No Pain, No Gain

Yesterday was day #12 of MTC. I was saddened to learn that we actually weren't as far I originally thought- I thought we were at day #15 already. Poo.

Megan came over last night for our workout. We did a lot of arm exercises, one of them being a series of lateral pull downs. I don't have the proper machine to do this, so we improvise with resistance bands pulled over doors, which seems to work fine.

At 1:42 am, I woke up with a pain in my neck and shoulder. I assumed that I was sleeping on it wrong and had gotten a crick, so I turned over onto my other side and went back to sleep. I woke up several times after that with the same issue, but was able to go back to sleep each time. When I finally woke up at 6:45, I realized that no matter what position I turned to, I was in pain each time. After giving up trying to be comfortable, I finally got out of bed, and then quickly realized that standing up was much, much more painful than laying down. My right shoulder and neck sent shooting pains with each move... I have never experienced such complete pain in this part of my body before. I went into the bathroom where Scott was getting ready for work to tell him about it. I tried to put my hair up to get in the shower, but I couldn't even raise my right arm above chest level... I am talking INTENSE, SEARING, SHOOTING PAIN like I have never felt before! He went to get me a heating pad, and I went back to lay in bed, but I couldn't even lay or sit without more pain. It was CRAZY! After 15 minutes of general moaning and groaning, I finally drug myself back to the bathroom to attempt to get ready for work, and each movement was followed by sharp, sickening pain.

Somehow, I managed to take a shower, put on makeup, and get dressed for work, but slowly and carefully. I brought my heating pad to work with me (it's the kind that you put in the microwave to heat up), so that helped out while I sat at my desk. My mother in law gave me some Aleeve, which did seem to take some of the edge off. However, it is now 7 pm, and I am still sore and have a dull throbbing pain. But, that's better than the intense shooting pain that I felt most of the morning. Dang you, Jillian Michaels!

In other non-workout related news, here is what I made for breakfast yesterday:

Huevos Rancheros! Mmm... were they good, if I do say so myself! I made steak fajitas on Friday night, with a chipotle/cumin/garlic sauce, so I had some left over to use. I warmed up some red chile tortillas, and then put a layer of refried beans on the tortillas. I cooked some eggs, adding cheddar cheese to the eggs as they cooked, so that the cheese was baked into the eggs. Then I chopped up a home grown jalapeño and banana pepper, and sautéed them in some olive oil, garlic, and a little hot sauce. When they were soft, I put those on the eggs, along with the leftover fajita beef and veggies. I topped it all off with the leftover chipotle sauce, sour cream, a little cilantro, and some fresh home grown tomatoes. Mmm! This dish was muy bueno!