Stumbling towards decrepitude
My, but it's been quiet round here, hasn't it? Well, I've been sick. Kof. Snif. I mostly feel better, but I sound like hell.

Lounging around with a box of tissues (extra-soft; specially purchased) combined with my one escape from laziness to put me into knots of pain that are still echoing. I did a leg workout on Saturday, the first in I don't know when. Then I basically didn't move for three days, with the result that the expected DOMS transmuted itself into tightness and savage spasms which actually made it hard for me to sleep last night and the night before. Actually, last night was a little better, since I begged A. to rub my afflicted hams with Traumeel before bed. He actually massaged the twitching fibres till I yelled in pain, but it did seem to break up some of the knots in there.

My, my, but I feel old.

The second shot has been administered to my knee. Again, the joint is clicking ominously (normally, the click-clunk sensation precedes a lockout episode and Great Pain) but hopefully, as before, this will pass when the general puffiness goes away.

I've gotta get back into the gym. What with the leg thing, though, I'm now suffering from severe pain aversion. Activity: very poor (I walked the mutt last night, though). Diet: getting better. I'm on the Food is Boring diet now. The fluffiness occurring after my non-comp decision was getting way out of hand (to the point where I could no longer fit comfortably into my favourite clothes). Since I can't afford to buy new clothes, clearly something had to be done.

Current diet, every day:
1) rolled grain (barley, oats, rye) -- 1/3 cup dry, cooked; optional additions -- plain yogourt, a teaspoon of brown rice syrup, a tablespoon chopped dried fruit. 1 egg, ? cup egg white, scrambled; optional additions -- a bit of cook cheese, hot sauce or salsa.
2) 4-5 oz sweet potato, cooked, 3.5-4 oz chicken. Small piece fruit.
3) 1/3 cup dry measure rolled grain, cooked, as above. 3.5-4 oz chicken, or can low-sodium tuna. A cup or so of fibrous veggies. Small piece fruit.
4) repeat either 1 or 2.
5) 1/2 cup cooked grain, 3.5-4 oz chicken or other lean meat, or 6 oz lean fish, a cup or so of fibrous veggies. (Actually, 5 has not been so virtuous, as I've been "finishing" things in the fridge. It's been quite a bit more varied, and usually included a small and low-fat/calorie dessert, with the result that I've forgone...)
6) protein shake, or half protein shake scoop plus 1/4 cup Quark cheese.

I'm avoiding seasoning as much as possible, and trying my best to drink 3 litres of liquid, preferably water, every day. Not doing too badly, despite Meal 5 and lack of exercise; in a week, I've lost 2 pounds of water puffiness.

And, indeed, food is very boring.

On an entirely other note, according to a very silly quiz promoting The Bachelor's Cooking to Hook Up Cookbook (I'm wincing just thinking about this), I am Progressive Girl. Apart from the Susan Sarandon thing (er, no!) it's pretty flattering, really. Of course, I am really more like Academic Girl, but without the sexy curled-in-the-stacks air and the litsnobbery (I will read Cosmo, but I won't buy it; I can get through all the editorial content in a supermarket lineup, so why shell out the cash?).