Friday!

On Friday's, we like to order in for lunch.  I often get a delicious steak kabob salad with greek dressing.  I'm sure it has 3 million calories.  It's really fantastic, but I can't imagine I'll be dining on that anytime soon.  My usual lunch ordering friends emailed me to see what I wanted today.  I informed them that I was fat, so I would be eating my 130 calorie Italian Wedding Soup by Campbell's Select Harvest.  They said that 130 calories is not enough to live off of, and I assured them I was in no danger of starvation.

I'm planning to work out after work today, and I eat small meals or servings throughout the day.  I get full quickly, so this will be fine for lunch, and later in the day, I'll have a yogurt or some light, high in fiber popcorn. 

I have found in the past that if I tell the people I work with, in addition to my friends and family, that I am trying to lose weight and be healthy, it makes it much easier to succeed.  First of all, people are supportive - they really, really are.  Thin and averaged sized people really like to see bigger people trying to lose weight.  Secondly, they won't try to entice you with unhealthy choices, and thirdly, it's just one more layer of accountability.

So I am telling the people I work with that I am trying to lose weight, and that I'm training for a sprint triathlon.  I can be their very own biggest loser that they cheer on as I work toward my goal. 

I had physical therapy today.  I think my range of motion is slightly increasing, but my knee is still incredibly weak.  I can't do much since my PT doesn't want me to continue when I feel pain.  I often forget to tell her I'm in pain, because I'm just wired to muscle through pain.  When she asks me if something hurts, I have to stop and think about it, and the answer is usually yes.  She's going to work with me on paying more attention to my pain.  After years and years of ignoring pain, it's hard to remember to listen to it.

Tonight I'm going swimming after work, and I will probably limit my workout to that.  When I walked out of my house to the balmy weather we are experiencing today, my first thought was that I should go on an outdoor bike ride to train.  Then I remembered that I'm just finally feeling better after a month of being sick, and my knee isn't ready for the hilly terrain yet.  Down boy.  I just get so excited.  Ah well....

I'm trying (very hard) to be responsible with my workouts and my wellness, so today I'm going to swim a half mile, and that will be that.  Tomorrow, if I'm still feeling well, and if I'm not in pain, I'm going to do my first mini mini triathlon, where I'll swim 1/4 mile, bike probably 5 miles, and just walk as far as I can until my knee hurts, which won't be far.  This will be my starting point that I can build from over the next few months.

I woke up feeling bloated today, and I have been an angel about my sodium, so I can only assume it's related to the prednisone.  That's okay.  I'll take the bloating in exchange for finally feeling better.  If I don't have a respectable loss on Tuesday, as a result, we'll see if I am still singing the same tune, but for now, I'm focusing on the things that matter.