Can Someone Help Me Put on My Deoderant?

So this morning I once again barely made it out of bed in time to squeeze a workout in before the boys got up. I see a trend developing here.

I did a weighted workout, which I hadn't done in about 10 days.

Now I am suffering.

Nevermind that my shoulder is still a little bit sore from the muscle pull way back in October. It's the medial deltoid (heck, I don't even know if there's such a thing as a medial deltoid or if that's what is hurting, but I like that word. Medial deltoid. I'm going to say it over and over to amuse myself and sound smart.) The most ridiculous things cause me to restrain this medial thingy. I'm not kidding you--today I was WIPING THE KITCHEN COUNTER, moved my arm to wipe up some random sticky spot, and ow.

Anyway, after not lifting for 10 days, I estimate that by tomorrow morning I will have trouble lifting my arms and putting on my deoderant. Fortunately, it's cold out and my likelihood of smelling is slim.

Does anyone ever watch the show the Doctors? Sometimes when I'm wolfing down my lunch (I mean, eating my lunch in a fashion that is totally conducive to good health and weight loss), I watch a few minutes of it. In fact, today I set up the DVR to just record it every day. There's some good stuff on there and I encourage you to check it out.

What caught my attention today was something called the 17 Day Diet. There's info on the Doctor's website if you want to check it out. What I liked about what I saw was that this "diet" is focused on detoxing your body from what you have been eating, and moving to eating real food that gets your bod and hormones back in balance. I'm all about the hormones lately, and not just because I have PMS and am in need of serious psychological help and/or chocolate.

I don't want you to run out and buy the book or anything--it's really similar to what Jackie Warner and Jillian Michaels are saying in their books, which you can get at the library. I think they're all saying nearly the same thing, and it's all good.

But my point here is this: Remember that saying in the 70s, "Never say diet"? I'm cracking up because I think Garfield actually said that. Yes, I am now spewing nutrition advice from an animated cat, people! I can't go lower than this.

Back to "Never say diet." From the mouth of a cartoon cat or not, it's good advice. When I would first use the word "diet" around my boys, they would respond by saying, "You're on a diet?" And I had to explain, "No, when I say diet, I mean what I eat." There's a big difference between, "I'm on a diet," and "I eat a healthy diet."

Does that make sense? Any sense at all?

I used to diet. And it didn't work. Because I always saw it as a short-term way to get to a certain point. And then I'd go back to eating the way I did before.

Then I changed my diet. And I found a way to eat things that make my body run right and eat the things I like. They are now one and the same.

I'm going to take a page from Dr. Oz and the Doctors now and say, "Here are your takeaways today:"
-Don't go on a diet. Change your diet and make it something you can live with forever.
-Educate yourself. I like to watch the Doctors, Dr. Oz, read books like Jillian's and Jackie's to see what my options are. I've mixed and matched to see what will work for me.
-Cartoon cats may just know what they're talking about.
-Don't be surprised if you don't get any volunteers to help you put on your deoderant.

Today's Information
Workout: P90X Chest, Shoulders, Tris; a walk with my sister's dog; cleaning up my sister's dog's vomit--I'm totally counting that

Food
Breakfast: Chocolate Shakeology, original flavor almond milk

Snack: 1/2 banana. This wasn't enough and I was sorry. As a result, I spent $218 at the grocery store. Learn from my mistakes, my friends.

Lunch: Amy's Vegetable Korma. (You can always tell when I've been to WalMart when you see a string of Amy's entrees in my food list. WalMart = low priced Amy's entrees.)

Snack: Apple, 1/2 ounce cheese

Dinner: Homemade chicken enchiladas, gluten free pound cake with strawberry puree. Yes! I ate dessert! And I stayed within calories today and still had a treat. Hooray!

If I had to critique my day, what do you think I'd say? Serious lack of vegetables.

Total calories consumed: 1524--not too shabby

BodyBugg stats as of 10:48pm MST (good grief, I need to get to bed):
Calories burned: 2172 (I'll come close to my daily target, but the important thing is that I have achieved at least a 500 calorie deficit today.)
Steps: 8492
Activity: 1 hour, 25 minutes

Ta ta for now.

The. Best. Salmon. Ever.

And that is according to my son who doesn't like salmon. I'll try to find a link to the recipe for Miso-Glazed Salmon that I made for dinner. It's from Cooking Light. I have two of their cookbooks and I love them and pretty much cook exclusively from them these days. The books feature recipes from the "Weeknight Meals" section of the magazine and there have only been a few we didn't like.

