Food

Ok. The ankle still hurts. It seemed to get worse for a few days, but now it's feeling a little better. Still not well enough that I feel comfortable walking or running on it and I really don't even know that I am ready to work out at all. I just want it to get completely better so I don't run the risk of permanently damaging it. I really want to start swimming, but I changed my gym membership recently and the new place doesn't have a pool at any of their locations. Wasn't thinking ahead, I guess. So now that I can't get back to activity, I guess I have to focus on getting my food intake under control....

SO I ordered The 17 Day Diet. I've heard really good things about it and from what I've seen, it's not a crash diet and it won't force me to give up anything cold turkey. I tried Weight Watchers again, but because of the free for all I've been on for the last year, I really need to start with a little more structure. Weight Watchers works great for me when I'm already using good sense with my eating, but it doesn't help me when I've been carbing it up and eating dessert every day. It will help me to have a set meal plan to follow and I like the idea of working in 17 day cycles - timelines are good for this list-making planner. The book recommends just a walking regime to start because the calorie count is low in the beginning, so the good news is that I can continue to take it easy on the ankle.

The book will be delivered on Thursday, so after some grocery shopping this weekend, I'll start it up next week. Hopefully it won't take much longer for my ankle to feel better and within a couple of weeks I can start back with walking.

Slow and steady wins the race, right? You know I like to win.