<p>Yay idad! I just remembered something my trainer had me doing a while back. Burpees combined with box jumps! Fun fun fun! I believe I besmirched his mother during that one…</p>
<p>Almost had a sugar coma today. Along with my delicious breakfast casserole, I made brownies from a Ghiradelli box mix I bought at Costco almost a year ago, but had not used because of our new eating priorities. But since Sunday is Halloween (haven’t bought any candy since we won’t be home), I decided to make the darned brownies and get rid of them at work. Funny thing, when they came out of the oven yesterday, I was on the way to my personal training session. I cut up a few and took them with me to the staff at the gym… now is that idiotic or what? Those who tasted them I’m sure were cursing me up and down. Does it help that I used applesauce instead of vegetable oil, and egg substitute instead of whole eggs?</p>
<p>Aside from the brownies and casserole, I brought grapes and orange juice to the meeting and some of all leftover. I had a patient to see today that was 41 miles from our office, then another 44 miles from their home to my home. That was 85 miles of driving with orange juice and brownies sitting in my front seat. Yes, I ate some of the casserole, too, but I kept hitting red lights, and would use the opportunity to reach over and grab another brownie, or pour another glass of orange juice.</p>
<p>By the time I got to the dentist at 4PM, I had a horrible headache, which was not helped by the discomfort of getting two permanent crowns cemented in.</p>
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<p>Yeah. You mentioned that. Wasn’t that when your trainer was using a cattle prod to shock you if you didn’t jump high enough?</p>
<p>The burpees come after the dumbbell curl and press while stepping up and down and after the side plank with a twist. I’m gassed before I start. You know you are in trouble when a pushup is the “easy part”…</p>
<p>iPod nazi says, “you might be breathing hard from the burpees” and I’m thinking, “you got that right!”</p>
<p>teriwitt:</p>
<p>Brownies are the spawn of the devil. It’s just crazy the way we can eat one after another after another.</p>
<p>Oh, idad, your response reminded me that I still have some in the house. Must go get one. </p>
<p>Besides, the dentist told me to avoid anything really hot or cold for a while until the root nerve settles down after the assault to it today. I’ll blame it on him.</p>
<p>I think you need three brownies!</p>
<p>I’m enjoying a cup of my special East/West house blend coffee (half Starbucks burned beans and half Dunkin Donuts beans) and doing my best to forget the halloween candy in the front hall.</p>
<p>Wow… karma has come back big to bite me in the butt.</p>
<p>Went downstairs about 15 minutes ago to let our dog out (if we hear her go downstairs during the night, we’d better let her out or there will be a present waiting for us in the morning) and well, sort of missed the bottom step of our stairs (see what I get for trying to do all this without turning on the lights). Turned my left ankle pretty good and heard all kinds of popping noises. Have got ice on it right now but it’s throbbing pretty good. We’re due to fly out Friday morning to see D2 at school this weekend. H already got the crutches out for me.</p>
<p>Ooooo, teriwtt, keep that ice on, and also take aspirin to help with the swelling. Hopefully it’s just a sprain and nothing tore or broke.</p>
<p>Doctor’s appt. at 9:45 this morning. Color is not normal and it is starting to swell. </p>
<p>Ugh!</p>
<p>teriwtt, that does not sound good. Popping noises are baaaad news.</p>
<p>Ouch. I don’t wish that on anyone. Fess up, though. You were really doing box jumps up the stairs in the middle of the night, weren’t you? :)</p>
<p>That would be my story! Make it heroic.</p>
<p>Hope it’s just a sprain and that you are good to go in a couple of days.</p>
<p>teriwit…you jinxed me! I got up this morning and ran in to the bed post! I am sure my toe is broken!!! It is at a strange angle and already black and blue. Hurts like heck!!! Taped it up and hoping it will feel better!</p>
<p>Good luck with the dr appt! Hope the ankle is just a sprain that will heal quickly. Hope the old wives tale that things happen in threes doesn’t come true…no more injuries to those here working out!</p>
<p>Bonus weather in New England. Bright fall foliage. Pure blue sky. 72 degrees. Gentle breeze. Perfect day for a walk, so I did my little 5k hilly river walk and kicked it hard up the hills. Averaged 16:34 per mile, which is – by far – the fastest I’ve ever walked this route. Even averaged 16:57 on the middle mile on dirt and rocky paths in the state park.</p>
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<p>Got home and did a little bonus “cool down”. Ten dumbell rows on each side with a 25 pound weight. Eight bulgarian split squats on each leg. Ten stability ball shoulder presses with two 25 pound dumbbells. And, then box jumped up the stairs (12 steps) for good measure.</p>
