Curvily Yours: Secret Class

I took a secret dance class the other day. Just to see how my body would take it. The result? My body felt fantastic. My back groaned a little through all of the stretching but has felt absolutely fabulous since class. My biggest complaint once I stopped PT was that my back was always tight. It's amazing how much one class loosened me up. Ok, well MOST of my body felt fantastic after class. There was a little bit of a groin strain incident. But that was my own fault for just not acknowledging mentally how inflexible I have become. Thou shalt not try dropping into a split from a standing position if one has not done the splits in over 9 months.

So I survived class with flying colors. I mostly just warmed up and danced. No pole tricks at this time. I'm not planning on pushing my luck. I have an MRI scheduled for next wednesday to officially clear me ( I hope) to start taking classes again.  I know that my family is going to throw a fit about this, and I don't blame them. But I want to dance, need to dance and if I can completely bounce back from this injury I am damn well going to do it. It makes me happy and it keeps me fit both mentally and physically.

How do I know that my family is going to throw a fit? Well because they have already made their position quite clear on the issue of me being back to playing soccer. Yes soccer, I know I am probably crazy, but I'm not ready to stop playing yet. Although I know there will come a day when I decide, enough is enough when it comes to this sport. Dancing for the rest of my life is one thing, soccer, well, we'll see.

In the meantime I am enjoying the ability to move freely. To run and jump, to bend and twist all things that I definitely missed. 

Curvily Yours: Back Update Latest

October 29, 2012
I had my latest appt with Dr Perri and he declared that I should start weening myself completely off my brace. He also said that as long as I continued to heal that I should be back to my full activities in 3 months. I have to say that I did a mental happy dance when I heard those magic words. He also ok'd me to start physical therapy once I returned from my trip. Woohooo! The road to recovery is near. I'm looking forward to not having to wear my brace all the time while we are in London too. I will be so happy to no longer be a bionic woman. And I can tell that my posture has definitely improved already. I'd say things are finally starting to look up.

Here's a look at Oct vs July:

Happy Valentine's Day!

Thanks to my Mom and Dad for my awesome V-Day Socks! Wish we were all together too! xo

Sloppy Joe Firsts

Today Mr Mine tried his first ever sloppy joes. I didn't realize this when I pulled this specific recipe out of our new light meals in a slow cooker book. But I was very excited for him once I found out. I loved sloppy joes as a kid. And probably haven't had one in years. Although he wasn't getting your everyday average Joes. He was getting a much healthier version, Turkey Joes. These were incredibly easy to make and once I pointed out the correct way to eat them (not with a fork and knife) he was in love.

Turkey Joes!