Dedication...

There is a lady that lives in my neighborhood and every single day she runs. I am assuming to work, because at the end of the day I see her running back (and it’s slightly uphill that direction). I’m not 100% sure where she is coming from but  I would say she runs anywhere around 3-5 miles one way. It doesn’t matter the weather. Today it is windy, snowing and extremely slushy so she must be getting soaking wet – but she is running. I see her in the winter, all bundled up, minus 20celsius – but she is running. I’ve even seen her on the weekends running the same route so not sure if she works 6 days a week or just heads out the same way on her day off. She has what I call dedication.

There is also a man that lives around here that is currently running a marathon a day. Yes, you read that right, 26 miles a day, 5 days a week. He takes Friday/Saturdays off. He has run 72 marathons so far this year. He has challenged himself to run 250 in 2010 to support a program called “Right to Play”.  Here is his website if you want to follow along with him. I actually found him in DailyMile and have been following his progress for awhile now. He has invited a lot of people to meet up with him and run but I am not at that caliber of running yet. But he has what I call dedication.

I think folks like Jack, Chris, 266, Jen, Tony, Roni, Syl, Debbie….  the list is a mile long – all of them have dedication in exercising and eating good choices.

I feel I’ve been pretty dedicated in my exercising since the beginning of this year. I’ve gained a ton of strength and flexibility and I’m starting to run again WITHOUT a ton of hip pain – I have learned how to work with that too.  I love exercising now but I really need to keep the flow going because summer is coming and I can easily fall out of the habit. Very easily. Mind you, I have a 100Km walk in September that I have to get ready for so I have incentive to keep moving this summer.

But I am not dedicated in the always making the right choice for food. I am wishy washy. I tend to (way too many times) give myself permission to go off track (another way to call this is a free day or cheat day). I tend to think “oh I worked out so hard, I can have a burger or let’s go out for pizza. High calories I just don’t need and are slowing me down big time. I probably do this once a week, and it is our night out (date night is what we used to call it). I eat really well during the week, during the day. Everything is ordered, keeping low calories. I come home at night and as long as we stay home, I eat well. Thankfully those date nights are only once a week (maybe twice). Sometimes  we do have take-out Vietnamese and I’m sure it is very high in calories (and carbs). But oh so yummy ß see how bad I am ? J

Now next week is going to be total write off for me, I accept that and I’m going to enjoy it. I am going to keep exercising though. Running in Mazatlan versus running here is much different. Because of the altitude. I am at ~3500 ft, Maz is at around 0 - it is easier to run there. Anyway, when I get back, I’m going to go through an elimination phase for eating and eliminate a lot of possible trigger foods. I want to see what my body likes and doesn’t like. I always have a chronic sinus problem. I’m always blowing my nose, I always have a headache (the altitude does factor in this – I have no headaches in Mazatlan), and a few other things. So I’m going to start by totally eliminating dairy (and that stuff is in a LOT of food), eggs, red meat, citrus fruits, canned or processed foods, wheat, gluten containing grains, some nuts and most sugars. I am also going to track everything I eat,  how I feel within an hour of eating, later in the day and even the next day. I’m going to see if what I eat today affects my training results the next day and how my body feels. Chances are I will only do the complete clean thing for two weeks and slowly introduce some things back in again to see how I feel and if I notice something negative, then I know that is a trigger food for me.

If you are interested, I can journal it here along with inside my book (shortened version of course) – because if I am writing it out for all of you to review, then I likely will commit better than I do if I am the only one I am accountable to. I kind of let myself off the hook more often than I should with some excuse or another.

I hope you all have a fantastic day!

Ttyl

Sandra

A day of a few words

 Winter Storm Warning

.... Snowfall amounts will generally be in the range of 10 to 25 centimetres, but elevation effects will enhance the snowfall to near 40 centimetres along portions of the southern foothills ......

I sit here at my desk watching it SNOW!! Freak weather we have here.

I hope it’s better where you live J

ttyl
Sandra

Dog Training & Workouts...

I did not end up going to Yoga last night as I wasn’t feeling all that great and when one feels nauseous before one goes into a HOT Yoga session, one is just asking for extra trouble. So I baled. 

