Well. The thing is, Monday was a rough day for me. And by rough I mean I had it in my mind that I was quitting everything and I was done. I even emailed Darin. I don't know what flipped my switch but I just felt like everything I did Monday I sucked at it. I'm okay with not being good at everything (most of the time) but in general I've had at least ONE thing I could be like "damn I did good!" But I didn't feel like that Monday and I've really just now started to feel a little like myself again. Oddly enough I have done really well eating these past 2 days though. Thankfully I have an awesome friend Jennifer, who met me Tuesday at the gym and we did this bicep/tricep routine I found online and we talked. Darin also put things in perspective for me. I'm refocused and once I chilled out and took a step back, the progress from June until now is EPIC. This is a rough journey, for sure. This is legit the longest I've kept up with any kind of exercise and eating better program, ever. Which means there is no quitting and no going back. I will not go through a "day 1" again. I didn't make any New Years resolutions because I get overwhelmed, so I just made January goals. 1. Some kind of exercise every day. 2. 3 Nalgene bottles (96 ounces) of water every day. 3. No soft drinks. Simple is the way to go with me.
Lets talk about tonight though. Jer, Rebecca and I went to "power pump" at the Y. It was basically hell on earth. First of all, if I never see another resistance band again, it will be too soon. Second of all, my bionic ankle isn't feeling too great. That was a lot of jumping around. We did one "set" that was ridiculous. Word association. Go. Set; 12 reps. That's my definition. The lady teaching today, set; 40 reps. It was so discouraging to hear "33, 32, 31" when you feel like dying. Everyone had a step and 2 sets of weights and then a resistance band. We held a plank on the step, then without letting it go, we basically did mountain climbers on your elbows, then we did some leg lifts and some other stuff. It was like holding a 10 minute plank. Then we did this other thing when you got on all 4s and you were supposed to put the band across your foot and then do a glute kickback. Um I got approximately zero of them done. I couldn't get it to stay on my foot and it kept snapping my leg. I finally said forget it. We did shoulder presses today and I only had to use 6 pound weights. Insert happy face here. I did step ups with a shoulder press with 15lbs on Monday. However. We did about a bazillion of them today, so in my mind that makes up for the lack of weight. We also did a lot of squats. My favorite. I think the sarcasm is tangible at this point. Also, we did the squats and then went straight in to lunges with 2 bunny hops between. I burned 461 calories and it should have been 4 thousand. You know that movie 300? I haven't seen it (surprise) but I feel like I participated in the fighting. My body feels like I've been in the fight and lost, actually. Anyways. My watch is wrong. It has to be. You can't sweat that much and want to die for 45 minutes and only burn 400. At one point I considered either running out of the room and hoping no one missed me or hanging myself with that resistance band. Good news is, Zumba tomorrow! :) I'm thinking of trying the intro to spin class Saturday.
Anyways. I got new shoes and I have pictures to share! :) one is my shoes, one is power pump pics and the last is my new mantra. Olè! I'm out. I'm not sure what olè means though.
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