LilMogul’s BodyBlog

…but I didn’t. Had a small tiff with the fiance and went into a mood. lol. But I dragged myself in there and once I got started it was all good. Wasn’t trying to break PR or anything. Just wanna get my rhthym back.

bike 20min 70-90 rpm 88cal

treadmill 15min hill3/ sp 3.2 (speedwalking) 86cal

lol, forgot to put PROTEIN in my protein shake. so I ended up with just a smoothie. (banana, yogurt, strawberries, juice) oh, well. and had a baked sweet potato with it. passed on the cottage cheese.

Okay so this is the first day of the rest of my life. I haven’t been 100% in my regime since about mid Sept I am guessing. I would have to go back to my blogs to be certain. And for the last few weeks I have been on my butt, docs orders.

Today I begin lots of water, detox and supplementation. I need to get the chemicals out of my body from the last two weeks of medicine. And I lost so much weight not having had any appetite.

Tonight I will return to yoga/ pilates and cardio. Gotta get my circulation back again and a little strength. I am thinking bike and stairmaster. This weekend I will get back to weights.  

Okay so it was tough being down for an additional 2 1/2 weeks after my own self imposed break. I am really kicking myself for taking for granted that I can just jump back in the game anytime. You never know whats around the corner. In this case it was a horrible foot infection that had traveled to my groin. Well my picc was pulled today and I am getting back in the gym tomorrow.

When I last blogged on the 13th, I had finally returned to the gym after a few weeks of on again off again. I wrote about a strange cramp I got in my foot and calf. I dismissed it, thinking it was because I hadn’t been working out, hadn’t stretch, hadn’t drank enough water or maybe I just needed a banana.

In the week that followed, I continued to have a faint, nagging cramp. I was a little fatigued and I continued to avoid the gym. Finally on Sunday night, I noticed my thigh was tingling on the same right leg. I put down what I was doing and began to massage my toe, calf and leg. It didn’t help. I went to sleep. In the morning, while getting out of bed my foot lightly grazed something and I felt the most intense pain at that specific area of my foot. I turned on the lights and tried to position myself to see. And there they were. Three tiny pinholes atop a small swollen mound where my sister’s cat had bitten my foot in my sleep. I moved and it pounced, perhaps hoping I was a mouse or playtoy. Although it hurt I just kicked the cat (sorry animal lovers) and fell back asleep. That was over 10 days ago. The cat bites me all the time in jest and rough play. I never thought about it again. Until now.

I figured I would call the doctor and some simple oral antibiotics would solve my small problem. I did see the doc, got said antibiotics and proceeded to have a most uncomfortable night of high fever, sweats, muscle/bone/skin pain. The fever broke around 2am. Tuesday afternoon I noticed something new. Pain from my inner knee on up my thigh. A golf ball sized painful lump in my groin area (lymph node) that is indicative of cat scratch fever. I limped home and repeated the fever and sweats which broke around 2am.

When I awoke I was limping more. I called the doctor in the morning and she wanted me to come in right away. She took one look at the streaking and swelling on my foot, felt my golf ball and called an infectious disease doctor who agreed to see me immediately. He took one look at my foot / golf ball and said I am just a step away from being shuffled to the hospital and we have to act fast. I was sent down the road to have a painful picc line inserted into my arm and the next morning (today- 12 hours too late in my opinion) I was back at ID doc for an IV infusion.

Today I was just a sterilized razor away from cutting my foot open myself. My friend stopped me. She works in a home infusion office and said WTF are you doing? and told me horror stories from other people doing the same thing. I put away the alcohol, scissors, gauze, and neosporin. I will be asking the doctor about this and other issues with my condition in the morning when I get my next infusion. Tonight my foot is huge.
I have gotten an Oxygen Mag and a M&F Hers and haven’t cracked them open. The condition leaves me with no appetite.  I eat clean, but not often enough. I get married in a few months and I am getting skinny and losing shape and strength. My wedding shoes arrived today. I can’t try them on. I choke back emotions.
This whole situation is very scary to me. I have read in many articles that the lymph node in my groin could be a present problem for 2-4 months. It could be the least of my problems.

So I got back in tonight. Nothing major: rowing machine and cardio wave machine. Just wanted to get moving again. I haven’t gained any weight during my absence, nor has my diet digressed. But after several weeks of inconsistency my body doesn’t want to give me a pass. Ate clean all day, went food shopping after work so I could have my usual pre/ post workout meals. I had a shot of Extend in hopes of finding my mojo faster and longer. Alas:

Rowing 15 mins 130cal

Cardio Wave lev 5 15 min 101 cal

On the cardio wave my calf began to cramp and when I dismounted I was wheezing a bit and flush. When I got home the bottoms of my feet were cramping and my baby toe! lol. In ways, its like starting over again. I AM EXHAUSTED!!!! I know, what did I think would happen? But its alright. I will get back in there tomorrow. And this weekend i will add weights back into my regime. And gotta get the vitamins and water up to speed again too. Hence, the cramping.
Besides general health, what’s the new goal? Same as the old goals, but now I am getting ready for beachwear and a cute little wedding dress in 3 months. Ladies, if you see anything online, send me a link. Haven’t picked the dress yet! Help a sister out. lol!

