I'm getting stir-crazy. If it was Sunday afternoon, I would be begging my wallyball team to take me back. I need to sweat more in order to be nice to people and babies on a regular basis. No offense to any babies who may be reading this now.

I went to a Lia Sophia party last night; jewelry is not my forte, but I was able to find a mother's day gift, a gift for grandma's birthday in April, and my boss's christmas gift all in one fell swoop, so that was handy. Of course, I also bought myself a necklace because it was half price and I felt like I deserved it

I have no idea what kind of mood i'm in today, but I don't think it's a good one. I just wrote out like fifteen different versions of this paragraph and icksnayed them all because they just weren't saying what I wanted to say.

I was going to say more, but then I decided it was all pretty much hogwash.

Have a good one

I finally brought my head out of my work today at 12:15 p.m. when a co-worker told me it was lunchtime. I was like "what's that now? who? where am I?" Craziness, but it's simmered down now, so that's good.

It's Wednesday!!! Who's happy? THIS GIRL. For no other reason than being halfway through the workweek

Ended up doing a quick 30 minute walk during a hockey game at the rink. SURPRISE!!! That was my workout! I was actually frightened of really looking forward to attempting 500 pushups. Alas, the stars did not align. Bummer.

Food - mocha, oatmeal, snack?, chicken, brown rice, green beans, snack?

Exercise - walking is on the agenda again, 30 minutes. I might also try Shaun T's hip hop abs class and see what that's all about. I noticed there is a slice of it on youtube so maybe i'll eat that for dessert.

I'm hungry. I woke up hungry and bloated this morning; didn't eat enough yesterday. My eyes are burning also - lack of sleep. Tossed and turned until midnight and was up earlier than normal this morning. Just can't sleep. Don't know why.

I'm glad I got 20 minutes of walking in yesterday because my friend's Wii wasn't working so we didn't work out as scheduled last night. At least I still did something!

I also changed up my dinner and had an omellette pressed into whole grain bread and 1 cup soup. It was actually a nice change from the regular chicken or salmon and rice combo. I still have a serving of soup left, so I might just have this dinner again tonight.

No one wants to walk at the track tonight, so I will do a home workout instead; I haven't decided what kind of workout yet, it could be anything. It could be 500 pushups.

It probably won't be 500 pushups though.

So, i'll surprise you tomorrow with my Workout of the Day.

Food - mocha, blueberries, salad, soup, egg omelette sandwich, snack??

Exercise - WOD LOL ROTFL LMAO SOS

I got a LOT of sleep last night, as compared to my usual amount of sleep, so I am full of p^ss and vinegar today. What a strange phrase. The more I say it (in my head of course), the less proper it sounds.

My weekend was okay, aside from an event on Saturday. I had a group of friends who were working a lunch fundraiser; I wasn't working it because I wasn't asked to; when I walked in only one person bothered to say hello to me. I felt a little like a leper  It ended up being okay though, I hung out with my Mom and her friends  This is what I mean when I say that people are only SOMETIMES cool. I swear, my small town could be the next reality show... "Prairie Girls in CAN". We can be real b*&tch$s ,'yo.

And yes, I do include myself in that generalization.

Annnnywhoppers, the rest of the weekend was spent doing housework and chilling on the couch. I also did a workout video yesterday that was only 20 minutes long and had me in a slight sweat at the end of it - hooray I sweated! FINALLY! And it wasn't hard on my knee at all.

Last night I made juice with 2 beets, 2 apples, a carrot and some celery. I really needed to use up the beets; i've been avoiding them lately. So, yeah, today should be interesting.

Food - mocha, salad, snack???, chicken, brown rice, green beans, snack???