<p>I hope all our injured warriors are OK.</p>
<p>Was sent for an xray, but have not heard back from the doctor’s office. He knows I’m scheduled to leave in the morning. </p>
<p>I’ve got a dilemma. I’m able to get around using only one crutch fairly efficiently, but if I don’t use a crutch, I have to walk sort of ****-eyed and not put full weight on the foot. I’m not sure what to do about traveling this weekend. We’re flying out of Midway, and into Philly, then renting a car to head up to Allentown to see D2. Then we found out this week that D1 (who lives in Boston) will be in NYC visiting friends for the weekend and since D2 has a three-hour class on Saturday and will have an early call time for her show, we thought we’d head into NYC to take D1 and her friend out for lunch. Her friend lives on the upper east side around 90th. I’m sure we’d eat somewhere within easy walking distance of her friend’s apartment, so H could drop me off somewhere, park the car (there’s a garage right by her friend’s apartment) and they could walk to wherever I am. But again, I’m trying to figure out if I should take the crutch or not. I guess it could also depend on whether or not I’ll be able to get a shoe on (haven’t tried yet). So do I take the crutch and the shoe for my right foot? But if the foot is better by Sunday, I might wish I had both shoes and no crutch. I’ve also never tried to get through airport security with a crutch and don’t know what to expect.</p>
<p>Anyone have any suggestions?</p>
<p>NorthMinnesota - sorry, sorry, sorry. Man, broken toes are such a pain. Nothing they can really do for them and then there’s the whole issue of wearing shoes. I’m already trying to figure out what I can do, cardio-wise that doesn’t involve bearing weight on my foot.</p>
<p>I teased D2 today by posting on my facebook that I didn’t know if I should tell her to break a leg (her show opens tonight) considering what’d I’d done at 3AM. I had a dermatologists appointment on Tuesday and he removed a couple of spots on my face where there are now small scabs. When I saw my doctor today, he asked me if I’d gotten hurt anywhere else when I fell and saw his look of doubt when I said no and he looked at my face. So I told him I could blame those scabs on the dermatologist. When he told me to take ibuprofen for the foot, I told him I already was, after having two permanent crowns put in yesterday afternoon. So, the foot thing, is my third in the threes. I hope I’m done!</p>
<p>Ah, Teri, this has not been a good day for you and i think you showed judicious restraint by not telling your daughter to break a leg!</p>
<p>Please take it easy tonight and for everyone’s sake don’t use any sharp instruments.</p>
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<p>Am soooo glad I swallowed that sip of diet Coke before I read this! Too funny!</p>
<p>Teri: I have not checked this thread since yesterday, so I was totally unaware of your accident! Ouch! Please take good care of that foot. If I were going someplace with an injury like that, I’d definitely bring both the shoe and the crutches. Sometimes swelling peaks a few days after the trauma, and you would not want to shop for crutches in NYC! It will be a bit of a hassle to fly with cruthes, but who knows, maybe you can get some sympathy from the gate agents and get a better seat (I know, fat chance! :)). I do hope that you will not need any crutches, but as my mom used to say, it is better to be prepared than be sorry. Get well soon! And for cardio, you can try swimming without using your legs (arm pulls with a pull buoy between your knees).</p>
<p>BB - We are flying Southwest tomorrow, and they typically board people who need help boarding first. The crutches might do the trick, although we are in the ‘A’ boarding group anyway. Thanks for suggesting the swimming. I’m really not a swimmer, but do have a friend who teaches aqua aerobics classes at the gym I belong to, so I might consult with her when I return. Just curious, if you’re using your arms to pull, and you’re not used to it, I’m guessing there would be a chance of being really sore, so you’d have to build up slowly??</p>
<p>Teri- I hope it heals up fast. Take the crutch.
NMN- Hope you are OK, too. Hopefully you can still do your biking!
iDad- Awesome pace on the walk. You are now too fast for me! I was in Atlanta this morning and walked with jym626 for 3 miles. Our mouths moved a little faster than our legs. It was dark, but hilly and pretty in her neighborhood. Sad, sad funeral for a wonderful woman lawyer who just died after an 8 year battle with breast cancer. She defined tough. Drove home-4 hours. The 4 hours yesterday and today in the car weren’t great for my sitbone/hamstring but it is a LOT better than a few weeks ago.<br>
Off to Minneapolis in the morning for a wedding. NMN- will you be downtown Fri or Sat at all?</p>