Bloggin with Kelley: My life with Spina Bifida and much more!!!

Hey y’all!!!  So let me tell you today has been a STRUGGLE!!! I started my morning this morning by walking 3.10 miles... and it was ROUGH! It was cold, I was running on about 3 hrs of sleep and my body was just plain SORE! But I was really proud of myself for the way I pushed thru and never let myself give up or give in to being so tired!!!  Tonight’s walk... Well I cried the whole walk and felt like crap! BUT I guess on the plus side I got in another 1.10 miles to make my total for the day 4.20 miles... So I will take that as a win and move on to tomorrow! So with today’s walks I am only 70.80 miles for 1,000!!! Just over halfway there y’all!!!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y’all!!! As of this evening I am only 75 miles from 1,000!! I can’t believe I am that close to such a MAJOR goal!!!  This morning I was feeling somewhat tired and sore and wasn’t really motivated to go walk... But I made myself get out there and once I started walking I started to feel like me again! I ended the walk with 2.51 miles which is what I was shooting for!  Tonight’s walk wasn’t quite as easy. It was absolutely FREEZING!! I hate to admit it but I cut my original walk I had planned down to 1.10 miles😞😞 Which I’m not proud of at all! But at least I didn’t just take the night off!  So 3.61 miles for the day... I will take it! Tomorrow is my first 3.10 miler of the week!!! But for now I am off to relax and ice my hips... Night y’all!!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y’all!! So I was looking at my countdown to #5Kround3 and realized it is exactly 3 months from today!!! That’s right April 28th I will be walking in the Bad Dog 5K That benefits the Ronald McDonald House!! That charity is VERY close to my heart! There is a Ronald McDonald House near Riley Hospital and I know and have experienced all the wonderful things they provide for the families that are having to stay extended periods of time with their child at the hospital! So I am definitely SUPER excited to walk in this 5K!!!  Being that it is Sunday today was a fairly easy walking day! This morning I got in just over a mile!! I’m not gonna lie I did struggle a little bit but I made it thru!  Tonight I decided to go just a little farther... and ended up with 1.53 miles!! Definitely didn’t plan on going quite that far but I felt great while walking and didn’t want to stop!  Y’all with today’s walks I am 78.60 miles from 1000!!! Looks like I will definitely hit that number befo...

Hey y’all!  Let me tell y’all someonething.... This chick is EXHAUSTED! But I am also ecstatic because here we are on a Friday and I have already reached 21.13 miles!!! I haven’t been at that number in a month y’all!!!  This morning I got in my second 3.10 miler of the week!!! And to make it even better for the 3rd walk in a row my first mile was under 20 minutes!!! How awesome is that!  Tonight was SO much of a struggle y’all!! I had to basically force myself to even go walk! Once I got going I felt a little better but my body was definitely sluggish... But even feeling the way I was my mile time was again UNDER 20 minutes!! Y’all who knew that a girl who couldn’t even walk on her own at one time would be walking a mile in under 20 minutes... I NEVER thought I would get to that point when I started this journey!!  Tomorrow the forecast is calling for rain all day... So this chick is going to take full advantage and take a day to rest and be lazy in my PJ’s. But Sund...

Hey y’all! Yesterday was my “easy” day... So today I made sure to push myself and not slack off! This morning my walk felt AMAZING! My body wasn’t hurting or fighting me AT ALL! Which is rare for me! I was able to hit my first mile in just UNDER 19 minutes... I also only stopped twice the whole walk!! I haven’t been able to do either of this since the beginning of December!! I ended my walk with 2.52 minutes and I did it in UNDER 50 minutes!!! So I was definitely one happy chick this morning!!!  Tonight... Well let’s just say it wasn’t as easy as this morning! I was SO exhausted from the day and had to force myself to even go walk! I felt like I was going at turtle pace but when I hit the mile mark it said I was under 20 minutes.... Which shocked the crap out of me! After hearing my mile time it put a little pep in my step and I ended the walk with 1.56 miles!!!  3.18 miles for the day.... Not too shabby y’all! With today’s walks I am only 85.80 miles from 1000!!! I am definit...

