Fall into Fitness!

Life has been so busy lately! Between being sick, making a lot of trips to visit my boyfriend, and my TSS hours increasing I have been insanely busy/tired! I haven't been making it to the gym as much and I've been eating a little less healthy which is a very bad thing for me. While I've been able to maintain my weight, I feel like complete crap! I've decided that no matter how tired I am, or how long my day is, I can squeeze at least 30 minutes of fitness in a day. I need it!

This is why I joined the Planet Fitness by my boyfriends house. It's only $10 a month, and while they don't have classes or anything too great, it's just what I need! I joined during the $10 down sale, which made it even more worth it!!

The next big adventure was my decision to become SPINNING certified! I have loved Spinning since I first started taking classes in October 2011. I believe that, along with healthier eating, Spinning was a big factor in my losing weight. So, I decided to share my passion for fitness and healthy lifestyles and become an instructor. That way I can help people along their journey - wether its losing weight or gaining fitness. I took a certification class from 8-5 in Latrobe, Pa and it was wonderful! I took my exam and passed! I am now a certified Spinning instructor!! Woohoo! I have yet to begin teaching, but I did create a Spinning profile for my first class! Hopefully it's soon!!!

I believe that's everything exciting that has happened to me since my last post. I will be spending my Thanksgiving break from work with my boyfriend and his family. I decided that I thought it would be fun for Alan and I to participate in a Turkey Trot Thanksgiving morning 5k. He agreed that it would be fun, so we signed up! It's gonna be so COLD for the 8 am run, but I think it'll be fun, and a good way to work out a bit before we gorge ourselves on Thanksgiving dinner!! :) It's my favorite dinner of the year - yes even though I am a vegetarian....

Also, as of today, we have been invited by some friends to join their Spartan Race team July 2013. So that'll be our next fitness adventure!

In May, I plan to run the Independence Blue Cross Broad Street 10 Miler Run - with no injuries this time! I plan to run with the American Red Cross, but to do this, I need to raise $500. As of now, I have $20. I am still in need of $480 more! Please please please help! Any little bit helps!!! Here is the link to my page where you can donate: Katherine's American Red Cross Profile.

That's all I have for today. Next time I will be posting some recipes, I just need to do some more tests on them!

Peace, Love, and Happiness. xo

Oh October..

So, it's been a while since I have posted. Probably because I've been kinda bummed about the way things were going in my life. My hip was hurt and I was unable to run for a long time (5 months), my boyfriend lives 3.5 hours away from me, I am at a career stand-still until I get a graduate degree....

Aaaaaaaanyway, I am done sulking over what isn't going my way and I am taking strides to make changes in my life. First off, I love my job. Of course, it's not theee best job out there, and it occasionally (read: more often than not) makes me crazy, but I get to work with kids who are funny, silly, and like to have fun - in between their issues that we work on.

I was able to resume working out, doing low-impact activities, around mid-July. That was nice, but the best part came when I was able to resume going to spin class again! More recently, I was cleared to run. So far, I have only run one consecutive mile. Slowly but surely, I will regain my running endurance.


About a month ago, I decided to talk to my spinning instructors, one of whom is in charge of the business end of the gym, about becoming a spinning instructor. They were both delighted and very encouraging of my idea and I was told that once I become certified, I will get hired to teach at my gym!!! At first it'll probably just be as a sub, but then I may get my own class! Who's excited?! THIS GIRL! So, Saturday, November 3rd, I will be taking the certification course! Wish me luck!!

That brings us to my most recent achievement. I did the Run For Your Lives Zombie 5k Obstacle Course this past weekend in Maryland. It was incredible! It was rough, but Alan and I finished the course with a group of his friends. We didn't do much running, unless it was away from zombies, but we did a lot of mud jumping, electric rope dodging, army-crawling under barbed wire, and jumping into the coldest water I've ever been in. It was a real physical challenge, but I proved I could do it. I think my next challenge may be the Warrior Dash!

Well, that's all for now, I am currently cuddled up in bed with an upper respiratory infection, awaiting the wrath of Hurricane Sandy... all alone. However, I am prepared!

Peace, Love, and Happiness. xo