Tuesday - Monday's Torture Results...

Today’s News:

I feel good today. I had a deep tissue massage yesterday – can you say torture – she should be called a Massage Terrorist not a Therapist J She dug deep from my knees to my mid back. Trying to desperately loosen those hip muscles. I think she did some good because for a short time after, I could lift my knee without pain in my groin area. Didn’t last long but it gave me a feeling of hopefulness that that is how it is supposed to feel and that there may be hope for me yet.  I walked home last night and then did a half hour session of yoga – my first one. There were some positions I didn’t get into because they were too hard on my hips but I think once I’m more flexible, I could do them without too many issues. It was a very relaxing session. It was supposed to be a cardio session but maybe because I couldn’t do the jumping lunges and a few others, I didn’t find it hard at all, but all the stretching felt good. Afterwards I rolled my butt on a Styrofoam roller but again didn’t want to do too much because I had had the massage earlier in the day and I didn’t know how my body was going to feel today. I think I did OK because today I feel good. Now my feel good still includes some stiffness and soreness but no pain – there is a difference.

 

Exercise:

Nothing yet today but will see how the day goes. I’d like to go for a nice walk at lunch because I really do miss walking. It is the one stress relief that I had come to depend on. If I couldn’t run, at least I could walk. I walked the pup on the weekend but nothing worth logging as miles. But it was just nice to walk the streets of a quiet little mountain city and breath in the fresh air. I’m on my own tonight again (BF training pup.. hunting season is here and he is raring to take her out duck hunting to test her retrieval skills), and I’m hoping to do something. I find it so hard at the end of the day to do anything because I’m tired. Morning is definitely my time to exercise.

 

Food:

I added a new supplement to my morning shake today. I’ve added aloe vera gel to my shake. It said 1-2 oz and I added 2. I think I’ll cut back to 1 as I could taste it and I’m not that found of it just yet. It wasn’t nasty or anything, I could just taste it. I’ve also added Glucosamine and Chondroitin back into my life. If you could see the handful of pills… sheesh!  Amazing thing is (and I think it is a good thing), I can take several large pills at the same time and swallow them with water. If I had to take one at a time, I’d be full of water before I even ate any food.

You all know how large the EFA pills are J

Otherwise my food is on mark.

 

I hope everyone has a fantastic day and makes good choices.

Ttyl

Sandra