We’re going to pretend like I didn’t magically skip two days of posting, ok? Ok. Because in reality it was more like I skipped two days of life, leaving not a whole lot to post about. My first test went pretty badly, probably because I spent Thursday watching TV and eating nachos. And my bone scan appointment was canceled indefinitely because the hospital waited to call me until 10hours before my exam to tell me that I had to have an in-state referral.
Since my journey back into fitness could be a long time coming (now I don’t even have a doctor’s time-frame) it’s officially time for me to quit wallowing. I can’t do any form of cardio (swimming would probably work but there’s no pool available) and I can’t strength train at my gym (I’m walking better but stairs are super painful and my gym has a ton) but that doesn’t mean I have to sit on my butt and get fat fatter.
So I stayed in bed and felt sad until the husband left at 9 this morning and then I decisively limped to the living room to set up my workout area.
20minutes later I had completed arm/ab/back/leg strength work and stretching. I felt great to “move” again!
I was less excited about cleaning around the house, but I made myself do that before my shower too. Then I made the husband and I a tasty brunch.
Adam is sick so I made the smoothies around his tastes. For two – 2medium bananas, 7oz frozen peaches, 2T fat free sugar free pudding mix, 1cup oj.
I’ve got to clip some coupons and do my recipe planning while I sip my smoothie (lots of alliteration in that sentence!) and then we are headed to the grocery store. We are hoping to head to the movies later too. Happy Saturday!
I need your help! Does anyone have a genius non-impact cardio suggestion that I haven’t thought of yet?
Eating Chalk 
Exercise is just good for the mind and emotions. Whenever I feel down I always take long runs. If something upsets me I do the same thing. One might say it’s my crutch to ‘deal’ with things but it’s a good time to think things over before responding rashly.
I have no help for you 🙂 But the “moving” thing struck me as funny- I can’t believe how weird I feel when I don’t exercise regularly for even just 5 days! I left last Thursday for the annual natural supplements/foods expo in Anaheim, to work at my companies booth, and I’m amazed at how lame I feel (for lack of a better word) after not running for nearly a week. At least I wasn’t out partying every night like everyone else, though (our industry is perhaps the *worst* when it comes to that 😉
Belated congrats on your marathon!
Swimming maybe? Couldn’t tell you of any decent public pools in Buff though….
Also, I wouldn’t underestimate weight lifting! I sweat like a pig during a really good weight sesh, and maybe if you avoided things like lunges and squats (though, really….I would take any excuse to avoid lunges….) you could keep your fitness up during recovery. And work on some Jillian Michaels arms/abs!
What about simple, old-school moves? Like squats, lunges, tricep dips, push ups? Yoga might be good too?
Squats and lunges are what I can’t do because of my leg. I am planning on doing more yoga though, and looking forward to it 🙂
I don’t typically comment on the blogs i follow, but i read this last enty and immediately though of low impact pilates for your cardio dilemma. If you can’t get to a pilates studi, there are some great dvds with different levels of intensity.