July 3, 2013
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Day 11
Still fucked up yesterday. I ended up leaving work a little over an hour early to rush to the doctor’s office before they closed for the Fourth of July for the rest of the week. I had had that headache for 98 hours at that point; I NEEDED to be seen before the weekend. So yeah. They put me on a 5 day Prednisone (a steroid anti-inflammatory) regimen, with my strongest dose being last night and my last, weakest dose being Saturday morning. I’m also on a super duper prescription strength naproxen pill (I don’t remember the exact name of the drug I’m on, but naproxen is the active ingredient in Aleve) 3 times a day, though it doesn’t say if it’s regimented or as needed. As the refill is good for a full year I’m going to go with “as needed,” but I’m pretty sure I’m going to continue to use it through Saturday when I also finish the steroid. Apparently this pill increases my risk of bleeding in my stomach (joy) so I need to aviod alcohol… I have 2 parties this weekend. Should be fun! I also need to take both medications with food… so we’ll see how that goes.
Regardless, I got home and smoked a ton because my head hurt and the medicine takes a while to kick in. And then I binged. Not quite as bad as the 800cal binge I had the other day but still bad. That’s all in my intake at the bottom of this post.
But in good news! I ran my best EVER this morning. I did 4 miles, didn’t walk at all, and only stopped for traffic. INCLUDING my traffic stops I did the whole thing in 44 minutes and 29 seconds and averaged – with my traffic stops – 10:58 minutes per mile. Getting under 11 minutes per mile – even for only 2 miles – is a HUGE accomplishment for me. I usually start around 10:30 but end up near 12, so I average around 11:30 most runs. But this run. I went farther than I ever have, didn’t stop, and went faster than I ever have. AND I burned 415 calories. So booyah.
I’m really sorry again for last night’s post. I just… had to get it out, you know? I was high and my head hurt and I was just really upset and yeah. I’m sorry.
B: 2 eggwhites (35), Laughing cow cheese (35), Weight Watcher’s rye toast (45)
L: salad with dry tuna and 2tbsp low cal caesar (200), chips ahoy (my head hurt, ok? 100)
S: banana (120), low fat strawberry kefir (140)
D: salmon (170), mashed cauliflower (50)
TOTAL: 895So I would have been in perfect shape if I didn’t eat after dinner…. but I did. BINGE. My binge was 670 calories of junior mints, cookies, popcorn, and cheese.
TOTAL AFTER BINGE: 1565FUCK.
Also, I’m trying to get better about drinking enough water. So 8 cups a day, plus another cup for each cup of caffeinated coffee, a cup of water with each dose of meds, and another cup for every 15 minutes of working out. So yesterday I should have had 8 cups + 2 cups (coffee) + 1 cup (meds) = 11 cups. I had 6. Slacking.
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