My Reason For Not Exercising This Past Week, You Ask?

Right off the bat I will tell you I haven't been exercising for the past week. But I have a reason, at least for not getting on the treadmill.  And this is it:

See that fat Fred Flintstone-like ankle/foot?  Yep, it's mine. Lovely, right?  Here is what it looks like in comparison to the other:

You can actually SEE the ankle bone in my right leg.

An upper view of my log leg.

             

A normal ankle.  (of course, I am hoping they get thinner as time goes by.)

So that's why I haven't been on the treadmill.  Because not only is the ankle swollen as all get out, it hurts too.  I don't know what I did to it except maybe really pushing myself on the treadmill, and I have been trying to hold off going to the doctor until after I get back from California.  But I think today is the day I go because the pain is getting worse and wrapping around my leg, and I am assuming, though I am no doctor, that that isn't a good thing. 

A few years ago, when I was in California, I jumped in the pool with Sean Michael and hit the bottom and twisted (or something) that ankle and it swelled up and was painful.  I eventually went to the doctor (I'm really not very good about going to the doctor at all) and he said I had bursitis in my ankle and then I was given steroids to fix it, which it did.  Since then, I have had it swell on and off,  but it goes away.   This time though it doesn't seem to want to go away and like I said, it hurts when I walk on it, even first thing in the morning when I get up and the swelling is gone.  But once I'm up it doesn't take very long at all to balloon right back up and looking like a tree trunk.

And there you have it.  I know you just really wanted to read all this, not to mention getting to see it too.  On the bright side though, I haven't gained any weight, so I'm still at what I was last week.  And right now I'm not even really trying too hard because of getting so many side tracks, but I figure once I'm home from California and we take Kyla home and get back on a schedule, it will be much more easier for me.  Though I am thinking I am probably going to have to force myself to get up early a couple of times a week to exercise because of taking Sean Michael to TKD.  Oh well, it'll be worth it in the long run, right?



I Lied....I Weighed In Anyway

When I got up this morning and went to take a shower, the scale seemed to be calling my name : "Pssst...Sharl...Sharl...over here, Sharl...get on me....c'mon, you know you want to.....".  And, well, I did want to, so I stepped up on it, eyes shut, and looked slowly down at the glowing digital numbers.  But you know what?  It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.  Because I had not gained any weight at all, and as a matter of fact I even lost a pound, which surprised the heck out of me after thinking I had probably gained a couple.  Nope, it was one pound lower. 

Now of course I know this doesn't mean that I can just do this kind of "doing nothing" and "eating Snickerdoodles" routine all the time, and really keep it to a bare minimum if at all.  Because I have to admit I didn't exercise yesterday either and I did eat Snickerdoodles for dinner.  Yes, you read right, for dinner.  (Yeah, I know you want to hear my excuses.)   Mostly though because when I got home I had to take Cas out and feed him and the cats, and then Hector had called and wanted me start his dinner at 6 so it would be done when he got home so he could eat and then go to bed.  And by the time I was done with the animals it was already 5:30 and I didn't want to exercise for only half an hour and then have to be interrupted to go fix dinner, so I decided that as soon as he was home and eating dinner I would go downstairs.  Except he didn't get home till 7 (grrrrrrrr that pissed me off big time) and I just don't feel like exercising that late unless it is on a weekend.  Anyway Vickie called me and I had to talk to her,  so no exercise. (Yep, gonna put part of the blame on you Vickie. lol)  (No, I take it back since you gave me such good news last night....none of it was her fault.)  :>)

At any rate, I will tell you right now I probably won't be exercising tonight either, because I am meeting Hector for dinner (that will be at Salad Creations, so a nice salad there) and then go shopping for a refridgerator.  So far today though, I have eaten better, Starbucks Oatmeal for breakfast (I do love their oatmeal, though I leave out the dried fruit part that they give you), my macchiato (of course! Did you really think I wouldn't have my caffeine???), and then for lunch I had a Slim Fast bar which was actually pretty tasty, and tonight the salad.  I will try to refrain from the Snickerdoodles as a late night snack, but there are only 2 left and the sooner they're gone the better, right? (And no I am NOT going to give them to Hector.)

Tomorrow when I get up I can head down to the basement and get my workout done for the day.....but on the other hand Starubcks first would really rev me up to want to. Hmmmmmm.  Decisions, decisions......

Feelin' Guilty......

Well crud.....I have to admit I haven't exercised in a couple of days and I didn't eat so wonderful yesterday.  It actually makes me feel really guilty too which is so weird because I don't enjoy exercising and I do love to eat.  I wish I could have the mindset to love exercising and to only eat healthy, but unfortunately that's just not me.  The thing is though I do like healthy kind of foods, like most veggies and fruits and  Greek Yogurt and cheese and chicken and fish, etc., but then again, I also like all the things that are bad for you too, like cookies and chocolate and ice cream and cake, etc.  However, I have cut back on the latter drastically, though maybe not as much as I should, but still drastically for me anyway.

