Warning - Holidays Can be Hazardous to Your Health…. But Who Cares?
Dec 21st 2007
Nicole JordanWhen Goddesses Fall To Earth
Why is it that almost everything during the holidays is bad for you? So many things endanger your health and your happiness at this time of the year. Just to name a few examples:
-Your heart. I just read a newspaper article entitled “Holidays Increase Coronary Dangers,” which claimed that December and January are the deadliest months for heart attacks. Yikes!
-Your figure. All that fat and sugar in the holidays goodies you eat and drink can take a toll. One little cup of eggnog is 350 friggin’ calories! A friend of mine just sent me a huge box of my favorite chocolates. Do you think for one second that I have the willpower to resist?
-Your safety. Driving can be treacherous. There’s the mad rush that increases traffic - everybody out shopping or going places because of the holidays. Usually the weather is bad cause it’s winter. And there are a lot more parties to attend, so you wind up driving home after dark more often.
-Your sanity. I don’t know about you, but the holidays are always crazy for me, with work deadlines, gift shopping and wrapping, decorating, family obligations, cooking and baking, parties and pot-lucks, get-togethers
with friends, airline travel to visit the in-laws… The stress can be bad for your heart, your figure, and your brain.
-Your pocketbook. Retailers love this time of the year since they can move the most merchandise. But we consumers find all kinds of ways to blow our budgets.
Temptation abounds. And the holidays are when we’re the weakest. We all figure this is the time of the year we can splurge.
That extra piece of pie your mouth waters for? Sure- chow down. That expensive pair of shoes you lust after? Go for it! The extra hour of sleep you crave, even though you know it’ll put you further behind? Hit the snooze button on the alarm clock. Better yet, turn off the dang alarm clock.
So what will cause you the most danger during the holidays? What can’t you resist, even if you know it’s bad for you? What will you be splurging on this time of year? And if you sin a little, do you make yourself pay penance later?
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58 Responses to “Warning - Holidays Can be Hazardous to Your Health…. But Who Cares?”
ladydawgfan on 21 Dec 2007 at 1:11 am #
I think the lack of a proper good night’s sleep will cause me the most danger during the holidays. I have been so busy with work and then stuff at home getting ready for the holidays, coupled with shopping, wrapping, baking, and along with a night class and choir practice, I haven’t had time for a good night’s sleep. I realized this morning that I won’t be able to sleep in until the Saturday AFTER Christmas!! Thank God for cat naps!!
I have to be good this year and can’t splurge on anything yummy. I was given a box of Dove nuts and caramels by Secret Santa at work, and if I limit myself to 2, I’m OK, but more than that causes problems. The same thing with cookies and other holiday goodies. It seems I’m baking for everyone elses enjoyment this year!!
I fully intend to sin BIG TIME when my medical situation is rectified!!!
Tracy Kay on 21 Dec 2007 at 2:38 am #
My sanity is in danger BECAUSE of my pocketbook. You spend and spend, not thinking about the money tree that’s NOT growing in your back yard to replenish your cash. Then I go crazy because the bill collectors are calling me, threatening to shut my entire life off.
Other than those two things, I’m in the clear. Ive never had safety problems or heart problems (knock on wood) and since I started Weight Watchers in the beginning of the year, my figure is getting under control not out of control (thank the Lord!)
However, I wish you wonderful women the best of luck in all of the areas mentioned above. Heart, Safety and Sanity above all!
-Tracy
(LADYDAWG - I’m with you…if I couldn’t have little catnaps, I don’t think I’d ever get any sleep at all!)
cail on 21 Dec 2007 at 8:20 am #
last night the holiday toll started to hit me. i was at a holiday party about an hour from my house AFTER pulling a 10 hr day at work. around 10pm, after a 5 course meal, i started to get sleepy. luckily my hostess was a good friend of mine, so i asked her if i could take a nap before driving home, so i wouldn’t fall asleep at the wheel. 30 min later i was (mostly) revived and after enjoying some dessert hopped in the car for the ride home.
people really need to plan parties at better times.
Kathy on 21 Dec 2007 at 8:46 am #
All my low expectations are met this year all ready. Will be living in the moment until January 2, at which time I go back to work. No regrets, no penance, just gratitude. Merry Christmas to all.
