Workout: Deck of cards - 20:00
Weight: 129.0
Forgot to blog about yesterday - went swimming again. I kind of lost count on how many total yards I swam. It was at least 1000, but could have been as high as 1150. I started with 300 yds of breast stroke and then tried to work on my front crawl. It is hard work - I have no idea how people just do lap after lap after lap without resting after each 25yds to catch their breath. Maybe I'll get to that point some day.
My body was tired last night. It doesn't feel like a hard workout at the time, other than the breathing, but my body is wiped later in the day.
Today I got up and did another deck of cards workout - jumping jacks, crunches, deadlift squats, tricep dips/speed skaters. I started out with the tricep dips, but I think my whole right upper arm is jacked up. The first set was fine and then after 3 on the second set I couldn't do anymore because of my elbow, so I switched that suit to speed skaters. It was a good workout. Wasn't as good as Wednesdays but it was fine.
I'm going to do my best to rest my arm/shoulder for a couple of weeks. I'm going to continue with swimming/running and the deck of cards workouts. I had thought about doing yoga on my off days, but even that, I think, could strain my shoulder with the downward and upward dogs especially.
Next week I'm going to try to go get the blood test.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Wednesday January 23, 2012
Workout: Deck of Cards - 25:00
Weight: 129.2
After doing a minimal amount of googling last night, I think I have a strain on my bicep tendon that attaches the tendon to the shoulder. And quite possibly a strain to the tendon that connects the bicep to the elbow at the bottom end. So on the diagram below it would a strain to #10 and #4. Those are the exact places that I'm feeling pain and stress. It could also be tendinitis in those places - I'm still unclear about the difference. I don't believe it is a pull or a tear as I don't have bruising or irregular shaped muscles. However, it is tender to the touch in both of those places and also painful when using my arm in certain ways. #4 is painful when I do things like cut into a hard fruit/vegetable - using my arm as a lever basically. So when I cut watermelon, or pineapple, or butternut squash (before any of them are peeled). #10 is painful when I raise my arm laterally or out to the side and often starts aching when I've been doing a lot with the computer mouse.
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Yesterday I accidentally broke my gluten fast by tasting a cookie bar that I had made for the girls. I didn't realize it until I had eaten 1/2 of one. And because I had already broken it, I had a flour tortilla at Dave's folk's for dinner, and realized today that I believe commercially made taco seasoning has gluten in it. All of that has been enough for me to decide to go get the blood test. I'm driving myself crazy over here and I want to just know something definitvely so I know what to avoid. My hands and wrists are very achy. My hips are achy. My knees are achy. I can't recover from any kind of tendinitis anywhere. So I'm going to discontinue p90x, except for the legs workout and I'll omit the back exercises. I think I'm also going to go back to doing more yoga, I just haven't gotten a dvd that I really love and feel like I've had a good workout with it. But I think I need to just recognize and acknowledge that I need to stop the craziness - if something is hurting me, I need to stop doing it. This is taking a big hit on my pride.
Weight: 129.2
After doing a minimal amount of googling last night, I think I have a strain on my bicep tendon that attaches the tendon to the shoulder. And quite possibly a strain to the tendon that connects the bicep to the elbow at the bottom end. So on the diagram below it would a strain to #10 and #4. Those are the exact places that I'm feeling pain and stress. It could also be tendinitis in those places - I'm still unclear about the difference. I don't believe it is a pull or a tear as I don't have bruising or irregular shaped muscles. However, it is tender to the touch in both of those places and also painful when using my arm in certain ways. #4 is painful when I do things like cut into a hard fruit/vegetable - using my arm as a lever basically. So when I cut watermelon, or pineapple, or butternut squash (before any of them are peeled). #10 is painful when I raise my arm laterally or out to the side and often starts aching when I've been doing a lot with the computer mouse.
