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

Hey y'all!  This has definitely been a HUGE week of walking! First big thing to happen was when I hit 1,250 miles walked since November of 2016! That number may be small to some but to me it is absolutely HUGE! I NEVER in a million years thought I would ever walk that many miles in a year... With only the assistance of my braces!  The next big thing was hitting my 800th walk!! I'm so incredibly excited and blessed to be able to walk on my own so knowing I have done 800 walks 2 of which were 5K's.... God has been good to me!  I capped of this awesome week by walking in my 3RD 5K! The nerves were in OVERDRIVEN the morning of the 5K.... Too the point I was holding in tears while driving! My niece ran in the 5K (One month post partum.... And pushing my adorable great niece Evie.. She's a ROCKSTAR!) so hanging out with her and my oldest sister helped calm my nerves a little! Move race started everyone took off... And left me in the dust! Not going to lie while I was walking ...

Hey y'all!  It's been a pretty big walking day today!! Today I took it somewhat easy before taking tomorrow off in preparation for the BIG walk on Saturday... But that didn't keep me from hitting another big milestone.... 1,250 miles walked since November of 2016!! Hitting that number less than 48hrs from my 3rd 5K is just the best feeling EVER! I can't even put into words how proud I am right now!  This morning was a treadmill morning! To my surprise it was an EXTREMELY easy walk! I am normally struggling to finish when I walk on the treadmill... But not today! I got in 1.50 miles and honestly probably could have gone more!  Tonight I was only planning on getting in a mile... And ended up with 1.11 miles!! Tonight's walk is actually what helped me hit 1,250 miles!! Needless to say I was flying pretty high after this one!  Now it's time to rest my legs and hips so they are all ready for Saturday!!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y'all! So today was a GREAT day of walking! The weather was beautiful and I felt pretty amazing! I wanted to go pretty hard today because tomorrow it's suppose to rain and Friday I am taking the day off to rest for the BIG walk on Saturday! Well I didn't disappoint myself this morning! I got in an awesome 2.03 miles and did it in just at 40 minutes!!! Guess you could say this morning was definitely a win!  Tonight I actually went a little easier than I had planned.. But it's ok! This is suppose to be an easy walking week right?! I mean I still got in 1.22 miles... Which I am totally ok with!  So halfway thru the walking week and I am at 10.03 miles already... Not bad at all!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y'all! So since it is #5K week so I am walking on a pretty easy schedule... Well as easy as I can get it! This morning I got in 2.01 miles on the treadmill... And it was kind of a rough one I'm not going to lie! But I didn't just stop walking before the 45 minutes was up so I am proud of myself for that!  Tonight went a little better! I didn't get as far but my body wasn't fighting me quite as bad as this morning! All in all I'd say it was a successful walk!  Besides my practice 5k tomorrow will be my hardest walking day till Saturday... But for now it's time to rest these little legs!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y'all!  #5Kround3 week is upon us!! I am so excited and honestly nervous to be walking in my THIRD 5K!!  My tradition with the last 2 5K's has been to do a "mock/practice" 5K exactly one week before... But thanks to rain yesterday I didn't get it in... But today I did! The temperature was PERFECT! It was a little windy but nothing I couldn't deal with! The walk started out a little roug... My body was dragging today! But around the 1.50 mark it started to get better. I got in my groove and was feeling confident.. Then I hit another wall around the 2.30 mile mark! I felt like I was carrying 100lbs weights on my legs... But I pushed thru it the best I could! I stopped a few more time then I will on Saturday but the important thing is that I finished! I was actually shocked when my walking app said that I hit 3 miles in under an hour AND I finished the whole thing in just over an hour!! I guess even though I felt slow as a snail I really wasn't all that s...

Hey y'all!  It's been a pretty great week of walking! I have succeeded in conquering the treadmill 5 mornings in a row this week! I'm still pretty slow on there but being able to do it is all that matters to me because I NEVER thought I could! AND I ended this week back over 18 miles!!! Now that's what I'm talkin about! We are exactly ONE week from #5Kround3 y'all!! I wanted to continue my tradition of doing a mock/practice 5K this morning... Unfortunately the weather this morning was that great so I will have to move that to tomorrow or Monday! But I was able to get in 2 miles on the treadmill! Now I know your thinking "Why didn't you just do 3.10 on the treadmill?!"... Well first of all the 5K will be outside and I want the practice one to be under the same conditions! Second... I haven't gone that far on the treadmill yet! Maybe some day I will try it... But not today!  Tonight thankfully there was enough of a window that I could walk outsid...

Hey y'all!  Living with Spina Bifida and the effects it has on my body can be ROUGH some days... Today was one of those days! Everything has seemed against me walking today! I woke up with belly pains, my hips are stiffer than they have been in a while and my legs were just plain tired ALL day! But I was not about to let my body win my day! So I pushed thru! This morning I did a "light" 30 minute walk in the treadmill... And ended up with 1.26 miles!!!  This evening I thought my body was going to actually give me a break and let me have another easy walk.... But of course it fought me the whole walk! I had decided before I even started walking that I wanted to hit at least a mile and to be for part of the walk I wasn't sure I was going to make it even half a mile... But I pushed thru and ended up with 1.11 miles y'all!!!  So 2.37 miles for the day! Yeah it's not the numbers I have had the past couples days, but I never gave up which was the normal for me in th...

