Quick fixes

Just finished Week 3 of Insanity. Very thankful for the rest day tomorrow.

I missed doing my Day 15 Fit test, but I'm feeling stronger and feeling like I'm able to push more in the workouts. Doing extra reps of things - trying to make sure that my form is still good during it all. My lungs feel stronger - don't get me wrong, I'm still huffin' and puffin' like the Big Bad Wolf at times, but it's getting better.

I was a puddle on the ground this morning. I was not in the mood to get up. Jimmy was still in bed - he decided to take the morning off since he is training with Ray today (we're both trying not to overtrain. It's tough bc you feel good and you want to do more, but you have to listen to your body!). So when my alarm went off, he was snug as a bug in bed and I wanted so badly to stay there. Sigh.... But I knew that Ali would be at the gym waiting for me and my online workout buddies were counting on me, so I grumpily rolled out of bed and threw on workout gear and schlepped over to the gym. The cool breeze outside usually puts me in a good mood...not so much today. I enjoyed the crispness, but I also enjoyed my bed!!!!!

Warm up started...I was so ready to quit... jogging in place was a chore. I have blisters on my feet and they, like the little man in my head who apparently was using a megaphone today, were screaming at me. But I just stuck with it and kept telling myself just to push through - it would be over before I know it.

By the middle of the warmup, I was in a better mood already. My attitude was quickly fixed just by changing my focus from the warm cozy bed to the task at hand. I started to push and really dig deep. I was refocused - trying to put myself in the shoes of the people during the filming - pretending that there was a camera in the gym studio with me and Shaun was going to come to me at any second.

Mid way thru the first section of the workout, the little man in my head started yapping again. I thought - ok, maybe I'll just do this first half today...the second half kills me anyway. I shut him up fast. Tony Horton always says to do the exercises that you're bad at. We can all shine and do the easy exercises for days on end, but by doing the ones that we don't like so much (for whatever reason), we become better at them. For me, it's the getting up and down and just all the stuff in plank. My shoulders have been taking a beating. Dr. Piken worked on them some, but I still struggle with the second half of the Plyo Cardio Circuit. But I was determined to dig deep.

Looked at the timer...11 minutes left. I can do this!!!! So I gave it my all! Yes, there were breaks, but they were breif and just to stretch out my shoulders. It's like when I was doing ChaLEAN Extreme - I felt like I could've kept going with some of the exercises, but my forearms would crap out before my legs. I don't think of it as giving up - it just makes me want to work harder to improve in those areas!!!

I was spent by the end of the workout - the sweat was flinging in all directions - LOVE IT!!!!

My shoulders are singing to me this morning, but I will continue to stretch them throughout the weekend!


Onto other things....

I'm going home this weekend!!! Home = New Orleans

It's my grandmother's 80th birthday/Family Reunion. It will be nice to see everyone (even though there are some that I don't know their names...at my wedding, they'd come up to me and say "do you know who I am?!?!...I haven't seen you since you were THIIISSSSSS big" - like it was a game...I was not amused). Dad's picking me up late tonight at the airport and we're going to get up super early and drive to the bayou - that's where my Mom and my other grandparents are (my Mom splits time between their house in New Orleans and taking care of my grandparents). I can't wait to see them. I'm really close to them and being in NY and so far away from them is tough. I will only be able to visit with them for a few hours, but I'll take what I can get!!! I need my Mama and Papa "fix"!!!!

Looking soooooooo forward to seeing my fam- I need Mom hugs badly. Not that there's anything wrong, just sometimes you need them - like a squirrel storing nuts for the winter!!! I need to replinish my reserves of Mom hugs!!!!

I leave tonight - courtesy of Jet Blue! And I come back Sunday afternoon. It's a quick trip, but I'm so thankful that I am able to see them. Life is short and time should be made to spend with family!!!