I have merged RandomShelly, MotivateMeDaily and TheRoadBackToSexy – into one blog…  WOO HOO… no more confusion, or worrying (on my part if I should put a thought or post somewhere else…)

They are now located at www.randomshelly.com When you go there, the main focus is the store… but my blogs are me, the jewelry is me and I FINALLY decided that I want them all together…

and if you subscribed to more than one of them, wow, and you will get this post more than once – since I am making this my last post on these sites and will leave them up for a short time…

I launched the site before everything was perfect – so I WILL have issues… but I needed to get out of my own way and just get on with it already!  I thought I had lost all my comments when I moved the blog – but I didn’t!  woo hoo!  I love my comments!

I hope you enjoy the new site and as just stated, I love comments, suggestions, and definitely let me know if you find any issues!!

xoxox,

Shelly

You know how you keep hearing things from different people, in different places…  and it eventually builds up to an epiphany?

Well I had one after reading Alison Kramer’s (@nummiesbras) guest blog post on Elizabeth’s (@ElizabethPW) site… found here >> http://elizabethpottsweinstein.com/run

The post made me want to get up and run – something I NEVER want to do…

But because Britty (@britteliz) planted the seed and has been doing such an amazing job with the Couch to 5K program – so inspirational – Allison’s post put it over the edge!

But I didn’t run after reading her post…  I had to go to my son’s school and walk with him to his new kindergarten class next year, and see what they would be doing…  Then he came home and we played…

About 10 pm last night, I was ready to go run… but the mosquitos here in Florida at night – PLEASE!  I could have done the treadmill…  don’t think I’m altruistic or anything.. but I get SO bored on that thing, I never last 2 minutes…

So about noon today, I was about to grab a book, go lounge in the pool on a raft and read.

But then I thought… WTH are you doing Shelly?  GO RUN… Then I said (to myself – don’t judge) - You have got to be kidding… it is NOON in FLORIDA, are you crazy…  You can run later… maybe start on Tuesday after the holiday…

So now… Cue the epiphany…

I ALWAYS, ALWAYS procrastinate starting exercising…  The fact that I have kept up on the Tae Kwon Do twice a week is phenomenal I tell ya…

I decided it was now or never (as it has been) – I went and ask hubby if he would like to run with me…  He said sure.

We grabbed our iPods, put on our shoes, grabbed some water (did I mention noon in Florida?) and we took off.

We stretched a bit (Hubby IS a runner) – so we start a brisk walk and I decide to jog until I can’t jog any more…

As I’m jogging, I feel this heat down my leg and in my pelvis (read the about section for the story of my jacked up pelvis).  These pains are a normal part of my day…  Been to many doctors, won’t take pain pills – so I live with it…

So when I stop to cross the street, I feel this trickle down my leg…  Turns out the heat wasn’t just from pain, I had peed.

Now I know that is WAY TOO MUCH INFORMATION – but here is why I share this…

I stopped my husband and showed him what happened – he asked why – I said – I don’t know… so we walked back down to our house…

AND… I didn’t quit…

I went and changed my shorts… and then we went back out…  I didn’t run again.. but I did power walk over 2 miles…

I repeat….  I didn’t quit…  that is why I shared the TMI – because I thought it rounded out the whole issue of me running/working out in totality…

To quote Britty “Can I get a HELL YEAH?”

Some of the girls in my class practiced on Sunday – for a long time.. we went through the form, and the steps and spars (forgive me for incorrect terminology).

I found out that I am saying some things wrong in class…

Hello – we don’t speak Korean, so we need to ENUNCIATE the words and/or SEE them LOL – I hope nobody has really heard what I thought we were supposed to be saying (what I have been saying – it’s not bad – just WRONG!!!)

Then tonight at the practice session which is speak for come let me try to teach you one last time, and give you help where you are LACKING…  we all learn that we were calling the bow the wrong thing…  IN YAY, PIN YAY??  Nope.  It starts with a K.. KIN YAY (learned that, check)

So it’s been fun… and we are all getting our toenails painted orange for Wednesday morning…  (quit rolling your eyes at me.. it’s fun)

I have ignored you.  I’m sorry.  I know why I have… but I feel I must tell you, lest you feel you are unwanted.

I have been going on Wednesday and Friday mornings to Karate class, and while those REALLY kick my butt, it is all I do.

I feel guilty when I don’t workout, I don’t want to write ANOTHER blog post about how totally lazy and unmotivated I am.  SO I ignore that you exist.

There is some good new though…

Some of the women in my neighborhood are getting a yoga/pilates class together… so one more day of doing something is coming… YEAH!

