I am so excited. I sent in my progress pictures this weekend to my Bombshell Coach, Shannon, and nervously awaited the verdict. I felt like I have given 110%, despite being hampered by my bad knees (more on those in a minute), but I was still concerned whether she thought I had made progress along the lines of what they are looking for. Shannon is a lady of few words in an email–she is extremely busy especially with all the travel, and she probably gets a couple hundred emails a day from all us Bombshells. I was so happy to receive a reply that included a ‘much better’ with two exclamation points and a smiley face! Whoo-hoo! All the work is paying off.
But then I woke up Saturday morning, and my knees were both swollen. Something in the booty workout didn’t agree with them. My left knee looked like it had a softball implanted in it. No pain on that side, but the swelling was worse. The right knee had all the pain, and still does. It hurts to bend it. I am considering putting grab bars in the bathroom and making it handicapped access. It hurts so freaking bad to bend my knees to sit down! The swelling went down over the weekend but the pain in my right knee got worse.
I can remember very few times in my life where I needed a cheat meal more than I did on Friday. But I had to wait until Sunday, because we would be eating lunch with my parents, and I really wanted some home cooking plus I didn’t want to hurt Mom’s feelings by eating out of a plastic baggie when she works so hard to make awesome meals. It took extreme discipline on my part, but I held firm.
On Saturday, we went to Georgia to see my nephew Matt play his first football game of the season. He was great! The team lost, unfortunately, but he did all he could to help their cause. I actually was OK with my diet on Saturday. It really helps from a mental standpoint to know that you have that cheat meal coming up, so it’s easier to hold to your plan when there is light at the end of the tunnel. We stayed at my sister’s house Saturday night and enjoyed spending time with the family.
Sunday–I chowed down on some fresh-from-the-garden goodies. I am so different–for my cheat meals I look forward to NOT having to eat any meat! I am substituting seitan, tempeh, tofu, etc for as much of the protein as I can, but I am still eating a lot of fish (from my perspective anyway). So all I wanted were some butterbeans and fried okra, my childhood favorites and major comfort foods. And I had two delicious homemade biscuits, complete with butter and jelly. And then I went in for a piece of Mom’s pecan pie. And then I ate my Spirulina pie that I had brought with me. And then I ate another sliver of pecan pie. I couldn’t resist! I felt so much better. Sometimes we all have to be human!
Really, most of my diet is still raw. Just not as close to 100% as before. For example, where they say to eat sweet potatoes, I just cut mine into sticks and eat them like carrots. Yum. I am eating almost all my sides raw, except for the brown or wild rice. Instead of cooked oatmeal, I eat sprouted oat groats. The sides are very well balanced and provide a lot of nutrition, and it has me eating a lot more vegetables than I was. Before, I was eating mostly fruit–which I miss greatly. Overall, it’s pretty good. And the results are certainly showing up.
I can’t really measure it, but I can tell my shoulders are a lot fuller, and there is a lot more separation from my deltoid to my bicep/tricep area. My arms and abs are much leaner, and even my legs are leaning up. Funny, the way I can tell the most on my legs is when I am shaving them. They feel hard and different from before. I can’t see that much difference, but it’s hard when you see yourself every day.
I modified my cardio and used the Stepmill yesterday and today. It doesn’t hurt my knees, but still kicks my butt big time on the cardio, and works my upper thigh and glute muscles until they are numb. Instead of sprints, I was climbing over 100 steps per minute–don’t think that’s not a workout! And I got off the machine and did all my little squats and jumps. And I had to work legs Monday night, but the pain kept me from doing any plyometrics. I wanted to do all my exercises, and I physically couldn’t, which frustrated me nearly to tears.
Today was another ‘let’s fix Christy’ day. All my ‘people’ worked on my legs today, and it really hurt. Fortunately, I don’t seem to have any damage, but my tendons and muscles are out of whack, which is putting undue pressure on the knee joint and also pulling it out of place. All I can do is keep up my stretching and continue to seek expert assistance. Dr. Renick had me run for him today so he could see what I am doing, and identified a few biomechanics that needed adjusting, so he worked on those. It definitely helped.
Our workout tonight was shoulders, and it was an awesome routine. I loved it. Very intense and I could actually see my shoulders pump up. It was one of the best shoulder workouts I have ever done. Michael joined me, and he loved it too. I am just so glad it didn’t involve any leg work! I went to Walmart and stocked up on ice packs and knee supports, so I am ready for battle. I refuse to let this stand in my way! I will defy my knee pain to the death!
Of course, I won’t do anything stupid. As Shelly, my medical massage therapist says, ‘pain is a gift’. It tells us something is wrong. I am working on getting to the root of the problem and finding the solution. Doing too much could cause injury that would really set me back. Instead, I intend to keep working to fix the problem and remove the cause of the pain.
Time to make my pe-bedtime smoothie and hit the hay. I hope you all have a wonderful week. Keep your eyes on your goal, and focus on your ‘why’. Don’t let anything stand in your way.
Be Defiant!
Christy
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September 1st, 2009
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