A few Days away

I arrived in Cleveland yesterday and it was so much fun to see little Adalyn. She was very excited and I could see her waving to me from the car as soon as she saw me. She wanted me to sit in the back with her. She is really getting big and so smart and cute. I'm looking forward to the next few days of playing and getting to know her even more.

i did get an 8 mile run in on the treadmill before I left and hopefully I'll be able to get some running in while I'm here. I just have to play it by ear. Tate is having surgery today and we're not sure how mobile he'll be when he gets home. julie isn't feeling too well and has been experiencing morning sickness and just being tired so I want to be able to give her a break as well. I'm so glad I could come here to help them out. It is pretty cold and is expected to get really cold by Sunday.

Earlier in the week I did get to the doctor and talked with her about my asthma attack and she told me that the inhaler she gave me was not for immediate relief but a treatment for daily use to help in the long term. Now I know why I didn't get much relied from my inhaler. She gave me a new inhaler that should help with a long term treatment and will also help with an attack however, I think I need to get back on the Albuteral for attacks while I'm running. We had decided to change from that because it can make me shaky. I'll take the shakes if it will enable me to run when an attack occurs! Hopefully the long term treatment will help reduce future attacks but I want to know that I can treat an attack when it occurs. We also talked about losing weight and she said I just have a slow metabolism and really need to watch everything I eat. Every bite counts! So it seems at this point that even working out 4 or 5 hours a day isn't enough. So I will continue writing down what I eat and hopefully will see results although slow. One thing about working out so much is that I do get hungry so it's a double edged sword. I think that now I'm in a routine at the club, I will see results albeit slow. I've also come to the conclusion that I get a better run in by running on the treadmill rather than outside. I can run much more consistently. When I run outside I end up having to walk frequently. I think that is caused by all of the allergens and it kicks my asthma in high gear. So I will do most of my workouts at the gym. Another benefit of working at the gym is that I'm there and can do other workouts after I run. Now that I've met with a trainer I have a routine with weights as well as swim or spin. I find that when I run outside and plan to go home and then go to the gym later, I don't end up going back so it'll be good to just stay at the club and get it done. Hopefully I'll be able to use the gym here cause I don't think my lungs could handle running in the cold.