I did OK last week. I was a bit better with the dessert thing, although I did have four Oreos last night. One serving of Oreos is three cookies. And I've come to realize, I'm no longer a huge fan of Oreos. I used to love Oreos, but now, meh, I can do without. I'm happy with my chocolate Special K.
My exercise last week went great. I did two days of my usual strength training, and on Wednesday I had my house cleaning workout. Adding in an extra set of "manly" push ups is going to be fine I think. I did three sets of 15 on Friday and this morning. The third set was a bit of a struggle this morning, but I did it. I feel stronger with my entire weight routine with my arms. If I had a higher set of dumbbells I'd be contemplating going up in poundage. But the highest I have are 8 pounders, so I'll think about just adding another set of 15. Not at the point yet, but will get there. As it is, my husband told me Friday I had "Jennifer Aniston arms". I had to laugh at that. Fine with me! I love her arms!
I tested out my foot on the elliptical this morning, and it's still a no go. I had no pain at all Sunday and very little on Saturday. I did two tenths of a mile and had to stop. Not where I'd like it to be at this point. I am glad however, that I discovered I've only been off the elliptical for one month and not two. So that makes me feel a little better about taking more time off. I plan to take one more week off, maybe two and go from there. I may look into buying new shoes as well. Not sure though.
I did put a folded towel under my left foot to give that a leg a boost, and that will help again I think. I also concentrated on shifting my weight more back and forth and pushing with my whole foot. The shifting of my weight won't be a problem, but pushing with my whole foot will take time and practice. I find myself slipping back to the toe pushing very easily. But I will work on it and it will get there. Just need to rest my foot a little more.
Oh yes, I did weigh in this morning, and I am down a pound. That's fine, since last week I was up three I believe. And that was most likely due to the dessert thing that week.
The plan for this week is three days strength training, and rest the foot. Already have one day down so it's a good start!
How are your workout plans set for this week?
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Weekly Summary And Weigh In
I did OK last week. I was a bit better with the dessert thing, although I did have four Oreos last night. One serving of Oreos is three cookies. And I've come to realize, I'm no longer a huge fan of Oreos. I used to love Oreos, but now, meh, I can do without. I'm happy with my chocolate Special K.
My exercise last week went great. I did two days of my usual strength training, and on Wednesday I had my house cleaning workout. Adding in an extra set of "manly" push ups is going to be fine I think. I did three sets of 15 on Friday and this morning. The third set was a bit of a struggle this morning, but I did it. I feel stronger with my entire weight routine with my arms. If I had a higher set of dumbbells I'd be contemplating going up in poundage. But the highest I have are 8 pounders, so I'll think about just adding another set of 15. Not at the point yet, but will get there. As it is, my husband told me Friday I had "Jennifer Aniston arms". I had to laugh at that. Fine with me! I love her arms!
I tested out my foot on the elliptical this morning, and it's still a no go. I had no pain at all Sunday and very little on Saturday. I did two tenths of a mile and had to stop. Not where I'd like it to be at this point. I am glad however, that I discovered I've only been off the elliptical for one month and not two. So that makes me feel a little better about taking more time off. I plan to take one more week off, maybe two and go from there. I may look into buying new shoes as well. Not sure though.
I did put a folded towel under my left foot to give that a leg a boost, and that will help again I think. I also concentrated on shifting my weight more back and forth and pushing with my whole foot. The shifting of my weight won't be a problem, but pushing with my whole foot will take time and practice. I find myself slipping back to the toe pushing very easily. But I will work on it and it will get there. Just need to rest my foot a little more.
Oh yes, I did weigh in this morning, and I am down a pound. That's fine, since last week I was up three I believe. And that was most likely due to the dessert thing that week.
The plan for this week is three days strength training, and rest the foot. Already have one day down so it's a good start!
How are your workout plans set for this week?
My exercise last week went great. I did two days of my usual strength training, and on Wednesday I had my house cleaning workout. Adding in an extra set of "manly" push ups is going to be fine I think. I did three sets of 15 on Friday and this morning. The third set was a bit of a struggle this morning, but I did it. I feel stronger with my entire weight routine with my arms. If I had a higher set of dumbbells I'd be contemplating going up in poundage. But the highest I have are 8 pounders, so I'll think about just adding another set of 15. Not at the point yet, but will get there. As it is, my husband told me Friday I had "Jennifer Aniston arms". I had to laugh at that. Fine with me! I love her arms!
