Progress!

Progress on the home front. Yesterday,  I walked for 15 minutes and rode a stationary bike for 15 minutes. I am hoping that this will happen more often as my shoulder heals. Walking with your arm in a sling is a bit of a challenge since it causes dizziness and an off balance feeling. But it was great to get out of the house and into the fresh air. It was a beautiful day. I also did my shoulder exercises 3 times so hopefully I will be further along on my next visit to the physical therapist.

I didn't try to knit yesterday but I am going to try today, at least 1 row maybe more. I am working on a felted bag that still needs a couple of inches. I did try to purl a row on a shawlette but that hurt the shoulder too much.

I have decided to start on Atkins as the doctor suggested. I'm gonna be using My Fitness Pal to record my food and keep up with the nutrition stuff  The site is free and well worth using if you want to keep up with what you are eating and getting the nutritional analysis. During  the last few days I have been reading different low carb blogs gathering info for this new venture and it looks pretty doable. Since I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic and it looks like low carb is one way to fix that, am willing to try it.
I know that the first 2 weeks are called Induction and that I haven't stayed on it today, but hopefully I will get better at it. I am still reading about those first 2 weeks and I haven't quite gotten it all in my head yet, but I will. and that is the good news!
Today's Eats:
Breakfast: 1 fried egg, 1 slice bacon, 2 cups of coffee with cream(I have to check on the cream)
Snack: 1 Atkins bar
Lunch: lettuce, Gazebo lite Greek dressing, grilled salmon, tomatoes, cucumber,
Dinner: roasted green beans, corned beef, (I might try to link the green bean recipe if its edible)
Need to work on drinking more water during the day!
Exercise: 20 minutes walking/20 minutes stationary bike


Got a couple of new knitting items in the mail yesterday. Some yarn from Unwind Yarn Company. I got twinkle sock for a pair of socks and 2 skeins for a shawl. It came with a stitch marker from BeaGin Design.  

I haven't tried this yarn before but I really like the colors.

I also got several bags from Knittings My Bag. One is a small project bag and the other 2 are the new alternating bags. I really like the fabric I chose and it came with a thank  you stitch marker. One of the alternating bags is going to Katie!

Started reading The Enchanted April this afternoon. It was a free book from Amazon for the kindle. Once I've read it I plan to watch the movie. So far I am enjoying the book. What are you reading Katie?

Well I'm off to try to knit one more row, then maybe a short nap, or I'll just read some more and fall asleep, anyway it happens, I hope everyone enjoys their day, until next time