Monday December 27, 2010



Hope all of you had a wonderful holiday celebration!!!!

I keep forgetting to show you these YUMMY molasses spice cookies I found out & about. They come from 2 different places but both taste equally delish but in a different way. Check out the pic above! Love my cookie treats!

The darker one is from Paradise Bakery. The lighter one is from Cinnamon Productions  & man does that place have some fantastic goodies! They make these molasses spice cookies ALL YEAR ROUND! So glad I found them!!!! Now I don't have to wait till November/December every year!

OK, update on the back. If you missed it previously, I first wrote about my back injury HERE and the first update HERE. So, I am much better but not the 100% I had hoped for when it first happened. It was obviously much worse than I first thought & not the same as that one from years ago when I was fine within 4-5 days.

I have been working the rehab & stretching every day & as I get better, the more aggressive I get with the rehab. I added in the foam roller a few days in after I was a bit better. The first few days, it was just too bad. I could not even do a pelvic tilt the first couple days. The foam roller has really helped me improve tremendously.. or that is my opinion. The more I use it & work it, the better I seem to get. Yes, it is sore afterwards BUT it is working sore not injury sore. The next day. I am always better. So, lesson for this & weight loss - IT IS HARD WORK. YES IT HURTS. YES IT CAN BE A "PAIN"... BUT IT IS ALL WORTH IT IN THE END! I think about how worse it could have been if I was not in such good shape to begin with.

The good news: Each day I can do more. I am still going to the gym & doing cardio & weights per my normal schedule & can do more every time. I RAN LAST THURSDAY in the gym on the treadmill!!!! First time since this happened & I even got up to a fast clip in the 8-8.5 range which I was doing before. I start in the 6.8 -7 range & usually work up to 8-8.8. Did not try my HIIT - for me that goes up to 9.3 -9.5. So, happy about the 8-8.5. Of course I am working the back too & can again do my back extensions on the back extension bench in the gym. Also doing my stiff legged deadlifts & good mornings. Very exciting! Everything is improving & rehab work works the butt big time too! YES! Also, I got my outside run in yesterday! No rain & I gave it a try & YES! I did cut off about 10 minutes since I was running on pavement vs. the treadmill & wanted to be careful of the back. Of course I stretched & rehabbed after!

Not so good news: Still going to take longer to heal than I thought. I might be near the 70% mark. Sitting too long is still problematic but standing & lying are fine & I can do my ab/core work so a good thing.

Not sure on my posts this week. Since sitting too long is not great still, I may share a couple articles I have found interesting mixed in with a couple posts on my own. Whatever it is, hope you enjoy if you are reading.

HOW WAS YOUR HOLIDAY? ANY FUN STORIES TO SHARE?

I will write about mine later this week cause my get together with the crazy kids is tonight. Will let you know about my Xmas day with my youngest stepdaughter/hubby too.