Instead, after dinner, I went for a walk with Katie around the neighborhood. From door to door it turned out to be exactly 2.0 miles but it took us 38 minutes. I kept stopping, walking backwards, going sideways, etc. I was throwing in a bit of heel training in there with our walk. One day I really would like to learn to rollerblade and I need her to keep a foot or so in front of me. But I need her to turn when I need her to turn so we need to keep practicing. She is such a good dog and will heel right spot on for Mr. Sandra – he doesn’t even use a leash – she is smack dab right against his left side not ahead of his feet.  But for me, we still need to work on it, he is stricter than I am by a long shot. She is very attentive but likes to walk ahead a bit – no pulling, just ahead. He doesn’t tolerate that and she knows it. When I got home, I did some stretching with her help. She just can’t leave me alone if I get down to the floor at all and while I was in the running stretch, she was winding under my leg, and around me. She isn’t a small dog and kept knocking me over. She so loves her mama…

And of course because I was out walking at 9:00 p.m. at night, when I got home and then tried to go to bed to actually sleep – I wasn’t tired. I need to get up at 4:00 so it is important that I’m asleep by at least 9:30 so that I can get about 6 hours of sleep to function. At 10:30 I turned out the lights. Unfortunately lately I haven’t been able to sleep throughout the entire night lately. I get my 4hours of solid deep sleep then like clockwork, I wake up and struggle going back to sleep. It doesn’t help that Mr. Sandra is a night owl and comes to bed around 2:00 a.m., and starts to snore – loudly. Makes it hard for me to get back to sleep. And then before I know it, that darn alarm goes off at 4:10 a.m.  after just falling back to sleep around 3:30. Anyway, this morning I got up at 4:20, downstairs by 4:30 and then  I ran the C25KW5D1. My friend is out of town for the week so I’m on my own and am running at home on the treadmill. I should just take Kate out and run the streets. If the weather was a bit nicer I think I would but right now it is a cool 1 degree Celsius at that time in the morning. My hip has been hurting lately during my sleep and this morning it  hurt a bit during the run. But not in its usual place (piriformus area) but rather right at the side/front of my hip flexors. That is one area where I am so tight it requires extra stretching. In Hot Yoga, a couple of the poses are very hard for me (backward bends) because I can’t stretch very far that way. But I have to let you know, my hip stretches have improved so much in the last 5 months – it is fantastic. My right side, when I sit with my left leg straight, and right leg bent – well before my knee would be sticking up in the air, now I can almost get it flat to the ground. That is HUGE for me.

Today I am also going to be walking a mile at lunch, then after work is my first strength training session at the gym without my PT. She is in Hawaii (lucky girl). I’m actually nervous about it. Not sure why. I go to the gym at about the busiest time of the day (4:30-6:00p.m) and it is filled with a bunch of muscle bound XXXXX – not sure how to accurately describe them. Some are normal guys/gals, some are pretty different. I’m not judging, just noticing J - to each their own. Anyway, I’ve got my workout pre-planned and today I’m supposed to do walking lunges with a kick back on the stand-up. I’m ok doing this with my trainer there guiding me, normally I would say  I don’t care what I look like, but I must a little because having to do it on my own in front of all these people, well I’ll be a little self conscious. I know once I’ve done it one time, I will be fine in the future.  Anyway, tonight will be interesting because I won’t have anyone to Yak at and will be plugged into the Ipod so I probably will work too hard, and kick my own butt. I’m looking forward to that part.

Well for someone who doesn’t have much to say – I think I’ve said enough for today.

I hope you all have a fantastic day!

Ttyl

Sandra

Pedometer: 7555

I got a little analytical this morning and between my treadmill miles and my pedometer kilometers, versus steps versus how many centimeters per step, I’ve got my step length as accurate as I can. I was a little short prior to today. In Mazatlan, I won’t have any idea how many miles I have walked because I probably won’t be bringing my garmin so I can look at the pedometer to see how far I walked. Mind you, I won’t be wearing it all day long because it’s kind of hard to hide that thing in a bathing suit J

Boring ....

I just don’t have anything exciting to share today so I’m just going to re-cap my last couple of days ….  just cause I don’t want anyone to think I fell off the face of the earth….. J

Thursday I did my double workouts and felt great. Ended up going out for Pizza that night – not so great. Friday, all I did was walk around the neighborhood for 2.5 miles then did some stretching. Also got my hair cut. About 6” off the ends. Mr. Sandra said “Oh it’s short”. FREAK – it’s still below my shoulder blades….

Saturday, went and got my nails done and decided to do some purging at home so started going through the drawers, then remembered I needed to start thinking about packing for my trip, so I grabbed the summer stuff from the spare room, threw it on the bed. Then decided I wanted the Little Man for the night so I called his Mom and asked if “Aiden could come out and Play”. So off I went to get him from his other Grands through a freak snow storm. This city is amazing – nice one minute, snowing the next.

Basically, I did no exercising. However, I cannot do just one thing at a time and wonder from room to room in my house discovering something that needs to be done.  I just don't settle on one thing... Not very many steps accumulated though.

Sunday, I did the C25KW4D3 in the morning (+ some more walking), cleaned my house (kind of like yesterday - round and round I went) but no strength training. I did do lots of stretching though because running and stretching must go hand in hand for me.

