I just looked at my blog stats and realized that this is my 845th post! Wow, that’s a lot of weight loss writing!!
Today I wasn’t sure what the scale would show after yesterday’s strange & painful injury…but I’ll get to that in a second.
This week I’d noticed that the scale wasn’t moving much at all. And in the past this would have freaked me out or frustrated me, but this week I took it as a sign to increase activity, which I did on Monday. I also knew that TOM was here, and since that usually adds a pound or two, I was actually happy to be down a pound yesterday after all of that activity on Monday.
And then the unexpected happened – I pulled a muscle in either my chest or my back and it sent a shooting pain through my body from front to back. So much so that I couldn’t breathe well. Each breath was excruciating, so I ended up panting, rather than really breathing. I couldn’t stand, I couldn’t sit. I was miserable and in so much pain, which is saying something coming from me, because I have a very high pain threshold. My dad came over and told me I had most likely pulled a muscle near my diaphragm and caused pleurisy. I’m not sure if that diagnosis was correct or not, but I can say that it has never hurt me that much to breathe, and I’ve had pneumonia several times. All I could do was try to sit there, wait for the Aleve to start working, and hope it would get better. It didn’t help that it was a rainy day and all I wanted to do was eat carbs. So I had some mac ‘n’ cheese that my sister made for me, and tried my best not to focus on the pain.
Miraculously, I woke up this morning feeling so much better! I’m still not 100%, but I’m pretty close. At least it doesn’t hurt when I breathe, and I can only feel pain when I breathe really deeply. The whole experience reminds me of how lucky I am that I am normally in great health, and it’s also a good indicator of how one seemingly innocent movement can really effect you. If this is what 40 is going to be like…:) I guess it’s even more motivation to do everything I can to keep myself as healthy as possible as I get older.
Ok, so enough stalling, let’s get to that scale shot.
Which means I gained 0.2 pounds since last week, which is basically staying the same. Not great, but not too bad, considering. I’ve lost a total of 20.4 pounds.
Today I’m going to take it easy and just go for a walk later if it clears up. The skies above look ominous, so I want to wait it out a bit to see if we’re going to get more rain. If not, I may just do the WiiFit for a while. I don’t want to push myself too hard today and re-injure myself.
The plan for this week is to continue to eat right, keeping my food balanced and my calories to 1300-1400. The key for success is going to be exercise, and a lot of it. I want to try to get in one major cardio workout and then a more minor workout like walking or swimming each week day. I’m ready to get back to strength training, too, so I want to get in 3 workouts with weights per week, as well. I’ll probably begin with a muscle blast or power lift class at the gym, and then take it on my own from there. I have really enjoyed my workouts lately, and I’m looking forward to continuing them.
The celebrations abound this week with my birthday and the 4th of July, but I’m just going to keep MODERATION in mind. And I’m going to make sure to workout longer to make up for the indulgences that are sure to occur. I don’t want to deny myself a drink or two or even a cupcake on my birthday, but I also don’t want to get out of control. As I said, everything – even celebrations – in moderation.
What are your plans for the holiday weekend?
.2 is nothing lady 🙂 Youre doing great!
Glad to hear that the back is feeling better today, I’ve never had anything like that happen to me, but it sounds utterly miserable.