WINTER IN QUEENSLAND?!?!?

Yes Yes we doooo get one!!!!! Here is a pic of me and my friend last nite at her BBQ outside, YES it really was that cold!!! (no that is not a wine
bottle in front of us) ;P


Hehe, we laughed at how silly we must have looked, in our beanies and ski jackets. Brought back memories of our Christmas in Canada in 2003. It was the last time any of that stuff had been brought out!! It was a fun nite though, I must admit my other half looked a site in my other pink and purple tea-cosy looking beanie, and my friend's pink playboy slippers. At least IIIIII was prepared!!! ;)

Golly gosh its been a week since my last decent post! I've been busy, and stressing, and having a rough time with one thing or another. Of course my latest drama is nothing major, but at the moment it's taking over my thoughts!!!!!!!

I HAVE self-diagnosed and have had verification that I have ITB friction syndrome.

Starting at the beginning, last Saturday morning I did a nice long 16kmish run. All good. To walk down stairs that nite was painful in my right knee, very bizaare. I pulled out half way through my Sunday arvo run jsut coz it was a little twingy. Ran 10kms Monday nite with no pain, played netball Tuesday nite with nothing to whinge about. The week was exercise-free after that due to this and that, so I was hyped up for a long 17kmish Sat morning run. 5kms into it, something just went OUCH and my knee was soooo damn painful. I limped back and stretched but as soon as I stopped I could hardly walk again. I remembered Beki and her knee issues and her symptoms and put 2 n 2 together. I went for a massage which made me almost cry and we together worked out thats what it was :( I still CANNOT put any downward pressure on my knee, I couldn't even walk on it last nite. Sitting for a while then getting up was agony, especially in the cold last nite! My legs are bruised today from the massage yesterday, it feels a little better, but I'm gonna have to rest. I'm SOOO CRANKY!!!!!!! When things are going good, I always seem to get injured, my body keeps breaking :( I had to sit out our club 10km race today, I was hoping to do a PB over the 10 today, and I was well on target with my current training times. Half marathon is only 6 weeks off and I haven't put in enough long runs coz something keeps happening. I also remember something that Beki mentioned - different shoes. I have just swapped and they are soooo comfy, but I'm going to try running Monday nite and will wear my old Nikes and see if I get the same pain. Please.make.it.go.away!!!! Not a happy camper.

Umm what else.... My stubborn nan is home from the hospital one week after hip replacement surgery. Her kids - ie, my mum etc - are sooo mad. She's only had occupational therapy for a few days, had one practise at the small things - like getting in and out of bed - so told the doctor she was OK, and PUSHED to be let out, so they checked her out. She is so not ready to be at home, there's no magic button to push when she needs help in the middle of the nite. She was recommended to have another week in there, but noooo she cracked the poops and wouldn't eat and stuff, she was being jsut like a little kid, until she got her own way!! What I'm saying may sound nasty, but we're all concerned thats all. She lives alone in a unit and is barely walking, and we're all worried she's just going to go back down on it, and hurt the same hip, or do the other one!! The modifications to the house whilst the hip is rehabbing, is astronomical. The small things you wouldn't even think of. From stairs to chairs to toilet seats and simply putting stockings and socks on! She'll most probably come through with flying colours and shut everyone up though!! I love her... obviously the stubborn streak in me comes right back from her!!!

I'm on the second six weeks of my current 12 week plan, and I've been terrible. I didn't get to do any weights last week, so I can't wait to thrash the musckles tomorrow.
My goals are
1. ENSURE I drink 3+litres H2O each and every day. It's been harder in this weather!
2. NO FREE MEALS, no pickys, no nothing that I shouldnt have!!
3. Write down what I'm eating, I havent done this lately and do miss it.
4. Never miss a weight training session again. EVER! lol
5. Revise my goal book with more inspiring pics and motivational quotes etc.
That's just my start.

Whoa, its late, gotta bolt (I'm at work, on a Sunday nite). Feed time!!
xoxo
PS - still working on that ticker thing ;)