Lazy Weekend

I did nothing. And it was frustrating and wonderful at the same time. I'm totally not the type of person who enjoys sitting around all day doing nothing. I always feel guilty about it, like I should be using that time working out, or cleaning, or organizing. Something, anything! So this weekend was a rarity for me, and so needed.
Friday night I got home, poured myself a glass of wine and hung out with my sisters while Matt and my other sister cooked us dinner. Matt made curry noodles and my sister made black bean burgers. Both were equal parts delicious. It was a really nice night, very relaxing.

Saturday I dropped Matt off at work, went grocery shopping, and then came home. I wasn't feeling great (my stomach was off) so I lied up on the couch for a little bit and read). 3 hours later, I realized that I wasn't going to get much done today :-) But that's okay. I'm currently almost finished with The American Wife, for those of you who don't know much about the book, it's fiction loosely based on the life of Laura Bush (I looked up the facts of her life, and they pretty closely allign). It is such a fantastic book, and a really interesting read. It's also the first book I've read in awhile, so it feels good to get back on the reading wagon.

Saturday night Matt and I both didn't have any plans, and decided to just lay low, not drink a bunch (although I did have more wine, it was just so good!)  and watch some movies. We ended up watching a few episodes of Homeland, and the movie Beginners It was a good enough movie, not great In my opinion. The plot is really good, but I felt like the way it was made was a bit too artsy/trying to hard for my taste. I think it would have been a lot better of a movie if instead of flashing back the entire time, it was more linear. The flashbacks made it hard for me to follow, and made me a bit confused at times of what was currently happening and what was in the past. Christopher Plummer was great in it though.

Sunday was spent dealing with screaming children at babysitting, and then hanging out with family/more reading. I'm glad I went home, it was nice to spend some QT with my sister before she goes back to school, although the end of the visit wasn't so great, and left me in a sour mood. It's continued into today as well. I'm just so tired, all weekend my hip has been hurting, and I feel as though I need an actual break :-/, or at least for things to become less stressful and just a teeny bit easier. Is that too much to ask?

My Lazy Saturday. As if I needed more motivation, it was also raining outside :-)

Saturday night dinner






He's a pro at begging



Also made for a great pick me up :-)

cheesy chicken nuggets, roasted asparagus and homemade potato chips. I don't know what would have made for a better pick me up from the Sunday Blues Dinner :-)


have a great week everyone :)

Buh.

Guess who's hip decided to feel like it wanted to die on Sunday, and got progressively worse to the point where walking was bearly an option, nevermind spending the day at work, sitting in chairs (which effing hurts) and walking around (also hurts).


You guessed right, it's me. I have bursitis in my left hip (which my doctor diagnosed within seconds of pushing at it, and me screaming out in pain. I normally keep my cool in the docs office, but that effing hurt) I have to get in touch with an orthopedic surgeon, who she wants to give me a cortisone shot. Now if only they would call me back... I have a funny feeling they are out today, because the line still goes to voicemail. Buh.

I skipped work today. Gots myself a Dr's note for that ish. My mom felt bad for me and made me lunch :-) Matt is making me taco cupcakes (with my instruction). And I may have taken a muscle relaxer to help the pain. Which it kinda did, but not really.

I'll live, It just sucks. I hate lying around, feeling like this. It's always something isn't it? First my knee, then my stomach cramps,  and now bursitis. Like W.T.F. body?And I probably won't be able to work out for a few weeks, which sucks even more. I'm taking it as an opportunity to work on my eating more, and making it healthy.

Lying down hurts but more achey than pain, which is a step up I guess. I'm just hoping resting tonight helps. I feel better than yesterday, but it still hurts like a mother. So I'm hoping It'll feel good enough for me to function at work tomorrow.

I'm just not a happy camper right now.

Back on Board

So on Saturday my hip was bugging me a bit. I did some yoga, put on some icy hot, and drank some wine (ok that wasn't for the hip pain). I woke up on Sunday and wanted to cry it hurt so much (ok I did cry). It's just so frustrating, because I didn't do anything out of the normal. On Saturday I did level 2 of Jillian Michael's ripped in 30. There are no outrageous moves in that one (they come in level 3), and I focused on my posture. I made sure to extra stretch out at the end, and was pretty mellow for the rest of the day. So in short, I have no idea what caused it.

What I do know is that I ate my feelings yesterday. I was in constant pain all day and consoled myself in the form of potato chips, spaghetti o's, bread, and donut bites. I felt awful last night as I sat there eating the chocolate pie my mom sent me home with, like I was such a loser for not even trying yesterday. I'm over it, I've moved on, and am looking at the positives. I didn't have fries with my burger last night. I took the breading out of the roll to make it thinner, and healthier. I chose the smallest burger for myself, and finally, I took  a long walk with the puppy (which he loved) instead of just sitting on the couch all day, since I couldn't work out.

And I'm being hard on myself, I didn't eat that much, it was more the reason that I kept on eating that bothers me so much. Moving on, I'm back OP and plan on staying here all week. also, my hip feels a lot better today. Not perfect, but a lot better. I plan on doing a yoga video tonight to get some activity in. Hopefully giving myself a few rest days and taking it easy at the gym will make a difference (I may skip the moves and just focus on my upper body with my weight workouts), and this pesky pain will go away. I won't lie, I'm nervous as to what it could be. But we're not going to think about that right now. As long as it goes away in the next few days, I'm sure it'll be fine. And if it doesn't (or if it comes back), I'll make an appointment with my doctor.

To finish, my meal plan for the week:

Plan for week
	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	workout
Monday	waffles with 1/4c light syrup,	LO meatballs with 1 slice sourdough bread	beef tacos	yoga
Tuesday	banana chocolate chip muffins!	stuffed pepper soup	teriyaki chicken	hopefully gym
Wednesday	banana chocolate chip muffins!	stuffed pepper soup	steak, brussell sprouts, baked potato	hopefully gym
Thursday	banana chocolate chip muffins!	stuffed pepper soup	CYSFD buffalo wontons	AM workout
Friday	banana chocolate chip muffins!	n/a	burgers	gym- cardio, weights
Saturday	egg, toast	pre /post gym snack	taco salad	off
Sunday	egg, toast	pre /post gym snack	superbowl!	gym- cardio, weights

I'm doing a lot of cooking/baking tonight, which should make me feel OP. I'm also extremely excited for Thursday night's dinner, let me tell you :-)