Day 63 (day 7 / week 9)

All yesterday it rained, and it snowed while we were sleeping. I woke up early this morning to go do laundry and the first step I took out in the open, I slipped, totally fell and ate it (I couldn't even stand backup the floor was so icy so I kept landing back on --the kind I couldn't see lol). My right knee has a huge gash (that wont stop bleeding) and is throbbing. From my left hip down to my knee (on the side), it's skinned and pretty swollen. It hurts to stand, walk and it all stings pretty badly. I guess today, has to be a (non)rest day :( (for now). Stupid laundry.

If I feel any better will try to do Turbo Jam later this afternoon and will post an update, if I do. For now I will stick to Slim & 6pack and Slim & Limber, and will just listen to my body.

This totally stinks! :(

Hope everyone has a better day than I am having so far. Have a great workout (for me!).

I can do this. I am a star.


UPDATE

(2:30PM PST):
After the bleeding stopped and I finished laundry *grumble* I decided to go for a 60 min walk with Logan, to get moving, warm everything up and listen to my body to see exactly what's going on with it (I fell pretty hard on my side/leg). I am very sore and most of my lower body stings still (and my right wrist--I think I landed on it somehow or maybe the laundry basket crushed it--I don't know), but all in all, my knee and hip are fine, and it seems to be more fleshy wounds than anything. They don't feel painful like when they pop--it's more of an outward kind of pain, than inner (they haven't done that for a while btw--i think the glucosamine is starting to work!). I felt like I wouldn't be hurting myself more if I exercised.

That being said, I did Learn & Burn (Turbo Jam) and feel OK. I pushed through the aches, pains, stinging and what-not (no red flags to worry about) and I didn't go down as deep into the plie thingies (I forget what she calls it) and I didn't kick as high either. I think my left knee might be a little swollen, so I just listened to my body while doing the workout. Learn & Burn is a beginning workout and seems to be pretty gentle on my joints and knees (very low impact). I am happy I worked out, and I don't think that I did anything that will make it hard for me to workout tomorrow or that will hurt my knees/hip anymore. I don't think that I pushed myself to do anything I shouldn't have.

I can definitely say that if I hadn't been exercising for the past few months, that this fall probably would have hurt a whole lot more, and I probably could have done some damage to my knee and/or hip. Exercise has strengthened my body, and protected it at the same time (almost as if its more spongey lol). yaay!

stupid laundry.

Day 62 (day 6 / week 9)

First thing I did this morning was sit down and open up Turbo Jam Maximum Results. In the package came the little weight gloves (awkward at first, but I will get used to them), 2 DVD cases, a guidebook and some other literature (all of this for $60+$5 for shipping).

I tore into one of the DVDs that has the first 4 workouts on it: Learn & Burn (29 minutes), 20 minute workout, turbo sculpt and cardio party. I moved the furniture, put the sculpting gloves on, popped the DVD in, put the "Learn & Burn" workout on. Already I was liking this video, because there weren't any advertisments beforhand that I had to sit through (or fastforward through) or a really long menu intro, like on 30 Day Shred (I have to walk away while it's playing, because I get impatient waiting for it to start lol).

Learn & Burn is a quick introduction and workout featuring Carlene's "Elite 11" moves used throughout the program. Practice first to get familiar with the form and technique of these moves. (from the Turbo Results Guidebook).

It was fun, and even just learning the Elite 11 moves, I felt like I was warming up (literally--I started to feel warmer, I started out an ice cube!). I think it's beause I was wearing the sculpting gloves (they are just gloves with weights on them--not very heavy). The Burn part was fun, and I was moving around an awful lot. The footing part can be tricky, but it really helped paying attention to the intro to the Elite 11. My bottom is a little sore (good sore--unlike my left quad, which still hurts), and I was happy that there weren't any traditional lunges and squats, so that I can give my leg a rest and time to heal. Total from start to finish it was 29 minutes long. There is a lot of jabs, and leg lifts, and plie-like positioning.

I know I'm going back on what I said the other day (lol), but I am going to stop 30 Day Shred for now, and do Turbo Jam. I really like 30 Day Shred, and I will definitely go back to it, but I think I like it too much, and puts me in an aggressive mentality, like when I used to be really fit--I am forgetting that I am still pretty large, and my body isn't used to pushing as hard as I have been pushing it. Basically I think I'm pushing myself too hard, and I will do it after Turbo Jam, when I am in better shape, and won't be as prone to hurting myself (between the reoccuring bad soreness in my back/chest and now my left quad I think my body is trying to tell me something lol). I may even just continue to do Level 1, and do that on the days when I want to exercise twice. I don't know, we'll see :).

I am almost finished packing up our bedroom, and I started on the kitchen today. At the rate that I am packing things up, everything will be in boxes by the end of next week lol. I am so afraid that time is going to fly by and we will be moving before we know it. I don't want to have a lot of packing left to do on moving day (like I did when we moved here from WA). I am also still looking for a job--I applied at Summerlin Hospital Medical Center and will apply for 2 positions at Sunrise Hospital today, if my computer will let me (it wouldn't load yesterday). It's nerve racking that we don't have jobs yet, but I have faith that God has something in the works for us. Why would He give us such a great opportunity to move to be closer to our parents, if we aren't meant to work and fund our lives there?

Hope everyone has a great workout! You only get one chance to make today count!

I can do this. I am a star.