Hey y’all! So after going hard yesterday my body was SCREAMING for an easy day. This morning I started my walk... and then it hit me.... I had to pee🙈🙈! Hey when you gotta gotta go, you gotta go😉! So I turned around and went back to the house. Well I made sure not to turn my walking app off and when I was done I went back out and finished my walk. Even with my little issue I still got in 1.56 miles!!!  Ton ight I pushed it just a little harder... But not too hard! I ended my walk with 1.66 miles!!!  So here we are Wednesday and I am already at  12.54 miles!!! I am definitely on track to hit my goal for the week!!! But I can’t tell you what that is just yet😉😉 Now it is time to relax and enjoy some Netflix!!!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y’all! Today has been a pretty good day of walking... well at least mileage wise! The weather... That sucked! This morning was SO windy and cold and just downright MISERABLE! I didn’t wear my winter hat or my gloves so I was FREEZING the whole walk! But I didn’t stop or cut it short and got in 3.11 miles for the first time this week!!  Thankfully tonight I remembered my hat and my gloves so I wasn’t completely freezing... oh and the wind decided to cooperate for most of the walk too! I took it somewhat easy and only did a 1.08 miler. My time was awesome so that was definitely a nice way to end the walking day! So 4.19 miles for the day!! Y’all with today’s walk I am 93.10 miles from 1000... Inching closer to my biggest goal yet!! Now it’s time for some dinner and relaxing... Night y’all!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y’all! It been a BIG day for me... Cause I hit 900 miles walked since November of 2016!!! It’s so awesome to think how I have transformed from the little girl who couldn’t even stand on her to the 33yr old woman who is now walking everyday no assistance needed(Well except my braces!)! It is just mond blowing to me!!   Going into this morning I knew I was only about 2.45 miles from hitting 900... well I made extra sure and hit 2.47 miles!!! With all the adrenaline from knowing a was hitting 900 this walk was actually a breeze! And the weather was FABULOUS!  Well even though I could have let myself take tonight off to celebrate 900... I didn’t! With all the days off I have taken I said “Nope you don’t need to slack off now!”! I’m glad I didn’t give in and super happy I got in another 1.06 miles!!! Yes it was a small walk but I still walked!  Now it’s time for me to shift my focus to reaching my new goal... Hitting 1000 miles before #5Kround3 on April 28th!!! But fo...

Hey y’all!!! I’m SO excited right now... Not only do I only have 2.45 miles till I hit 900... I hit 19.75 miles for the week!!! I’m almost back to my 21-23 miles a week!!!  So this morning I went as hard as I could... And I was able to get to 2.51 miles!!! It definitely wasn’t easy AT ALL!!! My legs didn’t seem to want to work but I pushed thru and made it happen!  Tonight y’all was ROUGH!!! I was SO tired and had to stop and rest what seemed like a MILLION times.... But I surprised myself and got in another 1.64 miles!!!  So 4.15 miles for the day! Y’all Tomorrow is going to be a HUGE...  I can’t even believe that I am about to hit 900 miles!!! It makes me want to cry just thinking about that and all I have accomplished this past year!! But for now it’s time to rest and relax and get ready for tomorrow!!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y’all! So as tough as this week has been it’s fixin to be a BIG weekend... Cause as of this evening I am only 6.60 miles from 900!!! And we all know I can hit that in 2 days!!! I knew I needed to “Go Big or Go Home” today... Well I think hitting 3.11 miles for the SECOND time this week is going pretty big😉😉 It was definitely not easy to hit with my body not being fully back in the shape it was in before Christmas... But I did it so that is all that matters!  Tonight I didn’t go quite as big as this morning... But I still pushed myself as hard as I could! Y’all my body was definitely sore and tired tonight... It was not happy I was making it work hard again😉 But this little body made it thru and got in another 1.63 miles!!!  4.74 miles for the day... Now that’s going BIG... Well at least for me! Now I am going to give my little legs a rest and get ready to do it all again tomorrow!! Night y’all!! ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y’all! So the last 2 days have been filled with snow, ice and freezing cold temps... Which meant NO WALKIN!! So I looked at the weather last night it said today was suppose to be the start of a warm up and that got me excited! But of course it took FOREVER this morning to get anywhere near warm enough for me to get a walk in... But when I saw it was warm enough to walk you better believe I was out the front door in 5 seconds flat! Well of course just like Monday morning I had to deal with parts of my neighborhood being covered in ice... But I made 2.80 miles happen!  Tonight felt like a heat wave compared to the last couple days y’all! I wanted to go hard again to try to make up for the 2 days I have missed out on walkin... And that’s just what I did! I ended my walk with 1.65 miles!!!  Thanks to Ole man winter I will not hit 900 miles walked by Saturday😔 But you better believe I’m going to push myself as hard as I can to hit 900 by Sunday night... Stay Tuned to see if I ...