source
Yesterday I accidentally broke my gluten fast by tasting a cookie bar that I had made for the girls. I didn't realize it until I had eaten 1/2 of one. And because I had already broken it, I had a flour tortilla at Dave's folk's for dinner, and realized today that I believe commercially made taco seasoning has gluten in it. All of that has been enough for me to decide to go get the blood test. I'm driving myself crazy over here and I want to just know something definitvely so I know what to avoid. My hands and wrists are very achy. My hips are achy. My knees are achy. I can't recover from any kind of tendinitis anywhere. So I'm going to discontinue p90x, except for the legs workout and I'll omit the back exercises. I think I'm also going to go back to doing more yoga, I just haven't gotten a dvd that I really love and feel like I've had a good workout with it. But I think I need to just recognize and acknowledge that I need to stop the craziness - if something is hurting me, I need to stop doing it. This is taking a big hit on my pride.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Tuesday January 22, 2013
Workout: 1000 yards - swimming
weight: 129.8
Went to The Core and swam this morning. I got in the pool around 11:20 and had swum 1000 yards by 11:55. I don't know what that means or if its good, but I felt like it was a good workout. I did 250 yards breast, 50 yards crawl, 50 yards back, and then I don't remember. I do know that I ended the workout with 250 yards breast stroke again. I wasn't able to do much more than 100 yards of crawl at one time. It was very tiring for me. I worked hard at turning my hips, but I found that as I got toward the end of the lap and got more tired I started sinking and would have more difficulty with the hips and breathing. Its going to take a lot of practice, but I'm excited that I can at least complete a couple of laps... when I tried to swim at the high school last year I had no idea what I was doing and couldn't make it more than 2 strokes without giving up. It is definitely tough for me - by the end of the 50 yds, I was wasted - every time. Like upset stomach wasted.
Today my right shoulder/bicep, wrist and hand are hurting really bad. I think because of the burpees I did yesterday - there is a plank position in them that caused me fits. So I will eliminate those next time.
Thinking that I won't be able to do arms/shoulders tomorrow because of the pain issues I have right now. I will do a deck of cards workout again in the morning.
weight: 129.8
Went to The Core and swam this morning. I got in the pool around 11:20 and had swum 1000 yards by 11:55. I don't know what that means or if its good, but I felt like it was a good workout. I did 250 yards breast, 50 yards crawl, 50 yards back, and then I don't remember. I do know that I ended the workout with 250 yards breast stroke again. I wasn't able to do much more than 100 yards of crawl at one time. It was very tiring for me. I worked hard at turning my hips, but I found that as I got toward the end of the lap and got more tired I started sinking and would have more difficulty with the hips and breathing. Its going to take a lot of practice, but I'm excited that I can at least complete a couple of laps... when I tried to swim at the high school last year I had no idea what I was doing and couldn't make it more than 2 strokes without giving up. It is definitely tough for me - by the end of the 50 yds, I was wasted - every time. Like upset stomach wasted.
Today my right shoulder/bicep, wrist and hand are hurting really bad. I think because of the burpees I did yesterday - there is a plank position in them that caused me fits. So I will eliminate those next time.
Thinking that I won't be able to do arms/shoulders tomorrow because of the pain issues I have right now. I will do a deck of cards workout again in the morning.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Monday January 21, 2013
Workout: Deck of cards (30:00)
Weight: 131.0
One Year Ago
We went to Midland to visit Mike and Cara this weekend. They have a membership to the community center and our whole family was able to go with them for the afternoon. It is awesome - I'm sure its like a YMCA, but we have nothing like that by us... just expensive gyms. The kids all did the rock climbing wall. Mike and I swam laps, Dave ran on the indoor track, Cara played raquetball with Joseph and then the kids all swam in the leisure pool. It was really cool and I'm definitely jealous of it.
I worked hard at trying to figure out the front crawl stroke and I enjoyed it. I took my time and Mike also told me to turn my hips more, which helped a LOT. It is a lot of mental work for me because there are so many things to think about while doing it, but I really liked it and now view it as a challenge - I need to keep doing it so I can get better and see improvement. I'm going to find a place to go - very excited about it now.
Today the girls were off from school so I slept in and almost didn't get around to working out. I was discouraged because I don't think I can do the push up/pull up workout with p90x anymore. I have something seriously wrong with my right bicep/shoulder. Just sitting here right now I feel pain and i'm not doing anything. I did something to it (don't recall anything specific) during the last rounds of P90x I did last May and have stopped doing all pushups since then. I would think that it would have healed in that 6 months, but it is back worse than before. Muscle, not joint.
I was getting kind of upset about it and told Dave I didn't know what to do for a work out... he suggested I do a card of decks workout. So I put one together:
Clubs - squats
Diamonds - burpees
Spades - side crunches
Hearts - barre lifts
It was a good workout. I would replace some of the exercises next time, but it was good. Burpees are hard - especially when pulling several diamonds right after another.
Cut out gluten entirely today and am keeping a food journal. I need to get to the bottom of this. My wrists ache, thumb aches, neck/lower back joints ache, hips ache. Enough.
Weight: 131.0
One Year Ago
We went to Midland to visit Mike and Cara this weekend. They have a membership to the community center and our whole family was able to go with them for the afternoon. It is awesome - I'm sure its like a YMCA, but we have nothing like that by us... just expensive gyms. The kids all did the rock climbing wall. Mike and I swam laps, Dave ran on the indoor track, Cara played raquetball with Joseph and then the kids all swam in the leisure pool. It was really cool and I'm definitely jealous of it.
