That cycle again. Frustration, impatience, despair, determination, hard work, success. Over the past two weeks I've gone through all of those. Luckily, success hit today! I've been working out like crazy and eating super well as a result of witnessing the scale climb up to 182 pounds! OUCH!. I got the reward......a drop in weight (back to 178.7), but alas, it also came with a helping of a hip injury! Silver lining, I could still spin my ass off, so I still got workouts in Monday through today. Resting that hip for the rest of the week. My game plan is proper stretching, icing the inflamed area, popping Advil, and resting resting resting! I will be throwing a few prayers in there as well, hoping for a swift and unscathed recovery. Oh and my right knee feels like it's going to snap out. Yup, I really did a number on my body once I freaked out about gaining weight again. Anyway, more on Monday as I attempt to get out for my lunch run.
Colour Vibe race over the weekend!!! When I say race though, I'm using the term rather loosely. More like 2000 people getting together with friends, dressing up in fun outfits and running/walking/skipping/twirling their way though a 5k course while being dredged in all kinds of colours. The ground was very uneven, resembling trail running. While I wasn't worried about the distance of the race, the uneven ground may have contributed to my hip injury. Nevertheless, fun times were had! Selfie says it all.
Last weekend we took Mum and Dad shopping. Hassan has had enough of my maternity wear and pretty much put forward the ultimatum. We're not leaving here until you buy 2 pairs of jeans! Reluctantly I agreed. Surprisingly I didn't do too badly, ending up with two pairs of jeans (as was agreed on) and actually liking the way they fit!
This whole week has been awesome diet-wise. Just today I was craving a little comfort food. Got a little sick of cold raw crunch of a salad. So had leftover pizza for lunch and a white bun with butter with my soup. As I'm typing this I'm just polishing off a handful of chips left on the bottom of the bag. Just enough to get my crunchy salty fix, but that's it! Melon for dessert and no carbs for dinner. That reminds me, a new recipe is in the works. I totally felt like whipping something up in the kitchen, following nothing but my soul. I'll tell ya....my soul led me to a good place. Dinner was awesome! Pan fried shrimp with onions, garlic and spices, glazed carrots (OK with a bit of butter, but come on, it's carrots!), yup the carrots from the picture. Little parchment paper baked pouches of zucchini with tomatoes, spiced with ginger, garlic and a touch of olive oil. At the very end of baking those I added a touch of old cheddar cheese on top. Yup, dinner was a success. I'll slap together that recipe and add it on. Oh and I also made avocado sauce punched up with green cilantro, lemon juice and spices. It's coming, I promise. Maybe even right after I'm finished typing this, which at this point I think I am. Back on the grind tomorrow. Since I'm off running for the week, I'll have to get my fitness fix from my bike. Bring on loud music and movies to the basement. Oh and another bit of news (I promise it's the last one!) Hassan and I are committing to 100 crunches a day. It doesn't matter when we throw them in but in sets of at least 20s we'll have to get there! As always, I'll keep you posted. Until then...