Day 109

Week 1 Day 1 Cardio Fix. I started originally last Monday, but then I went and played basketball and found out I really was 45 years old and I really did injure my knee back in 08. I also found out that I could sprain the ankle that wouldn't sprain for so long. You just really have to put a whole lot of effort into spraining it again. I re-aggravated my old knee injury which made me not do anything until Sunday when I did yoga.

Today I got up and did my Cardio Fix, and I felt it in my knee. Not bad, but enough to know it is not 100%. I felt pretty good on it though, so I decided to go and play basketball again. Now this would be the test of both how well my knee had healed and how well I understood what I could and couldn't do and be mindful of that. I felt my knee a bit and I probably did a little too much here and there. The problem is remembering that my left knee is the bad one and going to my right instead of my left. However, I was able to play. I wasn't able to play  as well as I know I can, but I played, had fun and didn't re-injure my knee.

I am still doing the pushup challenge and think it will be something that I will continue daily from now on until I just get sick and tired of doing it. I am starting a new monthly challenge with abs tomorrow. This one is a 30 day ab challenge and should be fun. The great thing is that there is something different each day and it varies it up with different exercises. The burpee challenge was brutal and never ending and I would have completed it had my knee not given me so much trouble last week. There were more than a few that didn't finish and to those that did, Congratulations!

No matter what I am happy with where I am going. Even though I took off almost the whole week, I still lost more weight. I even had popcorn, a soda and peanut m&m's at the movies. Not the best nutrition day for me, but not the worst in my lifetime. The great thing is that I just moved on, felt no regret or remorse and did better with the next meal. I know that I can't string several days in a row like that, but if you only do that once a week, it won't be the end of you unless you allow it to be.

I weighed on Sunday at 292(ish) hard to tell on that scale sometimes because my eyes are not what they used to be. If that is the case though, I lost another 4 lbs while not working out. I was sore in my glutes from the Cardio Fix last Monday and hope I feel that again tomorrow. I am excited to finish the whole week this time and see where I can get over the next 3 weeks. I can see the changes in me and how my body is responding. I just need to know my limitations and not try to be a hero thinking I can do more than what I can.