Wow, it's Wednesday already!  Days just fly by with this schedule I've got now.  Haven't posted since Saturday! 

I'm happy to report I did well again this past week at the scale.  It was a good thing.  :)  I think that the routine change in my activity has helped.   I am anxious to get back to my regular routine, but going to the Y will now be another addition to that routine.  This week, I'm focusing on the gym and weight room and not the pool.  I was finding myself frustrated so figured it's time to "work it out".

I didn't feel like I was getting the workout I needed because of the limitations on what I could do.  Well, I fixed that!  I got on the cardio bike Monday, armed with my new fancy dancy heartrate monitor and the mindframe that "it will not defeat me".  I ramped up the level I was working at and pedaled faster.  Since I was not using the heartrate monitor on the bike itself but the one on my wrist, I found that there was no reason for me to hold onto the handles down at my side.  By letting going of the handles, I found that I was "more free", started pedaling faster and pumping my arms at the same time.  Wow, this gave  me the workout I was looking for!  My heartrate climbed.   It felt like a workout similar to when I run.  Yeah!  I also worked out with the weights Monday.  Yesterday I went back and just did the bike.  Today, hopefully, bike and weights.  I'm planning to continue for the rest of the week, and then next week, it's all about the pool again.

I'm having a hard time with my meals because of the schedule I'm working.  I don't get done working until after 7:00, last night, almost 8:00.  By that time, I'm just too tired to cook a big meal, but my body craves the veggies.  So today I'm going to try to work on that, maybe cook dinner in the afternoon before I start work and then it will be all ready to just heat up.  I have a counter full of veggies I want to throw on the grill...and some Jersey tomatoes from the garden!!!!

So off to start my day.  The sun is shining through the window here already at 6:15 a.m.  Going to be another hot one!