Stuff and...Stuff

DISCLAIMER:I am in a rambling mood today...

My roomie made me dinner last Sunday which was great because it meant not only did I not have to cook, it also meant I didn't have to think of something to make (do I need to remind you all that I'm a horrible planner?). He made us a chicken stir fry with veggies, one of which was brussels sprouts. Now, I know the bad rap these guys get and I'm not really sure why because every time I've had them, I've actually enjoyed them. The first time was at Bobby Flay's Mesa Grille in Vegas; I think they had cranberries in them and they were AMAZING. Then my mom roasted them and they were good then. They were good in a stir fry. And right now I have some baking in the oven for dinner and they smell deeeeeelicious! I found the recipe on Pinterest (my favorite site of all time); all it is is olive oil, salt, pepper, and I added garlic and onion (because God forbid I don't make a dish without garlic), then baked them at 400F for 40 min. I'm also having a seared tuna steak with soy sauce, minced garlic (HA!) and fresh ginger, and some cous cous. Yes, graduate school has turned me into quite the little Betty Crocker.

Not that I am little in any sense! Final tally for the weight gain was 15 pounds. YIKES. The weird thing is that all of my clothes still fit pretty well and if I didn't weight myself often I would guess I'd only gained about 5 pounds. Don't ask me how that is: could be an element of denial in there. This week I went down 3 lbs despite it being TOTM so I guess that is a start. I hit Trader Joe's Friday and stocked up on a bunch of healthy crap. My cabinet is almost exploding with all the stuff I have in there.

We are finally getting into actual PT stuff in my classes which is awesome. I was telling my friend, you don't realize how much knowledge you actually gain from working out and just understanding what's going on biomechanically. My exercise & movement class is actually really cool because we have to come up with stretch routines and I kinda know what I'm doing. People are like "how did you know how to do that?" and I'm like "uuuhh...CATHE!!" Haha. So hopefully these practicals won't be too bad. Neuro might be another story though :-/

I'm OBSESSED with Evanescence right now and I don't even know where it came from. I've been listening to them nonstop this whole weekend. Amy Lee's voice is just amazing. This song is on constant repeat. I just love it. I feel like I'm in undergrad again because I was obsessed with them back then too.


I miss BFF. Like a lot. We talked every day last week but I want to see him. I was gonna invite him down this weekend but I had school work to catch up on so I didn't. Plus I'm being a stupid girl and thinking "I don't want him to think I'm pining for him," which we both know I am but that's not why I would invite him to spend the weekend with me. See, I never had these thoughts before but now that our feelings are laid out all over the place it complicates things. Not that things are awkward between us or anything, but this just makes it...annoying. GAH.

I get to enjoy these last two weeks of workout "freedom" before I hit STS in October. I've been doing 3 days of cardio, 3 days of weights, and trying to throw a yoga/stretch day in there. Here's what this week's rotation looks like:
~Pyramid Upper Body
~Pyramid Lower Body
~Yoga or Stretch
~Kick Max Low Impact
~STS Total Body
~Body Max 2 Cardio (not sure what yet)
~LIS Athletic Training

Oh yeah so my ankle is still not 100%. I've been doing cardio but am still sticking to low impact stuff; Friday night I attempted a low impact routine but on an 8" step instead of a 6"; just repeatedly putting my bad foot on the floor during power 15's was killing me on the additional riser so I had to lower it. I've been doing active assist range of motion exercises with plantar flexing it because it's still kinda tender and tight along the dorsum of my foot (you like the PT terms I'm throwing in there?). I feel kinda like my own PT-in-training guinea pig but so far, knock on wood, my "therapies" have been really helping me. It's pretty cool being able to apply what you're learning in school to real life!