suechru's Journal, 09 August 2010

Part of this process is listening to my body.

My body is saying "You need to rest today". I woke up this morning with ridiculously swollen ankles and generally felt fatigued. I overdid it a little this weekend. The scale was also up 1.3 pounds which has to be water from the swelling. (Right?) Feet were still hurting but at least I was able to walk (I was literally limping yesterday.) Did take the stairs down at least today (I work on the 4th floor, going to start taking them all the time I was trying to let things heal a little.)

So I'm sitting here resting. I'm actually considering a nap because I'm exhausted today (getting up this morning was awful and I slept like a log). I'm also broken out like crazy and my period is due any second so it's probably PMS. Have I mentioned I've been craving pickles?

I kind of want to go to the pool and maybe do some leisurely swimming but that means getting up, getting changed and walking over there and the nap sounds so much nicer actually.

Edit: I looked back over my exercise diary and I had two days off from any real exercise in the last week - one was Monday when I took a final exam and was super busy all day anyway, and the other day was the Tuesday after. Every other day since the month began I've done something (and ushering for a 3 hour opera where you pretty much stand the whole time and climb stairs IS exercise). No wonder I'm tired.

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1458 kcal

Fat: 43.09g | Prot: 113.37g | Carb: 174.19g.   Breakfast: Cream (Half & Half), No Calorie Sweetener Packets, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Grapes, Greek Style Nonfat Yogurt - Blueberry, Water, Iced Coffee, Stevia, Milk (Nonfat). Lunch: Organic Popcorn with Olive Oil, Diet Dr. Pepper, Peach, Low Salt Deli Sliced Ham, Light Wheat Bread, Dijon Mustard. Dinner: water , garden patch veggie soup, dijon mustard, light wheat bread, deli sliced chicken breast, tomato sauce, large eggplant, part skim mozzarella. Snacks/Other: organic popcorn with olive oil, 100 Calorie Milk Chocolate Bars, light mayo, trader joe's albacore tuna, diet dr. pepper, thin stick pretzels, Bottled Water. more...

3465 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Housework - 30 minutes, Driving - 15 minutes, Sitting - 30 minutes, Desk Work - 8 hours, Resting - 6 hours and 45 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...