For the exercising, I don't really have an excuse for Tuesday execept I was not in a good mood after I got home from work, and really that's probably when I should have gotten on the treadmill and work off some of that steam. lol  But I didn't, thinking I would work out the next day.  Of course that didn't happen because I went grocery shopping after work and didn't even get home till 7:30, then had to put away the groceries and eat a frozen pizza for dinner.  (Well I did bake it first.)  When all was said and done, it was almost 9 by the time I sat down, and then I had 3 Lofthouse Snickerdoodles and a glass of milk.  (I know, I know......but I did say I didn't eat so great, and they are really good cookies.)  

And so today, as soon as I get home from work (and I have nothing to do after work but go home), I am changing into my workout clothes and then going to the basement for an hour or more.  I have eaten a little better today, had a smoothie this morning, a couple of jalapeno cheesesticks and Special K cracker chips and water for lunch, and probably just a salad for dinner, to make up for the past couple of days.  (I promise I'll try to stay out of the Snickerdoodles later tonight.)

I'm not even going to weigh myself till Saturday morning (mostly because I don't want to be depressed now...lol), but hopefully it won't be as bad as I fear.   So keep your fingers croseed. 

How Many Inches Was That Again?!?!?

Today after I got done working out, I thought to myself that I should also start taking measurements to keep track of them once a month as I lose weight.  So I found a tape measure and measured all the places that need measured, such as bust, waist, hips, thigh, upper arm.  And when I got done and looked at the numbers that I wrote down in a little notebook, I was like Yikes!! That's a lot of big numbers!! And the sad thing is, you really can't blame them on the tape measure, because unlike scales that can fluctuate from scale to scale, an inch is an inch is an inch.  Crud!  lol  Of course now I have to remember exactly where I measured so that I measure there every month so I can make sure I get an accurate reading.  I thought about using a Sharpie and just marking myself but then figured it would probably be better if I just remembered. And boy do I hope the numbers go down.

I have to admit that yesterday was the first day I exercised since I have been home from California, but in my defense ( of course I have one!) there has been no AC in the building where I work and so when I get home I just feel so drained from the heat all I want to do is sit down and enjoy my home's AC.  Now admittedly, Friday I probably should have (ok, I definetely should have) exercised because I got an unexpected afternoon off but instead I took a nice nap and then did a little shopping and then to Salad Creations for dinner.  Oh well, at least I had salad for dinner.

Yesterday I did spend 45 minutes on the treadmill and also intervals of the Golds Gym and lifting weights.  And today the same thing, though only 40 minutes on the treadmill.   I have increased my speed on it too, not that I am ever going to run on it or anything. Walking is one thing, but running.....yuck.  Even in my Marine Corps days I never liked to run so I can't imagine liking it now.

So for the rest of the week.....I am really hoping we have AC tomorrow.  But if we don't, I guess I will just have to force myself to come home and work out.  Of course, I do have grocery shopping to do after work.....   ;>)

Better Than I Thought

Having just come back from California after 10 days, I was really kind of afraid to weigh myself, even though I did at my mom's and her scale numbers were a little less than mine.  But, I bit the bullet this morning and got on it, and after opening my eyes slowly and squinting down at the numbers, it registered that I had only gained one pound. Yep, I was happy about that (well, obviously I would have been even happier if it had been the same or lower when I left, but still....one pound? I can live with that.)  So it means I just have to lose that one measly pound (though, one pound to lose can sometimes feel like it takes as much work to lose ten pounds) and I'll be where I was the morning when I left for California.

Which was good, because I had lost 11 pounds from the time I started all this until that day, and I was at an even "0" number.  From here I will set my goals at 10 pounds at a time rather than the whole amount, which can be a bit daunting if I think of it that way, so I would rather not. lol 

I am a little surprised I didn't gain more really, because even though I didn't go crazy, eating my way through Fresno, I still didn't particularly watch what I ate and I didn't exercise a whole lot.  We did walk to Starbucks a few times (but that was only 6/10 of a mile, round trip) and I did go in the pool (but not to swim laps or exercise), but nothing extrenuous like I do at home.  Which is on the agenda for today when I get home from work.  I ddin't exercise yesterday at all (heck, I didn't even go to Starbucks yesterday if you can believe that) because I was tired after flying all night and not getting any sleep on the plane.  So that means today I need to start back on my routine and exercise, exercise, EXERCISE.  Fun, right?  Not.

I could always talk myself out of it (which doesn't take much, that's for sure), but I am encouraged that I have lost weight and it is enough to keep me motivated to keep trying.  And who knows....maybe by this time next year there will be a whole new me.  :>)