Day 875-881

So this week started out fine, still with the ear infection but not bad.  Then it fell apart.  Monday I went to work and Tues I woke up and couldn't hear.  Not just a little but a lot.  My alarm was going off for quite a while before I finally heard it and got out of bed.  It was like having my head in a giant cotton ball and being under water at the same time.  Going to the doctor was a necessity and I was sent home from work for the entire week.

I went for a walk twice and then on the weekend did training with Lorinda but we did a stretching routine.

I tried to eat better and was fairly successful.  Breakfast was the usual frittata during the week and I made a protein smoothie on Sat and Sun was a late brunch of deli chicken with added fried egg.

Lunch all week was very different but not crazy and dinner was mish-mash of various food ranging from Greek yogurt and bran cereal to chicken strips and sweet potato fries and a torta along with stir fried broccoli and cauliflower.  I did skip lite food day as it just wasn't in the cards when I wasn't feel 100%.

I did hang out with friends on Sunday and there was a BBQ.  I didn't go crazy and it was good to get out of the condo after spending the entire week with no one to talk to and not hearing anything.

So it wasn't the best week I've had but on Sat the weigh in was okay with a 230lb entry.  I didn't gain and didn't lose which considering the week was okay.

I still can't hear but am coping fairly well.  Work will be interesting if nothing else.

Day 868-874

This week was no fun.  I ended up getting sick and then not working out at all until Sat.  It was a case of ear infection and cold causing my voice to go away.  I was happy though to find I'd lost 8 of the 10 pounds I'd gained the week before.

Breakfast was my usual bran cereal and banana and the famous frittata and 20oz of cold water.  Lunch was weird as I only ate lunch twice at work due to going home sick in the latter part of the week.  There was a steak sandwich, a spinach salad with steak, an egg scramble with chicken, and one of my fave's, fish tacos with beans and rice. 
Dinner also was all over the place with pot sticker soup and chicken strips with onion rings, and  stir fry broccoli with Chinese finger foods.  I also had some Greek yogurt and bran cereal and a banana with some peanut butter. 
Lite food day was the usual frittata for breakfast, Greek yogurt for lunch and a protein smoothie for dinner.

On the weekend I was finally able to get back to working out and went to the gym.  I combined two of Lorinda's previous workouts into one giant workout.  After that I had a turkey, bacon, and avocado sub sandwich with potato salad and the last of my beans and rice from the day before.  Dinner was a spinach salad with a spinach stir fry in egg with pot stickers.  Sunday I went for an hour walk and came home to a club sandwich to which I added an egg and guacamole plus chips (single serving size bag).  I was craving a Blizzard so for dinner I had one along with a bacon cheeseburger and fries with a soda (my first in a couple of months).

So besides being sick it was a good week.  I lost eight pounds of weight I shouldn't have gained and I'm okay with that.  I wasn't feeling the workouts but when I got back in the gym it felt good and right.  Now I just need to get over the ear infection and life will be back to normal.  And normal is good.