I recently had surgery on my foot to remove two Morton's neuromas (painful nerves bundles between my metatarsals) from my left foot, so I haven't been doing a lot of anything. Well, that's not entirely true. I have watched A LOT of Netflix (mostly Lost Girl and Malcolm in the Middle), watched several movies, played games on my cell phone, talked on the phone a lot, read six books, worked out a bit, and worked on some Russian Rosetta Stone lessons. For those of you who don't know me, I speak Russian and Spanish, but my Russian is really rusty. So my awesome husband got me Rosetta Stone for my birthday in May. I also went to a bridal shower and my grandma's 80th birthday party this past weekend, which was a lot more hopping around on crutches and social interaction than I've had in the past couple weeks.
Since I am not allowed to put weight on my foot, my workouts are pretty limited and running is most definitely off-limits. However, I rediscovered this awesome Tiffany Rothe Seated Workout video! I've been doing that video almost everyday once or twice and then doing arm weights and crunches. I haven't been able to run since mid-February, and I've put on about 25 pounds, which is really frustrating, especially since any cardio that involved standing on my feet was really painful with the neuromas. Also, now, as per the doctor's orders, I'm not allowed to put any weight on my foot whatsoever. However, I've been putting some extra effort into eating more healthy foods (and a lot less) with a focus on fruits and vegetables and also making it a priority to workout each day. I've lost four pounds in the last few weeks! So I'm headed back on the right track!
I also wanted to post a link to an awesome blog I discovered today called I Heart Running. It's written by a vegan marathon runner who lost 30 pounds after going vegan and starting to run, and she's pretty neat! Her dream is to run 50 marathons in 50 states, and she's well on her way! This link is to a post about running barefoot in Virginia Beach. I'm excited for my foot to heal so that I can finally start running again in a few months! Until then, it's seated workouts for me. Womp, womp, womp! :(
I'll see you soon, and let me know in the comments section what you've been doing to keep fit this summer, and if you have any suggestions for seated workouts!
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Thursday, August 14, 2014
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
"No-Spend" Month Update Week 3
*If you're not familiar with my No-Spend Month Challenge click here to get up to speed.*
This no-spend thing has been getting a little tricky lately. My husband has already compiled a short grocery list for all of the things he wants once No-Spend Month is over! I've had to get a little creative to use up some of the ingredients in my pantry for my Pantry Clean-Out efforts.
Last night, I put together an impromptu chili in the crock pot. I unfortunately didn't take any pictures, but the ingredients were: black beans, kidney beans, fingerling potatoes, carrots, onion, chilies in adobo sauce, chili powder, cumin, oregano, garlic, and lentils (which I didn't put in the mix until this morning so that they don't fall apart). I cooked it all overnight, so I haven't tried it, yet, but I have high hopes for this protein-packed spicy chili soup. It was partially inspired by a recipe I got from Happy Herbivore's meal plans, but never got around to making since it's a little more time intensive. Her version has quite a few different ingredients, though, such as a sweet potato instead of fingerling potatoes. I love sweet potatoes, and her recipe sounded more amazing, but I just used what I had on hand.
I've spent $17 and some change so far. I spent $15.20 on groceries last Thursday, and I let my husband order two items off the McDonald's dollar menu on Saturday. He came to a Ragnar Relay Race running event that I'd been looking forward to and didn't complain when I parked us 1.8 miles away so that we wouldn't have to pay to enter the park. (Yes, I'm cheap, but it's No-Spend Month and I had to get in 8 miles on Saturday anyway.) We jogged there from our car. I joined the 60 minute running group, and my husband did the 30 minute group. One of my awesome friends from my Tuesday night running group luckily offered us a ride back to the car. It was freezing out, but it was a good time, and I made some new friends who work at my favorite running store, Potomac River Running, who hosts my weekly Tuesday night running group each week. Except yesterday it was cancelled because of the horrible weather/snowstorm we had here in Northern Virginia. :(
On the way home, my husband said, "Man, I'd really like to get some steaks right now." He's an omnivore, and he ran out of meat and cheese in the first week or two because he only asked me to get one thing on my pre-No-Spend Month grocery-shopping trip, despite the fact that I asked him what he wanted and even asked: "Do you want anything else?" (I actually got him two items and some eggs and shredded cheese.) So anyway, I took pity on him and offered to get him some dollar burgers from McDonald's on the way home. (I didn't want anything because I don't really like McDonald's, plus the only vegan options there are fries or a salad without the meat and most of the toppings.) It was actually still breakfast time, so he ordered two burritos and still ate 3 or 4 of the blueberry pancakes that I made for myself.
