Lacking Motivation...

One problem I have had of late is I am lacking a bit of motivation. It is part of why I haven't posted in a bit.

As of the last few days, I got a shorter run in at the gym on Saturday, a break day happened on Sunday, and  yesterday was a short weight workout; Big Bear took me through some basics! I am not a huge fan of weights, but I am sure going more will help push me.

Yesterday I did a run, and that brings me to my lack of motivation. You know that feeling when nothing seems to be going right? It has been the last week for me. I have had bad sugars (mostly over the last few days) where I am constantly up and down. I have a feeling I am becoming less sensitive to my insulin pump routine, so my carb ratio needs to be smaller. However, I think my correction is too much, because it seems I go low with every correction. Ya, as I said, bad week.

Not only that, but my run didn't go so well. I have been less into running of late. I think it has to do with taking on a 10k that I feel very unprepared for. Also, I have been having pains recently. Every time I run, my foot feels tight and cramped and hurts a lot in the morning of the next day. My hip and shoulder both have had feelings of a pinched nerve. So in general, each time I exercise something else seems to begin to hurt, and bringing myself to run is getting harder. I want to do well in my 10k, but I feel so off of my previous times, I am down on myself.

I want to be excited, I want to get outside, but I want to stop hurting. Tomorrow is a new day! I want to get back in everything, I need to push into the positive thoughts. Sorry for the lack of posting, and positivity, and I will work to come back with something more fun and driven!

Sherlock, my little crested gecko!

For now, enjoy part of what keeps me happy. Big Bear is a huge part of my happiness, but this is a picture of my pet gecko, Sherlock, who always manages to put a smile on my face!

New Workout!

I update today because I wanted to try out my new workout before posting. And let me say, I am excited for the coming weeks! 

My man (who I will now refer to as Big Bear) and I went on our new run routine (for the week) on Wednesday and it went relatively well. I was a little worried with regards to my sugars...I was at 11 (198) earlier in the afternoon, which was making me tired and my mouth dry, so I took a very small bolus. Well a little while later I was fine, down to 10.5 (189), but then things started to change. I am pretty sensitive to my sugars and I could feel them dropping. Wouldn't you know it, when I got home my sugars came out to 8.8 (158.4)! Now that might not seem low for a lot of people, but for me, my runs greatly effect my sugars. I reduced my basal to 38% and ate a piece of licorice and decided to go for the run. And it felt great! I had a 15 minute run, 1 minute walk (x3) this week and I was pretty happy with myself as the run totaled 4.44m (7.8km). I am having some very tight calf and feet issues, so I had to stop twice for tightness pain, but otherwise it was great! I ended up with sugars at 4.2 (75.4), so I drank a good glass of chocolate milk to finish off a good workout!

Tired me looking out over the valley
in the middle of my run

I got a chance to use my new Endomondo app on my phone, which I am still deciding how much I like, as the paces are a little wonky. They spike up and down a lot, but I get a general sense of where my pace is. I couldn't truly determine my overall pace (but that was not the apps fault, it included my walks), but I know I was going well and trucking along. I will still use the app, it is the phones problem, not the app. I can feel my fitness level going up and it makes me so elated! I am starting to feel better about the Stampede Road Race on July 7th and I can't wait to see how it goes! However, currently, I am not sure about doing my run today as walking on my foot feels extremely tight and when I woke up it was painful to walk. I don't want to quit because Big Bear is also doing well getting ready for his 5k (at the same race) and we like training together. It might just be a gym trip today for a less calf conscious workout.

Big Bear and I after our run

As for the new workout, yesterday the two of us tried a class at the gym (we are peas in a pod these days)! It was known as BodyCombat and we were not disappointed. I went for a similar basal reduction, down to 35% because of rushing around trying to get to class along with sugars at 6.9 (124.2) and a sugary snack pack on the way home. BodyCombat is an hour long cardio class, and it was tiring! I felt good afterwards, punching and bouncing around on my toes, but it hurt my foot and calves quite a bit (even more tight). We went home quite exhausted last night, and that is why this post is a little delayed. My sugars came out to 8.2 (147.6), which was a little better than on the brink of a low (as with runs). Though, I was ready to pass out after a long day. We will continue to do this class and we will also try out some of the other classes (I need to get over my hate for spin classes). I am excited to have joined the gym for the summer and I look forward to finding fun things to do. 

So that is my last couple days. They were quite busy, but I am feeling good and am looking more forward to each run and workout! I am feeling better about my sugars with workouts and hope they continue to improve! If anyone has advice about my feet and calves (I am planning on stretching) please comment below. Enjoy your day!

Weird Delete and a Medical ID

A couple quick things to talk about, I will definitely update later today or tomorrow on my new workout routine, but here is the deal. Something happened from my Sunday post and it left! It just flitted away and it makes me sad. That is okay though, I will just say that this past weekend included a run and chores, and the move Now You See Me (which I quite enjoyed!). 

As for the past two days, I haven't been up to much. I was dumb Monday night and worried about my sugars going low (I was at around 5.5 (99) with 4 units of active insulin on board), so I took some measures. I am really trying to be on top of my sugars since being on the pump, and sometimes I over compensate to correct. Ya, that did not turn out well. I reduced my basal and had about 6 grams of carbs. I woke up at 3 in the morning to a whopping 18.4 (331)! It felt awful and I quickly bolused and went back to sleep. I woke up  at 10.2 (184), which is better, but still not ideal. Tuesday I felt tired and terrible all day, accompanied by sugar issues (likely caused by the bad night), so it was a lazy day. 

Today, I get back to everything. I have a run today, then the man and I will be heading to the gym to get summer passes! And then we plan to start doing classes at the gym two or three days a week (on top of the running) and some weights! I am excited, though apprehensive about weights. I have NEVER been into weight lifting. This is not to say I have anything against it, actually I think it is important, I just enjoy the high of cardio over the burn of lifting. My man, on the other hand, loves it! So for him, I am trying again, but I have assigned him the duty of being my coach and finding weight routines that are ideal for running and the like, not for bulk (I am his coach for running :)!). We will see how this week goes and I will definitely update on that.

Other than that I don't have much to say today, other than a delay in shipping allowed me to finally get my birthday present from my man! A beautiful sterling silver medical ID bracelet with a gold plated emblem! It was so thoughtful as my last one was falling apart and scratching me when I wore it. I am very happy and it means a the world to me. I always like to have medical ID, and I advocate for people to wear it (I am sure I will post about it at some point).

The beautiful ID

I hope you have a good day and I will definitely update coming up. Though I have a question to present to you before I go: when do you decide you need to take preventative measures for your sugars? Or do you just wait till you are at the bad point and then correct?