Karen Hawkins on 21 Dec 2007 at 9:03 am #
To combat the only negative aspect of Christmas, which is X-tra Calories, I made a batch of sugar-free, fat-free butterscotch pudding, put it in my most festive glasses and stuck it in the fridge. Then, when I am tempted to eat something bad for me, I eat one of those. Only 25 calories and yuuummy!
ilovetoread on 21 Dec 2007 at 9:20 am #
Ladydawgfan, I’ve said it before and I’m having to say it again, we must be related or something (except for who we are fans of) because what you wrote, it so close to me, it’s uncanny!!
I too, have to be a good girl for a while (health reasons) then I’ll learn to sin in a better way in regards to food. Stress and lack of sleep will be my biggest downfalls during Christmas. So many people rely on me to cook this, do that, be here, go there, etc. besides my work schedule! I love doing for people and can’t say no when they want me to cook/prepare something for them.
I would so love to be able to cook/bake for people as a successful caterer! Unfortunately where I live, it’s not an option and DH won’t leave this area…*sad face*
ladydawgfan on 21 Dec 2007 at 9:24 am #
Goddess Karen!! Sugar-free AND FAT-free???? What??? Where??? Recipe, please???!!!! (groveling over. you may now return to your regularly scheduled thread . . . )
doglady on 21 Dec 2007 at 9:38 am #
Yes, Karen H! Cough up the recipe! I LOVE butterscotch pudding. The most dangerous aspect of my Christmas is dealing with customers at Wal-Mart. They are bad anytime. At Christmas they have the social skills of Adolph Hitler and concern for others of Saddam Hussein! Cakes must be done exactly right in the exact colors they visualized in their tiny “I have too much money” minds. We have a name for it TMM Disease. Yuppie trophy wives of redneck construction tycoons or bank presidents or any of a number of other upper middle class professions who do not work and therefore think that anyone who DOES work is a SERVANT and is to be treated as such. “I wanted red icing.” “Ma’am, it is red.” “Not the red I thought it would be. That is not the right red.” GRRRRR!! They are bad for my heart, bad for my weight because only copious amounts of chocolate make me feel better. I drive like a maniac to get home - to escape. The only good thing? I can read a Goddess written novel and it all goes away.
Marie Conley on 21 Dec 2007 at 9:42 am #
pecan pie. Lots and LOTS of pecan pie.
Dot C on 21 Dec 2007 at 9:45 am #
Reduced calorie Eggnog - 1/2 cup egg nog, 1/2 cup of 1.5% milk. Add 1 teas. vanilla, and 1/2 packet of splenda. Mix well, and microwave for 45 seconds. Top with low fat whipped topping and a sprinkle of nutmeg.
Another great way to enjoy this is frozen. Same ingredients as above into a blender with 12 oz of ice. Blend, top with whipped topping & nutmeg, and enjoy! Also, you can make a most awesome eggnog shake using 1/2 cup of eggnog, 12 oz of low fat ice cream, the whipped topping and nutmeg. Of course, all these treats can be made full fat as well. LOL
Dot C on 21 Dec 2007 at 9:50 am #
LOL Doglady! I had a customer argueing with me at Borders the other day that the Lindt wrapper on the milk choclate truffles wasn’t red enough. It looks orange, its not the right red she says. But ma’am, I asked, “Does it TASTE like milk chocolate??” (as she was scarfing it down) Nuff said apparently, because she walked off without answering me.
For me the stress is from employees that call out because of snow. It’s Maine. It snows. Get over it!! I have employees that commute over 45 min in to work (myself included), and the ones that live 5 or 10 minutes away call out because “it’s too dangerous out”. GRRRRRR. Get some FRIGGIN snow tires!!!!!!!!
doglady on 21 Dec 2007 at 9:55 am #
Or some snow shoes!! Give me a break! I lived in Maine as a very small child. Some of my favorite childhood photos are of me at age three in a snow fort the boys nextdoor built for me. My brother was born in Bangor. We have the same thing here. If it even threatens to ice over, my people call in saying it is too dangerous to drive. Give me a break!
Lisa H on 21 Dec 2007 at 10:05 am #
doglady, the next time one of those snippy people complain about the icing not being the right hue, breathe deeply and think of a certain FROs model—I think you know the one!
My biggest temptation and often splurge is while I am shopping for others, I tend to buy for myself. I am 41 years old and still haven’t got the right jeans. I am looking for a pair that will make my size 12 rear end look like a size 4 rear end…therefore I buy jeans all the time! I keep thinking these are the ones, but alas I wear them for a while, turn around and, yup, size 12 behind…
I also buy stuff for my home, candles, tablecloths, and dishes, dishes, dishes! I have a fetish for little bowls and serving platters (strange but true!) One to use as a gift, one for me!
