Exercise & Health Resolutions, Girls?

In procrastination of not doing what I am supposed to be doing, I happened to be conducting a social media stroll through facebook, instagram & twitter and came across a posting from Lauren Fleshman, elite runner/pickybar creator (we can get into why I follow all these elite athletes in a future post or maybe in therapy). In her twitter posting, she connects you to her  Instagram posting (yup, social media overload) to see the New Years Inspirational comments of fellow runners to this fill-in-the-blank statement. This is the year I _____________________

So shall we weigh in with our New Year running, workout, exercise, health plans, goals, inspirations and resolutions?  Maybe if we say it out loud, it will be the first step in making it happen and maybe like the sole sisters that we are, we can boost and support each other along the way. Or perhaps even more fun, complain and vent about how hard it is to get where we want to go.

I'll go head and jump into the 2015 Resolution Pool....

This is the year I will eat healthier, lose a few pounds, stay injury free (so I can keep running) and get my kids to eat healthier and exercise more. And maybe end up looking like a older chunkier Lauren Fleshman. 

Come on in, the water is fine. Join me and post how you will fill in the blank for 2015. 

Love my Southern Sole Sisters. Thanks for making 2014 such a great year.

Sadie

Running Again

I have sat down to write this blog entry a few times, but can't seem to get it out. Let me start off by saying this post is not about running, although tomorrow I am planning to run for the first time in a few weeks. My first blog post was planned to be the announcement that I am pregnant and to start sharing my journey and stories of running while pregnant. Sadly, that's not going to be the case for me. 

Two weeks ago I went in for my 12-week OB appointment. For me, this was a standard appointment and not significant. In fact, I didn't even bring my husband. We had already seen the baby twice and saw a strong heartbeat in both cases. This was just an appointment to confirm I could post that Facebook announcement I had already written in my head about expanding our family. I had even taught our oldest almost 2 year old to say Big Sister. I was completely unprepared when the doctor shared the sad news and told me that the baby was not viable. When I look back now, I remember just trying to hold it together as tears pooled and started pouring down my cheeks. I was completely in shock as I stepped through the process to quickly schedule the surgery for early the next morning. 

As the day progressed, I grew even more sad mourning the loss of this baby. That night it became clear that my body was going to handle the process on it's own. Unfortunately, it became a problem as I became light headed and felt that I was going to pass out several times. We quickly headed to the hospital where I passed out as we checked into the hospital and continuously had issues with my blood pressure dropping significantly. After tests, consultations and evaluations, it was determined that I needed to have an emergency surgery that evening.

The surgery took allot out of me. The first two days I could not stand up without feeling that I had to pass out. I slowly started walking again and even climbing stairs winded me. I had been told to hold off exercising for two weeks and frankly, I couldn't have run even if I tried. I have finally gotten my strength back. It's not nearly 100%, but I am feeling much better and eager to get back to my workout routines.

I know it's common to miscarry with pregnancy, there is a 20% chance with each pregnancy. As I have shared my story, more and more people have shared that they had a miscarriage and can share in the heartbreak of hearing the news that this was not meant to be and comfort on the hope for the future. I am still grieving the loss, but trying to stay positive and hope that we have another opportunity to expand our family. 

In the meantime, I am going back to running. I am looking forward to the run tomorrow. I know it will be tough as I haven't worked out in weeks and compounded with the surgery, I am winded easily and slow, but that's okay. At this point, it's just about getting back to something that I love doing, running.