I'm going to attempt to downsize my dairy intake over the next few weeks. This week I started by chucking the rest of the yogurt. It was about a month expired anyways :) so no real loss LOL. I still have the milk I use in my oatmeal to change out, and to finish up the block of mozarella cheese in the fridge. After that, I should be in a good position to leave out dairy almost entirely (this is not to say I won't have the occassional frozen yogurt treat)

To compensate for the lack of calcium in my diet, I was going to start making smoothies again for breakfast - 1/2 banana, another type of fruit, spinach, hemp/chia seeds, GNC, almond milk and orange juice. I love them, don't know why I don't make them more often.

After that, i'm going to start working on my breads, pastas and rice - leaning towards whole grain; only a few changes in my daily diet will be required.

By summer, i'm hoping to be at a point to start incorporating more legumes and nuts into meals, and start nixing red meat. Not that this would be a large challenge either, since I stick to eating chicken and salmon a LOT, but summer is always BBQ season, so it will be a challenge during those months for sure.

If you can't tell, I watched Forks Over Knives over the weekend, and now i'm on a mission to decrease my likelihood for cancer and heart disease, which too many of my family members struggle with. Plus it's nice to feel good about what's going into your mouth

I'm glad that I incorporated juicing into daily life, and I hope to keep up with that throughout all this change.

Coffee will probably be the LAST thing I try to cut out

Exercise - Just Dance at friend's - 30 minutes; Walking DVD at home - 20 minutes

Other news! I got my golf membership finally and now i'm ANTSY and need to start golfing RIGHT NOW.

 Friend cancelled the shred workout yesterday because her back was hurting, so we decided walking at the track would be best for her.

Probably best for me too, since my knee is bothersome even when walking and even with a brace. I feel like I hardly go anywhere without wearing a brace these days, so this morning i'm being a rebel and going without  (almost feels like i'm nekkid)

Got home yesterday and my driveway was cleared out for me. Figured it was a particular guy I knew and sure enough, got a text about an hour later from him. He had the skidsteer in town and just decided to clear it for me. You know, on his way to doing other... skidsteer type things. People are cool. Sometimes.

It's going to be a very quiet day today, hardly anyone in the office. Suits me fine!

Food - mocha, salad, yogurt, skinny b, homemade pizza with lots of veggies

(almost got into a heated argument on facebook about the skinny b breakfast cereal. it's made on the BC coast and I just like the stuff, but another chick on facebook thinks it's crap and was incredibly blunt in saying so. i even had a nasty comment all typed out to reassure her that her opinion was not the only one that could be read, and then erased it. i'm always complaining about how people vent a little too much on facebook; i should abide by my own standards, right?)

Exercise - I am going to try and find the walking DVDs on youtube - we might decide we want to walk more often and ease back into the shred eventually, so I want to see if these workouts will work for us. Also might do some resistance exercises.

Other - Horrible nightmare; woke up practically sobbing my brains out the other night. I've been a little tired during the day and this morning I didn't want to wake up. Nightmare was about my brother, and i'm tempted to e-mail him and tell him that under no circumstances should he try biking down a steep hill with a tiny tricycle.

Yesterday I wandered down to the hospital and got my labwork and x-rays done. Now just to wait to hear from the surgeon.

The nice thing about yesterday is that my house is clean again after a few slothful days where I was too lazy to get up and do anything. I've been slowly cleaning and organizing everything, and I must say that I feel so much better. Lazy days are great, but lazy long weekends? No thank you!

Food - mocha, oatmeal, salad, homemade pizza (lots of veggies and a few slices of pepperoni), skipping the juicing today as it looks like i'll get my quota of veggies in without it.

Exercise - 30 day shred

A few other to-do's to get done today, but mostly i'm looking forward to getting my shred in. I need to sweat today.

Did some walking yesterday at the track, about 30 minutes. I wasn't feeling very hungry and didn't eat enough yesterday; just trying hard to get back into routine and shake off the weekend bleariness.

By mid-afternoon yesterday my knee was feeling much better, the body fluid that the bath salts sucked out of me on Monday had returned and I was finally back to walking half-normal LOL.

