Sunday Weigh In: 218.4
I am down .2 ounces and this is definitely not a loss. Anything under a 1 pound loss is to me just water weight. This week was a wash. Last Sunday I just had this intuitive feeling that I wouldn't lose anything. It was hard this past week. I wasn't as tired as a few weeks ago, I was just dealing with some things. For one, Aunt Flo came to visit, which I only missed yoga and eliptical on Thursday because of it. I was experiencing some back pain and a slacker attitude because of it. Plus I only do yoga poses to comfort the pain, never a full routine to avoid inversion poses. However on Friday, I made up for missing Thursday with doing my run/walk interval for an hour instead of only 30 minutes. It was awesome. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday were great, I did what I had planned. Saturday, we did a two hour hike on Marshall Mesa.
So why didn't I lose anything? Well, one is the water retention from my hormones and two, I indulged a little this week. I had peanuts a few nights as a snack, popcorn one night, and four glasses of wine over five days. Yep, it was indulgence, my will power broke down. I'm ok with that though. I did better than my last monthly, because sometimes I could sit down and drink a bottle of wine and eat a bag of potatoes chips, know what I mean ladies?
My exercise was spot on though and I am proud of that. I felt really strong this week, despite the fact my knees have decided to divorce me. They are angry little knees, in complete and utter pain for six days now. What the hell happened? Am I pushing it too hard? Do I weigh too much for my frame size and now it is crushing my knees? Is it my shoes? They are only a year old. Yes, they look a little worn out, but only one year old. I don't know. Hil suggested arthiritis since it is common in our family, but now, at 30? During the hike, I thought I was going to fall down the mesa and roll into the highway, if I moved my knees just slightly to the right or left. If I walk straight they are 'ok', but if I squat, they feel like they are going to give out. Maybe they're not strong enough yet.
I do beleive in healing and I DON'T beleive in "No Pain No Gain". I think when something hurts, your body is trying to tell you something. Instead of resting at the very sign of pain, I still did my routine. However, I did take a few ibuprofen, I elevated, I iced, I rubbed arnic on them, and I also massaged today with coconut oil. It has helped yes, but they still feel a little wobbily. The question is, should I take more time off? Should I change around my routine and do something different and less running? Well, in order to keep my heart rate up, I think I will do less running and more eliptical and cross training this coming week.
A buddhist saying I like to repeat to myself is "Pain is Given, Suffering is Optional". This comes into play in physical and emotional pain.
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Lunges and squats are a killer to knees. I would substitute something else or just omit them. They are not critical to loosing weight. You are doing all the right things: varied routine, aerobic activity, strength training. Your legs get strength training just doing the elliptical. We usually add weights for upper body because our aerobic activity usually doesn't do much for the arms. Any exercise where you bend your knees with your full body weight will grind those joints (and even worse if you are holding weights in your arms). With the elliptical you have a similar movement but the forces are different so you actually have less force on the knees than just walking. Can your elliptical go backwards? I do it both ways and wow, it really gets the quads going backwards!
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