2013-2014

I'm not really great at this whole blogging thing. By the time I think about blogging couple if days have passed and whatever I'm trying to post is old. I give props to the bloggers that can blog regularly or even multiple times a day. Hopefully I can at least blog for few times a week. 2013 had its ups and downs just like any other year, but it was pretty fun. I wouldn't have thought I'd be running four 5ks. The Ugly Sweater Run wasn't timed, but it was fun. Running wise for 2014 I hope to do five 5ks and a 10k. I'm not 100% sure about the 10k, but I figure might as well put a goal and aim for it. If I'm not going to do it now I'm probably not going to do it later. My resolution health wise is to better take care of my asthma and make better eating choices. Even though I just have Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction (EIB aka exercise asthma) not taking care of it properly caused me suffer from non stop coughing bits when I had allergies. I'm thankful I just have allergies and asthma, but getting it three times between September to December was not a cup of tea. I'd have asthma for like for a few weeks. Get better for few more weeks and then get it again. The crazy drastic hot and cold weather changes really got to me. It's hard to keep up with the workouts when your coughing non stop or you can hardly breath. Then another blow was when my doctor told me I needed to start working out. I was like are you serious I've been trying to. Well when the doc says so they mean business.  I should have at least walked. I'm so used to working out and sweating that ignore good old fashion walking. There were days where even eating was a pain because I'd be coughing throughout the meal. I'm glad that I'm better. Hopefully I don't get allergies as much this year. Eating wise I've realized I've made excuses for my poor choices. I'd tell myself I don't eat fast food everyday like other people. Now I realize my fun size candy here and there plus my occasional fast food run add up. They really add up since I really didn't without much from October through December. 

Ugly Sweater Run LA

That's a funny photo we took at the Ugly Sweater Run. Apparently I think that funny means sticking out my tongue like Miley.

Fighting my body

Sometimes I feel like we are fighting our bodies. Few weeks ago I finally recovered from allergies. Surprisingly it was a mildly case of allergies. I'm used to sneezing non stop, watery eyes, and the other fun stuff you get with allergies so it was uprising not to get all that. The only downside was that it triggered my asthma and I ended up coughing incessantly during the night. Not really fun when your trying to sleep. After getting better I did a good job on keeping with my workouts, until few weeks ago. I woke up one day with a sore throat again which is a sign that I'm getting allergies. I'm thankful again it's just mild, but again it triggered the asthma and coughing. I think the recently weather changes in LA has gotten to me. I guess that's how end the year with allergies. I've never gotten it one after the other though. I felt like I was getting better after my first allergy so I was getting into a good routine of working out than bam I get allergies again. Oh well just got to roll with the punches. Nothing much you can really do when you get sick. Sometimes I do over analyze to see if I was eating healthy and exercising the past week, but that doesn't really do anything. So its 3-Allergies and 0-Me. KO. After Thanksgiving I felt much better to start running again. Kind of feel like I'm starting back at zero, but I'm glad to be running. I don't want to be running at a snails pace at the Ugly Sweater Run or stopping every 1/2 mile. Hopefully next year I can amp my miles and maybe do a 10K. I still consider myself a novice runner. More than 3.1 miles and I'm done, so when I see people post about their easy 5-10 miles, I'm just just like wow if I could do that one day.