I tested out my foot on the elliptical this morning, and it's still a no go. I had no pain at all Sunday and very little on Saturday. I did two tenths of a mile and had to stop. Not where I'd like it to be at this point. I am glad however, that I discovered I've only been off the elliptical for one month and not two. So that makes me feel a little better about taking more time off. I plan to take one more week off, maybe two and go from there. I may look into buying new shoes as well. Not sure though.
I did put a folded towel under my left foot to give that a leg a boost, and that will help again I think. I also concentrated on shifting my weight more back and forth and pushing with my whole foot. The shifting of my weight won't be a problem, but pushing with my whole foot will take time and practice. I find myself slipping back to the toe pushing very easily. But I will work on it and it will get there. Just need to rest my foot a little more.
Oh yes, I did weigh in this morning, and I am down a pound. That's fine, since last week I was up three I believe. And that was most likely due to the dessert thing that week.
The plan for this week is three days strength training, and rest the foot. Already have one day down so it's a good start!
How are your workout plans set for this week?
Monday, August 17, 2009
Weekly Summary...A Bit Late And Weigh In
Where did the week go? It just flew by and I haven't written anything here at all. I have a few thoughts I want to write about this week, I just need to do a little research and get my thoughts in order, but posts are coming!
Last week was an OK week. I'm still not doing any cardio activity due to my right foot, but I did get three days of strength training in. I'm managing two sets of my arm exercises with no real problem now, so I'm improving there. And push ups! I usually dread push ups, but those are getting somewhat easier. And I'm not talking about "girlie" push ups, these are MAN push ups. I'm doing two sets of fifteen and they're getting pretty easy. So, as much as I dread them, I plan on adding another set of fifteen. I don't go down to the floor all the way, but I go as far as I can without feeling like I'll fall on my face. I'm sure if a real trainer saw how I do them, they'd tell me to get lower. Ah well, I do them my way.
I did have a few nights of "bad" desserts last week. I had chocolate pudding one night, coffee crumb cake another night, and Nilla wafers with a peanut butter, powdered sugar mixture spread on top two nights. I allow myself two nights of bad desserts, but I went a little overboard last week. I checked my ranges for the week, and I need to watch my fat intake and my calorie range since I'm still not able to get on my elliptical quite yet. I was over my range for calories three days and my fat range four days I believe. And that is why, my weight crept up again. Yep, this morning was weigh in and I'm back up three pounds. That's OK though. It'll get back down once my foot is 100%. When that will be, I don't know.
As far as me wearing my shoes, I did wear my tennis shoes all day last Tuesday. I didn't really feel a difference though, so that was the only day I wore my shoes all day. My foot did feel a bit better on Saturday when we went to see the movie District 9 (movie was way over hyped). It still ached, but I got no real twinges at least.
My plan for this week is just like last week. Three days of strength training and watch the bad desserts. Keep on moving all!
Last week was an OK week. I'm still not doing any cardio activity due to my right foot, but I did get three days of strength training in. I'm managing two sets of my arm exercises with no real problem now, so I'm improving there. And push ups! I usually dread push ups, but those are getting somewhat easier. And I'm not talking about "girlie" push ups, these are MAN push ups. I'm doing two sets of fifteen and they're getting pretty easy. So, as much as I dread them, I plan on adding another set of fifteen. I don't go down to the floor all the way, but I go as far as I can without feeling like I'll fall on my face. I'm sure if a real trainer saw how I do them, they'd tell me to get lower. Ah well, I do them my way.
I did have a few nights of "bad" desserts last week. I had chocolate pudding one night, coffee crumb cake another night, and Nilla wafers with a peanut butter, powdered sugar mixture spread on top two nights. I allow myself two nights of bad desserts, but I went a little overboard last week. I checked my ranges for the week, and I need to watch my fat intake and my calorie range since I'm still not able to get on my elliptical quite yet. I was over my range for calories three days and my fat range four days I believe. And that is why, my weight crept up again. Yep, this morning was weigh in and I'm back up three pounds. That's OK though. It'll get back down once my foot is 100%. When that will be, I don't know.
As far as me wearing my shoes, I did wear my tennis shoes all day last Tuesday. I didn't really feel a difference though, so that was the only day I wore my shoes all day. My foot did feel a bit better on Saturday when we went to see the movie District 9 (movie was way over hyped). It still ached, but I got no real twinges at least.
My plan for this week is just like last week. Three days of strength training and watch the bad desserts. Keep on moving all!
Weekly Summary...A Bit Late And Weigh In
Where did the week go? It just flew by and I haven't written anything here at all. I have a few thoughts I want to write about this week, I just need to do a little research and get my thoughts in order, but posts are coming!
