After successfully writing 10 chapters of my book, I got stuck. I can’t say it was writers block, it was more like I got distracted, which happens to me very easily now. I have small attention span and very bad short term memory after the TBI, which makes it very difficult to write a book … Continue reading I’m determined to finish this
A wonderful summer just ended, a summer that was full of new experiences and fun next to an awesome person who I thought cared for me and felt the same way about me as I did about him. But summer doesn’t last more than just a few months and sometimes feelings don’t either. At the … Continue reading Goodbye handsome
I still haven’t finished the 60 Minutes of Cardio Strength and Yoga Collection I started in July. I knew it would be difficult when I started it but I was up for the challenge and very optimistic about being able to finish it in one month. However, after attempting to do several twice or even … Continue reading Two Apple Fitness Collections in August
It was finally time to discuss my EEG results with my neurologist. I was really looking forward to this appointment hoping for amazing results, results that showed absolutely no seizure activity in my brain. I know that was pretty farfetched, but after my EEG two years ago, my neurologist said there was less seizure activity … Continue reading 2024 EEG Results
After my most recent 24 hour EEG was finished earlier this week, I had a lot of energy. I hadn’t been able to do much since I left the doctor’s office the day before because of fear of sweating. It’s so hot, I stayed in a room with air conditioning for as long as a … Continue reading 60 Minutes of Cardio, Strength and Yoga
It had been two years since my last electroencephalogram so as much as I didn’t want to, it had to be this year. Even though I know I need to do this, I dread every time my neurologist says I need another one, but he’s right, it had been two years. Two years is a … Continue reading Time for another EEG
I finished my June Challenge yesterday! This was the Improve Your Balance with Strength and Core Collection on Apple Fitness,which included 14 strength and core videos. I did two, a Strength and Core Video every other day during the work week. Since all the strength videos were lower body, halfway through the challenge I was … Continue reading June Challenge- Done!!!
I am not a hiker, I like walking and running and if I’m invited on a hike, I go, but I am not a hiker. My balance is not the best and I am terrified of falling and hitting my head again. However, when my boyfriend invited me on a hike with his family, who … Continue reading That time we got lost in El Yunque Rainforest
After a week of trying to decide what challenge I wanted to do this month, I decided on Improve Your Balance with Strength and Core. This is a short collection of lower body strength and core videos. These videos are short so I can do them before or after doing my cardio workout, which usually … Continue reading June Challenge: Improve Your Balance with Strength and Core
This weekend I went on another adventure with my boyfriend. This time we went to Cueva Ventana (Window Cave) in Arecibo Just getting up there felt like an adventure, first of all because I was supposed to be the navigator for my boyfriend who is not Puertorrican, and I was really bad at it because … Continue reading Exploring Cueva Ventana and Caguana
As the month of May came to an end, I finished the challenge I started at the beginning of the month, the 12 day Bring Out Your Inner Champion with Kickboxing Challenge on Apple Fitness. Despite it being only 12 days, I took days in between each video and some rest days as well so … Continue reading Kickboxing Challenge and Paddle boarding
Just like I did in April, I decided to start my monthly Challenge early again. I began the Bring Out Your Inner Champion with Kickboxing Challenge this past Monday, May 6. This challenge only has 12 videos, divided into three groups of four. The videos in Group 1 are ten minutes long , 20 minutes … Continue reading May Challenge- Bing Out Your Inner Champion with Kickboxing
My life changed drastically so many years ago today, 12 to be exact, yet this day is still so important to me. It was on this day that I showed that I wasn’t giving up, no matter what happened. It wasn’t something conscious, I don’t remember it, but my body didn’t give up that night, … Continue reading 12 years
I did it again, I finished another challenge! This is the third Apple Fitness Challenge I have completed this year and I really enjoyed this one. Well, I have enjoyed all of them. These workouts are great motivation for working out and it helps in not making it so monotonous. Every month I get to … Continue reading Finished the 4 Week Cardio Boost with HIIT!
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