Inquisitrix

Today, I started the first of three ‘protein’ days on my new eating plan. It sucks. And I am cranky. Detoxing off of carb overload is extremely hard but the benefits will be worth it. The eating plan is high-protein (with good complex carb) small meals every three hours (sort of like South Beach, but not really). The whole idea is to shed fat (without losing my mind) and to control hypoglycemic and inflammatory responses in my system. I also had an analysis done and found out that I have a great deal of muscle, which is good news - I am not 100% fat, contrary to what I feel like on some days!. We will start adding carbs back on Tuesday and the rest of civilization may actually want to start speaking to me again.

We picked up my bike today and I gushed like a ten year old girl. My bike, she is so pretty! And thankfully, Rohan decided he wanted one as well. We will soon be biking our asses off, literally. Hopefully! And pic-nicking in the park! The only bad thing is that the bike shop dude scratched the bike a little bit when he lifted it onto the rack on my car. Not the end of the world, but I haven’t even had the chance to ride it yet. He looked at me after he did it and said, “Sorry, um. I scratched it. Is that okay?” What was I supposed to say? Yes? Hello?

I also had a bit of a revelation today. Part of the reason that I bought a bike is because my feet are so messed up that walking can send me straight to the medicine cabinet for pharmaceutical grade pain killers. This is just something I have lived with since I was 14, so I have to get creative. My exercise options are limited to the non-impact variety. Biking, swimming, elliptical, etc. I have loved doing yoga in the past, and have thought trying to pick it up again. But my feet won’t cooperate.

So today I realized that I will probably not be able to do much yoga again, which is a bummer. I really love how relaxed I feel afterwards. Unless I can find a place to let me do yoga with my tennis shoes on. But I CAN do Pilates, which is good for building core strength, toning and flexibility. I want to be one of those 80 year old women that can tie herself into a pretzel. I was flipping through television channels and I came across a home Pilates system that was pretty reasonably priced. Rohan thought might be good for his back as well. SO, we have that arriving the first week of May.

All of this means that we are going to really try to get back into shape this year. That is also a whole different blog that I will be starting shortly. That is, if I make it past day three of the protein plan. I feel like I could eat a bag of flour right now.