Ahhhh!!! Im so frustrated. I hurt my knee back while exercising about a week and a half ago. I felt it coming on, it was something I was familiar with. I delt with this in November of 2006 and I didnt want this to get bad. Ive been doing too much running and not enough cross training, which for me ends up building certain muscles up and pulling my patella (knee cap) slightly off center which messes with the fluid underneath my knee cap. It takes 4-6 weeks to regenerate. Meanwhile Im trying desparately to drop more weight. I have a 5k race in a few days and Im worried my knee wont even hold up even for that distance. Since I have been laying off the running losing wieght has been really hard. Running is my stress release and if I cant work that out then Im pretty much perpetually stressed out. Which means I eat. Ive been eating low fat, but just WAY too much. I havent weighed myself in a few days in fear of what that scale will say! When I first started feeling that pain in my knee I was down to 156lbs!
I found that Krusteaz brand complete pancake mix makes a great waffle mix, its low fat too if you dont follow the waffle directions. 1 cup of water and 3/4 water combines is all you need. The mix contains 2g of fat in half a cup of mix and 210 calories which comes out to about 8.5% calories from fat. I added 1tbs of cocoa powder and 1tbs of splenda to the mix and it turned out to be a great lightly chocolate flavoured waffle. A dollop of fat free whipped cream would be absolutly sinful on this.
Apparently WalMart carries fat free blueberry muffins! And they are actually really good! Each muffin has 120 calories and no fat. They are light and moist and have lots of berries in them. They are priced at $2.50 for a half dozen. My husband snagged them off the bakery clearance rack for $1.50. He didn’t mean ti grab fat free ones, he didn’t even notice until he brought them home (After eating four of them)
This was a nice treat but really high in sugar. I’m going to look for a low fat or fat free recipe to make myself so I can substitute some of the sugar with splenda.
The past week or so Ive been fighting with my scale. Its been really rough, I hated seeing 160lbs again, and worse yet it went up above 163lbs in the matter of just a couple of days. Seriously in a couple of days I gained SIX pounds. Holy hell! It was really depressing, and I eat when Im depressed, which makes me more depressed ah that cycle sucks. Thankfully the foods I did eat were all healthy and low fat, but it still did some damage. Luckily I have some really supportive friends who helped me just keep on plugging away without giving up like I usually do. This morning I was back down to 158.0lbs what a relief. Im still watching my fat intake, keeping it very low-well under 20% of my calories come from fat, in fact it looks like I usually hover around 10% total for the day. I have a 5k race in a week and would love to be at 156lbs by then. In theory I should be able to make it buy reducing my calories a little further and keeping up with exercise. Im going to give it a shot, the week after is a friends wedding and Id love to be under 155 and look smoking in my dress. Its a size 8, which I altered out, so probably a ten, I havent worn a size ten since I was ten. Seriously.
Okay, now that the shock has worn off for those who know me, no- I am NOT becoming a vegitarian, but I have noticed I tend to skip the meats that I make for my family unless its skinless chicken breast. I made pork chops for my family this evening and they didnt even tempt me. Instead my meal consisted of brussel sprouts with spray butter and baked new potatoes with ‘fake’ gravy. I used a generic brand of powdered gravy mix to make gravy for the potatoes, fat free and tasted decent to boot. I have noticed my kids are eating less meat as well, but they still love their McDonalds cheeseburgers, so I have no worries about them getting enough fat in their diets. I seem to reason with myself over higher fat food, if its REALLY worth it or not. Most times when it comes to meat, its not worth it. This is coming from a reformed low carb/atkins follower. My how things change! My love of crispy bacon wont change though, thats pure hell to resist when my husband fries up an entire POUND of the artery clogging goodness. Thankfully for my badonkadonk butt he doesnt cook often.