I’ve been working 2 days a week in our Houston office, and it’s sapping me.  Well, the drive is.  90 miles one way    I’m pretty much ready for bed by 8 or 8:30 on those nights!  But the good part about it is that I am taking my own food, drinking plenty of water, and not cheating while I’m there!!

My charlie horse… I may have been mistaken about that, since all I’ve read says they are in your quads - this is in my calf.  Well, it’s been a week and two days, and although I can walk (but stiff-legged in my bare feet), blood has pooled around my ankle and I have swelling on my shin, my lower leg, my ankle, and now my foot.  So I went to the doctor today.

She took an X-ray to make sure I didn’t have any cracks, and she poked and prodded as doctors do.  Good news - I’m going to live  lol, and I won’t lose my leg.  HAHA.  She said it looks like a big muscle tear in my gastro– something (my calf) and probably I tore a blood vessel too, and the cramp created a pocket where all the blood stayed.  As my muscle is relaxing, the blood is coming out, hence the swelling and totally ugly and scary looking ankle.  She said as long as I keep getting better, I shouldn’t worry about anything.

I haven’t done any leg exercises, although I feel like I WANT to, and she said go ahead, if I have swelling use ice, and if I feel worse, stop.

California is September 10 - next week!!!  I am VERY excited!  I feel good about the way I fit in my clothes, so I’m not going to worry about THAT.  We are going to a wild animal park somewhere, probably on Saturday, and that will involve lots of walking.  But I’ve also been warned about all the restaurants we will be visiting, too     Lets hope I still fit good in my clothes when I come home!!  haha!

I plan on trying the ‘baby got back’ contest when I come home, if it’s going to go round two.  I’m looking forward to my trip, and also progressing to the next level of my workouts!!

I’ll see if I can post pictures when I get back - have to get them "approved" first, though.    I’ll probably write more before I leave, but just in case, now you all know what’s going on!!!

Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!   

The only good thing about going to  Houston is having the people who haven’t seen me since November ask me "did you lose weight since we saw you last??" 

Yee Haw. 

I did however, take my food, snacks and a big cup for water, and NO money so I couldn’t cheat!!  I did really well.  My weight has stayed the same.

I think I’m going to trim the weight days down and vamp the cardio up for this week, just to see what happens.    I only have to go to Houston now 2 days a week, Mondays and Wednesdays, so I shouldn’t be so exhausted.

My poor horsie thought I abandoned her - I didn’t get to work with her all week, either.  Finally Thursday I spent some "quality time" with her and gave her a good grooming.  She really seemed to enjoy that.  Poor baby!!  Friday I hung out a little bit too.  And Saturday morning.  I didn’t ask too much from her, it was kinda hot, but she always likes the attention.  And the snacks. haha 

Here is a picture we took tonite.  (PS:  I think my legs are looking better!! woo-hoo!)

Have a great week everyone!!

Sunday  cardio was working Cricket in the round pen.  Diet ok, had a bison bac/chbgr at Ruby Tuesdays.

Monday  Gazelle 20 mins LBS 8 PM.  Diet excellent

Tuesday  (my weight was 157.4 !  not sure if that was correct though). Arms workout 5:30 AM  Diet excellent.  Had some yogurt cranberries.  LBS Gazelle 20 mins at 8:30 PM

Wednesday Legs workout 5:30 AM diet ok, water ok, Los Cucos for dinner.

Thursday  Absculpt at 5:30 AM  LBS Gazelle 20 mins 5:30 PM diet good, water good. “CW Moment”

Friday Arms and Chest/Shoulders workout 5:00 AM  Upped reps and weight on a few exercises. Diet excellent, water ok

Saturday rest day diet eh… water poor.  Ate some raspberry dark chocolate Hershey’s kisses.

I have no idea what my weight was this morning !  I forgot to weigh myself!!  I figure it is around 159.xx  Every day this week I had to fight with myself to get up.  But I did it.

Strength training:  4 days out of 6 (but I didn’t “miss” any workouts, got them in just not in my scheduled time)
Cardio:  3 days
Ate clean:  6 days out of 7, had 2 small cheat meals during the week, plus the candy on Saturday.

I feel so good!  Working out every day makes me feel great.  My clothes are fitting me so much better, and I feel good about the way I look, even if it’s not where I eventually want to be.  I went school clothes shopping with Erin on Saturday and actually enjoyed trying on some things - can’t tell you the last time that happened.  I even bought some skimpy sexy shorts!!  I’ll only wear them to bed, but I feel comfortable wearing them, and the only reason I bought them was to turn Dave on, and it’s working     Even if I don’t lose much weight, I feel really good about how I look.  And just because it’s only 3 weeks and 3 days till we go to CA, I’m not stressing about anything, because I feel absolutely wonderful.

SO ANYWAY!  I tried them on last night, walked out to the living room where he was watching the Olympics, and said "How do they look?"  He gets this HUGE grin on his adorable face and says "OH YEAH!!!"  I laughed and said "So they look better than they did before?"  He says "OH, THEY LOOK ALOT BETTER!!!"  and then he grabs me and pulls me down on the couch with him!!

YAY!!!!!     LOL!!!!

Guess I need to drink extra water today!!

http://blog.bodybuilding.com/dthiele233/2008/01/23/this-really-burned-me-up

Well, I overhear some comments now and then that are similar.  My boss’s brother is working in our warehouse now, and sometimes they are together gawking at something on the internet.  Just made me remember that post, that day, and the burn-me-up feeling…

HAH, I’ll STILL show them…

Then this morning I go to make my breakfast and…  ack! no eggbeaters!  So I had a can of salmon on a whole wheat tortilla.  I know lots of you eat fish for breakfast, but I never have.  It was kinda funny to me!   lol.

that was it, just thought it was a funny breakfast  :D