Fitness Friday: Week 6

I know, it seems like I just posted one of these, yet here we are again at another Fitness Friday. (Ok, it’s Saturday. So sue me.)

So, it’s been an interesting week. First of all, due to the eight gaping holes in my mouth, I’ve been more or less on a soup and pudding diet since last Friday. It’s difficult to make great nutritional choices when the hardest food I’ve been able to eat is pasta. God I miss steak.

Then there was the issue of exercise. I couldn’t even do yoga, my favorite, because the oral surgeon told me no being upside down (unless I wanted to make my sockets bleed, which, no thank you). Plus I had no energy to work out anyway since I hadn’t been able to eat much. I’ve been weak and tired whenever I’m not actually drugged and/or asleep.

Oh, and note to self: Pencilin makes you feel pukey.

Drama aside, let’s see how the week went:

Goal #1: Per my fitness fanatic friend’s advice, I will attempt to figure out what kind of food my metabolism requires to function properly. She seems to think my love of carbs could be to blame for my sleepiness.

In progress. I’m slowly reading through a book on metabolic typing. I’m going to have to actually pay attention to how my body reacts to different foods to be able to accurately determine what’s right for me. All I know is that the “healthier” I have been trying to make my diet, the worse I seem to feel. The book says that’s not unusual because each person’s dietary needs are unique and personal to them. I’m hoping my metabolism functions best on ice cream and doughnuts, but I’m not going to get my hopes up.

Goal #2: I will attempt to snack on protein-rich foods after my workouts. Above mentioned friend also informed me that this is necessary to keep my muscles happy.

N/A. My muscles didn’t need any rebuilding this week. They have gotten plenty of protein anyway since yogurt doesn’t require chewing.

Goal #3: If needed, I will cut myself some slack on the exercising and healthy eating because I’ll probably feel like hell for at least part of the week and won’t be able to eat anything much harder than pudding for awhile. I will not take the week off, however.

Achieved, I guess. I went for long walks twice during the week (when it wasn’t raining). Mostly I was forced to give myself time to heal. And somehow I managed not to eat loads of crap.

And now, onto my new baby steps to a kick ass body:

1. I will begin noting how different types of foods affect my energy level, mood, etc in an effort to determine why “healthy eating” makes me tired as hell.

2. I will get my butt back to the gym this week. At least twice.

3. I will do planks for 60 consecutive seconds every day. With minimal grumbling.

So, yeah, nothing too exciting to report here. If you’d really like to be inspired, Iasa biked 30 miles for one of her goals. And Jewelz? Well, she’s shifted gears from exercise goals to doing the Dr. Natura Colonix program. Good luck with that, Jewelz. I think I’ll stick with push ups.

Now I’m going to go watch it rain some more and remember the days back when the sun used to shine and I actually had the motivation for this fitness stuff. **sigh**

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ~ Lao-tzu