Sunday Wade went with me to jog/walk. He really didn't want to go. He would rather ride his bike, but he went for me. Afterward, he said he was glad we did it together and would like to again. We did 2 miles.

Today the wind is so strong (and that hurts my ears), I got on the treadmill. I am beginning to HATE the treadmill. I did regulate my pace better on there. I ran/walked 2.5 miles in 33 minutes. I ran a lap and then would make myself walk slightly uphill (incline 3) at a pace of 4.3 mph. Then I would run for a lap beginning at 5.2 mph increasing each time by 1/10 of a mile. It felt good. I feel good. I love it again and still no pain in my tailbone. Thank You, Lord.

Maybe this will help my stamina when I go snow skiing next week in Colorado!

So excited! I went out to walk for an hour yesterday and had a little pain in my tailbone. I tried running the second time around my loop and had no pain at all! I might later, but didn't at that time. So I did four loops (2.5 miles). I walked and jogged, but didn't have any trouble going the distance. I was very encouraged. It felt good to jog again.

I did come in a soak in the bath to try to ward off any pain I felt in my tailbone, but this morning I still don't have pain. So I will go out again today to jog/walk. Maybe I will not have pain while skiing next week! I imagine the riding in the car for two days will be the hardest part. I might have to buy me a donut for that!

Thank You, Lord, for giving me the gift of exercise with no pain yesterday.

I also have taken off the "miles done" and "daily exercise" from this blog. It is just too hard to update it regularly. I am keeping a food/exercise journal on paper so I see how I am doing, but I can't keep up here and there (and I also talk to a friend who tries to keep me accountable). So........we'll see how I do, but I won't put it here. I'll just blog.

Yes, I am still here. We have had quite the January-February! First of all, my nephew, John Austin, was pretty sick and in the hospital, so I went up north in the state to help my brother and his family. We were there for a few days before we had to come back because of snow predictions, but we did bring his other four kids back home with us. So things around here were pretty busy.

This week life has thrown us another loop! Snow and ice! Up here on the mountain we have had it for four days now and they are predicting more tonight.

Last weekend when we had snow, we all went sledding. I made the mistake of going down a hill with my girls on a very thin sled and hit a rock. I bruised or cracked my tailbone. It has been a pretty painful week. I have done this before and it took a year to be pain-free. I am praying it doesn't take that long. It is hard to move from a sitting to standing position or vice versa.

This has hampered my exercise, but I am making myself walk on the treadmill and walk. I am able to do most of my power 90, but some of the things are painful. I am just trying to exercise as I can.

I am also going skiing Feb 20, but not sure how this injury will affect that. I will be able to ski, but falling will be painful and falling is something you do in skiing.......at least I do, especially since I haven't been in 15 years! I'm looking forward to it, though. Even if I just get to read, sit by the fire, cook for the others and play with the kids. Should be a fun time.

On a different side of health, we have been eating healthier around here. Everyone seems to desire it and Wade and I need it for health reasons. We aren't buying certain foods (junk or processed) like we were, but instead enjoying more fruit and veggies, as well as some clean eating recipes for dinner. So far every recipe we have tried from Tosca Reno's cookbook entitled THE EAT-CLEAN DIET COOKBOOK has been delicious! And they aren't hard to do either. I would highly recommend this cookbook!