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Pet peeve #475

How hard is it to clean up after yourself in the bathroom?  Is it really necessary to piss all over the seat and floor and leave it for someone else to clean up? 

If you're a squatter, look behind yourself when you're done and wipe up any mess for fuck's sake.

A blip in the plan

I had a little blip in my fitness plans this week.  As I mentioned before, I did not do a Saturday workout because I was sore from helping with the car. On Sunday and  Monday, I did two 3 song workouts.  I think this may have been a little too much for my back because after using a neti pot to flush my sinuses on Monday afternoon, everything went horribly wrong.  I soldiered through Tuesday at work but ended up leaving early but scheduled an appointment with my doctor for the next day. The doctor thinks it is a combination of strained muscles and a pinched sciatic nerve.  I'm on 800 mg of ibuprofen and 10 mg of Flexeril every 8 hours.  It's helping some.  I am moving a bit better.  I hope it's improved by Saturday because I'm supposed to go on a prednisone regimen if it doesn't improve in a few days.   I really don't want to do a prednisone regimen. I'm going to be off workouts until Sunday at the earliest.  It's a shame because I've lost 7 pounds in 2 weeks just with Just Dance 2 and switching from ginger ale to lemonade at work.

Sunday's songs (day 16)
Outkast - Hey Ya
Tina Turner - Proud Mary
Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend

Monday's songs (day 17)
Snap! – The Power
Studio Allstars – Jump
The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil (Fatboy Slim Remix)

Day 15: Whoops

I didn't get a workout in today.  I spend a while this afternoon helping my father work on the car.  My back hurts from lying on the concrete and my arms are sore. I'm not going to freak out about it though.  I'll get back to the routine tomorrow.

Day 14: Blech

I don't feel so hot tonight.  I guess I shouldn't have had that piece of lemon cheesecake topped with lemon curd.  Lunch and dinner were fairly healthy at least. Lunch was 1/4 smoked chicken, collards, and fries at a local BBQ joint.  The chicken was excellent.  I had never tried it before but I will certainly have it again.  Dinner was 2 chicken cake sandwiches (kind of like crab cakes but with chicken) on King's Hawaiian rolls with tiger sauce (horseradish based) and chipotle sweet potato fries.  I think dinner tomorrow will be roast chicken with stuffing and sweet potatoes.

Random thought about birthdays:  I think 42 is a great age.  It's also the age that I'm completely dropping my filter, because I do filter, particularly at work. So I think 42 will be my preferred age.  Everything leading up to it is just training.  So until that point I'll count UP to it.  This year, I'll be -9.  When I hit 42, I'll be 42.  Then at 43, I'll be 1.  Quirky plan, but I like it.

Back to point.  I didn't feel so hot so I only did 2 songs though that first was a killer.  It was also the last day of this week's "Just Sweat" program in Just Dance 2.  The goal was 2100 points for physio (or sweat whatever you want to call it) and I hit 2390.  I didn't hit my goal on 2 days but for one I was only 1 point below goal.  I'm counting that one as being met.

Songs:
Sorcerer – Dagomba
The Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The Devil (Fatboy Slim Remix)

The last wasn't a good workout but I was nauseated at that point and needed something slower.

Day 13: Dude, I need a nap.

Yikes, I'm tired. 

Anyway, I have a plan for tonight since it is the night for my B12 shot.  I'm still on the same schedule for one 2 cc shot every other week.  I'll do tonight's shot as soon as I get home and relax for an hour (probably watching Destinaiton Truth which is my go-to distraction for shots).  After that, I'll do my dance exercise.  Tomorrow I'll probably double up since I always have major energy the day after a shot. 

Songs for the night:
Boney M. – Rasputin
The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men
Snap! – The Power

Day 12: Still needing more

It's a weird feeling looking forward to a workout and still feeling like I need to do more.  I've never been much of an exercise/fitness enthuiast before but I'm really enjoying this.  Like yesterday, I danced to 3 songs and feel good about it.

Wednesday's songs:
Outkast – Hey Ya!
Harry Belafonte – Jump In The Line
Bangles – Walk Like An Egyptian

 

Day 11: Taking an extra step

I ended up adding another song to the workout tonight because I just didn't feel like I'd gotten a good workout with 2 songs.  Yeah, I know. 3 songs aren't generally considered a workout.  I'm building up. 

Tuesday:
Blondie – Call Me
Charleston – Mugsy Baloney
Studio Musicians – Jungle Boogie

On the plus side, the day is almost over. I should have known it would be a long one when I bent over to zip up my laptop bag and zipped my hair into it.

Day 10: Oh, my thighs

I decided to randomly choose 2 songs that were high on the sweat factor in Just Dance 2 for my Monday night workout and they were thigh killers. I almost couldn't walk afterwards. I think these two will have to be limited to twice a week and never together. It was a great workout though. The first is Indian themed and the second African.

Bollywood – Katti Kalandal
Sorcerer – Dagomba

Days 8 & 9: Getting used to this

On Saturday and Sunday, as soon as I got up I actually looked forward to exercising.  I think I'm starting to get into a routine with this.  Ok, I won't know for sure until after the next two weeks pass because they've all got odd hours. I'm enjoying myself though. I'm also resolutely trying to ignore what the scale said on Friday.  While it was only 5 pounds higher than my last doctor's appointment, it's heavier than I've ever been.  This worries me.  So this week I switched from drinking ginger ale at work to drinking lemonade.  That should drop about 300 calories a day from my diet.

Songs from this weekend are:

Saturday:
Holiday by the Hit Crew
Hot Stuff by Donna Summer

Sunday:
Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne
Proud Mary by Tina Turner

All I can say, is there is no wonder Tina Turner has such great legs if she does dance routines like that all the time. Wow.

 

Work dinners this week are deviled egg salad sandwiches.  I don't think I've posted the recipe before so here  goes. This makes 2 dinners.

Filterless Deviled Egg Salad Sandwiches

5 eggs
1 1/2 tablespoons mayo (Hellmans or Dukes please)
1 1/2 tablespoons dijon mustard
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon juice from a jar of sweet gherkins
King's Hawaiian Snacker rolls

Bring the eggs to a boil in a pot. Cover and turn off the heat. Let sit for 12 minutes. Rinse repeatedly with cold water and then peel. Let the eggs rest in the refrigerator for about an hour to completely cool down. Cut the eggs in half saving the yolks from 4 of the eggs. Chop the whites from all 5 eggs.

Put the saved yolks (from 4 of the eggs) in a bowl and crush with a fork. Sprinkle over the pepper and stir. Add the mayo and mustard. Mix well and then stir in the pickle juice. Taste and tweak the ingredients to your liking.

Stir the yolk mixture in with the whites.

This will keep for a couple of days in the fridge. Makes 4 sandwiches on the rolls.

Day 7: Disco diva

These disco songs really are a pretty good workout.  This morning's songs were "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer and "S.O.S." by Rihanna.  I'm probably imagining it but I could swear my ass is looking tighter.