First weigh in of the year....

Ok, I realize that it was the 12th yesterday, but it was my first appointment with the doctor. I got my blood pressure taken (136/79), pulse (72)...and other stats. Um, yes and the scale. I could not remember what the last weight was so I had no idea if I was up or down....then she told me....down 2.5! That was huge considering the holidays had just passed.

I met with the exercise guru, Joey. He is a sweetie. I told him I had not been as good about following his routine set up...I had a couple of bouts with the stomach flu and my persistent issues with my knee and the surrounding muscles. We chatted about stretching and not to over do it ( I had no clue you could over do stretching!). He did up the number of reps so I guess I need to get on the stick with it.

Next I met with the nurse practitioner. I cannot say I was impressed with her. I may have to make that known but in the mean time I guess I need to see her again before I make a formal complaint. First thing was that she was offering me stronger drugs for my muscle aches. I am not so inclined to take lots of drugs. I will stick with ibuprofen for now.

Lastly I met with Dana, the dietician. She is pretty cool. We walked about eating clean. We talked about Paleo. We talked about fiber and protein. I got kudos for making my fruit smoothies and for using soups (broth) as ways together large volume foods for little calories.

I am full of ideas for the coming weeks. I am scouring my cookbooks to see what trouble I can get into. I am publishing my exercise plan for this new week (as it has taken me a few days to get this far!!)

Monday.....day off

Tuesday....Jazzercise in the am and in the pm

Wednesday....light weight work as per Joey

Thursday....Jazzercise

Friday....Jazzercise / stretching in the evening

Saturday.....light weight work as per Joey

Sunday...Jazzercise

Each day I will strive to hit 10,000 steps. There is a new commercial that says if you get 10,000 steps it is like walking a professional golf course. For me, they need to change the analogy....I hate golf. It ruins a perfectly good walk!!