The end of week 3

I kind of missed out writing about the first three weeks of my "return to constant pain". But I have been progressing and "regularly" watching what I eat....that's not to say that I'm going hyper crazy...nada...I love food wayyyy too much to be eating low fat cottage cheese and baby bok choy every day.

I have managed however, to add 5 lbs to my weights each week...which is promising.

It's amazing just how quickly the heart recovers from being an incredibly lazy ass! I went from a stomping 158 beats per minute, barely pushing myself on the elliptical to 134 and having to pump a little harder only three weeks later! It's a good feeling, especially considering my heart was rated at a 55 year old level only 6 months ago...pretty sad huh? Yup....that's what doing nothing will do to ya!

Anyways...my last workout (on Thursday) was a good 20 minutes on the elliptical, abs and emphasis on my legs. Um hello....my legs are not alive. Well apparently they're keeping me upright but.....they're in a mighty bit of pain...and I didn't even push myself!

I did watch what I ate today though....breakfast was a yogurt, then a small handful of almonds. Lunch was a piece of "tilapia" fish and a salad. I had a snack of a couple of slices of Hungarian salami (I told you) and dinner was a bit of my own version of "hamburger helper" (wayyy healthier than the boxed crap) and a side salad.

I am having a glass (or two) of wine now, but hey....I deserve it!