Wow.. that's what it feels like to have a full night's sleep...

Today’s News:
Yup, it happened, I slept almost 97% pain free all night.  It felt so good!

I made sure that I stretched for about 20 minutes last night and really worked as much of my hip muscles as I could without causing too much pain in my muscles. The Dr says to just stretch to where you just slightly feel the discomfort but for me that means no stretching at all (yes it is that bad). So I put my stretches to a point where it was just bordering too much and left it there for a few minutes.  It seems to have worked as I was able to sleep on my left side with little to no discomfort. I did not attempt my right side (sore side) as I didn’t want to push it and I was so enjoying the painless experience.

 

I had full intentions of getting up and doing my ChaLean Burn1 day but I seemed to have slept right through my 4:00 a.m. alarm, and then again through my 4:45 version. I was sleeping pretty soundly to not wake up from either of them. I have some baseball caps hangining on my dresser mirror above my head and for some strange reason they decided to fall off at 5:30 and hit me on the head – that is what woke me up. Creepy…..   Now I could have possibly made it to work on time but I choose to walk to the train again this morning rather than take the faster bus. I feel that the walk yesterday really helped contribute to last nights good sleep. Even with the walking in the morning, what I’m trying to do is stretch a little on the train (without making it too obvious) to help me out because I go from walking straight to sitting for the next 35 minutes then I’m off the train and walking again for about 7 minutes. Then it’s 8 hours (with frequent bathroom trips) of sitting on my butt. So it is no wonder I stiffen up.

 

Exercise:

So I know in yesterday’s post I said I was going to do my ChaLean B1 day after work  but sometimes my good intentions are very easily swayed. My BF picked me up from the train and when we got home, while I was in our room changing out of the work clothes into more comfy stuff, he came into the house with a beverage. We have a full cooler of “coolers” from the weekend and he brought one in for both of us. And since the weather is so beautiful right now, we took them outside to sit on the deck and catch up on the day. After that we were both hungry, we cooked and by then I’m ready for bed, not exercising. It is has been proven to me over and over again that early morning is the best time for me to exercise. Once I get home at night (if the BF is around), it is very difficult to gather the motivation. I stretched but that is about all.

 

Food:

So today since I was late for work, my breakfast was off. When I got here, my little blender that I use to make my daily morning shake, was still dirty and in the running dishwasher. Now I know I could have taken it out and hand washed it but I thought I’d just try something different. So I had an apple and a handful of almonds. An hour later I was hungry so I had a protein bar. For me those protein bars only are for a pinch because they sometimes trigger a feeling of “hunger” in me. I don’t know if it is the sugar content or what but soon after eating them I get hungry again. Today I ignored that feeling and waited until my lunch to have anything else. Funny how your body just gets used to something. My morning shakes normally hold me off until Lunch with a feeling of satisfaction for quite a few hours. Eating something different threw me off.

And switching back to the above mention of a “cooler” after work, what I had discovered on the weekend before we left for camping was something new for me. It is this new lite beer.

https://www.millerchill.com/Default.aspx#/100-calorie-light-beer  The taste so reminded me of Mazatlan that I fell in love with it right away and I decided that until I fully commit and completely nix alcohol out of my lifestyle, then this would be my new drink of the week. It is less calories than anything else I drink and although it is still alcohol – it is better than what I normally do. And yes I realize I am making excuses to be able to continue to make this type of choice in my food intake. It is not going to help me at all in my weight loss, I know this, and I am being honest here about this.  I’m hoping by writing this down, it will stick in my face and I’ll wake up and smell the roses J

 

I hope everyone is having a fantastic day and making better choices than I am.

 

Ttyl

Sandra