Last week was an OK week. I'm still not doing any cardio activity due to my right foot, but I did get three days of strength training in. I'm managing two sets of my arm exercises with no real problem now, so I'm improving there. And push ups! I usually dread push ups, but those are getting somewhat easier. And I'm not talking about "girlie" push ups, these are MAN push ups. I'm doing two sets of fifteen and they're getting pretty easy. So, as much as I dread them, I plan on adding another set of fifteen. I don't go down to the floor all the way, but I go as far as I can without feeling like I'll fall on my face. I'm sure if a real trainer saw how I do them, they'd tell me to get lower. Ah well, I do them my way.
I did have a few nights of "bad" desserts last week. I had chocolate pudding one night, coffee crumb cake another night, and Nilla wafers with a peanut butter, powdered sugar mixture spread on top two nights. I allow myself two nights of bad desserts, but I went a little overboard last week. I checked my ranges for the week, and I need to watch my fat intake and my calorie range since I'm still not able to get on my elliptical quite yet. I was over my range for calories three days and my fat range four days I believe. And that is why, my weight crept up again. Yep, this morning was weigh in and I'm back up three pounds. That's OK though. It'll get back down once my foot is 100%. When that will be, I don't know.
As far as me wearing my shoes, I did wear my tennis shoes all day last Tuesday. I didn't really feel a difference though, so that was the only day I wore my shoes all day. My foot did feel a bit better on Saturday when we went to see the movie District 9 (movie was way over hyped). It still ached, but I got no real twinges at least.
My plan for this week is just like last week. Three days of strength training and watch the bad desserts. Keep on moving all!
Last week was an OK week. I'm still not doing any cardio activity due to my right foot, but I did get three days of strength training in. I'm managing two sets of my arm exercises with no real problem now, so I'm improving there. And push ups! I usually dread push ups, but those are getting somewhat easier. And I'm not talking about "girlie" push ups, these are MAN push ups. I'm doing two sets of fifteen and they're getting pretty easy. So, as much as I dread them, I plan on adding another set of fifteen. I don't go down to the floor all the way, but I go as far as I can without feeling like I'll fall on my face. I'm sure if a real trainer saw how I do them, they'd tell me to get lower. Ah well, I do them my way.
I did have a few nights of "bad" desserts last week. I had chocolate pudding one night, coffee crumb cake another night, and Nilla wafers with a peanut butter, powdered sugar mixture spread on top two nights. I allow myself two nights of bad desserts, but I went a little overboard last week. I checked my ranges for the week, and I need to watch my fat intake and my calorie range since I'm still not able to get on my elliptical quite yet. I was over my range for calories three days and my fat range four days I believe. And that is why, my weight crept up again. Yep, this morning was weigh in and I'm back up three pounds. That's OK though. It'll get back down once my foot is 100%. When that will be, I don't know.
As far as me wearing my shoes, I did wear my tennis shoes all day last Tuesday. I didn't really feel a difference though, so that was the only day I wore my shoes all day. My foot did feel a bit better on Saturday when we went to see the movie District 9 (movie was way over hyped). It still ached, but I got no real twinges at least.
My plan for this week is just like last week. Three days of strength training and watch the bad desserts. Keep on moving all!
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Weekly Goal Summary And Thoughts
Over on my blog at Spark People I write down a summary of the past week's goals. I'll do my best to post one here as well every Sunday.
My goals for last week were to get in three days of strength training. That was basically it. Seeing as my toe was still giving me problems, I took the week off from my elliptical again. I did get in my three days of strength training, I had to really force myself on Friday to get it done. I had a bad night's sleep Thursday and was just not in the mood. But I told myself "It's only 45 to 60 minutes out of the day. DO IT!". So I did.
Normally when I force myself to get it done, I have one of my better workouts. Friday, not so much. Yes, I felt good for doing it, but it just seemed to take forever. I'd find myself thinking "Am I done yet?" "Can I be done now?" and similar things. When I was done, I thanked the weekend gods for arriving and that I didn't have to do this again until Monday.
I had the plan of wearing my shoes all day last week to see if that would help my toe heal. Well, it didn't happen. I went barefoot like usual. I wasn't in the mood for shoes. I also think that what happened to my toe is actually a sprain. Due to how I push the peddles of my elliptical, that toe joint was just getting too much pressure on it, and it sprained. I looked up what to do for a sprained toe, and it gave the usual R.I.C.E treatment.
R: Rest - I did indeed rest my foot.
I: Ice - Ice never really works for my injuries. I find heat works best for me, and I have a couple of bean bag heating pads that I use. Just pop those babies in for 45 seconds and let the heat loosen the muscles and tendons. I have cold feet anyway, so they always feel good.
