Week 13 Wrap Up and a general update

The end of week 13 is wrapping up and day 90 passed on Tuesday. Weigh-in today was pretty good. I am down another 4.2 pounds this week for a total overall loss of 40 pounds since day 1. It's hard to believe. What's harder to believe is that I am 10 pounds away from the 50 pound mark. Holy cow! K and I will be doing our 90 day measurements today, along with the 90 day pictures. Maybe I will share my Day 1 pic and Day 90 pic on here. We shall see :)

It's been a little difficult this week because I've been completely on my own for all of the workouts. But it has made me realize that this is MY journey and only I can determine how it is written. I can't let anyone else's choices affect how I will do, what I will do, or how well I will do it. I am accountable to myself and will have to answer to myself when failure hits. So, if the road has to be walked alone, I will have to walk it alone and do what I need to do in order to succeed. It won't be as emotionally easy, and it may get a little lonely, but it has to be done. I'm not giving up, no matter the circumstances.

The shin splints are better. I've been taking it really easy this week with cardio, making sure I don't put too much pressure on my leg. My main cardio has been yoga this week. It really gets the blood flowing and a sweat going, but doesn't have that terribly painful physical impact running has on my leg lately. I'm still feeling that sharp ache in my shin, but it's not nearly as bad as it was. I'm hoping I'll be back to normal very soon.

I had the doctor's appointment this week with that doctor I wrote about last week. It was really a very interesting first visit. She seems very knowledgeable and I appreciate her insight. She did ask me about this journey (since it was one of the reasons I wanted to get all my hormone levels tested, to make sure they're not all out of whack) and I told her about it. She "prescribed" an amino acid for me that will assist me in my journey, will help keep my body regulated during these drastic changes, and will also help with endurance and whatnot. She said it will also help so I don't hit that dreaded plateau everyone fears of hitting. It'll be interesting to see if it works and how well it works.  She also took a bunch of blood to test all my other hormones and I have a follow up appointment to go over those results in a few weeks. I'm interested to see those results.

I also plan on having some VERY exciting news to share in the coming weeks. Hopefully. I don't want to jump the gun and spill it and then have it all fall through. So, I will share as soon as I have confirmation :)