The Chickpea Pasta didn't go down well. I had to invoke the Mercy Rule that night. Oh well. Win a few. Lose a few.

I have a few more days of frantic work deadlines to meet and then I'm going to write some more detailed posts about interesting gobbldy gook I've been reading yesterday.

And who wouldn't love that?

At any rate, here was my day...

Workout: Barely made it out of bed in time to squeeze a workout in. It's cold and snowy. I want to huddle in bed in my woolies. But I did to Turbo Jam Cardio Party 2 and got quite a nice calorie burn.

Food
Breakfast: 1 scoop Chocolate Shakeology, 8 oz. unflavored almond milk, ice

Snack: 2 tbls. cashews

Lunch: Amy's black bean enchiladas, baby carrots

Snack: 4 Triscuits, 1 banana, 2 tbs. almond butter

Dinner: 4 tortilla chips, Miso-Glazed Salmon, wasabi mashed potatoes, salad greens, toma tomato, 1/2 tbs. olive oil.

Calorie total: 1742

BodyBugg stats as of 10:52pm MST
Calories burned = 2143 (goal is 2250, I think I'll just squeak by)

Steps = 10,620

Activity = 1 hour, 20 min.

I'm heading to bed to try and get 7 hours in before the next workout!

This link should take you to the Miso-Glazed Salmon and the Wasabi Mashed Potatoes. YUM!

I Went. I Ate. I'm Back.

We went to visit my sister in Utah for Thanksgiving. I didn't write that before I left because I'm never sure if that's safe or not. My husband was here, but what if someone tried to break into the house and steal our 20 year old TV or something? That would be terrible. How would I workout?

Anyway, I had somewhat of a plan in place for Thanksgiving and I'll follow it again for Christmas because it seems to serve me pretty well. I didn't put any restrictions on myself for food. These are the holidays and for me, part of the holidays is enjoying the food without guilt. My sister and I did exercise each day and my calorie burn totals were good the whole time we were away.

I was reminded that I do need to continue to avoid gluten, where possible. The stuffing and leftover turkey sandwiches did cause me some, um, gastrointestinal distress. I know, I'm sorry, but it's the truth. And no, I don't have scientific evidence that it was the gluten, but if I think as to what was different while I was gone, gluten is a big, glaring difference. I don't eat much of it on a daily basis.

I wonder if I could make gluten free stuffing? I'll have to experiment at Christmas and report back. Remind me. Because I'm forgetful that way.

So I'll be continuing through the whole holiday season on this general trend--workouts every day, enjoying treats in moderation.

I will say that even though I enjoyed things in moderation, my system is a little out of whack just from eating heavier foods. My older son is having similar system issues. Low on the fruits and veggies and higher on the stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy will do that to a body apparently.

Completely changing subjects here, my friend, Marci, said she was looking for me on BeachBody and couldn't find me. I can't remember if I said this before, but BeachBody has an online workout site that you can use for free. They assign you a free coach (you can choose me :) ), but the nifty thing is that you can workout at the same time as someone else and see their picture online and what workout they're doing.

For example, my sister who lives in Utah and I "meet" online between 5:30 and 6:00am MST each day. I log in and it shows me who of my "buddies" is online and working out. It's pretty cool and I enjoy knowing that she's suffering at about the same time I am.

I like to suffer in good company.

Like I said, it's all free. If you want to do it and workout online at the same time we are (or not workout at the same time if you're in a different time zone!), do this:

1. Go to www.wowy.com
2. It will offer you a free coach. Click on "Get Your Free Coach Now." It will randomly assign you someone or you can choose me: CoachNatalie. That's my BeachBody screen name. I know--how creative. If you put in my coach name, something will pop up to give you the option that "Yes, I want Natalie Rooney to be my coach" and you can say yes because I am a Sooper Genius and you love me.
3. Then you'll have a BeachBody account and can log into all of their online tools. They do have a paid membership option for something like $14.95 per quarter and that gives you access to menu plans and stuff, but none of that is required. For me it's all about having that accountability and my sister saying, "Why weren't you online this morning????" And I can make up some excuse like the cat chewed through the computer cables or something. (We don't have a cat, but she seems to keep accepting this excuse)

If you do sign up under my name, the system will send me a note and I think I can then send you a workout invitation. Or you can send me one once you're signed up. And we can be workout buddies. It will be swell.

I like it when things are swell.

So how was your Thanksgiving?