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Friday, May 11, 2018

Fitness Friday - May 11

Fitness Friday

Currently Training For:

  • Dopey Challenge 2018 - Walt Disney World
  • Rock n Roll New Orleans Half Marathon 2018 - New Orleans, LA 
  • Warrior Nation 5K
  • Contraband Days 5 Miler
Saturday - Tour LaFitte 10 mile bike ride
Sunday - Rest Day
Monday - Tone It Up Workout of the Day & 2 mile after dinner walk
Tuesday - 3 mile run
Wednesday - Rest Day 
Thursday - Tone It Up Workout of the Day with PT Routine & 2 mile after dinner walk
Friday -3 mile run

This week happened to be an extra fun one, since it was also Nurses week, too! :)


On Monday, we went on a 2 mile after dinner walk and since Brayden didn't have a nap at his Mimi's house that day, he was OUT! After dinner, I did 2 rounds of the Tone It Up routine of the day. It was nice to use muscles I hadn't used in a while!


On Tuesday evening, I made it out the door for a 3 mile run just as the sun was starting to set. It was a beautiful evening!


It was also a solo run which was nice!


For Nurses Week, my coworkers took me out to lunch on Tuesday to Great Harvest Bread Company. I ordered a sesame chicken grain bowl and oh my gosh...this is seriously my new favorite dish! So good!!

My lower body was kind of sore after Monday and Tuesday's workouts, so I was excited to see a lymphedema rep was stopping by to show us their tools and feed us lunch! I also took a rest day on Wednesday.


This compression device was like heaven on my legs!

After the leg compression, I was also talked into trying the head and neck compression device...


Yeah, that happened!

Oh the fun things we get to do at work sometimes!


We took Brayden to the park this week and someone had left behind some sidewalk chalk. He couldn't figure out how to carry all three pieces of sidewalk chalk together, so this is what he came up with! Hey, whatever works, right?!


On Thursday, I arrived at work and was super surprised with flowers for nurses week from my parents! The are gorgeous and smell oh so good! My parent's are so sweet!


Last night after dinner, we set out another 2 mile after dinner walk, this time minus a nap! I also did the Tone It Up workout of the day as well as my physical therapy routine.

Speaking of Physical Therapy, I was discharged this week! My therapist felt as if she's given me all the tools I need and says I'm doing great! Not going to lie, I'm going to miss seeing her as my therapy sessions were actually kind of fun!

Another change this week is the elimination of excess sweets. I feel very fatigued and tired often and decided if I eliminated excess sugar from my diet, I might start feeling better (obviously).  It's basically a process of making better food choices and it's working so far!

This weekend is looking to be another fun one! We are FINALLY going to order a new shed since the tornado took our last one. We are also FINALLY getting rid of all of the pile of debris in our yard from said tornado. (It's pushed in the corner and we haven't had a chance to do anything with it yet due to work schedules.) It will be nice to have it gone!

I also plan to go for a long-ish run as the Lake Area Runners 5 miler is next weekend!

Hope everyone has a great and safe weekend! Happy Mother's Day!

6 comments:

  1. Have a great weekend and a Happy Mother's Day!

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  2. I stopped at the grocery store Wednesday to get fruit and cat food. 3 containers of fruit in one hand lead to me using my chin too!

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    1. Haha! That would be a cute side by side picture!

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  3. A head compression???? In what situation would one use that?

    This week was also Teacher week but im pretty sure my parents had no idea..haha. we did get some nice treats from our school though. Have a good weekend. -M

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    1. Yes! For our head and neck patients who have swelling after their radiation treatments! It's a quite interesting contraption to say the least! Glad you received good treats from the school! Here they send home letters to the parents so there's no way they can say they don't know about Teacher Appreciation Week!

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