C: Compression - I didn't use any kind of compression other than squeezing my foot with my hand to see where the pain was originating from. Doesn't really count though.
E: Elevate - Yep, I sure did. I propped my foot up on the couch when watching TV, or else I'd put it on the coffee table.
The good news is, it's not hurting as badly as it was. It used to hurt all along the inner foot. That part has gone away, it's just the big toe joint now. And that's slowly improving. Not so much that I'll be doing 30 minutes on the elliptical Monday morning, but I might jump on maybe Wednesday and see how it is. If I feel any discomfort at all, I'll stop. I'm doing my best to be patient.
As far as this week's goals. Pretty much the same as last week. Three days of strength training and that's it. Rest the foot. I'm thinking of skipping my standing leg routine as that puts pressure on the toe, especially standing leg lifts and calf raises. So that pretty much nixes my entire standing leg routine. In the past, if I skipped one portion of my strength routine, I'd skip the entire thing. I need to get rid of that "all or nothing" attitude. It's OK to skip part of a routine. I need to get that into my head.
I have my weekly weigh in Monday morning, and I'm not expecting a loss. I had some high calorie meals last week (i.e. Domino's pizza), so we'll see what happens.
How do you deal with an injury? Do you do what you can or do you take a break from all exercise?
My goals for last week were to get in three days of strength training. That was basically it. Seeing as my toe was still giving me problems, I took the week off from my elliptical again. I did get in my three days of strength training, I had to really force myself on Friday to get it done. I had a bad night's sleep Thursday and was just not in the mood. But I told myself "It's only 45 to 60 minutes out of the day. DO IT!". So I did.
Normally when I force myself to get it done, I have one of my better workouts. Friday, not so much. Yes, I felt good for doing it, but it just seemed to take forever. I'd find myself thinking "Am I done yet?" "Can I be done now?" and similar things. When I was done, I thanked the weekend gods for arriving and that I didn't have to do this again until Monday.
I had the plan of wearing my shoes all day last week to see if that would help my toe heal. Well, it didn't happen. I went barefoot like usual. I wasn't in the mood for shoes. I also think that what happened to my toe is actually a sprain. Due to how I push the peddles of my elliptical, that toe joint was just getting too much pressure on it, and it sprained. I looked up what to do for a sprained toe, and it gave the usual R.I.C.E treatment.
R: Rest - I did indeed rest my foot.
I: Ice - Ice never really works for my injuries. I find heat works best for me, and I have a couple of bean bag heating pads that I use. Just pop those babies in for 45 seconds and let the heat loosen the muscles and tendons. I have cold feet anyway, so they always feel good.
C: Compression - I didn't use any kind of compression other than squeezing my foot with my hand to see where the pain was originating from. Doesn't really count though.
E: Elevate - Yep, I sure did. I propped my foot up on the couch when watching TV, or else I'd put it on the coffee table.
The good news is, it's not hurting as badly as it was. It used to hurt all along the inner foot. That part has gone away, it's just the big toe joint now. And that's slowly improving. Not so much that I'll be doing 30 minutes on the elliptical Monday morning, but I might jump on maybe Wednesday and see how it is. If I feel any discomfort at all, I'll stop. I'm doing my best to be patient.
As far as this week's goals. Pretty much the same as last week. Three days of strength training and that's it. Rest the foot. I'm thinking of skipping my standing leg routine as that puts pressure on the toe, especially standing leg lifts and calf raises. So that pretty much nixes my entire standing leg routine. In the past, if I skipped one portion of my strength routine, I'd skip the entire thing. I need to get rid of that "all or nothing" attitude. It's OK to skip part of a routine. I need to get that into my head.
I have my weekly weigh in Monday morning, and I'm not expecting a loss. I had some high calorie meals last week (i.e. Domino's pizza), so we'll see what happens.
How do you deal with an injury? Do you do what you can or do you take a break from all exercise?
Weekly Goal Summary And Thoughts
Over on my blog at Spark People I write down a summary of the past week's goals. I'll do my best to post one here as well every Sunday.
My goals for last week were to get in three days of strength training. That was basically it. Seeing as my toe was still giving me problems, I took the week off from my elliptical again. I did get in my three days of strength training, I had to really force myself on Friday to get it done. I had a bad night's sleep Thursday and was just not in the mood. But I told myself "It's only 45 to 60 minutes out of the day. DO IT!". So I did.
Normally when I force myself to get it done, I have one of my better workouts. Friday, not so much. Yes, I felt good for doing it, but it just seemed to take forever. I'd find myself thinking "Am I done yet?" "Can I be done now?" and similar things. When I was done, I thanked the weekend gods for arriving and that I didn't have to do this again until Monday.
