Several random things to cover today...
How about starting with the scale? You know that I've been somewhat frustrated lately and I talked about kicking it in to high gear. Well...seems to have worked. I consider Friday's to be my "official" weigh in day. Today I was DOWN 3.4 pounds from last week. That brings my weight loss total to 117.4 pounds! That's a person! Wow!
Remember a couple weeks ago I shared that I managed to run 5 minutes on the treadmill? That was huge for me. I've been slowly working on it at each cardio session. Last night I hit the treadmill hard. First I walked 20 minutes at a decent incline and speed. Then I kicked in the jog...wanted 6 minutes...then wanted more. I jogged/ran for TEN MINUTES! I was hot, sweaty, my heart was pounding....and it felt awesome! The first thing I did was send my trainer a text message. He understands, probably more than anyone, how damn hard I've worked for those 10 minutes!
Food has been fun this week. I enjoyed the lasagna leftovers for several days. I'm loving my protein pancakes several times a week. This morning I threw in a few blueberries and then topped them with 1/2 a mashed banana with sugar-free syrup....
Last night I grabbed a Jenni-o Turkey burger out of the freezer. There must be different ones because these were not the same I've bought previously. They were really thin and packaged in 2. I grilled it up and then made a patty melt out of it with a lil cheese and light wheat bread. It was yummy...but I was not happy with the 9g of fat per burger. Today for lunch I decided to make my own turkey burger from 99% fat free ground turkey. I just added a lil bit of egg white and tossed in spices. Added a lil shredded WW cheese and grilled the bread. It was DELICIOUS! I enjoyed steamed veggies, pickles and a lil sandwich spread with mustard.
No idea why the pic is sideways. It looks fine until I load it to Blogger.
Not sure yet what dinner will be....
I spent most of the week on the injured reserve list. Last week I started having major pain in my right wrist. This has happened periodically over the past year, but not this bad. Enough that I stopped doing any exercises that involved my hand and made an appt with an orthopaedic surgeon. I saw him yesterday and it appears I may have tendonitis in 2 of the tendons that run down the side of my hand with the thumb. I have a nice little brace to wear when it acts up and I'm getting an MRI on it next week. I'm happy to report that it no longer hurts (much) and I actually did some light weights on it today with no problem!
Tomorrow morning I have a bike ride planned with a friend. It's supposed to be a beautiful day and I know we'll have fun. Not sure what the weekend has in store for me after than. I need to get organized for vacation (a week from Sat), of course I'll exercise and likely run around like crazy with 2 wonderfully high-spirited kids.
That's enough randomness for now.
Till next time...be happy and healthy!
Congrats on the run and the loss! You are doing fabulous!
ReplyDeleteBarb, you're my hero! I look forward to the time when running feels good to me. I'm glad to know it's a realistic goal. Thanks!
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