It's been a week? Really?

Where has the time gone?

Anyway, I've been kinda taking it easy this week. Which is bad in some respects, yet good in others

Almost 8 years ago now, I had surgery on my right knee. I'll spare you the details, haha. Over the last year, I've been having pain in my right knee again. Not a tremendous amount of pain, but I can hear and feel my knee click doing regular walking up and down the hallway, and it's not fun to go up OR down stairs--which is fun when you live in an apartment on the 3rd floor, lemme tell you. Doing walking or running, or even the elliptical swells my knee to the size of a grapefruit.

But I digress. I told my mom over Christmas that it wouldn't surprise me if I need knee surgery again. She emailed me a couple of weeks ago that I should get it taken care of sooner rather than later because of my dad moving to Ireland soon and her needing to look after my sister while he's gone (she'd come out to help take care of me if/when I have surgery). I went to my GP on Tuesday for a totally un-related issue and decided to ask for a referral to go see an orthopedist. She not only gave me a referral, but also gave me orders to have an MRI on my knee.

Today was the MRI. The technician asked if I had any pain on the inside or outside of my knee. I was about to say no pain, and then she stroked the inside of my knee lightly and I almost went through the roof. I didn't realize the inside of my knee hurt.

I go to the orthopedist in 2 weeks. I want to keep exercising, but I think I may just have to do upper body until I hear what the dr. says.

I was given my films from the MRI. Looks pretty interesting. I wish I could interpret them, or knew someone that could. I guess I'll have to wait the 2 weeks to find out anything. Bummer.

On another health note, I've been drinking water like it's going out of style. Some days I've actually hit drinking 1 gallon. That's a lot of water! But instead of dropping weight, I've actually GAINED. That doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever. I've also been watching what I'm eating, so again--makes no sense. Grrr...

Off to enjoy a veggie delite sandwich from subway!

Megs

Jazzing it up at Jazzercise

I don't think I have EVER sweat so much in my entire life. Jazzercise was great!

There were only 6 of us in the class tonight. It was my first time to try a jazzercise class, so I didn't know what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised at how fun it was.

I'd equate the class to a series of hip hop dance routines. I love dancing, so this was a pleasant way to get my exercise in for the day.

The best part was that I sweat, and sweat hard. My lungs feel so clear. Good stuff!

What's your favorite way to exercise?

Meg

I feel good, dodadodadodadoooo!

And I knew that I would! haha

Day 5 today. I decided to do 30 minutes of the eliptical. I have a gym membership at work, so I decided to go there to work out. My friend who I work with was exercising with me, so afterwords we went into a side room to stretch, and then to go see the new group exercise room when a gal asked us if we were coming in for the Stretch and Strength course that was getting ready to begin. We both said no, that we were just looking at the new facility. The gal convinced me to stay.

So instead of 30 minutes, I got 90 minutes. And boy, was that extra hour a KILLER! Despite the moves being easy (Mostly yoga and pilates moves), by the end I was hurtin. The last 5 minutes are where you just lay there, relaxing. The lady had the class do a relaxation exercise where you tighten certain muscles for 5 seconds and then release. I tried to do that, but as soon as I did, my calves got charlie horses. Guess I need to eat a banana!

Speaking of food, I am CRAVING the carbs. Seriously. Give me pasta. Lots of pasta. Or a Veggie Delight Subway Sandwich. That sounds amazing. Hopefully the lunch crew will vote for subway for tomorrow so I can get my Veggie Delight fix. :-) Any advice on how to cut the carb cravings?

Tomorrow, jazzercise!

Meg

Day 4 of 100

Lots and LOTS of water, I've been drinking. Mostly with Crystal Light. I find that's the only way I can really get my water intake in. Today I think I've had the equivalent of 6 bottles of water, which is about half my weight. Yikes. But I've been told I'm supposed to drink my entire weight in water. What does that mean? Say I weighed 220 lbs (I don't, but let's say I did), the logic is to drink 220 oz. of water. That's a LOT of water.

Today I did the elliptical for 10 minutes, treadmill for 12.5, and 7.5 of weights to get in my 30 minutes.

It's only been a couple of days that I've been drinking so much water, but I can already tell a difference in the shape of my face. It's much thinner. I can feel my nose and my cheekbones without feeling fat first.

Tomorrow I think is going to be another round of elliptical and treadmill. Friday is jazzercise. Yes, that's right. Jazzercise. I have a friend that goes and I was able to get a deal where I can visit 10 times for only $20. I'm anxious to try it.

Whelp, I need to get to sleep.

I can do this.

Megs

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all!

New Years is usually a time to set new goals. Normally at this time I'd be setting a goal to lose 100 lbs. This time, if I actually lose 100lbs, I'd actually be too thin to be considered healthy. So I guess last year was a somewhat successful!

July 2009

October 2010

Still have a long ways to go though. So my goal this year is to be healthy. I'm enjoying eating tons of fruit and veggies. I think I'm obsessed with Pineapple. I can't seem to eat enough of it. Only unfortunate thing is that my throat swells a bit when I eat it--hope I'm not allergic because seriously, pineapple is amazing. Watermelon is pretty awesome, too.

Today was my day 2 of 100 days of fitness. My goal was to exercise 30 minutes. I actually did ~20 min worth of weights and ~20 of the elliptical. So I beat my goal and did 40 minutes! w00t!

I miss running. A lot. I need to find my knee brace so I can try to get back into it. My right knee clicks and hurts to do stairs, so if it gets much worse I think I'll have to go see an orthopedist. ugh.

I'm constantly afraid to go running in front of people at the gym, too. Let's face it, I'm not a skinny minny who can run with grace on a treadmill. But I constantly remind myself you can't become a skinny minny if you don't try. I think that's why a lot of people quit going the gym in february. They're all gung-ho to work out in January, and then they get nervous seeing all these skinny minnies running and such. I feel like we don't see the bigger picture tho. Not all skinny minnies started out as skinny minnies. It takes work--hard work--to get there. But we CAN do it.

I can do it. I know I can. I know I will. :)

Today's workout mix:

1. Firework - Katy Perry
2. Grenade - Bruno Mars
3. Forget You - Glee Cast (Gwenneth Paltrow)
4. Dog Days are Over - Glee Cast

Happy New Year,

Megs