Well, I've never really been gone. I've just been away from the blog for a bit. But fortunately, not from my training. We cut back a bit, loosened up and tried some new things. Also, I have been learning what has been going on with my health. Here's the short of it:
PILATES
P, T and I got 2 months of free membership to the local Bally's through a promotion by the Discovery Channel. We discovered Pilates! (OK, someone else discovered it - but we feel like we did.) While T used the rest of the gym, P and I spent the first few classes trying not to look each other in the eye while we attempted to do something resembling the movement demonstrated by Amy - the eternally cool and perky-in-a-good-way instructor at the Wednesday class. When we did, we got a good workout anyway - trying to crack up silently is surprisingly core-intensive. But after a few classes, we mastered the basics and were hooked.
Sadly the 2 months ended. We decided not to commit to Bally's just yet. It is summer and we would rather be outside. The class is the same time as our regular swim and we need to get back to that. And frankly, at times I'm cheap. But our cores are stronger and a DVD plan is underway, if Hunter would just stop licking my ear during the "hundreds."
SWIMMING, BIKING and RUNNING
As you may know, we are doing the Danskin Triathlon in Chicago in July. We've got about 4 months to go. Time to get down to some real training, so this will be our future focus. I have yet to sit down and really map out a plan, but Weds we were back in the pool for a 75 minute swim and last night we did 30 minutes of aerobics followed by 20 minutes of brisk walking (with a little burst of a run at the start). Sounds like a good beginning to me.
TEAM IN TRAINING
M and I will be participating in El Tour de Tucson again this year. Fundraising for the event does not officially start until June, but we are already on our way. We will be selling Shamrock Beads at a few bars tonight and already have $400 in waiting. So please keep The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in mind when planning your charitable giving for the year. I'll be in touch...
AND THE HEALTH THING
Looks like I may not have Celiac after all. I got the biopsy test and my Dr said it was completely negative and he could absolutely say that at this time I did not have Celiac. So I asked if I could just not eat gluten anyway and he said it would not hurt anything. At the 6 week check up, I was perky, energetic and completely over the GI symptoms - with no change but removing gluten. He seemed puzzled. He checked my chart. He did find that no one had run the full panel of Celiac tests or checked my vitamin levels. (Insert scary blood draw.) About a week later he called and said I was very low in vitamin D and B-12 in addition to some other questionable stuff in a previous test that did not seem so off until he had this other info. Maybe it is one of a few things and more tests are in order - none of which are scary or dangerous.
So I am sort of in limbo. But as long as I eat gluten free, I feel great. And the two times I have accidentally eaten gluten (why in the world is wheat in World Class Chocolate ice cream?) I felt awful for about three days. We'll just have to see...
So check back and keep up with our progress. Your support means so much to me!
