New Pictures and Video!

Working on balance and hip stability.

Back extension exercise

Standing with my trainer locking out my knees only.

I have not been able to hold myself this well with so little help!!

A New Year!

Hello Everyone!
I hope that ya'lls new year is off to a great start. I was off for two weeks because of Christmas and New Years but started working out again on January 5th. It was a great start to the new year because I picked up right where I left off. It was a great day and I felt like I had not missed the workouts that I had. One thing that my trainer and I discovered, however, was that my lower back muscle on my right side was not initiating. I have been unable to hold my right hip as well as I can hold the left and we thought that this was because of my right oblique being week. We had been working out my oblique and it is getting strong but I was still having trouble holding my hip because my back muscle was not holding me. I told this to my connect group and they prayed for it to start working. Well, on last Wednesday I was able to use it! Noq all we need to do is strengthen it and get it stronger. It was so incredible. Prayer is so powerful! I truly believe that great things will happen this year and I am really excited to see what God is going to do! Here are some pictures from the first day back and Wednesday.

Pictures from the first day back.

Sitting up with out holding on. (From Wed.)

Ab Workout

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! The following are three videos from last weeks ab workout on the total gym and on the table. I really liked the boxing ones ;).




The weights on my hands pulled me forward so I had to use my abs and back muscles to stop the motion and keep myself from falling over. It was really difficult because the momentum was hard to stop. Also, standing on the the total gym puts weight through my legs.

This exercise is to work on my hip rotation. Its getting a lot better, but its still kind of shaky.

Steps to Recovery

This week Project Walk had their annual Steps to Recovery fundraiser! About 10 people who were told they were never going to walk again walked across the parking lot in front of a crowd of people who where cheering them on! One guy even played a little one-on-one with Mr. Ted (one of the founders of PW)! :) It was so amazing! These people were told to give up and move on with their lives but they believed, had faith and persevered, and they achieved what was supposed to be impossible. I am so excited to be a part of this program! 

Romans 4:17-18 (NLT)

- ....This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and creates new things out of nothing. Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping...

Romans 4:20-21 (NLT)

- Abraham never wavered in believing God's promises. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God. He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises. 

Here are a few pictures from last week. In the ones of me standing I was holding my hips and posture with my therapist only blocking out my knees because I cannot lock them on my own yet. You can see the difference in my posture if you compare these pictures with some of the earlier pictures of me standing with aid. On the spin bike my posture is also getting better and I am able to sit up tall and pedal. Backwards is still better than forwards because I still have trouble initiating it on my own when I want to pedal forward, and I still have trouble stopping. 

Pedaling backward

Pedaling forward

Its been a while...

Hey everyone! Sorry I have not updated you guys in a while. Things are going good out here! I don't have any new pictures to put up however i am hoping to have some new video by the end of this week. Momma and Daddy were here this past week. They stayed from the 10th -20th. I was really excited that they were able to see all the progress I have made. I'm sure if you see them they can fill you in on a lot of it! Momma said that its better to see it in person than on the video or pictures! They were able to see me on the spin bike, the robomedica, and many other things like standing with the help of my trainers and the total gym. I have gotten some tone back in my legs and in my core but there is still more to go and more work to be done. Thank you all once again for your support! I can't express enough how much I appreciate everyone who has and is praying for me and encouraging me. 

Spin Bike

I finally have some video of me on the spin bike from last week! As you can see, I am able to pedal forwards some, however it is very difficult. We also started to stop and reverse directions. I am not to great at stopping :) Haha. I have been feeling alot of pain these past couple of weeks, which is a good thing. School is going well. Thank you for all of your thoughts, prayers, and encouragement. I appreciate and love you all. 

More Pictures

The past couple of weeks have been super busy! I started school this week and I love it. The campus is much smaller than LSU but I like it that way.

My core is getting stronger as you can see form the pictures where I am balancing with one hand and my finger tips. We are also still working on locking and unlocking my knees. I have made more progress on the spin bike and I can pedal a little bit forwards! (However, I don't have any video of it) I am praying that this continues to get stronger and stronger. Thanks to everyone for all the prayers! I am going to try to post some video as soon as i figure out how to rotate it so its not sideways :)








The purpose of this exercise was to work out my core and my hips. It really worked. I felt the burn ;)