I worked hard at trying to figure out the front crawl stroke and I enjoyed it. I took my time and Mike also told me to turn my hips more, which helped a LOT. It is a lot of mental work for me because there are so many things to think about while doing it, but I really liked it and now view it as a challenge - I need to keep doing it so I can get better and see improvement. I'm going to find a place to go - very excited about it now.
Today the girls were off from school so I slept in and almost didn't get around to working out. I was discouraged because I don't think I can do the push up/pull up workout with p90x anymore. I have something seriously wrong with my right bicep/shoulder. Just sitting here right now I feel pain and i'm not doing anything. I did something to it (don't recall anything specific) during the last rounds of P90x I did last May and have stopped doing all pushups since then. I would think that it would have healed in that 6 months, but it is back worse than before. Muscle, not joint.
I was getting kind of upset about it and told Dave I didn't know what to do for a work out... he suggested I do a card of decks workout. So I put one together:
Clubs - squats
Diamonds - burpees
Spades - side crunches
Hearts - barre lifts
It was a good workout. I would replace some of the exercises next time, but it was good. Burpees are hard - especially when pulling several diamonds right after another.
Cut out gluten entirely today and am keeping a food journal. I need to get to the bottom of this. My wrists ache, thumb aches, neck/lower back joints ache, hips ache. Enough.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Friday January 18, 2013
Workout: P90x legs/back
Weight: 131.4
One Year Ago
Legs and back - my favorite workout of the series. Nothing much to report.
I gave up on anything eating related. I'm so discouraged by how I'm feeling - bloated, achy, unrested, weight is up. I don't know what is going on or what is to blame, which is very frustrating. I started a food journal yesterday. I'm going to start keeping track of what I am eating every day and how I feel and perhaps I can get a better idea of what might be causing what.
I'm also wondering if P90x is too much on my back - for some reason my back/neck/shoulder muscles get really clenched when I do these workouts now. My neck joint is hurting a lot (arthritis) and my lower back is also very stiff and pained (herniated disks). I also slept very poorly again last night. I didn't eat anything that would scream gluten to me, but I wasn't careful either and there may have been some in some of the foods I ate. So I'm just really discouraged and feeling gross and yuck right now.
Weight: 131.4
One Year Ago
Legs and back - my favorite workout of the series. Nothing much to report.
I gave up on anything eating related. I'm so discouraged by how I'm feeling - bloated, achy, unrested, weight is up. I don't know what is going on or what is to blame, which is very frustrating. I started a food journal yesterday. I'm going to start keeping track of what I am eating every day and how I feel and perhaps I can get a better idea of what might be causing what.
I'm also wondering if P90x is too much on my back - for some reason my back/neck/shoulder muscles get really clenched when I do these workouts now. My neck joint is hurting a lot (arthritis) and my lower back is also very stiff and pained (herniated disks). I also slept very poorly again last night. I didn't eat anything that would scream gluten to me, but I wasn't careful either and there may have been some in some of the foods I ate. So I'm just really discouraged and feeling gross and yuck right now.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Thursday January 17, 2013
Workout: Run 3.17 miles
Weight: ?
Two Years Ago
I did not blog yesterday... I did p90x shoulders/arms and it kicked my butt. My body was so sore yesterday that I felt like I needed to take a bath in icy hot. I iced and heated my shoulders and neck all morning and felt better as the day went on.
I was going to get up and do yogaX with Dave this morning, but I slept horribly again last night (more on that) and was awake from 4:15 - 5:45, so I went back to sleep until 7:30 and felt so much better because of it. Decided to run outside today because the sun is out and it is gorgeous. I had a really hard time settling in for the first mile - I was against the slight breeze, which at these temps makes everything feel icy. The tips of my fingers were frozen and every breath into my nose felt like ice... so I had a hard time settling into a good rhythm with my breathing. After 1.25 miles I stopped. Stopped - not just walked, stopped, looked around, caught my breath and then continued. It helped and the rest of the run was much better. I ended up walking a little bit here and there but ended with an average of 10:14/mile.
I need new headphones - mine have a short so the music is only in my right ear. Meh.
Had an interesting eating related thing happen - I believe it is eating related anyway. I had some cornbread yesterday - which has gluten in it. And I slept like crap again last night. So I had gluten Sat/Sun - slept horribly. No gluten M/T - slept well. Gluten W - slept horribly. This just seems way too coincidental.
