The Best is Yet to Come

well open up your mind and see like me
open up your plans and damn you’re free
look into your heart and you’ll find love love love
listen to the music of the moment, maybe sing with me
i love peaceful melody
it’s your godforsaken right to be loved love loved love loved

I’ve finally worked it all out - I think, anyway. I’m accepting that I just completely adore the same man who drives me crazy. I happen to be a big believer in cosmic signs, and boy, have the cosmos spoken - quite loudly and very clearly. Either way, I’m happy for the moment and that’s really all any of us can ask for.

My progress has sucked lately because life has gotten a bit in the way of my very well laid plans, so with the man I adore out of town for the next week it is with renewed determination that I get my ass in the gym and stick to a very healthy meal plan. Best time to get it all on the right track is when there are minimal distractions, so now is perfect.

Skipped leg day yesterday but got in some very fun cardio in the evening - but I’m not sure if that actually counts.

So, tonight will be squats, presses, curls, extensions and, UGH, at the request of my doc, I’m adding in the abductor and adductor machines. Then it’s ab time.

Added the whey protein back in, too. It’s a good day.

Woohoo!!!!!! My doc told me today NOT to take the funky supps recommended by my chiroquacktor. I asked her to please relay that to him, as well, since she’s the one who referred me to him in the first place.

In other news, I’m fairly sure I pulled something in my right shoulder when I took my lovely little spill yesterday morning. Ouch. No lifting for another two weeks according to the doc. Sucks.

Dammit! I was doing so well getting everything back in line where it’s supposed to be until I left my building this morning in the pouring rain - note to self, flip flops become VERY slippery in the rain!

So I’m rushing to my car and I lose a shoe, and then I completely wipe out catching air, landing on my right side and completely soaking my entire right side of my pants. I am NOT a happy camper and now I’m all crooked again. Looks like I’ll be back in to see the chiro sooner than I planned.

In other news, when I saw my regular physician on Friday, the same one who referred me to my chiroquacktor, I showed her the supplements he’d recommended and she questioned why he did. I asked her to politely ask him to NOT advise me to take any more freaky pills - I already take one that works just fine for my thyroid, I have no desire to replace it by taking 18 other pills throughout the day that cost an arm and a leg. Ugh.

…bovine tissue extracts???? WTF???

Don’t get me wrong, I love my Chiroquacktor, but this seems just a bit far fetched.

I’m now taking three new supplements as recommended by the good man - one contains bovine hypothalmus Cytosol extract, the other has porcine thymus Cytosol extract and the third has some herb called bladderwrack. Seriously. What the hell is this stuff????

All I can say is that I better notice $63 worth of a difference pretty damn quick, LOL.

I told him flat out that if I didn’t know better I’d think he was a quack - but everything he does is right on target and works. I’ve never been cracked, poked and prodded so much as I have been since my first visit on Saturday - and oddly enough, my back pain is gone, my shoulder no longer cracks and I’m sleeping better.

What fascinates and baffles me is how he figures this crap out in the first place - he moved my arm around a bit and then asked if I’d been stressed or sad lately - which was right on the money - I HAVE been a bit sad missing my close friends and family lately, and have been very stressed with work. I asked him how he could tell that, and he said my body told him.

I should also mention that in addition to being a fully licensed chiropractor, he’s also a Certified Applied Kinesiologist, nutritionist and also practices acupuncture.

Talk about weird science.

Tossed and turned a lot, forgot to set the timer on the TV, so it woke me up in the middle of the night. Got a text message at the buttcrack of dawn that woke me up - but it’s all good. Fell BACK asleep and woke up, jumped in the shower and almost missed my train - so I did the 100 yard dash in 3" heels to catch it just in time. At least I got some cardio in this morning!

I’m still sore from my back and shoulder workout on Friday - Eek! Now I normally expect to be somewhat sore for a day or two, but this time I’m REALLY sore! Not sure how I’m going to approach my squat workout for tonight - I may just go with cardio today, but will have to see how I’m feeling later. I’m really looking forward to relaxing in the whirlpool and steam room before I go and imagine myself on a beach with near-naked cabana boys while I tan - aaah, 15 minutes of bliss .

Sadly, I double checked with my pharmacist and physician - and they both wholeheartedly agree that I should NOT take any fat burners whatsoever. This is mainly due to my hypothyroidism - but the also both agree that fat burners are not a good idea for anyone. Oh well. Looks like I’m sticking to my multi-vitamin and whey protein as far as any supplementation goes.

I overindulged a bit during the weekend spent with my best friends….a little too much homemade Mexican food, and definitely too many wine coolers and margaritas - but you can never have too much fun and we had a blast. And I think we all needed some good quality girlfriend time.

I’m so very thankful that I have 3 of the best girlfriends one could ask for - they’re always there for me when I need them and support and encourage me no matter what. Men may come and go, but that kind of unconditional friendship is priceless.

Little (ok, not so little) ole me on the Bodyspace front page! Who knew?

But, that’s not why my day was great.

Just got back from the gym and a super workout with #1, except it turns out that I need to do some tweaking to my workout and lift lighter weights for more reps….will have to check with Martin, the superest trainer at the gym, to see what revisions I need to make. He did agree that doing cardio twice a day is what I need to be doing to get rid of the extra fluff, and thinks that I’ll look great when I hit my goals. I think it’s time to look into working with him a few times a month, since he really helped #1 with his bodybuilding contest prep.

The other super thing? I just made the most awesome tequila lime tilapia for dinner! Threw it on a plate with a green salad topped with just a little bit of monterey jack cheese and the freshest, yummiest salsa ever. (and I stole a sip of #1’s white wine). It was super!

I love that I get to experiment with healthy cooking and that I have a receptive audience who is so supportive of my progress toward my goals. That has been so valuable to me during this whole process, and even though I’m strong enough and dedicated enough to do it on my own, having that extra oomph of support is just amazing.

Ok, gonna’ go see what’s going on in the forums, since I start my new super job on Friday, in the coolest black building right next to the river (and conveniently across from the train!).