Oh and those clothes I threw on the bed, they made it to the floor by my closet in neat piles but I still haven’t tried any of them on. Some will fit, some won’t so I’ve got to try them all and then pack what I need to bring. Friday I did buy two new bathing suits though. I’m not sure why I did, but I did. I wasn’t going to spend a whole lot of money because what I bought last year doesn’t fit, and what I bought this year IS NOT GOING TO FIT (do you feel the determination here?) next year so I didn’t want to pay a high price. But I ended up doing just that. Mind you, one that I did try on, was absolutely lovely but the top and the bottom cost the same as the two pieces I did end up buying. Why bathing suits have to be so expensive is beyond me. I hate buying bathing suits (normally) but this year felt a little bit better.

My weight this morning was the same as last Monday. Those 3lbs I lost during the week, the pizza put them back on. I’ve got to come up with some plan that I will follow – faithfully – when I get back from vacation. No use really stressing about it right now because for 8 days starting next Monday, I am not going to worry about anything other than getting up and getting down to the gym and walking on the beach. Really, not going to worry about a thing.

However, when I get back… I’ve got some serious business to get down to.

I hope everyone has a FANTASTIC week.

Ttyl

Sandra

Pedometer results:
Mo 9785, Tu 14522, We 4303, Th 11068, Fri 7339, Sa 4426(lazy), Su 9354
Week average was a LOT lower than last week : 8685.
I've got to pick up the feet more this week....

Cortisol, Less Stress, Dairy

I talked a slight bit last week (or maybe it was two weeks ago) how my body was stressed. During my biofeedback session it showed a heck of a lot of cortisol floating around and she recommended I do some “me” time at the end of the day to lower the levels.  Considering how much I exercise right now – that does not surprise me. I am causing a LOT of stress on my body.  Since there is no way I am going to stop exercising, I’ve got to focus on removing all other areas of stress from my body.

Here is a little bit about Cortisol I grabbed from  this website (there is a ton of information out there): 

Normally, it’s present in the body at higher levels in the morning, and at its lowest at night. Although stress isn’t the only reason that cortisol is secreted into the bloodstream, it has been termed “the stress hormone” because it’s also secreted in higher levels during the body’s ‘fight or flight’ response to stress, and is responsible for several stress-related changes in the body. Small increases of cortisol have some positive effects:

·         A quick burst of energy for survival reasons

·         Heightened memory functions

·         A burst of increased immunity

·         Lower sensitivity to pain

·         Helps maintain homeostasis in the body  

While cortisol is an important and helpful part of the body’s response to stress, it’s important that the body’s relaxation response to be activated so the body’s functions can return to normal following a stressful event. Unfortunately, in our current high-stress culture, the body’s stress response is activated so often that the body doesn’t always have a chance to return to normal, resulting in a state of chronic stress.  

Higher and more prolonged levels of cortisol in the bloodstream (like those associated with chronic stress) have been shown to have negative effects, such as:

·         Impaired cognitive performance

·         Suppressed thyroid function

·         Blood sugar imbalances such as hyperglycemia

·         Decreased bone density

·         Decrease in muscle tissue

·         Higher blood pressure

·         Lowered immunity and inflammatory responses in the body, slowed wound healing, and other health consequences

·         Increased abdominal fat, which is associated with a greater amount of health problems than fat deposited in other areas of the body. Some of the health problems associated with increased stomach fat are heart attacks, strokes, the development of metabolic syndrome, higher levels of “bad” cholesterol (LDL) and lower levels of “good” cholesterol (HDL), which can lead to other health problems!

Another way to reduce stress (other than the relaxation part) is to feed your body food it knows how to deal with and give it less work to process the food.

I try to follow a Clean Eating guideline but it isn’t always easy. Then I had looked into Glycemic Index and how it affects your body and when you read up on both, they are about the same.  For awhile there (after Easter), I was Craving Sugar and the above GI post resulted from that. So since then I have been trying really hard to not eat anything (much) with sugar in it, cut back on my beer, and basically trying to eat less processed food.

Now it’s time to take out the “try” and do the “do”. This week alone, I’ve lost 3lbs of “crap”. I’ve not eaten any of my protein bars that I was using to get something into me quick before heading off to a meeting or training. I’ve been eating what I want (and it’s been healthy choices), and when I wanted to (averages about every 3 hrs), without worrying about calories but more about what was in the food that I was putting into my mouth. And you know what, I’m feeling much better. I got up this morning at 5 (no exercising this morning), and I thought I would be dead beat after yesterday’s workout and I am feeling quite energized. This is good!

The other thing I am going to “try” now for a couple of weeks (I’ll get to the “DO” once I’ve figured out exactly how much I do eat) is to not put any diary or products from, in my body. I do think I have an allergy of sorts and unless I completely eliminate it, I am not going to know. I have what I’ve always thought I had a chronic sinus issue but quite a few times my BioFeedback lady has mentioned I need to cut out dairy. My comment back was “I don’t do cheese or milk”, but that’s not the only thing dairy is in. I have Whey protein sometimes twice a day. So I’m switching to Rice and Hemp for awhile to see how it goes.

