Today is day three of my sugar detox. I have to say I've never been happier to get this stuff out of my life. Usually I'm all baby wah wah about giving up sweets but I'm so intent on changing my lifestyle this time around that I'm happy to see them go.
My new obsession is veggies, or more specifically how to get more of these little devils onto my plate. Last night I made a favorite, sauteed green beans and cherry tomatoes. I had a heaping pile of those with my lamb chops and mashed sweet potatoes. I must say that sweet potatoes have become an all-time favorite. I've even got the hubby eating them without complaint.
This morning it was sliced sweet onion and mushroom sauteed in coconut oil with a couple of beaten eggs to make an omelet. Add half a grapefruit and some coffee and it's a yummy meal.
I'm looking forward to getting back into the gym. My back just doesn't want to stop with the morning hurt so I'm learning to deal with it while I focus on rehab and strengthening my weakness. The big lifts will have to wait for a while. The physical therapist gave me two new exercises to do along with the rotator cuff and scapular strengthening exercises. Both are for the serratus.
This is the first one. She has me doing it lying length-wise on a foam roller with a 3# weight in my hand.
Serratus Exercise #1
The second is similar to a pullover (I couldn't find a video of exactly what this looks like). Still lying on the foam roller with the 3# weight in hand, I bring the arm up from my side over the head in an arc until I feel pain or pulling in the shoulder and then bring it back down again. One set of 20 on both exercises.
I need major work on the glutes and hips since that seems to be main areas affected (or affecting) my back problem. Rog is going to give me a couple of routines I can use for at least a couple of weeks to get things back into balance. Between the PT and Rog's workouts I've got plenty of work cut out for me!
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