Doc Appt & Overzealousness

Well, first of all I just want to announce that I worked my butt off yesterday! I did over 1-1/2hrs of exercise & over 3hrs of heavy (sweat-producing) housework, and burned a TON of calories! :-D Yeah me!

Okay, so this morning I had a doctor's appointment. There were several things discussed. Among them the fact that I seem to have given myself a repetative use injury in my right thumb and wrist. My thumb has been bothering me for a little over a month and then this past saturday on the drive home my whole hand just started twitching/jerking involuntarily in rythm with my heartbeat. Not good, right? So the doctor says I need to start taking Advil to reduce any swelling/inflamation and to get a finger brace and a wrist brace and..... wear them for 6-8 WEEKS!!! Good grief! That is going to SUCK! She says I need to try to wear the braces as much as possible during the day (taking it off to wash dishes or take a shower is fine) and especially to wear them at night. Ugh.
I also got the referral to a nutrionist that I had hoped for as well as a referral to a podiatrist to see if they prescribe orthodics. I have to wait 3-5days for the referrals to go through and then who knows how quickly I'll be able to get an appointment, but at least things are moving along nicely.
Anywho. That's the report on that.
Today I am suffering the ramifications of yesterday's overzealousness and last night's poor sleep due to overly-real-seeming dreams. Since my appointment was so early this morning I haven't exercised yet, I still have to go out and buy the braces, and all I want to do is take a nap. It's going to take an extra amount of determination to get my 30 min in today.
Well, I better get going to the store so that I can get back here and torture myself. ;-)

Weekend Review

So the weekend wasn't fabulous, as diet and exercise go, but neither was it a total disaster. I allowed myself a "vacation" meal of IHOP pancakes Saturday night and didn't exercise at all Sunday, but otherwise made very healthy choices and did get in a couple hours of walking around carrying/chasing Ethan on Saturday. So, it was a weekend and I enjoyed it.

Now it is Monday and I'm already back on track. I started my day with 16oz of water, 16min of ab work courtesy Claudia Schiffer's Perfectly Fit Abs video, and a bowl of Total cereal. Once Ethan wakes up (which I expect any minute now) we will do the Dance Baby Dance cardio workout and then I will finish the rest of the CS Abs video. (My abs had reached failing point so I stopped in favor of better form later.)

I think that this week I will really focus on my abdominal and back muscles. I'd love to see my waist measurement drop even the slightest bit again on Friday, but either way I know that having a stronger core helps me in performing not only my daily tasks, but also improves my ability to properly execute other exercises.

Speaking of core... lately I've been noticing a lot of exercise videos which use the ball and really focus on "the core". They basically make sure that whatever other part of the body you're exercising, you're also working the core simultaneously. For example they've figured out how to do bicep curls AND work the core at the same time. Talk about bang for your buck! Sounds good to me! Only I don't really need to go out and blow a precious ten dollars (or more) on another exercise video- especially since our video & dvd cases are already overflowing- so I'm going to try to look these exercises up online and see if I can't incoorporate some of them in somehow.