They are also running in the mornings at 5:30… BUT even if I could roll, drag and crawl my way out of bed at that ungodly hour – I can’t leave my 4-year-old in the house alone!  So that is out!

I am seriously considering starting to run the couch to 5K program too..  not there yet – but am thinking… (thanks Britty!)

I also have decided to pick a time of day and do a different workout during that time… Tae Bo, weights, walking, etc…  Now just to pick the time (and force myself to stick to it!) – because I also need to pick a time to write!

So please don’t feel bad, it is not your fault that I have been so remiss… and I have ignored you long enough…

I will be better.

Please forgive me,

Shelly

Never fails – 24 hours after the class, it’s like the instructor jumps up and slaps the sh*t out of me!

So today, I start aching, my arms, my sides, and OH.MY.GAWD. – my legs…

Now all I can think as I sit here is – How in the H*LL am I going to make it through class in the morning.

Seriously…. Kinda scared!

There is some good news though…  I have stopped snacking at night…

Baby steps right??

OH MY GAWD….

I could have slapped her.

I am not even going to go into the fact that she is perky and a size 0 and has a new baby… this is not the place for me to air my jealousy…  I actually really like her, she’s sweet…

But seriously – don’t you know what happens when you tell an instructor that you just aren’t feeling it??  He PUSHES it harder… and those that were already dying are headed for disaster…

SO let’s just say that I can barely walk today… and if her legs aren’t hurting too – something is wrong with her!  Even the black belts in the class were moaning.

OH – and did I forget to mention that we had an odd number of people in there Friday, so guess who my partner was… the instructor…  and I bet you can guess how much he eased up on me… NOT AT ALL… #understandable – It is the point of the class to teach us and push us to the limits… and he is VERY good at that.

I wasn’t liquid when I left this time… only Jell-O – and I thought I was ok until I woke up this morning…

Need to stretch…

Need some traction

Well… Sunday night it started being in a good way

I went to a golf party on Sunday and I didn’t sit down once.

Thank goodness I could use the club as a crutch to put my ball down on the green. (It still hurt though)

Yesterday, I was finally feeling back to normal and kept reminding myself that I need to work out on other days besides just karate days…

I will get there. I will!

Today, another class, more cussing…  when I left there I wasn’t Jell-o… I was pure liquid.  Kept feeling like I was going to just melt into the floor, then my car, then the couch…

Who knew you could push that hard?  Oh yeah, my instructor… He’s a good one!

The class is fun.  Since we are white belts, I assume that is why we are allowed to joke around a little…

When we can breathe.

Of course, I had to go back tonight to take my son for his lesson… and after his class the instructor asked me how I was doing… I told him I wasn’t cussing him. Yet.

I have a long list of excuses as to why I haven’t worked out, or eaten correctly, etc….

But, really, they are all BS!

On the same note – the fact that I have been full of BS and guilt – is why there haven’t been posts here in a while

As if you didn’t know that!

Anyway – I am back.

Sort of.

I started my new TaeKwonDo class yesterday.

OH MY GAWD.

I sweated and thought I was dying.

The best part?  I had to wear the really fat pants… not sure if the owner/instructor was being nice giving me the first size he did, but I barely got those up – then he handed me the next size… better, but NO WAY I would be able to kick in those…  so the next size… OY!!

So I sit here today – mainly because it hurts like hell to walk – and steel my determination to get into AT LEAST that first size of pants he gave me – if not the next size down!

Seriously. That is my goal.

Well that and being able to do every class and still be able to walk…

So should I now change the blog name to sexy and deadly?? LOL

Ok – maybe not – it will be a LONG time before I am a black belt – but I do know one thing…

I WILL be one…

Why is it that when you visit people, they pull out all the sweets and fattening food and want to go out to eat??  I kind of understand it…. but still…

so I have not worked out all week and have eaten HORRIBLY and have gotten behind on everyone’s blogs and writing and such>>>>  ARRRGGGHHH!!

back to it tonight.. thinking of doing ABs right now…  doesn’t matter that I’ve been drinking wine right??

But I did exercise.

For hours.

I swam in the pool with my son for about 5 hours.  We played.  A lot.  We had such a good time.

My mom, my son, my husband and me…

I forgot to hit publish last night on this… got distracted (big shock I know)… Anyway… Dreary day here in FL today, kind of a let down after the perfect gorgeous day yesterday!  Oh well!

I WILL be doing an Abdominal, stretch and MAYBE treadmill today…  even if it is at midnight!