Karen Hawkins on 21 Dec 2007 at 10:21 am #
Recipe? Let’s see . . .
Go to the store.
Pick up package of instant JELL-O sugar-free/fat-free butterscotch pudding.
Buy 1/2 gallon of skim milk.
Go home and make according to directions (which are VERY easy — you just use a whisk to stir), but use VERY Festive cups.
Afterwards, put in fridge and go find a good book. After reading two chapters, fetch pudding from the fridge and enjoy!
And I was wrong about the calories. It’s 25 without the skim milk, 80 with it. BUT it is both sugar-free AND fat-free. PLUS, it’s only 1 point on my weight watchers AND it’s a dairy product and meets 15% of your daily calcium requirements.
I can actually eat this and feel decadent as it melts over my tongue . . . very fulfilling and it really smooths my aching sweet tooth.
Nicole Jordan on 21 Dec 2007 at 10:38 am #
>>>At Christmas they have the social skills of Adolph Hitler and concern for others of Saddam Hussein!
ROFL! I can just picture this, Doglady! I had to stop by Walmart yesterday to get a battery for my watch (doing without a watch has been driving me nuts) and the checkout lines looked like the lines at Disneyworld, only a lot grumpier.
>>> It looks orange, its not the right red she says.
Dot, that is just mindboggling to me, how some folks demand the moon and then are so rude when you can’t supply it. My stepdaughter was in retail for a number of years, and she has some wild stories to tell.
And I hear you about the snow. I have ice tires on my Explorer, and they are the absolute best winter invention ever.
Nicole Jordan on 21 Dec 2007 at 10:44 am #
Dot and KarenH, thanks for the recipees! Now if I only had time to shop for ingredients and make them, lol.
The biggest thing I miss at this time of year is being able to read. I have a huge stack of novels piled up, and I can’t wait to be able to sink my teeth into them
Nicole Jordan on 21 Dec 2007 at 10:47 am #
>>>I am looking for a pair that will make my size 12 rear end look like a size 4 rear end…therefore I buy jeans all the time!
LisaH, if you ever find the right ones, will you please let me know? Boy, some designer could make a fortune if they could come up with a pair of jeans that magically does that. Is that something we could ask Santa for?
Nicole Jordan on 21 Dec 2007 at 10:55 am #
>>>I’m with you…if I couldn’t have little catnaps, I don’t think I’d ever get any sleep at all!)
See, that’s the thing about me and sleep. I don’t dare nap during the day or I’ll never sleep at night. But some scientists swear by power napping — says it can really help your brain, esp in the afternoon.
That’s way I started drinking whey protein shakes every day… great pick-me-up without killing my sleep.
Cail, sounds like you were really smart to nap before you went home. All you goddesses, please stay safe!
Julia London on 21 Dec 2007 at 11:08 am #
bad calories. Its unavoidable. I love it going in, but man, do I feel bad afterward. Enough to stop me? Hell no!
Ellen told me about hungrygirl.com when I started WW. She’s got some great holiday recipes made healthy and they look delicious!
zambonigirl on 21 Dec 2007 at 11:29 am #
lisah-there are these jeans called “not your daughters jeans”. they’re supposed to really make your badonkadonk shine like a thousand stars in the sky. a friend of mine bought three pairs after trying only one on, and they do make your butt look fantastic. not that it doesn’t already. i didn’t buy any because they’re rather expensive for jeans and i work in a formal office where denim is a no-no, but if i ever feel like splurging-woo!
my weakness is gifts. i don’t know when to stop!
Karen Rose on 21 Dec 2007 at 11:36 am #
I’m on deadline. It is Christmas. There will be chocolate (or my h/h won’t have sex. They tell me so at the beginning of every book. You want hot sex from us? Must have chocolate).
I’m moderating with protein shakes in the morning and salads at noon. But in between … hey, it’s deadline.
Ellen on 21 Dec 2007 at 11:45 am #
Here’s another way to “improve” a decadent dessert for the holidays. It’s not perfect, but it is a very healthy alternative for cream pie lovers.
