knee tester

i had to go to the gym tonight. i couldn't sit around without giving it one more shot.

i did the elliptical for 10 minutes but it was pretty boring. not one of my favorites. i pumped and pumped my legs and the HR barely budged.

i moved to the stair stepper for 20 minutes. i think i tweaked my knee a couple of times doing that. oh well, i had to give it a shot. i also think i'm starting to favor my right leg (the good knee'd leg).

i'm a little bummed, what can i say. i will lose my fitness level for a while...but i guess i have to get the knee figured out. the worst part is that i can't even walk around or sit without discomfort so its a 24-hour reminder of the fact that i cannot run.

diet was ok today. breakfast was 1/4 cup egg beaters, grande decaff sf nf latte; lunch was a medium salad with chicken, cheese crumbles, bacon bits; dinner was a sbd wrap sandwich kit and another medium salad. snacks: sf jello, pistachios, 1 string cheese. and i had 1 dark chocolate dove candy bar at my desk which was about 220 calories. oops. i'll take it for now, its actually an improvement. if i ate this exactly same thing everyday for a month i'd probably lose at least 5 pounds.

i'm currently icing the knee and i already threw down a motrin just in case.

last night i had an itch to put together a CD with etta james, frank sinatra, dean martin, and nat kind cole. etta james' voice just kills me, its so ridiculous. its so smooth.
at the moment, these are my favorite etta songs in order:
1. these foolish things (remind me of you)
2. a sunday kind of love
3. at last

i better get some sleep. tomorrow i get to see the girl, haven't seen her for about 4 days!