Fracture

I went on in to the doctor's office yesterday for X-Rays on my foot. And unfortunately, I have a fracture. He told me I need to limit my activity for the next 3-6 weeks. I will admit I am mentally down because of this. I know that I can still lose weight with this injury, but it is going to be even harder. I will definitely be looking to your blogs to keep me motivated these next few weeks.

Humpty Dumpty has a Great Fall!

It has been a pretty wild work week. Several late night including tonight. Yesterday, I decided to take the afternoon off and head to Zumba since I had to miss all of my night classes this week. It was a mad rush to get there on time, but when I got there a few minutes late, they had waited on my to start the class. I was super excited to be getting my Zumba on...and then during the third song of the class it happened. I got a little too fast going from jumping jacks to side lunges, and rolled my ankle over and feel. Super embarrassed, and OUCH! I got up and walked a bit and decided to try to finish the class with LOTS of modifications.
When I got home and took off my shoe I had a lump, swelling, and bruising. It was too late to hit any of the express meds, and I didn't want to go to the ER knowing all they would really do is X-Ray it, telling me to take advil, and send me to the Bone and Joint the next day if needed. So I started icing. 20 mins on 20 mins off. A girl friend told me when she played sports in college that they would actually ice in a bucket of ice, so I did it that way.

This morning the swelling had almost completely gone away. I still have a lump and bruise, but I think it will be fine. Guess I will be on that bike for a couple of weeks so that the foot can completely heal.

WI Update

This week resulted in a half pound loss. I was hoping for a pound, but must remember every little ounce counts. Next week will be rough because I will be working 12 hour days for 3 of my 5 work days. That makes working out harder and dinners later than usual. I know I can still be successful this week.

Picture it...the most yummy salad ever!

I had the most delicious salad today. Seriously y'all, I wish I would have taken a picture it was so amazing, but I didn't, so I think I am going to have to describe it to you Sophia Patrillo style.


Picture it, mid-afternoon today. I had left work early for a dentist appointment and taken the rest of the day off. No same old, same old lunch for me today. I took advantage of the free afternoon to treat myself to lunch. I had thought about a smoothie from the local health food store. They are delicious, but so expensive, and I figured it would be hard to estimate the calories. So I decided to get a salad. I have had their salads before, but only the all veggie. Today, I decided I would get the hummus salad.
I love their stuff because everything is fresh and organic. My salad was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Are you still picturing it? Listen to this...mixed greens, diced tomatoes, onion, celery, shredded carrots, bell pepper, celery, and slivers of avocado, all topped with a dollop of home made hummus. I used the fork method and used a bit of the jalapeno ranch. YUM!

The salad was almost ten bucks, so not something I could afford on a regular basis, but what a treat!

Blogger Woes...

Anyone having trouble with blogger this week? For the past four days, mine has been acting crazy. When I click in to write a blog, it would say I was already logged in at a different location. Under that it would say log in at this location (or something like that), and when I clicked that it would refresh the page and say I was logged in at a different location. WEIRD. I only blog from two devices, so I don't know. Also, it wouldn't let me comment on any of your stuff. Today, everything seems fine. Weird.

Overall though, the week was good. I dropped another pound (Hooray). I missed a couple of workouts with all of my allergy issues, but I really feel resting was better for me. This week, daily workouts are a must! I did log all of my food in myfitnesspal this week.


Yesterday, I had planned to do a 5k. I found one online that was about half an hour from my house. But when we got there. Not a runner (or person) was there. We saw signs, but nothing. This has been my week. When it was past the start time, and we still hadn't found the run, we just headed on and had a great daytrip morning and made it home in time for football. When I got home, I looked at the sight again to see if the run had been cancelled or something...or if I possibly had the wrong date (maybe it was Sunday instead of Saturday), but nope. Weird. There wasn't any results listed though, so I just don't know. I guess I am glad that I didn't pre-register.

This week, my goals are-
Log all my food into myfitnesspal
5 workouts
2 days of weight training
and I hope all of this will earn me another pound loss.

UGH! Allergies and 9-7 and 9-8 Food Journals

It all started with a sneeze, then another, then another. On Saturday I woke up with runny, stuffy, itchy everything. I powered through and went to Zumba, lots of errands, and some much needed yard work. On Sunday, I was down for the count. I woke up around 8:30 and grabbed breakfast, and laid back down. Around 1, Tommy woke me up and gave me soup (he must have thought I was drying since he made me lunch.) After eating, I got up and messed around with cleaning the kitchen. That was enough for me, and I went back to bed knowing I just couldn't go to Zumba and that maybe I would do the bike later. At 3:30, I got up and went to the grocery. This had to be done or we would have had no food for dinner, breakfast, or lunch. I started to worry that with spending half the day in bed, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night. But that was not a problem. Today, I am still not feeling 100% but much better. I work late tonight, so that means dinner and workout will both be at 7:30.

