Week 5 - Crutches Suck

So I sprained my foot yesterday. I went for a dog walk with my pet-sitter friend, and halfway stepped in a little ditch and landed so hard on the right side of my right foot.

And then I continued to walk because I thought I was being a baby and just needed to shake it off. All was well for the rest of the walk, got home and went about my business, and then around 6pm I left to go to bingo. I'm sitting at the bar with my friend Grace, and around 8, my foot started to ache a bit. By the time we left at 10, I couldn't put any weight on it and was near tears.

So Grace drove me to the ER and they took x-rays and decided that "nothing's busted," which is good, but it was pretty swollen and very painful, so they put me in a splint and gave me crutches. Now I'm stuck on my couch all day, and all I want to do is eat.

Also, I won't be going to my meeting tonight. I might weigh in at home if I muster up the will to take my splint off and hop (literally) on the scale.

I was worried that this was going to hinder my exercise for the week, but just getting back and forth to work on crutches is more cardio than I usually get in a normal walk. Not to mention my biceps are going to be huge. :)

End of Week 4

Tuesday's weigh-in went pretty well. I tried to make it a point to exercise more last week, and it paid off. I lost 2.8 pounds, bringing my total so far to 9.8. I think I might be able to hit my 5% goal a week earlier than planned. That just means this week I need to lose 2.2.

I'm not sure how I feel about it yet, but I've started stocking up on more frozen dinners. Smart Ones and Kashi. Mostly for lunch, actually. I'm just finding that I don't want to cook or calculate recipes on my lunch break, and I also don't like trying to decide the night before what I'll have the next day. So, that being said, I've never really enjoyed frozen meals before. But the Smart Ones are just so convenient what with the points printed right on the box, and the Kashi meals are sooooo good.

I'm hoping to have a super productive and active weekend and get that 5% on Tuesday!