Yesterday was one of those "series of unfortunate events" days at work. So far today is lovely and nothing like yesterday. Knock on wood. May be too early to tell.

food - mocha, oatmeal, salad, brown rice, baked salmon, green beans, yogurt.

exercise - walking at track, 30 minutes.

errands - send & pick up post, purchase golf membership, get x-rays and bloodwork done, send e-mail regarding wallyball :(

household - dishes, finish folding laundry, haul crap upstairs, take out garbage, watch Survivor!

Busy day at work today. Trying to catch up from the long weekend.

My weekend could have been a lot better, but no use whining about it now, LOL. I stayed up late on Friday after getting back from my appointment, just watching t.v. On Saturday I wanted to visit grandma but she was taking a nap when the timing worked for me, so instead I visited a friend in the hospital, then did a few errands and went home. Saturday night I went out with friends and had WAY TOO MANY sour puss shots, and walk-danced a little bit. Those of you on facebook's DD page will get that reference.

Sunday I was too hungover to do anything except eat the junkiest, greasiest foods I could get my hands on. Horrible what a night of drinking can do to a person's willpower. Shot straight down the drain. I didn't eat until about 4pm, but I tell 'ya I made up for the lost day. I skipped wallyball tonight.

I was still feeling ill on Monday, but I managed to at least get some laundry and dishes done. The basics.

Dad gave me some sea salts to try out in the bath, so I did that yesterday. I soaked for about 20 minutes. Before I went in, I thought my knee was feeling pretty good (maybe all the alcohol I drank greased my joints? no? am I dreaming?), but when I came out oh boy! did things hurt! Lots of things hurt! Things hurt that hadn't ever hurt before! I'm walking like i'm 80 years old for goodness' sake!

So I suffered a lot yesterday, missed out on the dancing workout, and was pretty miserable when I finally went to bed. Things haven't changed much since then. I suffered this morning getting undressed to shower, towelling off, getting re-dressed, getting boots on, taking boots off, getting in the car was THE WORST.

But, you know, one thing at a time. First things first, fill out form so that physician can get it back to surgeon and my surgery can happen that much faster, because at the rate i'm heading downhill, I won't be able to walk by the end of the week!

Hi all, thought i'd sign on and give you guys an update on my doctor's appointment this afternoon...

As a side note, it was also my great fortune to treat my Dad to lunch since I was in the city :) He is doing very well; has gained weight and looks absolutely AWESOME. He has recovered from cancer so well, I only hope that I can be such an inspiration in my own life. When you realize one possesses the will to live it's an amazing and awe-inspiring moment.

Doc checked me out, poked and prodded, and the final diagnosis is a torn medial meniscus. I have some forms to fill out, another appt with my general physician, and then on the wait list for arthroscopic surgery, specifically a meniscectomy. I was told with a full recovery and no complications, I will be able to return to having full use of my knee in all of my sporting activities. Great news!

My first surgery = not the greatest news. But I am grateful it is something that has the potential to be resolved and will only look at this in a positive light. No need to make myself even more nervous about an upcoming surgery!

PSA - take care of yourselves. this is the most important thing you can do in your life for yourself and for others. never take your ability for granted, friends.

Much love and thanks for your support and your concern.

Breakfast - mocha x 2 (slept badly)

Lunch - tossed salad, extra celery, carrots, 1 boiled egg, salad dressing

Snack - yogurt with fruit, skinny b

Dinner - 1 porkchop, brown rice, mixed veggies

Exercise - 30 Day shred (watered-down version)

Snack - juice - I started this with twice a day juices added to my diet. After day 7 (Jan 29) I decided to cut this to only one juice a day. This was still too much for me; my stomach just wasn't tolerating it very well. Officially, as of today (Feb 14), I will be juicing every second to third day. Hopefully that will give me the balance i'm looking for. Perhaps i'm getting more veggies in than i'm realizing.

Happy Valentine's Day