I haven’t been posting as much as I want to. Things have been c-r-a-z-y lately. A lot going on! Here are some tidbits:
- Four dogs in the house. We already have two big pitbulls, but my boo is like a regular Cesar Millan so he is always babysitting his client’s dogs. We were planning on all going hiking today for our newly weekly hiking ritual, but the rain…rained on our parade. Boo!
- I received some casein packets & new shaker cup from Jay at Optimum Nutrition. Woo, thanks Jay! I am totally on the scour for some tasty, healthy peanut butter flavored things but so far have come across failures. This is a whole ‘nuther blog post in itself which I hope to write about later…but anyway I tried his chocolate peanut butter casein powder (a slow-digesting protein best for pre-slumber) mixed with some organic low-fat yogurt and it was fairly tasty. What I liked: 1) a good macronutrient distribution for me (24 g Protein, 3 g Carbs, 1 g Fat, 120 cal) 2) pretty good taste (esp. because many peanut butter flavored things TASTE LIKE BUTT, if I may be so eloquent 3) pretty good mixability. What I didn’t like: 1) it didn’t taste very much like peanut butter! More so like chocolate, which is fine, but I am looking for something tasting very peanut buttery.
- Shoes. I got new shoes last week because my feet were hurting. Bad. After another day or so, my feet still were hurting. Bad 🙁 So I went to a podiatrist, who told me it was the shoes, despite the two different pair of shoes causing me problems. He told me to stay away from “stability” shoes and go for “neutral” shoes, and I should be fine. Well, that’s easy! (I was fearing having to work on adjusting my gait or some other complicated solution.) I went back to the running shoe store and they allowed me to exchange my shoes for these “neutral” shoes! Yay! So far so good 😉 Will keep you posted.
- My shoulder has been acting up. It feels very inflammed right now. The frustrating thing is that it was just starting to feel better. I FINALLY went to the doctor and his assistant said it was the biceps tendon, the physician said it was the pec tendon, and they sent me to a physical therapist who said it was the rotator cuff. Lovely, indeed, I am so glad they agree on what the problem is so that we can create a focused plan of attack. Anyway, the physical therapist told me I can’t lift anything heavier than 5 pounds. Kill me now…But then I had “floor shift” at my work where I re-rack the weights on the floor. There are 45+ lb weights lying around on the floor because apparently the guys who lift weights then become so drained of every ounce of energy that they can’t return the weights to the weight stacks. So it’s my job to get the workout floor organized. As I would re-rack these heavy weights, I could feel my shoulder yapping at me…I know this isn’t good for me…And this puts all my figure & fitness plans on hold even longer…because I can’t do figure or fitness or train how I want to if basic movements hurt and I can’t lift heavier than 5 pounds! Even though I don’t much trust physical therapists, especially seeing that I have gotten different diagnoses from top-ranking Stanford doctors & PT’s… I will follow his advice for now… Is the illustration dramatic enough for you? ;P (source: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aRknaJ8wci8/Rpbl0ncLzmI/AAAAAAAAAJI/5k8YQ4Gn8uM/s400/argh-frame.gif)
- Embracing growth. This leads me to my biggest update. I made a big decision. The floor shift and other factors led me to give notice at that job, so I will be focusing full time on my own business, working out of my boo’s new studio! Wow! This new studio is MUCH closer, and with all the logistics (keeping a higher percentage of the session price, doing my own marketing and outreach, different tax implications, and more!) this will be a huge change in my life! Ch-ch-ch-changes!
- And just, for fun, check out my boo’s video(s)! He is absolutely incredible. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hgzMgpEjmw
- And, just for double fun, gratuitous kitten pic (source: http://larry.ironlemon.com/sleepingkitty.jpeg)
4
APR
APR
8
