{"id":16087,"date":"2011-04-11T13:17:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T20:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=16087"},"modified":"2011-04-11T13:17:29","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T20:17:29","slug":"recovery-from-strengthfit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=16087","title":{"rendered":"Recovery From StrengthFit"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post title was originally going to be called “Ouch I want my Mommy”<\/strong> but I thought that might be a little weird.<\/p>\n

I slept great Saturday night. I think the combination of 1 glass of wine, donut holes, a muscle relaxer and heating pad knocked me right out. Thank god because when I awoke Sunday morning I had a flashback to the morning after Hood To Coast<\/a>. Every fiber of my being was screaming. Of course it was in a good “I kicked some major ass” kind of a way….but screaming\u00a0nonetheless. I laid in bed for a long time, drowsing and being lazy (and enjoying the heating pad on my thighs) before getting up to eat breakfast.<\/p>\n

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\nI knew that the best thing for me would be swimming. I limped to the pool and wondered if I’d even be able to lower myself to the edge of the pool to get in. After a few awkward tries I was able to sit on the edge. Ouch. Ouch. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: SWIMMING CURES EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING!<\/p>\n

The second my body was in the water it was like half of the pain I was experiencing was gone. My neck was feeling a lot better (not great but not\u00a0excruciating\u00a0anymore). I was expecting to be too sore and slow to get much of a workout done but surprisingly the more I swam the better I felt. It loosened everything up immensely. When I switched to the breast stroke my quads SCREAMED. It sounded like kittens crying for milk. \ud83d\ude09 Or something equally as painful sounding.<\/p>\n

Once again, after I did the Breast Stroke for awhile, my legs loosened up and actually felt pretty good. The hot tub afterward felt even better. I was a bit slower than Friday’s wonderful swim, but that was to be expected. I also swam less distance than Friday as well. But honestly Sunday’s swim was more about recovery <\/a>than fitness for me.<\/p>\n

Swim Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time: 57 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calories Burned: 400<\/strong><\/p>\n

Distance: 1.25 miles or so<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I had leftover soup for lunch when I got home and then headed to a nearby coffeeshop (Spring Creek Coffee<\/a>) to try to capture the same creative magic I had on Saturday night. I got cup of black coffee with a pump of sugar free caramel syrup and skim milk. It’s not quite the same was what I used<\/strong> to order at 250 pounds–white chocolate mocha with caramel, whipped cream and chocolate shavings on top! Holy heart attack!<\/p>\n

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It was another good writing session but I didn’t have quite as much time to do so. I made the best of what time I had and then headed over to my friend Kat’s house for an afternoon of baking. When I arrived she was working with phyllo dough. She was doing it two different ways: making little square bites of phyllo dough packed with yummy fillings, and also as little cups.<\/p>\n

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I’ve never worked with phyllo dough. It was time consuming, tedious and difficult to work with. I let Kat take care of the heavy lifting and I played with her baby instead! \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 She baked the phyllo cups for a few minutes and then I helped her fill them with yummy things. We did a few different combinations: she did spinach, parmesan cheese and garlic in a few. I did the chopped apples and feta and chopped apples with cheddar cheese. She also added some capers to the tops of the cups. I made one phyllo cup with cheese and sundried tomatoes. Then she popped them back in the oven to melt the cheese together.<\/p>\n

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\nThey were so tasty! Kat and I both agreed that the baked phyllo was a bit too delicate for the toppings we added and they needed to be a little smaller–more bite sized instead of the cupcake size. But they tasted fantastic. I ate a few and then we cleaned up the kitchen and started making chocolate chip oatmeal cookies.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd I get to cross off one item from my April Goals list! Yay! I learned how to use a Kitchen Aid Mixer. And boy was it a million times easier to make cookies with the mixer. I cannot believe how much time I spent making cookies from scratch and beating them by hand! I’ve seen the light.<\/p>\n

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\nI’m not sure what recipe Kat used for the cookies but it called for 1\/4 of a cup of Maple Syrup. It was a really good recipe and the cookies turned out great!<\/p>\n

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\nOf course we had to sample the goods to make sure they were edible. \ud83d\ude42 I ate two cookies and enjoyed every bite of them. I was on my own for dinner because I didn’t feel like joining Michael and his buddies at the bar where they were eating fried foods. I made my go-to single girl dinner: soup from a can and a salad. I made beef vegetable soup.<\/p>\n

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\nThen our massage therapists arrived and I melted into the table in heaven. It was so needed! Fat Kitty wanted a massage too.<\/p>\n

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\nI warned my massage therapist of my workout and how sore I was. I said I wasn’t even sure if he’d be able to touch my quads! We settled in to a little Miles Davis and got 90 minute massages. They were heavenly and so needed. He was able to massage my legs and I only screamed a few times! But he did cure my neck pain!<\/p>\n

QUESTION: When was the last time you were this sore? And please share your trick for beating soreness! Also, share a link here to your favorite cookie recipe I can try in our Mixer!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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