Get ready made pie crust…either graham or cookie. (BAD)
Get reduced fat Oreo cookies (okay)
Get 2 flavors of sugar & Fat free pudding (excellent) (total 4 boxes)
Get skim milk (excellent)
One cherry (okay)
Make pudding, pour into pie crust, and crumble cookies around top perimeter of pie. Place cherry in center.
Wal Lah!
DH loves the white chocolate pudding and chocolate pudding combo
I love the white chocolate pudding and butterscotch pudding combo.
Cookiedough on 21 Dec 2007 at 12:01 pm #
who figured it would be dangerous to visit a friend?!!!
I read the blog this morning, and thought hmm danger? I laugh at danger!
So…
Strolling along and whole five min walk to where I used to work, to visit the mom and two boys. Weather appropriate clothing on. lots of snow and chilly. got to their door, she opens it, I step up and WHAMMO! my very wet boot slips on her top step and I fall into her porch.
I’m lying on her floor, look up at her, pass her the gift bag I have in my hand , laugh, and say Merry Christmas!
I’m going to bed
cail on 21 Dec 2007 at 12:16 pm #
ok ladies, i have what you’re looking for. my mom just got these… they’re call NYDJ - Not Your Daughters Jeans, and they’re amazing! They’re pricy but totally worth it according to her and all her friends.
So spend a little extra this holiday season on yourself.
cail on 21 Dec 2007 at 12:17 pm #
Zamboni… totally didn’t read your post just skipped to the end to share the wisdom… great minds…
Lisa H on 21 Dec 2007 at 12:26 pm #
Karen R - sex for chocolate? I like that concept. If you get lots and lots of chocolate, does that make for better sex for the characters?
My characters need Tortilla chips and Coke for good sex. Must be a can of very chilled Coke, and fresh chips for the hottest sex!
Lisa H on 21 Dec 2007 at 12:30 pm #
zambonigirl - I forgot to mention, the jeans also need to make my size 12 stomach look like a size 4 stomach!
Nicole - If they can send a man to the moon, why can’t they make special “busting out all over” control jeans? Sheesh!
Karen H, Julia and Ellen - see I attack the fattness from a different angel, I try to hide it!
Nicole Jordan on 21 Dec 2007 at 12:32 pm #
>>>If you get lots and lots of chocolate, does that make for better sex for the characters?
That’s a very good question, LisaH, lol.
Julia and Ellen, you are making me hungry!!
And CookieD, hope you aren’t too sore. At least you can laugh about it.
My dh snow-blew our driveway this morning and then proptly slid sideways down our street cause the snowplows hadn’t been by in several hours.
Nicole Jordan on 21 Dec 2007 at 12:37 pm #
>>>there are these jeans called “not your daughters jeans”. they’re supposed to really make your badonkadonk shine like a thousand stars in the sky.
Zambi and Cail, thank you! I’ll definitely have to look those up and find out where I can try on a pair. If they work for me, I’ll buy out the store in my size cause I hate to shop and when I find something that fits and looks good, I’ll buy every color and variation they have. Which usually means my clothes are way outdated since I keep them forever. Fashionplate Julia would be ashamed to be seen with me *G*.
But then, mostly I live in my office or the barn, so I don’t need great clothes.
Nicole Jordan on 21 Dec 2007 at 12:38 pm #
>>>Nicole - If they can send a man to the moon, why can’t they make special “busting out all over” control jeans? Sheesh!
Yes, exactly, Lisa!!! I’ll vote for that!
Lisa H on 21 Dec 2007 at 12:42 pm #
I found those jeans on line. Type in NYDJ Jeans and several sites pop up.
Karen Rose on 21 Dec 2007 at 12:44 pm #
Lisa H - oh yes. Most definitely. there is a high correlation between the hotness of the sex and the quantity of the chocolate. Quality isn’t really that important, interestingly enough. Don’t need Lindt or Godiva. Garden variety plain M&M’s do it for me.
Of course this time of year my M&M’s are red and green!
Karen Rose on 21 Dec 2007 at 1:05 pm #
Oh, I have to add - do you remember a month or so ago, I blogged about my favorite icecream in the world - Graeter’s from Cincinnati?
Guess what arrived on my doorstep a few days ago - a styrofoam container with pints of GRAETERS!!! From my sweet DH.
Will I eat it? Duh. Have I already started? Duh. Will I share it? With my closest friends yes, just don’t ask for seconds.
So this is my indulgence. I’m thinking my h/h will get some really good mileage out of this.
