Stupid Female Parts

No up or down this week. I think that might be progress since it's usually a gain but still. . . . My stupid female parts make everything difficult. If it isn't the swelling, it's the doctors' recommendation to not exercise. I hate feeling like a slug.

Anyway, I'm finally starting to feel like a human being again. I jogged a little yesterday and that definitely helped. Tonight I will do some weight lifting and be really sore tomorrow. Slugs are hereby banished!

New Fitness Goal Achieved

I jogged a full lap . . . that's a quarter of a mile. I did it 4 times last night on my treadmill very slowly. But I did it. I haven't done that since I played soccer regularly some 20 years ago. Mr. Shrinking T has been bugging me to just "jog a lap then walk a lap" forever and I've never been able to do it. Thank God for VS for playing "The Replacements" and for the brilliance of Albuterol. I got off the treadmill last night with the confidence that I might be able to jog a 5k at some point. Amazing. I was starving after but it was well worth it.

Trying Jenny this time

Mr. Shrinking T was the motivator here.  He wanted to try something easier . . . something where he didn't need to think so hard about what to eat.  I have to say, I'm really impressed with Jenny Craig so far.  With my work schedule, it's so much easier to have someone else do the planning for me.  I'm slightly freaked out about not learning how to do this on my own but I've lost 9 lbs since I started the program the last week of October.  It's actually gotten me to start working out a little more regularly.  My consultant calls me on Sundays to talk about my week.  I like the one on one conversations but, with the exception of a little nugget of wisdom about discipline (I wasn't giving myself enough credit), I'm not getting a lot out of our conversations.  She isn't giving me much in the way of tips or guidance on balanced living.  Still, all in all, anything that gets me to A) shed some pounds and B) start working out again is a good thing.  My energy level is way better because I'm eating throughout the day.  Mr. ST hasn't been committed and so I'm frustrated with him.  I'm trying not to nag but it's taking every ounce of self control. If I let it go and have some results, maybe he'll start to try again.

This new way of eating makes me wonder if it might just be good to do batch cooking so that we could have very easy meals in very little time.  Researching that this week.

Also, I've hit a good rhythm with working out.  Found this great "full body" work out on weightwatchers.com which kind of kicked my ass on Saturday.  I'm alternating days w/ cardio.  I've been pushing the intervals a little on the treadmill and have actually been able to get up to 3 minutes of jogging w/ 1 1/2 - 2 minutes of fast walking.  I've noticed my mood is much better and, if I'm careful about stretching, I'm not overly sore.  This week my goal is to do at least 2 days of weight lifting (go Mr. ST for having a home gym set up!) and 3 days of cardio.