I've Got the Grumpy Blues...

Daniel Olsen LMT said...
Nikki, I want to put your results into perspective... The American College of Sports Medicine says it is healthy to lose 1 to 2 lbs a week. so far in your journey you are averaging on the high end at 1.9 lbs per week, and that includes your bad week. according to the original goal we set you are still ahead of where we first projected. Good work, I'm proud of your effors your hard work is paying off. if you need a little extra boost, convert your results into sticks of butter, for you that means you have lost 76 sticks of butter, AWESOME .

Everyone- meet my trainer. This is Daniel Olsen- licensed personal trainer, licensed massage therapist and certified physical therapy assistant. And if you haven't been following my blog let me just tell you that he has been AMAZING at helping me see my own potential. He's very optimistic and always helps point out all the good I've been doing when I feel especially sloppy.

To prove this I've decided to share an awesome comment he shared with me last week; and I felt since this is my second week in the DIE HOLE I thought I'd post it to perk myself up.

I've been going a little stir crazy since I haven't been able to go out and do my now regular routine. I talked to Dan about it and he actually told me that I need to take this week to feel better and rest my body. It makes sense, I probably would be on the stationary bike and wheeze myself into an oxygen deprived HORRIBLE death.

Just think of the poor old manager lady and how she would react to seeing a blue fat lady folded over in fetal position on the floor. I guess I wouln't want to start some chain reaction or anything.

So here I sit contemplating how to get over these grumpy blues and enjoy my time off. I've done some crafts, and watched a LOT of movies ... but what I most look forward to? A massage! Tomorrow at 5 pm. Dan will massage my neck since a lot of my headaches are tension and stress related. And as pricing comes he's very comparable and competitive! I must say I've lucked out in finding a great trainer and friends out of his wife and himself. Thanks guys!

So the plan for the rest of this week is to cut out most carbs during lunch and in the evening and add in fruit- LOTS AND LOTS of fruit! Yumm... this will be add more calories but I'll also be upping my protien intake a little so the fruit should help my body absorb the protein. (I may have misunderstood this...)

I've also been concerned about my muscles. I've worked hard at building muscle and would be devastated if all of sudden they got all soft because of this illness. Dan also said that as long as I'm eating regularily and sticking to my meal plan I should be able to bounce back and hit the "track" in perfect condition.

Here's to praying!