I'm planning on going to the grocery store again today to pick up some cheap spinach, canned (or dry) beans and anything else on sale. Probably bananas and carrots because last time I went they were only $.79 and $.69 per pound. The only things I really want are produce, and I don't think they usually have coupons for those. Last week I got lucky and they were having a two for one sale on salad, so wish me luck with that!
Receipts from this week/weekend:
Mickey D's for my husband as a reward for sticking with me on this challenge and coming out to run with me on a super cold morning!
This no-spend thing has been getting a little tricky lately. My husband has already compiled a short grocery list for all of the things he wants once No-Spend Month is over! I've had to get a little creative to use up some of the ingredients in my pantry for my Pantry Clean-Out efforts.
Last night, I put together an impromptu chili in the crock pot. I unfortunately didn't take any pictures, but the ingredients were: black beans, kidney beans, fingerling potatoes, carrots, onion, chilies in adobo sauce, chili powder, cumin, oregano, garlic, and lentils (which I didn't put in the mix until this morning so that they don't fall apart). I cooked it all overnight, so I haven't tried it, yet, but I have high hopes for this protein-packed spicy chili soup. It was partially inspired by a recipe I got from Happy Herbivore's meal plans, but never got around to making since it's a little more time intensive. Her version has quite a few different ingredients, though, such as a sweet potato instead of fingerling potatoes. I love sweet potatoes, and her recipe sounded more amazing, but I just used what I had on hand.
I've spent $17 and some change so far. I spent $15.20 on groceries last Thursday, and I let my husband order two items off the McDonald's dollar menu on Saturday. He came to a Ragnar Relay Race running event that I'd been looking forward to and didn't complain when I parked us 1.8 miles away so that we wouldn't have to pay to enter the park. (Yes, I'm cheap, but it's No-Spend Month and I had to get in 8 miles on Saturday anyway.) We jogged there from our car. I joined the 60 minute running group, and my husband did the 30 minute group. One of my awesome friends from my Tuesday night running group luckily offered us a ride back to the car. It was freezing out, but it was a good time, and I made some new friends who work at my favorite running store, Potomac River Running, who hosts my weekly Tuesday night running group each week. Except yesterday it was cancelled because of the horrible weather/snowstorm we had here in Northern Virginia. :(
On the way home, my husband said, "Man, I'd really like to get some steaks right now." He's an omnivore, and he ran out of meat and cheese in the first week or two because he only asked me to get one thing on my pre-No-Spend Month grocery-shopping trip, despite the fact that I asked him what he wanted and even asked: "Do you want anything else?" (I actually got him two items and some eggs and shredded cheese.) So anyway, I took pity on him and offered to get him some dollar burgers from McDonald's on the way home. (I didn't want anything because I don't really like McDonald's, plus the only vegan options there are fries or a salad without the meat and most of the toppings.) It was actually still breakfast time, so he ordered two burritos and still ate 3 or 4 of the blueberry pancakes that I made for myself.
I'm planning on going to the grocery store again today to pick up some cheap spinach, canned (or dry) beans and anything else on sale. Probably bananas and carrots because last time I went they were only $.79 and $.69 per pound. The only things I really want are produce, and I don't think they usually have coupons for those. Last week I got lucky and they were having a two for one sale on salad, so wish me luck with that!
Receipts from this week/weekend:
Mickey D's for my husband as a reward for sticking with me on this challenge and coming out to run with me on a super cold morning! 
Update: Groceries from Wed. night
We have spent a grand total of $21.90 so far out of $31 for the entire month. (I got cash back because I felt really silly using a debit card to pay for less than $5 worth of food.) Pickings are getting slim, my stockpile of canned goods and grains are being used up, and I plan on giving the fridge a nice wipe-down this weekend while it's still pretty bare!
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