So I think the best thing about the calorie/activity tracking site that I use is that I can log sexual activity as exercise.
Rawr.
(Also, that I can log cleaning, walking up and down the stairs, walking around the hallways at work, etc as part of my daily exercise - not just ‘workouts’)
Okay, I haven’t posted in a couple days. So let me play catch up.
Friday was kind of a bad day for me diet wise. I had poptarts with lunch, and those are an easy 450 calories. Then FI and I went for a fish fry, and while I did have baked cod, I also had the potato pancakes and bites of his poutine. Oh, and I had a moment of weakness and had a Crispin Hard Cider.
Saturday was almost just as bad. I ended up taking a 4 hour nap in the middle of the day, and then I had half a banana split from Culver’s for dinner instead of anything with any nutritional value.
Today is much better - Eggs in a basket for breakfast and V8 for a snack. Pork chops for dinner, with fresh edemame. Yum!
So today my legs are feeling a lot better. I think the massage last night helped to increase blood flow to the muscles and repair the tearing.
I think I’m going to try a lighter version of the workout tonight, to see how things go. I’m going to really listen to my body on this one though, because I don’t want to overdo it.
My diet is actually going really well. I’m feeling less guilty over “bad” foods, because I’m realizing that I can enjoy them once in a while, as long as I pay attention to serving sizes. Being able to see where my nutrition levels are is nice too. I’m starting to have more energy and feel healthier, as well as feeling full throughout the day. I’m even getting used to not drinking!
I have to say, with all the pain that I’m in, and with all the complaning that I’m doing, and with all the healthy food that I’m making FI put up with…
Last night he told me that he’s proud of me for having the push to work out until I couldn’t stand anymore, and to actually stick with healthy eating choices and keeping my food journal.
It reall means a lot to me to hear him say that. Not becuase I’m not proud of myself, but because I feel like we’re in this together, a little bit.
Today I was in a hurry because I had to let my tea steep. I didn’t boil enough water to start out with, so I had to re-boil some water to get the tea going.
So I forgot my lunch on my way out the door.
My delicious lunch of leftover sushi.
Which also contained my two snacks for the day.
I tried calling FI to just bring the lunch down to me, since I couldn’t just run upstairs real quick (legs), but I didn’t have cell service (again).
So instead I need to use double the parking stamps today so I can go home and grab my luch.
Sure, I could order a lettuce wrap and call it a day. But then I’m lacking my two snacks, and I’m wasting the sushi. That’s almost worse than wasting wine!
No morning snack for me, but that’s okay, I’ll either just live with it or go buy a bag of microwave popcorn from the grab-n-go station to compensate.
Oh, and shoutout to Theastralcity and Charliejane88 for an awesome meal last night! I really appreciate the thought that went into choosing sushi over drinking, and I’m really glad that I was included!
Or, Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness.
This happens during erratic exercises (squats, stairs) that force the muscle to contract as it is being lengthened.
I’ve got it bad.
My legs are so sore that I can no longer walk correctly at all, go up or down any stairs, or get up from a sitting position. Getting down into a sitting position isn’t easy either.
I took some ibuprophen to help with the soreness and took a hot shower as well. Last night, I put a heat pack on my thighs and calves, but so far, no help.
I even dreamed about the pain.
So I guess long story short, I didn’t do any exercise yesterday. I feel like just walking around was strain enough.
I can feel that my big weakness is definitely going to be snacks.
Especially while it is so quiet at work.
For instance, today I had my carrots before lunch. Then I ate lunch, consisting of meat and more carrots. Should be full, right? No, I wasn’t, because I was bored.
I definitely boredom eat. And my usual solutions (reading a book, getting up to make tea, etc) don’t work while I’m chained to the desk here. Instead, I end up browsing on food sites (because I’m a masochist).
One of the girls that I share an office with tempted me with some goldfish crackers. Thankfully, she gave me the little 100 calorie pack version, because I have a serious goldfish addiction. I’ve been known to take out an entire bag in one afternoon.
I remembered to grab a bottle of water though, so hopefully I won’t feel the need for yet another snack until late this afternoon.
I think I’m going to add the little 100 calorie packs of goldfish crackers/pretzle chips/cheezits to my grocery list in addition to popcorn. I like the salty crunchy snacks more than veggies, I guess.
I found a recipe for a mushroom-herb chicken. I think it would be really tasty. I could always pick up a pork chop to make for FI. Then the chicken breast is mine and the chop is for him. I don’t really mind. That way I don’t have to buy more chicken either.
I don’t know if we have a meat poundy thing though. What else could I use to beat my meat? (teehee)
I have everything I need for the recipe except for sherry. I don’t think I want to buy sherry. I think brandy would work well and I don’t have a problem getting those little baby bottles of two shots of brandy. Cheap, too.
I even have half a bag of frozen broccoli in the freezer that I could steam up to go with!
Man, I’m getting really excited. It’s like a whole new culinary mission - how do I lighten things up without losing flavor? I know, I bitched about it pretty thoroughly but I’m trying to keep optimistic here!
Okay. I’m actually feeling really good about this whole diet and exercise thing.
I’m realizing that with my calorie limit (1200) combined with exercise daily, I can actually eat the foods I want. I’m not feeling as deprived. Because with working out, I need extra calories to you know, not die. So I’m not guilting myself over the donut I ate this morning, because I know that through the day it will even out.
Today’s lunch: leftover meatloaf, roasted carrots.
Today’s snacks: baby carrots in the AM, fiberone 90 cal brownie in the PM.
Dinner will likely be another high protein low carb affair. If only I could get FI to eat chicken. I may stop and get some fish to bake, some cod would be good. With steamed green beans perhaps. Yum! Just a little salt and pepper!
Poor FI. He’s going to have to eat all healthy now. Oh well, honestly we could both stand to have better eating habits. And if he really objects that badly we have PB&J on hand :)
*12 minutes into my 20 minute workout.
I think I’m going to die now.
My muscles all feel like noodles, and my legs started shaking so badly at the knees that I literally could not stand up.
This may take longer than 30 days.
*Originally posted Tuesday, Jan 10
