Coming Out Of The Fog

So where the heck have I been the last few weeks? Lost in the woods, dazed and confused, just plain out to lunch.

To recap:
1. The hubby had a nasty run-in with an Internet "herbal pain remedy" that mimiced the symptoms of a TIA. This went on for a week and finally land him in the hospital. Fortunately, that is not what it was but it was a big scare for both of us. I kept up with my food plan for as long as I could but while he was in the hospital over the weekend I let go of tracking my food but did stick to my "no sugar, no grain" rule with good results.

2. The good result was another pound off this week. I started February at 224.2 and started March at 219.4 (about 5 lbs. gone). This was with minimal exercise of any kind.

3. My wrist is still slowly getting better. I got a new wrist wrap and am making every effort to use my left hand as little as possible. This seems to be making a big difference.

4. I got real tired of the lower body circuit Rog gave me and quit it altogether during the hubby scare. But, feeling antsy to get back in the gym, I went in this morning and did a weight training workout, foam rolling and mobility exercises first of course. Here's what I did.

Leg press 3 x 10 x 50#
Monster walk/sumo walk 3 x 10 each direction

Machine chest press 3 x 8 x 10#
Seated machine row 3 x 8 x 15#

Standing Pallof press 3 x 12 sec x 8#
Wall glute march 3 x 10

This felt just about right, not too hard and not too easy. The chest press bothered my wrist a little bit but not enough to matter. I think I can return to weight training as long as I stay away from free weights and most cable exercises. As long as my wrist is in a stable non-weight bearing position I should be ok.

We've got a huge snow storm coming tomorrow. They are predicting 7-10" so I'm not sure I'll be dug out by Wednesday morning to get to the gym. Hopefully this is the last snow of the season because I'm so ready for spring it's insane.