago. And here I am fighting the same fight. How depressing. Only now I'm over 130 pounds. A few things have changed in the "about" three years. In fall 2019, my migraines were getting so bad that my optic nerve swelled. I started losing my vision. I worried that I could be dying or going blind. I decided that I would run the Shamrock Half Marathon that year because it felt like time was running out. After lots of tests and worrying about MS, a brain tumor, etc., I had a lumbar puncture that revealed excessive brain fluid. They drained some the day before Thanksgiving. It took about a month to heal, but late December/January was going awesome for running. I traine...