Day 34 - 331 Days Remaining
Life is getting in the way of much posting, I didn't get out to the shed until 10:15PM last night and didn't finish up until 11:30PM, so it was a very late night.
My training is going well. I've done all of my scheduled workouts and added the extra circuit in last night's session as planned. I don't feel much in my arms or chest, but my legs are protesting today!
I slept in instead of running this morning so that I could hit my "sleep eight hours" goal, I'll have to run after work today.
The outside of my right knee has started to hurt a bit. It isn't constant, but it does bother me when I run or do lunges. I feel it on the bike as well, so that isn't much of a break. I noticed that as long as I concentrate on keeping the muscles around it "working" I can get rid of the pain. That makes me think I'm being lazy when I move my leg and need to strenghthen the supporting muscles to keep my knee healthy. If anyone has ideas or comments on how to preserve and strenghthen my knee, I'm all ears!
Last night I had some Coldstone ice cream (the kids portion), which is definitely NOT Zone friendly! We've eaten out quite a bit this week and we're going to a soup supper for Shannon's school tonight, but I've tried to make the meals as Zone friendly as possible. Breakfast and lunch have been strictly Zone, but dinner has been so-so this week. I'll see how that panned out on the scale this Thursday.
Michelle is starting to experiment with different dishes that fit within the Zone to vary things up a bit. One thing I've noticed is that I'm cutting down on vegetables and eating fruit instead. It's so much easier to grab an apple, or 1c grapes, etc instead of loads and loads of vegetables to get the same amount of carbohydrate blocks. I recognize that I need the vegetables, for fiber if nothing else, but a busy schedule makes fruit a more convenient choice.
Update: I did my run tonight. It went slowly, my legs weren't happy about the idea at all. Still, running slowly allowed me to put most of the strain on my muscles instead of my knees.
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