I had the plan of wearing my shoes all day last week to see if that would help my toe heal. Well, it didn't happen. I went barefoot like usual. I wasn't in the mood for shoes. I also think that what happened to my toe is actually a sprain. Due to how I push the peddles of my elliptical, that toe joint was just getting too much pressure on it, and it sprained. I looked up what to do for a sprained toe, and it gave the usual R.I.C.E treatment.
R: Rest - I did indeed rest my foot.
I: Ice - Ice never really works for my injuries. I find heat works best for me, and I have a couple of bean bag heating pads that I use. Just pop those babies in for 45 seconds and let the heat loosen the muscles and tendons. I have cold feet anyway, so they always feel good.
C: Compression - I didn't use any kind of compression other than squeezing my foot with my hand to see where the pain was originating from. Doesn't really count though.
E: Elevate - Yep, I sure did. I propped my foot up on the couch when watching TV, or else I'd put it on the coffee table.
The good news is, it's not hurting as badly as it was. It used to hurt all along the inner foot. That part has gone away, it's just the big toe joint now. And that's slowly improving. Not so much that I'll be doing 30 minutes on the elliptical Monday morning, but I might jump on maybe Wednesday and see how it is. If I feel any discomfort at all, I'll stop. I'm doing my best to be patient.
As far as this week's goals. Pretty much the same as last week. Three days of strength training and that's it. Rest the foot. I'm thinking of skipping my standing leg routine as that puts pressure on the toe, especially standing leg lifts and calf raises. So that pretty much nixes my entire standing leg routine. In the past, if I skipped one portion of my strength routine, I'd skip the entire thing. I need to get rid of that "all or nothing" attitude. It's OK to skip part of a routine. I need to get that into my head.
I have my weekly weigh in Monday morning, and I'm not expecting a loss. I had some high calorie meals last week (i.e. Domino's pizza), so we'll see what happens.
How do you deal with an injury? Do you do what you can or do you take a break from all exercise?
My goals for last week were to get in three days of strength training. That was basically it. Seeing as my toe was still giving me problems, I took the week off from my elliptical again. I did get in my three days of strength training, I had to really force myself on Friday to get it done. I had a bad night's sleep Thursday and was just not in the mood. But I told myself "It's only 45 to 60 minutes out of the day. DO IT!". So I did.
Normally when I force myself to get it done, I have one of my better workouts. Friday, not so much. Yes, I felt good for doing it, but it just seemed to take forever. I'd find myself thinking "Am I done yet?" "Can I be done now?" and similar things. When I was done, I thanked the weekend gods for arriving and that I didn't have to do this again until Monday.
I had the plan of wearing my shoes all day last week to see if that would help my toe heal. Well, it didn't happen. I went barefoot like usual. I wasn't in the mood for shoes. I also think that what happened to my toe is actually a sprain. Due to how I push the peddles of my elliptical, that toe joint was just getting too much pressure on it, and it sprained. I looked up what to do for a sprained toe, and it gave the usual R.I.C.E treatment.
R: Rest - I did indeed rest my foot.
I: Ice - Ice never really works for my injuries. I find heat works best for me, and I have a couple of bean bag heating pads that I use. Just pop those babies in for 45 seconds and let the heat loosen the muscles and tendons. I have cold feet anyway, so they always feel good.
C: Compression - I didn't use any kind of compression other than squeezing my foot with my hand to see where the pain was originating from. Doesn't really count though.
E: Elevate - Yep, I sure did. I propped my foot up on the couch when watching TV, or else I'd put it on the coffee table.
The good news is, it's not hurting as badly as it was. It used to hurt all along the inner foot. That part has gone away, it's just the big toe joint now. And that's slowly improving. Not so much that I'll be doing 30 minutes on the elliptical Monday morning, but I might jump on maybe Wednesday and see how it is. If I feel any discomfort at all, I'll stop. I'm doing my best to be patient.
As far as this week's goals. Pretty much the same as last week. Three days of strength training and that's it. Rest the foot. I'm thinking of skipping my standing leg routine as that puts pressure on the toe, especially standing leg lifts and calf raises. So that pretty much nixes my entire standing leg routine. In the past, if I skipped one portion of my strength routine, I'd skip the entire thing. I need to get rid of that "all or nothing" attitude. It's OK to skip part of a routine. I need to get that into my head.
I have my weekly weigh in Monday morning, and I'm not expecting a loss. I had some high calorie meals last week (i.e. Domino's pizza), so we'll see what happens.
How do you deal with an injury? Do you do what you can or do you take a break from all exercise?
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