What I love about my BB friends is I can’t get anything past you! Thank you for checking on me and being "present" in my sporadic absence.
It’s 2:30 in the morning and my body clock is off. I am still unplugged. Although I have been eating clean, I still have not gotten in the gym. I am not depressed nor have I thrown in the towel. Quite the opposite. I am very happy and really miss working out. Life is happening to me and I have not found my balance with the new conditions. I expect I will get back in the gym soon when the dust settles. As Al says: It’s always something.
What life is happening? Well, I am newly engaged to be married and suddenly planning a move overseas to marry my boo.   I know nothing about moving overseas. So most of my time has been spent researching what to expect with a military wedding, immigration procedures, how to manage our new life together. I lived in St. Croix for 6 mos and from what I have read it seems similar: US territory/ but so NOT; nice people/ corrupt system; beautiful island/ lots of poverty; extreme heat and humidity/ risk of typhoons is high. Great! Add to that military married life can be challenging and there you have it- my life is changing. But I couldn’t be more excited and I know what expect.
The rest of my time has been juggling communication with my boo with the time zone difference. My phone is programmed to tell me what time is in Guam, which is helpful. Basically you add two hours and flip AM/PM. So when I am awake he is sleeping and vice versa. We try to catch eachother just before we are going to sleep/ waking up which is twice a day. When he is on the ship we awkwardly "live chat" by email which is basically he types, I answer, he answers, delay in network, repeat. He finally has a phone today so we talked this morning, at lunchtime and for a little bit after work (between his classes).

The other call I got, quite unexpected, was from my trainer! She wanted to know if I was okay, because I haven’t called for my last session which will include a body fat reading. I broke my news to her and she was excited because the last time we spoke, Justin had just left for Guam and she had sat down next to me on a rower in the gym to ask if I would marry him and move to be with him. I was still up in the air at that point. In my heart I wanted to marry him, but I would see if he held strong with his conviction over time I thought he would need. So I never brought it up. I would let him talk about it. He is not homesick and he loves the Navy, the island and his job. He set the process in motion and discussed his intent with the chaplain and told his family. They are all excited. My family will be more challenging. Stay tuned.

Back to bed.

Haven’t been plugged in in a minute. You know, when you are just on and you plan, prepare and follow through. Yeah. None of that for a while. So I was a little groggy getting back into things today. I have generally kept to clean eating but I had to get the pantry back in gear for my pre/ post workout meals. So after work I went to the store and got a handful of stuff. Then- what? Yes I came home and took a nap because I am still tossing and turning at night. I finally heard from my man in Guam (or rather, on the high seas) around 4am this morning. So, needless to say I didn’t get much sleep again and I lost my energy towards the end of the workday. The sleep was solid and then I was up at 7:30 getting ready for the gym.

Once I got there, I felt like I was swimming upstream on the cardio. It was too hard too soon. So I kept it simple for my first night back in. Definitely didn’t like the pie face staring back at me in the mirror and the arms were looking like logs, so I got work to do.
Cardio Wave 20 min lev. 4/ 133 cal

Rowing machine 20 min 27 spm/ 175 cal

Protein shake, cottage cheese. Bedtime. Repeat again tomorrow.

I haven’t worked out this weekend. But I was worked. Happy to say our fundraiser for our neighbor went very well. The lady my family was raising money for is an ordinary citizen who lost her husband and son within a short span of time. Her husband’s illness had put them in deep with medical bills before he passed and afterward her home was being foreclosed on in the weeks before she lost her son. Our community really rallied behind us and we even had a sheriff, senator and congressman show up and pay out. Over 50 businesses sent gift cards and baskets to raffle. Seemed like we were calling out numbers all night. We had (too much) good food which we served, the DJ was great. About 300-400 ppl showed up. I think the only problem was that no one ate the hundreds of cookies and cupcakes and other desserts. Guess people are eating a little better these days?  I confess I have has 3 cupcakes since Friday!

Otherwise I have been really good. I have had serious munchies all day. My body was tired from the event and there is all this food around me. But other than the cupcakes I stuck to my oatmeal, cheese, yogurt, greens, etc.

With the fundraiser coming up Saturday afternoon there has been much to do. Food prep, sign making, meetings, site updates, picking up donations. So I am putting the gym on the back burner til next week so I DON"T stress about not going. If it is part of the plan I feel a LITTLE less anxious. But I am eating clean with the occasional indulgence of a steak, slice of pizza or… yesterday’s half hoagie. It used to be I couldn’t have any of this without almost immediate ramifications, even with working out. But, like Al said, I think I normally keep my carbs so low that when my body gets a little extra, its "using" them a little more constructively. I won’t make it a habit though. My goal is to be lean so I have no intention of abandoning that. Hope everyone has a great day and weekend!!!

The cardio and clean eats are kicking in quickly. I had spent two weeks with nary a workout and eating dirty. (Not proud of it) The last two days I have eaten clean and hit the cardio with HIIT. I wish I had weighed myself after the big jiggly mess I created, but the scale was down. I can say that defore the vacation I was at 123/124lb. My waist was 27" and the bbbf was 30". This morning: weighed in lower at 122.5 which is tough for me to maintain and dip below so we will see what happens with that. Could be because I lost a bit of muscle? I know we don’t give the scale much cred anyway. And the waist is down a half inch from those pre-glutton ways. bbbf (fattiest area below my belly button!) measurement is back down to 30". that’s very good, but i would love to get that down to 29" one day…soon! Mirror: looks nice but not the tight drum I wanna be. I am definitely not jumping rope in my bikini for y’all anytime soon….

I really do think the coconut oil helps burn those cardio calories, but that is me. Y’all know I am partial to the natural stuff. I am looking for good simple recipes for cooking with it. (I won’t keep it up if it aint simple). It is great in my coffee and oatmeal and dreamy on whole grain bread. but it clings to the walls of my blender when mixed with cold stuff. it is very temperature sensitive. i would like to use it on chicken but al the cool recipes use flax and almonds. i am allergic to all nuts except peanuts and cashews… Saw a great recipe for using with brown rice. I don’t eat much carbs, but that might be good side in my post workout meal. Also saw one for sauteeing veggies (zucchini and squash). So any recipes are welcome!