Suzanne Enoch on 21 Dec 2007 at 1:58 pm #
My best friend since 9th grade (5 or 6 years, now) makes homemade English Toffee. I swear, I’m a junkie and she’s my supplier for it. I cannot resist that Toffee.
Yeesh. Now I’m drooling. *g*
Nicole Jordan on 21 Dec 2007 at 2:16 pm #
I adore toffee! It’s my second fave candy next to walnut maple creams.
And I love Graeters ice cream! And M&M’s. Sheesh, you goddesses are making me gain pounds just thinking of all these wonderful goodies.
zambonigirl on 21 Dec 2007 at 3:03 pm #
lisah-my friend had a muffin top. that was why the sales lady recommended the jeans. we found them at nordstrom. and it’s not your figure, it’s the cut of the pants. that’s what stacy and clinton say, so belee’ dat!
AND EVERYONE STOP TALKING ABOUT FOOD. it’s so frustrating to keep getting fatter and fatter because your stupid trainer broke your stupid arm and the stupid doctor won’t let you do anything other than the stupid stationary bike. then all these stupid people keep coming into your work with see’s candy and walker’s shortbread and you have no willpower because you’re depressed about your stupid arm being broken…
Kay on 21 Dec 2007 at 3:48 pm #
I “get to” lay around and be waited on by my DH & kids for the next few days–and I will loose weight at the same time!
My “miracle diet” involved emergency surgery to remove a very unhappy gallbladder. (You know it’s bad when your surgeon says they are going to use your ultrasound & OR film for their teaching files) I’m home now and the drugs are great, but I get to eat oatmeal, rice, applesauce & crackers for the next week. YUM.
Lisa H on 21 Dec 2007 at 3:49 pm #
Zambonigirl, I have a “muffin” everything! It comes from having too much sex. This is how it happens, first you eat the chocolate, then you have hot and steamy sex, then you get pregnant, then you eat Burger King Whoppers everyday you are pregnant with hot fudge sundae chasers, then you gain 75 lbs, then you give birth and lose 25 lbs.
This is why you should never eat chocolate! Tee Hee
Lisa H on 21 Dec 2007 at 3:50 pm #
Karen R - how do they package the ice-cream so it doesn’t melt?
Didn’t we once blog about packaging?
Enjoy your special treat!
Lisa H on 21 Dec 2007 at 3:52 pm #
Oh Kay…I hope you get to read some great books while you rest, and maybe watch a good movie too! Hope you feel better soon!
Karen Rose on 21 Dec 2007 at 3:52 pm #
Glad you’re back, Kay! Hugs!
Karen Rose on 21 Dec 2007 at 3:54 pm #
Lisa H - Dry ice. Don’t touch it. You’d think a former chemistry teacher (um, me) would have been more careful. But it was ICE CREAM. Hey, there are important things in life and getting that sweet decadence out of the cooler was one of them.
Sorry, Zamboni!
Kay on 21 Dec 2007 at 4:29 pm #
Thanks Lisa and Karen Rose.
I’m still too drugged to read, so movies, between long pain-killer induced naps, are all that are on my “to do” list for days. WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING, will be followed by GREEN CARD. I’m open to suggestions
Judy F on 21 Dec 2007 at 4:38 pm #
ah Karen R your hubby is a sweetie. I think I need some Graeters double chocolate chip ASAP….
My weekness is candy(chocolate) and cookies. A good friend send me a box of Mrs. Fields cookies… I swear the girls at work started to drool.
LauraR on 21 Dec 2007 at 5:02 pm #
Kay,
The Christmas Story. “You’ll shoot your eye out!”
feel better soon.
Nicole Jordan on 21 Dec 2007 at 6:32 pm #
Oh, gosh, Kay! Glad you’re back home and sorry you’ll be laid up for a while. But just think of it. You’ll be nice a svelt when the rest of us are waddling around, trying to burn off all the extra holiday calories.
The one good thing about always spending Xmas with my in-laws is, I don’t care for my m-i-laws Xmas cookies or peanutbutter fudge, so I can resist those fairly easily. It’s the other goodies she leaves lying out 24/7 that is hard.
And I adore Mrs. Field’s cookies. Yum.
Nicole Jordan on 21 Dec 2007 at 6:34 pm #
>>>it’s so frustrating to keep getting fatter and fatter because your stupid trainer broke your stupid arm and the stupid doctor won’t let you do anything other than the stupid stationary bike.
