Blahhh

Had an okay day today.  Eating wise I did perfect, and I even got some weight lifting in at home after the kids were in bed (which unfortunately was interrupted by my poor little Ian waking up sick.  :(  Got him cleaned up and back in bed...hopefully that's the worst of it).  It was a busy day as I was FINALLY putting all the Christmas decorations away, doing laundry, trying to straighten the house...all that fun stuff.  I've been a little stressed the last day or so but I still did awesome with my eating despite wanting to shove my face full of everything in my pantry! I am learning to really like salad... I never thought I would be saying that!  I decided on Thanksgiving to end my almost 10 years as a vegetarian.  I didn't have the passion for it that I once did, and I was desperately trying to make any changes that could improve my health and my eating habits.  You can TOTALLY be healthy as a vegetarian but unfortunately I was never that great at finding non-meat sources of protein...I was more a carbotarian;)  So I bit the bullet and went back to eating meat, and I'm not going to lie, it has really helped.  Being able to eat chicken, turkey, even beef, really helps me eat healthier meals.  It's also the reason I think I am starting to love salad...I had totally forgotten how good grilled chicken tastes!

I think I am just so-so today because I am a little down in the dumps about my hip.  In fact, I am super blah today because for some reason my knee is throbbing, and on Sunday I somehow screwed up my rotator cuff in my shoulder.  I am a mess!! But my hip is the ongoing issue...I was trying some new shoes and I really thought that was fixing the problem.  In fact, after wearing them a couple of times I was sure that my old shoes were the issue and I was stoked!  I was so confident I decided to try a jog.  The pain came back with a vengeance.  In fact, it's been 5 days since I ran and it is still sore.  We have tried absolutely everything to correct this problem and it's just not working.  So today I finally contacted an orthopaedic surgeon to make an appointment to have it looked at.  It has made me so frustrated because I feel like I could be doing so much more if I didn't have this pain.  And if I want to win the 90-day competition I definitely will want to do much more.  So hopefully this doc will get me back on the right track!