So I think back throughout the last few years about my sleeping and gluten etc. I'm not a huge gluten eater to begin with, but have never paid any attention to it. I know, though, that there have been periods of time that I have had a lot of sleeping issues - in particular I remember feeling like I needed to start tracking my sleeping vs. cycle and see if it was cycle related. I'm wondering now, if it hasn't been gluten related all along. So I guess I will keep trying to keep track of it. I feel like I should just go get the blood test because otherwise my extended family won't really believe it - suffice it to say none of them believe that food has an effect on the way a person feels other than digestive stuff (gas, bloating) - I'm pretty sure my parents think I'm a nut job with the way I eat or try to eat. So I'm going to work on that - trying to figure out if I want to go to the chiropractor or my pcp.
Weight: ?
Two Years Ago
I did not blog yesterday... I did p90x shoulders/arms and it kicked my butt. My body was so sore yesterday that I felt like I needed to take a bath in icy hot. I iced and heated my shoulders and neck all morning and felt better as the day went on.
I was going to get up and do yogaX with Dave this morning, but I slept horribly again last night (more on that) and was awake from 4:15 - 5:45, so I went back to sleep until 7:30 and felt so much better because of it. Decided to run outside today because the sun is out and it is gorgeous. I had a really hard time settling in for the first mile - I was against the slight breeze, which at these temps makes everything feel icy. The tips of my fingers were frozen and every breath into my nose felt like ice... so I had a hard time settling into a good rhythm with my breathing. After 1.25 miles I stopped. Stopped - not just walked, stopped, looked around, caught my breath and then continued. It helped and the rest of the run was much better. I ended up walking a little bit here and there but ended with an average of 10:14/mile.
I need new headphones - mine have a short so the music is only in my right ear. Meh.
Had an interesting eating related thing happen - I believe it is eating related anyway. I had some cornbread yesterday - which has gluten in it. And I slept like crap again last night. So I had gluten Sat/Sun - slept horribly. No gluten M/T - slept well. Gluten W - slept horribly. This just seems way too coincidental.
So I think back throughout the last few years about my sleeping and gluten etc. I'm not a huge gluten eater to begin with, but have never paid any attention to it. I know, though, that there have been periods of time that I have had a lot of sleeping issues - in particular I remember feeling like I needed to start tracking my sleeping vs. cycle and see if it was cycle related. I'm wondering now, if it hasn't been gluten related all along. So I guess I will keep trying to keep track of it. I feel like I should just go get the blood test because otherwise my extended family won't really believe it - suffice it to say none of them believe that food has an effect on the way a person feels other than digestive stuff (gas, bloating) - I'm pretty sure my parents think I'm a nut job with the way I eat or try to eat. So I'm going to work on that - trying to figure out if I want to go to the chiropractor or my pcp.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Tuesday January 15, 2013
Workout: p90x CardioX
Weight: 130.2
Two Years Ago
Way too cold to run outside, even if it is sunny and beautiful. So I thought about doing PlyometriX, but decided that I didn't want to die and opted for the shorter and somewhat easier CarioX. It has been a really long time since I've done this workout. It was good - I liked it.
Whats up with that weight? I was pretty pissed when I saw that, but I am still retaining a lot of water right now so I'm not concerned. My jeans are fitting well, so based on that I'm good. I can tell that my hands and wrists are feeling bloated, which is how I always know that I'm retaining a lot of water.
Not much to report... yesterday I felt nauseous all day. Today I'm feeling good. Slept much better last night than I did the previous two nights. Finished eating at 7:30 and was fine with that even though I could have eaten for another hour or so. I think ultimately, if I decide not to continue on with the 8/16 thing (haven't given up on it), at least it is getting me used to having a cut-off time every night, which is something that I always struggled with before this. Not giving up on the 8/16 thing, just going to keep blogging and tracking and after a few weeks I'll reevaluate.
Weight: 130.2
Two Years Ago
Way too cold to run outside, even if it is sunny and beautiful. So I thought about doing PlyometriX, but decided that I didn't want to die and opted for the shorter and somewhat easier CarioX. It has been a really long time since I've done this workout. It was good - I liked it.
Whats up with that weight? I was pretty pissed when I saw that, but I am still retaining a lot of water right now so I'm not concerned. My jeans are fitting well, so based on that I'm good. I can tell that my hands and wrists are feeling bloated, which is how I always know that I'm retaining a lot of water.
Not much to report... yesterday I felt nauseous all day. Today I'm feeling good. Slept much better last night than I did the previous two nights. Finished eating at 7:30 and was fine with that even though I could have eaten for another hour or so. I think ultimately, if I decide not to continue on with the 8/16 thing (haven't given up on it), at least it is getting me used to having a cut-off time every night, which is something that I always struggled with before this. Not giving up on the 8/16 thing, just going to keep blogging and tracking and after a few weeks I'll reevaluate.
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