Hooray!

The knee fracture is on its way to mending. I need to take it easy for the next two weeks or so.

I'm picking up an official yoga class sometime next week and I'll return to walking three miles every day on Monday. I'm excited to get back to working out. The two weeks of being lazy felt awful...

I did stick to my diet and it's still going well. Still taking the Alli capsules before meals. I have missed one or two, and I blame that on letting myself get too hungry and distracted before the meal.

Josh and I are both joining a gym so I can use the eliptical machines to run and put less stress on my knees and get a more efficient work out. We just need to narrow it down to which gym.

I need to weigh in for my Wii Fit or it's going to belittle me.

Absence Explained!

I fractured my tibia from all this running and not resting business. Too much stress on my little bones after too long an absence from physical activity.

So I didn't get it looked at for over a week. I walked, excersized and worked on a fractured knee. Explains a lot of the knee pain.

Next time I won't be so stubborn and go to the doctor when I'm in pain.

One week of total rest and then at least two weeks of taking it easy puts me one month behind on my activity scale and is really deppressing.

I did lose one pound. So I'll just stick to the diet and maintain for now. The doctor said as long as I don't put weight on my left leg I can do upper body stuff like crunches and strength training so I may do that.

I'll update with something useful when I have it.

New landmark to walk to.

Made a nice recipe for virtually fat free vegetable soup. I'll post it later today. That way I could actually put two or three tablespoons of parmesan cheese on it and still be well under my 15g a meal limit for meals.

Walk to the junior high and back in forty minutes. 3 miles. Once my left knee feels better I may try to jog half and walk half and work up from there. I like walking to landmarks, it's easier to track the distance.

Work tonight, so that's easily another 12,000 steps maybe more to add to the current 12,646 I have in for the day already.

Down another pound. Since yesterday. Day three of the Alli and I haven't noticed any side effects from it, but then again I keep well below the fat limit they set out. I just have to work on my caloric intake for the day. I have to tweak it down about 200 calories.

Off to work!

Yet again.

Monday was doughnut and coffee day at work. Sigh. I didn't give in, but it's almost like peer pressure. I had fat free yogurt and low fat granola instead.


After doing a vast amount of research I started Alli today along with my diet and exercise routines. It was such a tempting promise and after reading all of the FDA information on it that I could find, I decided to do a one month trial to see if I can get any results. I was skeptical of taking any kind of diet aide, but once I looked at the meal plans and saw that what I was doing matched what they required and you could lost 50% more weight, I was sold.


My first big disappointment came yesterday as we ordered out from Chili's and I couldn't find a thing on the menu to satisfy my dietary confinements. So I went to Subway and got a sandwich. I'm sure there are some restaurants I'll be able to get take out from eventually.


Alli allows 15g of fat per main meal. That being three meals a day. And two 3g fat or less snacks a day. I'm averaging 10g or fat or less per meal. So now I have some wiggle room for sure. I'm not sure of the side effects, but I'm certain it will definitely be an impetus to not eat fatty foods and save myself from embarrassment.


I've lost 2.2 lbs in four days bringing my total weight lost for seventeen days to 9 lbs 2 oz. For the first time in over a year and a half I will weight less than 180 pounds.


My "husky" clothes are fitting better than ever, I don't feel bad about wearing clingy shirts. I'm standing up straighter and I can (for the first time since college) can touch my toes. I feel slimmer.


Walking/Running every other day until my joints get used to the pressure of the whole thing. I've been inactive in that way for so long that my body is not used to it. I walk a lot at work, I'm always up and moving, lifting and running around. So my body is used to that, maybe not so much a structured workout.


I watched and am now set up to start the yoga DVD I bought, and once I feel confident enough I'll start taking classes at the local studio. It's convenient and affordable.

Holiday Summary

Successes for the last two days:

Avoided Pizza Day at work. Although I was tempted (it smelled so good!). I just ate what was in my lunch bag and politely refused.

Went to a family cookout. Brought my own turkey burgers, turkey hot dogs and bread along. I didn't fall trap to any kind of potato salad or chips or anything. I was pretty proud of myself.

Ran to the library and back (about two miles) on Saturday evening. I ran on a main road, in front of other people. It's always been hard for me to exercise in other people.

Found a reasonable yoga studio with evening classes right near my house. Will be venturing there one evening a week.

Made a tasty, low fat, fiber filled four bean salad for a small cook out. Will make again in the future. Found low fat (and tasty) hot dogs at the market. Will purchase again.

Cut the sugar down in my coffee to about three. Coming down from six or so is an achievement for me, especially since I'm used to my coffee being a candy treat for the last five or six years.


Opportunities:

Did not eat normal breakfast for the last two days. Just a light breakfast.

I must find a way to work in 10,000 steps into a day off. Especially on weekends off. The two mile jog wasn't enough, so I had to do a cool down walk to get the right amount of steps.

Must work in smaller snacks, or at least remember to eat snacks. I've found myself hungrier between meals lately as opposed to other days.



Exercise today:

45 Minutes Jogging
15 Minutes Walking
30 Minutes Yoga/Aerobics on Wii Fit
About 3 hours regular day to day activity

Happy Fourth of July

I always celebrate holidays with food. This includes the traditional summer holidays of Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day. I'm struggling with concepts and thoughts on how to make these days healthier for me. I'm terrified of eating somewhere other than home. Or without nutritional facts. I'm afraid I'll fall right into the ignorance of thinking things are healthy when they are not.

Luckily summer holidays are begging for lighter dishes that aren't so rich if I can just avoid the caloric downfall of the hamburger or hotdog. I think when I get closer to the holy trinity of rich holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years) I'll really need to work hard on making things I love less fatty and unhealthy.

The diet has been going strong for one week and three days. The transition was smooth. I almost impressed myself. I gave up soda, butter, most of my refined sugar... Everything that I associated with obesity and overweightness is mostly gone. I walk by cookies at the market and don't even want them.

Workouts have been stalled since I was a little overzealous with my first kettlebell workout at home. My thighs are a little strained. So just walking and jogging for now.