That's what I feel like this morning, anyway.
The Good Stuff:
- I glued a drawer on my rolltop desk that needed repair
- I have been working steadily on PBOTL and HTRYN
- I've been working regularly on the recumbent bike and the Wii -- my knees are bothering me, so I'm not getting a full workout in on the bike. I've been attracted to Advanced Step and Rhythm Boxing on the Wii, so that's what I've been doing. It's compensating a little for some shorter biking time, I think.
- I've done a good job of getting laundry and sundry household items completed this week, but, generally speaking, I've been feeling pretty blah. Not sick but not well. Perhaps a response to the WI trip? Maybe. We'll see if I feel better next week.
- I used my NOVA iMuscle program on my iPad to pinpoint a trouble I've been having in my left thumb that didn't feel joint-related. With a little targeted deep massage last night, I think I found a release point. The area feels different and better this morning. It's not pain-free, but it feels better. With that program are some stretching and other exercises I can do. I did one last night, and I believe if I keep doing them, my wrists will become more flexible (they are really tight), which should alleviate some discomfort there. If you have an iPad and have creaky aches and pains and want to know what exercises or stretches will help a particular area (or are just curious about your muscular anatomy), I highly recommend this program (it's recommended for physical therapists, so it's a little pricey for a single user--I think around $10, but it has absolutely lovely graphics).
- I used the "nice" day to take the trailer through the car wash, get it inspected, and get the truck washed and detailed (to encourage more rain, of course, and it mostly worked).
- I'm taking Gwen Hernandez's Scrivener class. It started this week, and I've been learning useful tidbits in every single lesson -- to include the class introduction. It's going to be the best $25 I've ever spent related to Scrivener.
- I signed up for Hillsdale College's free Constitution 101 class that begins on February 20th. I'm surprised I didn't get a confirmation email from them. I hope I did everything right on the sign up page. Hmm. I don't recall getting the email, but I'm able to access the site. I think I'll create a Scrivener Project for the course. ;)
- I got the Great Books and bookcase brought into the house
- I'm caught up on my serial reading
The Not So Good:
- I ate chicken soup and pizza yesterday and gained five pounds over night. Who knew homemade chicken soup would have that kind of an effect upon me? Yeah. Yeah. I know. It wasn't the chicken soup. To counter that, I ate a bunch of glazed donuts this morning (and, remember, I don't even like glazed donuts). Yes, I think I've been in a sabotaging mode. This must stop.
- I didn't get out to do my winter (or even the winder) yard work this week. I can blame some of it on the rain, which we thankfully have been getting a little bit of. I thought about it, but I didn't do it.
- I have not figured out where the Great Books are going to reside
- I have not managed to read a book yet this year. I'm not sure if I should be disturbed by that or not. I'm getting a lot of other reading done, but no pleasure reading and no book completions
For the Next Week:
- Eat more zero points food
- Continue Wii (do a broad variety of Wii exercises to keep it interesting) and recumbent bike work outs (on days when the knees hurt, just do a light workout but continue it for the full 30 minutes)
- Continue working on PBOTL and HTRYN
- This should be a good week for yard work, so get some done
- Do more flexibility and stretching work for my joints
4 comments:
Have you tried pre-logging foods? If I know what I'm having for dinner, I put it in my tracker in the morning so it more accurately reflects the points I have to play with. Conversely, pre-logging can help me decide not to eat a certain food. I avoided donuts this morning by looking up how many points they'd be. It was a near thing, actually; if we'd had one more break in the meeting I'd have caved!
Otherwise it looks like a decent week. Yeah, I'd chalk the blahs up to the travel. You worked hard while you were gone and it's catching up with you.
I have done pre-logging in the past, but I haven't been doing it lately. That's a good suggestion, and I should do that this week in an effort to get back on track. Thanks for the suggestion.
I ate pretty well while I was on the trip, even if I didn't log til later at night, but since I've been back, I've been a mess.
I typically don't log points when I'm traveling. It's too much trouble to figure it out when I'm not doing the cooking, especially when we eat out a lot. Speaking of eating out, I discovered last night that Ruby Tuesday has a good variety of healthy food. I had a barbecue chicken breast with roasted spaghetti squash (which I've NEVER seen on a menu before) and zucchini for 9 points, and the portion size was darn near perfect.
Maybe you've been a mess because you got out of your routine. Once you get back into it, you'll get it under control.
You can get back on the food logging bandwagon, Jean! Maybe we can make a challenge of it, and check in with each other. You do it, I'll do it, maybe even Wendy? I'm not on Weight Watchers, but I am trying to make myself log food on Lose It.
Also, how about exercise challenges? Anyone up for that?? My lower back is really killing me after spending so much time sitting or bent over the baby. NEED to exercise!!! Grr!
Bill and I actually looked at Nooks today - I'm thinking about getting one, maybe a Nook Color. Wonder if your iMuscle is available for Nook??
Congrats on the scrivener class and for making progress on PBOTL!! Woot!!!
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