Hey y'all! This morning I was waiting for my nieces to get back from their activities so I decided to just get in a treadmill walk... And I ROCKED it! I normally just setting a timer when I am walking on the treadmill to see how far I make it... Today I set the timer for 45 minutes and made it 2.03 miles y'all!!! I was tired but pumped after that one!  Tonight I had intended to just get in another mile... But I felt so good while walking I just kept going a little longer and got in 1.54 miles!!!  Today was definitely an AWESOME day of walking! Here we are halfway thru the week and I am at 10.16 miles... Only 7.84 miles to 18!!! Will I hit it or better yet can I pass it... Stay Tuned!!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y’all!  It’s been a pretty good day of walking! This morning I was nannying for my sister so treadmill walking was the name of the game! My time wasn’t great but I got in 2.01 so that is all that really matters!  This evening I was able to get back outside to walk... and it felt AMAZING! A little windy but other than that the weather was GREAT! I am currently walking in a backup pair of shoes that I bought at Walmart... and to be honest they feel better than my Nikes! I think it may be time to switch back to New Balance to be honest. Nike just has never worked for me support wise. I ended tonight’s walk with 1.47 miles... which was way more than I had planned! Definitely a winning walk tonight!!  So after today my week is somewhat back on track... Hopefully I can keep it that way!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y'all!  "I AM Spina Bifida BEAUTIFUL!" that is a sentence that has taken me 33yrs to finally be confident enough to say. If you follow this blog or follow me on Facebook you know I have been on another journey besides my #WalkinwithKelley journey this past year! A journey to FINALLY be comfortable in my own skin, a journey to no longer hide the one thing that has made me who I am and tells the story of the struggles I have had to overcome to be the woman I am today... My braces and scars!  Now yes when I was a baby and early on in Elementary School I PROUDLY showed off my braces wearing shorts and cute dresses. I had different color braces and proudly showed them to everyone! Y'all I even had a set of braces that had a pattern to look like jeans! At that point I was the cute, spunky little brunette that would talk to everyone... Sadly that changed around the time I entered Jr. High. Around 6th grade was when I started noticing the stares,the whispers and the ...

Hey y’all!  So I recently got a new car y’all! BUT before I could even think about driving it, my parents and I had to find a set of brand new handicap hand controls for it! The set I had on my old car was put on there probably 10 yrs ago and let’s just say in the past ten years handicap adaptions have definitely evolved! Y’all there were SO many different kinds to choose from! We read the reviews and researched SEVERAL  different brands and style and we ultimately chose the ones that were the closest to my old adaptions. Unlike the old adaptions which were permanently on the car and cost an arm and a leg(around $1300 for the adaptions not including the install)and have to be professionally installed... The new ones were UNDER $300, could be installed by my dad AND the best part is they can be moved from car to car if I need them to! Once we ordered them I waited for what seemed like FOREVER for them to get here! Ok, ok it was actually only about 4 days but who’s counting😉 Wh...

Hey y’all!  So I’m not going to lie it’s kind of been a slow/off week of walking... But I got it back on track the last couple days! I didn’t get to 18 again like I had hoped, but I hit 3.15 miles Thursday and got just over 15 miles for the week... so I would say this was still an AWESOME week of walking!  This morning I made sure I got in my walk before it got to terribly hot.. and I ended the walk with 2.13 miles!!  Tonight I was dodging a few rain showers so I just went for it and hoped for the best! It was definitely a HOT one(Not near as hot as it would have been back home in Mississippi!) but I made it thru and finished the week with a 1.50 miler! Not too shabby!  Next week I am going to push myself a little harder and get back to 18 miles again!! For now it’s time to put my PJ’s on and watch some NASCAR! Night y’all!!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y’all!  So it’s been about two weeks since I got in a good 3.10 miler... So this morning I decided to go for it!! The walk started out AWESOME!! I felt great and had a GREAT pace going! I got in my first mile in UNDER 20 minutes!! I felt like I hit a wall around the 2.50 mile mark... But according to my time I didn’t! Y’all not only did I hit 3.15 miles... I did the whole thing in 1hr!!! That’s the best walk I have had in a LONG time!! Tonight I was definitely out of steam! My goal was to get in a mile... But I only ended up making it .65 miles! But after this mornings awesome walk I will take that!!  So I ended the day with 3.80 miles!!! That’s the best day I have had in a while! Which makes me one happy girl!! Looks like I got my week back on track!!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley 

Hey y’all!  So let me catch you up for the week! After hitting 18 miles last week I decided Sunday was my rest and relaxation day... and boy did my body need it! Monday morning I spent the morning nannying for my oldest sisters sweet babies so I didn’t get a walk in... But I did make sure to get at least one walk in last night before it got dark! I ended the walk with exactly 1 mile!  This morning I am not going to lie I was being lazy and totally procrastinating going for a walk.. and by the time I did it was extremely hot so I only ended up doing 1.09 miles😞 I bonus though was the beautiful views at the campground we are currently staying at!  Tonight I was bound and determined I was going to get in 2 miles... and I ended up getting just over 2 miles!! But that was not without a few hiccups...I took this mornings route and made 2 loops of it( I may have cut a little off🤦🏻‍♀️) and as I was walking along the lake I looked over and saw a snake slithering right near me! ...

Hey y’all! So this has been the best week of walking I have had in over a month! First I finished the Heritage Days 2 mile walk with an AMAZING time... Then yesterday I hit 1,200 miles walked since November of 2016!!  After all that today was my big push to hit 18 miles... And I hit 18.03 miles!!  This morning the weather here in Indiana was AMAZING! So I threw my headphones on and set out to hit 2 miles and ended up with 2.03 miles!! Definitely a GREAT start to the day!  So I knew I needed just over 1.40 miles to hit 18.. and I ended up with 1.46 miles!! This walk was a MAJOR struggle y’all! My body is SO tired... But I pushed thru and made it happen!!  I am so stinkin proud of myself for all I have accomplished this week!!! I can’t wait to see what new and amazing things I can in the coming week!  ❤️Hugs💙 Kelley