Saturday
Zumba

Breakfast-
Subway 6in flatbread- ham, egg, cheese, spinach, tomato, onions, bell pepper

Lunch-
Grill chicken salad w/Ken's light ranch

Dinner-
Smoked Pork tenderloud
frozen twice baked potato

After dinner snack
apple
1/4c quaker oats
coconut oil
truvia
cinnamon
(I popped all of this in the micro to make a little dessert. It was good)

Sunday
Breakfast
Quaker oatmeal
pb2
coconut oil
cinnamon
vanilla almond milk

snack
apple sauce pouch

Lunch
Progresso New England Clam Chowder


Snack
Fiber One Choc chip cookie and grapes

Dinner
Ground turkey w/ organic taco seasoning
lettuce
onion
bell pepper
salsa
plain greek yogurt
cheese 1/4 c

9-5 and 9-6 Food Journals

I was busy and forgot to post my Thursday food journal, so today here is Thursday and Friday.

Thursday

Breakfast
apple
Kashi Pumpkin granola bar


Lunch
broccoli and cheese (green giant)
sweet and spicy tuna
yoplait blended greek yogurt coconut

Dinner
chopped sirloin steak (2oz)
black eyed peaa
jasmine rice
broccoli

30 mins Recumbent Bike

Snack
Nature Valley almond crunch


Friday (Over Calories), Rest Day

Breakfast
Nature Valley almond crunch

Lunch
Wendy's Honey Mustard flatbread
small fry
small vanilla frostie

Snack
popcorn

Dinner
Seafood Buffet
I stuck mostly to boiled shrimp and raw oysters + crackers and sauce
2 stuffed crabs
a few fried oysters
2 frog legs
slaw
rice

9-4 Food Journal

Today's workout was supposed to be a run, but it just didn't happen. It was miserable outside, so I did the exercise bike instead.

Breakfast
grapes
Quaker oatmeal
coconut oil
PB2

Lunch
sweet and spicy tuna
broccoli and cheese (green giant)
coconut greek blended yogurt
wasabi almonds (yummy, but put me over on fats today)

Snack (I usually eat my snack around 4 at work, but skipped it today. When I got home I was starving, so I ate a little something before dinner)
Plain greek yogurt
S/f strawberry jam
pineapple tidbit cup

Dinner
Turkey spinach meatloaf
lima beans

Workout-Recumbent Bike 40mins

9/3 Food Journal

Hooray for September. My kids were back at the library for programs today! Love meeting all my new classes. And it will be nice to get back into a routine at work. Routine is always helpful.

Breakfast-
Quaker Oatmeal
coconut oil
pb2
truvia packet
apple

Lunch
sweet and spicy tuna
broccoli and cheese (green giant)
coconut greek yogurt

Snack
kashi pumpkin spice granola

Dinner
broccoli slaw
Dreamfield Spaghetti noodles
ground turkey and marinara

Zumba

*I was starving when I got home from zumba, so I had about an ounce more noodles and a spoonful of sauce

Snack
almond milk

9/2 Food Journal and Eating my Feelings

Tommy and I got into a dumb fight this morning. It was actually on our way to the park to walk Pugsley. We turned around and went back to the house. Even after the initial argument was over, I still found myself in the kitchen too much. Eating those negative feelings. I knew exactly what I was doing, and did it anyway. And it didn't make me feel better. Of course, it made me feel worse. I did feel better after working out during the afternoon...super sweaty. Why couldn't I have done that in the first place?

Breakfast
2 fried eggs
turkey bacon
grapes
small biscuit

Eating my feelings
Lean pocket (ham and cheese)
grapes
popcorn
2 slices of Papa Murphy delite  chicken artichoke bacon (I threw the rest in the garbage)

Workout-
Walk Away the Pounds 3m w/weights
Walk Away the Pounds 1m w/weights

Dinner
Ground turkey with organic taco seasoning
lettuce, onion, bell pepper, green onion
salsa
plain greek yogurt

It's September! 9-1 Food Journal

Breakfast
Quaker oatmeal, PB2, coconut oil, chia seeds, truvia packet

Lunch
Ham and Cheese Lean pocket
coconut greek yogurt/coconut oil

ZUMBA

Snack
1 slice PM Chicken, bacon, artichoke delite pizza

Dinner
Pinwheel steak
jasmin rice
squash
broccoli w/wasabi mayo and mustard
bell pepper w/salsa

Food Journal 8/31- Roll Tide

Today was the first Football Saturday of the year. I made sure to get in my workout first thing this morning so that I would have extra calories to play with this afternoon. I planned out what I was going to eat, and stuck to it except for an extra slice of dessert pizza that I should have stayed away from. I stayed within my MFP calorie range thanks to the exercise, but just barely. Next week, NO PIZZA!

Zumba

Breakfast-
Subway 6in ham, egg, cheese, spinach, onions, tomatoes, bell pepper on flat bread

Lunch-
Quaker oatmeal, PB2, coconut oil, cinnamon

Dinner
2 slices of Papa Murphy Delite Chicken artichoke bacon pizza
1 Mike's Hard stawberry lemonade
2 slice Papa Murphy Smores dessert pizza
a hunk of Italian bread w/ olive oil and herbs