Tuesday, January 29, 2013

What? me run?

Got good news at the chiropractor yesterday.  He agreed with me that my pain was all IT Band related and that he could fix it with some laser therapy and acupuncture.  It feels much better today, or at least it did until I walked into the door frame in the bathroom and banged the f*ck out of it.  Yep, I'm that graceful.  Anyway, Dr. Z told me to bike the rest of the week and I should be ready to go.  He also said that I jacked it up from running almost everyday and increasing my speed all at the same time. 

The weather was unseasonably warm yesterday, like 80's and humid warm.  I decided that it was just to nice to sit inside so I would go for a walk.  I walked for about 3 minutes (according to run keeper)until I broke into a slow comfortable jog.  It took me a couple of minutes before my brain kicked in and said "wait a minute, you aren't supposed to be doing that".  But it was not hurting and I was going at a pace that I felt I could sustain for a long period.  So I continued.  Please don't tell on me.  When I got home I iced my knee like a good girl and besides the bruise from the door frame, it feels okay.  I will ice it at work.  Today is supposed to be another warm day but it is supposed to rain.  My plan is to do kettlebells while I watch Dr. Phil when I get home.  Say a prayer that I don't knock one of my dogs in the head ;)

I went to a new place yesterday that has made ahead freezer meals and picked up a few to try it.  I got chicken delight, which is chicken with white wine sauce, swiss cheese and a little bit of dressing, chicken lasagna and chicken bruchette.  We ate the chicken delight last night and it was so freaking good.  We used to have a bunch of places like this but they slowly went out of business.  I really hated to see them go.  I am not a good cook, I can do the basics but that gets pretty boring, plus I don't like it enough to learn anything besides the basics.  Then there is the time aspect, by the time I get off work and get a run or workout in it is too late to start anything major.  I like to have my last meal eaten by 7:00 at the latest.  And I start to get resentful when Dennis gets home and it is just expected that despite working the same amount of hours and me getting a workout done, I am supposed to fix dinner.  What can I say I am not much on traditional roles.  So, when I get home tonight I will have to look at the freezer in the garage and see if there is room to store 12 meals, which is the minimum to order.  They have some really good stuff on the menu for February and the price really isn't that bad!!

5 comments:

  1. Those freezer meals sound nice! It would drive me nuts if my husband expected me to do all of the cooking. Fortunately for me, he isn't much on traditional roles either and always has dinner ready when I get home from work. I try to contribute on weekends.

    Good luck recovering from the IT band pain. I think you should be paying a little more attention to your chiro's advice!

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  2. I wondered what your Daily Mile "non run run" meant! Be carefulllllll!

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  3. Rock on with your running, girl!! I, too, am exceptionally graceful, and regularly bump into things and fall down for no apparent reason, so I feel you. Go easy on that knee - and I say, stock up on the meals! I love places like that, and the slightly elevated cost is so worth the time savings!

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  4. Just be careful hon!! Your meals sound delish!

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  5. I used to do the frozen meals...loved it...I should try them again..they were convenient!

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