Wow. I never fully understood the value of stretching until just now. I did a little over half of Cassey Ho's Sexy Broom Burn for Trim Thighs and Sculpted Back the other day. OH MY WORD. I did not finish the whole video, but yesterday my thighs starting hurting like you wouldn't believe. I couldn't sit down or stand up without being in excruciating pain - I couldn't go up or down stairs, I could barely walk in a straight line without my legs caving underneath me. It was mostly in my quads where the pain was brutal, and finally this evening I was like... I NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS! I can't take the pain anymore... so I Googled some pictures of "stretches for quadriceps" and came across a few stretches that REALLY helped. Oh my goodness. The tension and constant ache in my thighs is nearly gone and I can function normally now, without hobbling around like I'm crippled. It just goes to show that stretching is incredibly important for limbering up before, and promoting healing after a workout.
Additionally, yesterday I went over in calories, and we weren't at home because we were celebrating my sister's birthday at my parent's house and doing taxes. So I didn't get to work out either, and I don't know that I would've been able to anyways - that's how much pain I was in. But I wasn't happy about the situation at all, let me tell you. I hate missing workouts for any reason, but especially because I'm in pain. Additionally, I had my first taste of chocolate/cocoa since starting PRISM last night. My sister made homemade sugar-free, gluten-free chocolate peanut butter cups, and I had one, and holy cow - amazing, but SO rich. I didn't realize how intensely sweet and rich one of those bad boys would be. Next time I will probably go for 1/4 to 1/2 of one serving, just because I don't think I could do a whole one again. So I was super stoked for that.
The past two days I've been working out my calves as I wait for the train, and while I'm riding it. I just lift my heels off the ground and pulse up and down indefinitely, until I need to take a break. Sometimes I do it in beat to the music on my iPhone, and others I just do it to the beat of my heart. It's a good way to do something without actually doing something, you know!? Subtle movements, people! Subtle movements. That being said, it was nice getting some amount of exercise in, especially because I couldn't take the stairs at the train station today, since I could barely lift my legs off the ground.
Today's PRISM lesson was the bomb. Another really good message, and I feel like I really got a lot out of it.
Only a week to go before I get to weigh in again! I'm super excited to see what the measuring tape and scale have to say - but I don't want to get my hopes up in any event.
Today was sort of a fail in the sodium department. I ate WAY too much sodium today - mostly in the form of cheese. It really sucks, because I bloat SO much when I eat too much salt in my food. I hope I can counteract it with water tonight, because holy moley - I almost hit 2000 mg today. In that way, my day was sort of a fail. I didn't prep well enough for my work meals and I didn't have enough food at home to bring with. Josh said he'd pick up apples and bananas tonight, so I'm looking forward to that. I'm hoping to get on the elliptical tonight as well, even if it's not for 25 minutes and it's not at 70+ RPM throughout. I just want to take things carefully with my quads, just so I don't wipe out in the middle of my workout with spasm-ing quads.
I'm really hoping to work on my eating over the next few days - making sure we're stocked up on the healthy ingredients I need to eat and keeping my sodium levels low. I definitely need to be making sure I'm taking my iron supplements as well, as I'm feeling very lightheaded lately when I miss taking them. And on that note, I'm going to go get some more water, and make new cookies!
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