Hey y’all! Well once again we are suppose to get snow here in Mississippi....YUCK! BUT today was BEAUTIFUL! So I decided to take full advantage of the good weather and go as hard as I could to get some mileage in before the snow! This morning was a little bit of a challenge because parts of my normal route still had ice covering it.... But with a little creativity(A.K.A back tracking a million times!) I got in 3.11 miles!!!  Tonight the weather was even better! It was only 40 some degrees but y’all it felt like a heat wave😉! Thankfully all the ice that I had encountered this morning had turned to water and I was able to “Go BIG or Go home” and got in another 1.68 miles!!!  It felt so AMAZING to be able to get in 2 AWESOME walks today! Yes the old muscles and knees are definitely sore... But I am THRILLED that I got to 4.79 miles for the day!! Now if you’ll excuse me.. I’m going to get into some warm PJ’s, get under a big blanket and hide from the snow! Stay warm y’all!!! ❤️Hu...

Hey y’all! So this has been a somewhat better week of walking then the last 3 weeks! I did get back to 3.10 miles and I got in over 15 miles which is the highest I have been in 3 weeks! But I did have to take 2 days(So far) off for snow and it looks like I may have to take a few more off during the next week too... Winter is just FRUSTRATING y’all!  There is definitely one thing that is going to keep me going thru this winter and that is the fact that I need to get ready for 5k round 3!! That’s right I signed up for my first 5K walk of 2018!!!  I am so pumped and absolutely can’t wait... But I’m gonna need old man winter to move his butt out of Mississippi so I can get back up to being 5K ready! I am also ALMOST to 900 miles!!! Hopefully the weather will cooperate and I can hit that milestone this week!!  For now I am just going to make some coffee and hide under a big blanket until this snow goes away!!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y’all!  I did it! I got in my first 3.10 miler of 2018... It was actually my first 3.10 miler since December 14th!!! It was definitely rough! I stopped quite a few times... But not as many as I thought I would so that was good! I also finished it in an GREAT time!!! So I was definitely one happy girl this morning!  After looking at the weather and seeing that walking here in Mississippi the next to days is going to be darn near impossible(But if there is a chance I will find it!).... I decided to push myself as hard as I could tonight to get the extra mileage! It was definitely a STRUGGLE! My body was tired and didn’t really want to go faster than snails pace... But I pushed thru and got in another 1.68 miles!!!! So here we are Wednesday and I am at just over 15 miles... That’s the highest my mileage has been in 3 weeks!!!  Now if you’ll excuse me... It’s time for dinner and PJ’s... Night y’all!!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley

