Yeow.

Weird week in my world of weight loss. Had a few obstacles and didn't exercise as much as I would have liked. My intake was pretty good, however, and since we didn't have a lot going on over the weekend, I managed a booze-free week. Yay me!

Finally got new workout shoes, which I had been needing, and took a long walk on Sunday. Ended up with a purty sore foot, however. It had been bothering me ever so slightly for a while, which I chose to ignore. That's a mistake and I'm lucky I got off as lightly as I did. I know better. I've learned through experience to replace my workout shoes every 3-4 months. But this gets expensive and I tried to eek out some extra workouts and shift around other shoes. Not too smart. So, my foot was sore.

But I did find a helpful exercise. I will share: roll your foot on a wine bottle. I happen to have stash under my desk at work. "Why?" Well, one year for Christmas, R and i made my friends those lighted wine bottles that you decorate and I thought they were uber cool. I was going to make dozens to put on my deck when we entertained in the summer. So when my friends found a cool bottle, they would bring it to me. Well, needless to say, the bottles never got made, and the parties never happened. And, because I can be a tad lazy, I never took all the bottles home. And that was lucky, because I had a supply of wine bottles handy when I needed them. So, for the past few days, I've been rolling one under my sore foot periodically. And you know what? It really helped. Even though the clinking of bottles sounds sorta weird at the office. So, there is a handy recycling tip for you. Help the environment and help your sore foot. Kewl.

My workout with Jen this week was a bit uninspired. Since I wanted to pamper my foot, we did intervals on the bike. It was okay, until we took a break between intervals for some ab work. My side sorta felt weird the first set. Then the second set...

Yeow.

Pulled a muscle in my side and it hurt. It sucks getting old and injured all the time. But I am hoping that if I can lose some poundages, and get stronger, the frequency of my injury occurrences will decrease. And I'm on my way because when Jen weighed me this week, I lost 2 pounds! Score!!

This week's snack tip:
My new LOVE: Chester's Cheese Puff Corn!
A 1 oz serving (3-count 'em-3 CUPS!!!) is 160 Calories! W00t!!
Sometimes (like every day) you just need a salty snack. Of course I NEVER eat 3 whole cups, but if I wanted to, it would be 160 calories. That's a lot of snacking bang for your calorie buck!
I have had 1-1/2 Cups, but that's a manageable 80 Calories.

Stats: 3 Weeks, 6 pounds. Half way there!

Ciao for now!