redwinelover's Journal, 24 August 2010

Scale strike is over...if only for today! 135.4. A drop, not a BIG one, but a drop, finally. I did manage to stick to a lower calorie day (finally!) yesterday and maybe that was the impetus needed to finally get moving again. Today will be my last Insanity workout, then it's a day of rest, then six days of Core Cardio and Balance. I peeked a bit at that routine and just from speeding through it, can't see how it's all that much different from what I've been doing. But I hope it'll give my knees a much needed rest. Also thinking I need a different insert in my shoes. It seems like the ones I've been using really put a lot of my weight on the outer parts of my feet. Which would help explain both the knee pain and the ankle pain.

I think I'm going to try to keep my calories around 1300 for a while - that or just increase the amount I'm moving during the day. Yesterday I did a typical Insanity workout, but also vacuumed and did some shopping and carrying groceries, an errand, etc. and managed to burn a lot more calories than usual. Which all that means is I really have to DO things during the day other than sit here and work out. I can't wait until it's cooler so I can also walk.

Just got a call from the endo's office and the doctor is out of town on vacation. But I was told she's calling in periodically and they will relay my request for an increase in thyroid. I hope she just approves it and I can get blood work in another six weeks or so. I SO want that feeling of all is right with the world, the energy to accomplish things and the positive-ness in attitude I feel when my thyroid seems to be functioning normally. I think it's AMAZING how much this little gland controls and how overlooked it is. Especially for women, and especially for women "of a certain age" since a lot of doctors will just say you're getting older, it's to be expected, or to blame it all on pre-menopausal symptoms and try to throw synthetic estrogen at you.

As I mentioned previously, it's Day 26 of Insanity (day 27 if I'd done the fit test and the first work out on days 1 & 2 instead of both the same day). I'm sure this won't be a difficult workout to get through, knowing I can rest after that.

In the hopes my brother will be able to make it this weekend (he just had a lot of dental work done), I should through the super-clean on this place. Well...at least the downstairs :) Sure needs it and I'd be burning calories at the same time.....lots of plans...now let's see the follow-thru! Isn't it RIDICULOUS what a .6 loss on the scale can do? I SO should NOT let the scale determine my outlook. Oh HEY....KLANNOYE!!! :) NO, not looking like Miss Olympia or whatever you said! LOL Although I will admit to a certain amount of pride at some of my he-man muscles for an old lady! LOL.

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1294 kcal

Fat: 37.21g | Prot: 91.22g | Carb: 161.61g.   Breakfast: organic flax pumpkin granola, greek style yogurt, DBL CHOC CHIPS, Sugar Free French Vanilla Coffee Creamer, celsius, English Walnuts, Almonds, Strawberries, Blueberries. Lunch: grape tomatoes, eating right baby carrots, romaine lettuce, kraft creamy fat free caesar salad dressing, plums. Dinner: carmelized onion chicken burger, sweet baby ray's, low fat may, multi-grain sandwich thins, Milk (1% Lowfat with Added Vitamin A and Nonfat Solids), Butter, Macaroni & Cheese, Organic Split Pea Soup. Snacks/Other: laughing cow, plum, avocado, 2% Lowfat Cottage Cheese. more...

2441 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Desk Work - 3 hours, Standing - 3 hours, Housework - 3 hours and 30 minutes, Calisthenics (heavy, e.g. pushups) - 42 minutes, Resting - 5 hours and 48 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...