Are you kidding, Zambo??? How in the world did that happen? Can you do leg lifts with weights and squats?
Kim on 21 Dec 2007 at 9:19 pm #
KarenH–The sugar free jello pudding is that good? Any other flavors besides butterscotch that are tempting?
ilovetoread on 21 Dec 2007 at 10:55 pm #
Kay, Maid in Manhattan, Runaway Bride, A Big Fat Greek Wedding are some good ones also to watch…relax and enjoy. I’m just back off the “injured reserved” list and have at least 2 - 3 weeks of housework that I’m trying to catch up on while preparing for Christmas! Rest while you can cause you won’t when you’re back up!
Nicole Jordan on 21 Dec 2007 at 11:47 pm #
>>>Maid in Manhattan, Runaway Bride, A Big Fat Greek Wedding
I enjoyed all of those, too, Kay. I’m just a romantic at heart, I guess.
ILTR… (love your screen name, btw!) what kind of injured reserve
Kim on 21 Dec 2007 at 11:59 pm #
Ohhh, I just picked up Hocus Pocus and Mrs. Winterbourne. Two of my favorite movies.
Nicole Jordan on 22 Dec 2007 at 12:03 am #
>>>I just picked up Hocus Pocus and Mrs. Winterbourne.
I could swear I’ve seen MW, Kim. Could you remind me what it’s about?
And I don’t believe I’ve ever seen HP. Why do you love it? I’m always looking for great movies, esp next year if the TV writers’ strike is still going on.
Kay on 22 Dec 2007 at 12:59 am #
Thanks for all of the great suggestions. “Lounging about” are doctor’s orders for me for the next week. (Really! I’m not allowed to bend, lift anything over 5 pounds, & specifically not cook, clean or do laundry!!!!) I have felt awful for the past week, so I plan to enjoy my well-earned status as walking wounded and milk it for all it’s worth, between pain-pill induced naps.
I DO NOT recommend this as the best way to diet, but I have little choice. I imagine the Christmas leftovers will plump me back up before I know it.
Kim on 22 Dec 2007 at 2:46 am #
Nicole–Mrs. Winterbourne is an older movie. Early ’90’s I believe. Ricki Lake and Brendan Fraser star along with Shirley Maclaine. Ricki Lake is pregnant and dumped my her boyfriend. She ends up on a train where she meets Hugh (played by Brendan Fraser) and Patricia. Patricia is pregnant also. The train wrecks and Connie (Ricki Lake) is mistaken as Patricia Winterbourne. The Winterbourne family takes her in and Bill (also played by Brendan Fraser) is Hugh’s twin. She falls in love with Bill. I love those plots where the hero saves the heroine, she has no one and finds this wonderful family, etc.
Kim on 22 Dec 2007 at 2:50 am #
cont…
Hocus Pocus is an older kids Halloween movie. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Nagimy play a trio of witch sisters that suck the life out of children to stay young. They are hanged and the only way they can be brought back is if a virgin lights the black flame candle on a full moon on All Hallows Eve. Of course, some young man does. LOL. The witches only have one day to suck the life out of the children of the town otherwise they’ll turn to dust. The boy who lite the flame, his new-found girlfriend and sister are the only ones who know the witches are back. No one else in the town believes them so its up to them to kill the witches again. Its pretty cute and funny. My teen-age son and husband watched both movies with me and enjoyed them so they’re definitely family-ed okay.
Nicole Jordan on 22 Dec 2007 at 9:50 am #
Thanks, Kim! Both of those sound really good. I’ll have to find them.
And Kay, get well soon!!
NicoleJ
zambonigirl on 22 Dec 2007 at 4:30 pm #
nicole-i can do legs and the bike. no weights for right now. squats is what landed me here. well, squats on a bosu ball. my trainer felt horrible. i’ve made him pay pennance, though. it was two weeks before i got my hard cast, though and onother before my deoctor would let me go back to the gym. due to the nature of the break, i will need surgery if the alignment goes out, so i have to keep my arm as immobile as possible. i can’t grip handles or anything like that. it’s frustrating.
i loved mrs. winterbourne! i haven’t heard of it in years!
Nicole Jordan on 22 Dec 2007 at 11:27 pm #
I should hope your trainer did feel horrible, ZBG! That would frustrate the dickens out of me. Sure hope it heals fast and you don’t have to have surgery!