Hey y’all! So normally Sunday is my easy day... But this week I changed things up a bit! I made today my “easy” day because tomorrow is kind of a big day... Tomorrow I am going to attempt to get back to 3.10 miles! The last time I hit 3.10 was December 14th!! So it’s been a while!  This morning I stuck to my walking plan and got just over 1.50 miles!! It definitely felt AWESOME! And bonus I didn’t stop hardly at all!  Tonight wasn’t quite as pleasant... I am still somewhat fighting a sinus infection and just felt like CRAP! I only got in 1.07 miles and my time was absolutely TERRIBLE!  So after how tonight’s walk went I am not gonna lie.... I’m extremely nervous about trying to hit 3.10 tomorrow... But I have to do it if I want to be ready when I decide to go for 5K round 3!!! Oh and something even bigger coming soon... I am less than 28 miles from 900 miles! My goal of hitting 1000 miles is getting so close y’all!!  Stay Tuned.... ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y’all!  Today has been the best walking day I have had in about 3 weeks!! This morning I did have to wait to walk till after it rained (And I had a doctors appointment👎🏼).. But when I did go walk it felt AMAZING! I am still having to stop a few more times than I would like... But I made it two days in a row at 2.50 miles so that is a win!!!  Tonight’s walk I was bound and determined to hit at least 1.50 miles... Well I want above and beyond that and got in 1.64 miles! Y’all I felt so much like me again! Just walking along not tired and having to stop... It was awesome!  So that put me at 4.14 miles for the day... That’s the most miles I have hit in one day since before Christmas! Now I think I deserve some wine and football!! Night y’all!!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y’all! I was so excited this morning... If you have been keeping up with my blogs you know that I have been trying to get back to walking after taking so much time off and hitting 2.50 miles was my first goal... Well I have accomplished that goal! I even went a slight bit farther! It was HARD and yes I had to stop WAY more times than I am willing to admit... But I did it!  So tonight my goal was to get in 1.50 miles so I would be back to hitting 4 miles for the day... Well when I went walking the radar was CLEAR of rain... But then a mile and a half in it started to rain on me! And it was a COLD rain y’all! So of course I had to track back to the house on this cold rain... Which sucked! What sucked even more was that I was only able to get in 1.02 miles...  So I guess no hitting four miles for the day today... But you better believe I will be gunning for it tomorrow! Stay Tuned...  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y’all! So last night I told myself I was going to do 2.50 miles this morning... Well that turned out to be WAY more difficult than I thought it would be! I mean I was walking 2.50 almost every day! But with all the down time I have had my body REALLY struggled! I had to stop more times than I want to admit and I actually cut the workout short because my body was just getting too tired! BUT I did make it over 2 miles for the first time since Christmas Eve... So that was a MAJOR win to me  Tonight was an even bigger struggle! Again I had PLANNED to get in 1.50 miles.... But my body just wasn’t having it! I only made it 1.20 miles😞😞😞 Which is SO stinkin frustrating!  I just have to keep telling myself that my body is not only trying to get it’s stamina back up, it’s also still trying to fight a sinus infection! I am going to try and not be hard on myself the next couple days(That will be easier said than done!) and hopefully that will help me get back to where I want to be...

Hey y’all! So this week has been a STRUGGLE!! Not only have I had to battle with freezing cold temps... My body decided this would be the perfect week for a sinus infection! I got in 2 really good walks in on Wednesday but due to extremely low temps yesterday wasn’t able to get anything in at all! So this morning I knew for sure I wanted to get SOMETHING in! My body is not completely up to par at the moment so I knew pushing it to far was not a good idea... But I ended the walk with 1.64 miles for that made me one happy girl!  Not gonna lie tonight’s walk was a struggle! Like I said my body is not up to par at the moment from being sick and having to take so much time away from walking... I ended up having to stop and take a break a few times (Which irritated me!) BUT I ended the walk with 1.61 miles... and that makes me one happy girl!  Tomorrow I am going to try to push myself a little bit farther(Depending on how I feel of course!)! My goal is to be back walking my normal m...