Thursday Accountability

raynes

Oh man it was hard to get out of bed today, and not just because my legs are sore!

B: oats, chocolate/PB/banana style, coffee w/ skim milk
S: apple and a yogurt cup
L: TBD, this is the week of unprepared lunches!
S: a crap ton of baby carrots because I forgot to pack almonds too.
TBD, I'm thinking roasted chicken on a bag salad, something quick and easy for after the gym

E: FBB Dial It In phase, A4
PW: chocolate raspberry protein shake (must remember to buy more frozen raspberries)

katetw

Hey! My knee started hurting IN THE SHOWER this morning. Just from, you know, the extreme effort of standing. This is ridiculous. Anyone have any advice for IT band issues?

B: Avocado, banana, coffee.
S: Apple.
L: Lean Cuisine, pear.
S: Cherry yogurt.
Chipotle + multiple beers. (My last exam is at 5pm. )

E: Stretching. Might try to do an hour of yoga tonight if it doesn't bug out my knee. I'm starting to feel pretty antsy.

jenn.daniel

B: corn flakes w/macadamia nuts and dried cranberries, skim milk
S: string cheese
L: mac and cheese
S: graham crackers
mac and cheese (I know this is a lot of cheese for the day, but I've apparently lost weight that I did not want to drop!)

E: trying not to fall on the ice outside

arwo

katetw: I had irritation and inflamation of the IT band in my left leg, with pain starting in my knee and radiating up to my hip, for over a year. I ran three marathons with it, bleh. For me, the worst position was just sitting in a chair. It was ridiculous: I'd be in class, and my knee would be killing me, just sitting there. So stupid. Besides the usual anti-inflamatory (aspirin or ibuprofen) routine, I found some hip stretches that really helped (just google if you don't know them already), and sometimes I would lie on my affected side with a tennis ball near the insertion point of the band at my hip to help stretch it out.

This sounds dumb, but what I found helped me most of all was sitting in chairs with my bad knee pulled up to my chest (bottom of foot on seat of chair). I found the position by accident, trying to find a way to make it through 3 hours of class, but I think the stretching helped too. Good luck!

raynes

katew, a foam roller will help (and hurt like a bitch, but it's a good hurt) with IT issues too!

ctappin

Really late on this today. My deadline is Christmas Eve though and we aren't even open that day

B - peach activia w/ banana nut VitaTop muffin top
S - 1/2 mini apple w/ 1/2T nutella
L - other half of my leftover turkey wrap from last night (turkey, lettuce, tomato, sweet peppers and mayo on whole wheat wrap), 1/2 oz. bbq pop chips
S - other half of mini apple w/ 1/2 T nutella
D - chicken quesadilla with some sort of rice or soup maybe
S - TBD

E - rest day to let my calves recover from my run yesterday.

crnota

Only 2 more days of work, including today! Woo!

B- Oatmeal with dried tart cherries
L- Black bean soup,1/2 greek salad, roll (Panera)
S- Cinnamon applesauce, part of a bagel
D- Artichoke fritatta, green beans, roll (was supposed to have this earlier this week)
S- Homemade oatmeal choco chip cookie

E- 1 hour weightlifting class