{"id":34229,"date":"2012-10-05T08:10:47","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T15:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=34229"},"modified":"2012-10-01T09:26:25","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T16:26:25","slug":"take-it-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=34229","title":{"rendered":"Take it Easy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not really a “take it easy” kind of girl. I tend to have one speed: go, go, go. It’s very difficult for me to rest, or go slow. Perhaps the inflammation in my knees is my body’s way of telling me it’s time to rest for a bit. Right, right, right. Gotcha knees! You don’t have to keep reminding me<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last Friday night I went to the pool and swam 1.75 miles in 55 minutes. I used the buoy for about 95% of the swim. I only did a few laps where I attempted kicking with my legs. While it didn’t hurt, I didn’t want to push it. When I got home, feeling okay, I had blackened salmon, caprese salad and peas for dinner. I was so hungry I didn’t take a picture. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Saturday morning, I ate a small breakfast before heading to the gym. I toasted a piece of Dave’s Killer Bread, put cream cheese and tomato slices on it, and had 1\/4 cup of plain Greek yogurt with some raisins and peanuts in it. Kind of a weird breakfast but it was tasty and got me through my workout.<\/p>\n

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Since I’m giving my knees a rest, I skipped the bike, treadmill and elliptical. It was kind of a bummer but only for a moment. I got over it quickly when I started focusing on my routine. I warmed up on the row machine for 5 minutes and then spent 30 minutes doing a weight workout. Here was my routine:<\/p>\n