Ouch my achin back...

Well what a cold and windy weekend we just had. Our temperatures are down in the -20+ Celsius (well minus but higher than 20, or rather lower than 20… you know what I mean  LOL) . We are definitely paying for our warmer weather that we experienced in November – payback time. It was -30 C at my house this morning when I left to catch the bus. I dressed in layers so as to not feel the cold but then when I get to the train, I sit there for 35 minutes roasting. Oh well, I just unzipped as much as I could J I hate the cold – have I mentioned that before….

On Saturday my Grandson did not come. As I mentioned we had a storm come through on Friday night and they did close quite a few of the highways. She had called into work and was not going to try to drive the roads. As much as I miss him, I agree with her decision. I ended up doing my Shred Day 6 program and then cleaned out the storage under my stairs, put up my tree, hauled things up the stairs, put things away back under the stairs. By the end of the day I could hardly move my back. Under stairs = bending over quite a bit of the time (thank goodness I am short) and then also lifting things from the ground to shoulder height (bent over position). Not a good thing.

So on Sunday, because I was still so sore I just walked for 2.5 miles on my treadmill.  The movement warms up the muscles and they aren’t so sore but I wanted to make sure that I did not bend over too much more (Ok I put away a few more boxes but no strength training). Again, sore overnight so this morning I did not get up and do my Shred – should have gotten lazy butt out of bed and walked on the treadmill – but I didn’t.

And now in my Oh So Active day job (sitting on my fanny all day looking at a computer screen), my back is getting more sore by the minute. Each time I get up, my coworker across the hall from me, laughs. Fortunately he is about the same age as me and so really is laughing because he can relate not because I look funny (however I think I do there as well). Takes me a good 30 seconds to fully stand up and then move one leg forward. Oh how important stretching is….. And oh how much your back is used in every day movement…

My food was OK on the weekend (more or less). I’m not eating enough but yesterday I ate some junk which still brings my calories too high (at least yesterday). I was upset at Ron, and was spending way too much internal energy on being upset at him so I focused on trying to let it go. I kind of succeeded but I’m sure he didn’t feel it…. Nothing worse than a woman scorned. And then I got the munchies because of it (not hungry when mad and upset, let it go, want to munch).  So I ate some Nuts N Bolts that I make every year for Christmas and which are a total complete risk for me. Crunchy, salty, crunchy… my nemesis.

AND I only juiced once on Saturday and once on Sunday as well. Not good considering I have 27 lbs of carrots to now go through J

Today I am back to normal and eating when and what I need. I function so much better on a schedule than ad hoc. I must plan plan plan… that’s why I have so many excel spreadsheets…..

I hope everyone is having a fantastic day and is making good choices.

Sandra