?? Are you supposed to drain off the oil on the top of a bottle of Natural Peanut butter? I like the non sugared flavor but I don’t want to mix in the oil. It would make it creamier but it just doesn’t seem right to mix it all back in there J

Hope you all have a FANTASTIC day!

Ttyl

Sandra

p.s.

Lots of activity yesterday again:

C25KW4D1 in the Am, 20 minute lunch walk, 20 minutes on Arc Trainer, 60 minutes with personal trainer. In one circuit she had me doing one legged squats on an upside down bosu with my other leg on a bench. I SO STRUGGLE with those ones and it raises my HR. I was a sweatin’ when she was done with me.

Pedometer steps: 14522

Won’t be much today – going for deep tissue with the massage terrorist at lunch – like I’ll feel like working afterwards, then I’m off for Hot Yoga at 4:00. Crossing my fingers that today is a much better day. I’m planning on eating and drinking lots….

Dehydration, Exercising

I had an excellent workout day yesterday – more or less. I was looking forward to HOT Yoga and although the room was fairly Hot and humid, I’m pretty sure that was not my issue. Almost immediately I experienced a lot of dizziness so I couldn’t do a lot of the standing poses. It was weird. As soon as I stood to do them, the room would spin. I highly suspect that I was not hydrated enough. Even though I drank a TON of water throughout the day, I think that my Friday night debacle really put me back a lot of H20 in my system and that I truly am still recovering from it. I am not as young as I think I am and do not bounce back from them all nighters. K  I drank water on Saturday, all day Sunday and yesterday, but I think my body was still low last night. Lesson learned (well maybe). I am going to go back Wednesday night and hopefully I’ll be fully recovered by then. I really do miss it.

My walk at lunch wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. We walked 5K and I did it a couple of minutes faster than last week’s lunch walk. I still averaged about 3.6mph and considering it is lunch and I don’t really want to have a fully shower before going back to work, I’m OK with that pace for now. Actually I’m happy with it.

But I have another concern right now and maybe dehydration is a factor in this, but my legs ache. Not muscle soreness ache, just ache. Restless kind of ache.  I would really like to know what I can do to prevent this. Is there something nutritionally I can do? Having an Epson salt bath every night dries my skin out quite a bit, even if it does feel good. I’ve got some researching to do. If any of you have tried anything and it has been successful, let me know. I know more potassium/magnesium can help but not sure if I want to take anymore mag than I already do.

This morning I got up and did my 35 minutes on the treadmill. I did W4D1 of the C25K program. I struggled with the last 5 minute run. Again, could just be I’m too tired and a little bit of a dehydration issue.

If you haven’t heard, today is the day that Tony and Jen have their little competition out where they challenged each other to do something TODAY for 99 minutes and to get 200 other people to workout for 60 minutes. Tony will donate to a charity and Jen has got 220 folks lined up. It is easy for me to get involved in this because I already workout hard on Tuesdays so this morning, I took some pictures of my time/mileage and sweaty face to share tomorrow. I’ll see if I can bring my camera to the gym and capture those minutes as well but will see. My watch time (Polar workout session) might have to be enough proof J Have any of you opted in for this challenge today?

Went to an information session last night for the Kidney March I am doing in September with my daughter. They did a spiel on Kidney disease and a bit of what is going to happen during the walk. One of my biggest concerns is potty breaks. If I drink as much water as I am going to need to drink, I’m going to need to frequently stop. I’ve been concerned about it during my training session as I have been able to last about 1.5 hours before it is time to stop. And around the city, that can be challenging (more or less). I am however, finding some good routes that have porta potty’s available – just a matter of whether I would actually use them or not is the question. Anyway, they are going to have a “potty” station about every 2 miles – that’s about 10 stops during the day. I think I will be OK J I’m really looking forward to this event – not only is it a great cause, it will be personally challenging to get ready for it, to actually do it, but I think the friendships that can be made through this will last a lifetime. I’m looking forward to meeting others out there that like to walk as much as I do. I have to admit, it is a challenge for me to get my daughter going and out there to walk with me. “It’s BORING Mom”!! Oi Vey!

I hope you all have a FANTASTIC day!

Ttyl

Sandra

pedometer for yesterday: 9785 (not many steps happening in Hot Yoga :) )

Challenges.... in more ways than one...

Week 1 Pedometer Average:

I didn’t do as well as I should have because I had a couple days off more than I usually do but yesterday I made up for it. My count yesterday was 18607 steps – 12366 of them were aerobic. Which for this little pedometer means, anything that is steady past 15 minutes of walking. I literally walked my a$$ off yesterday. Anyway, my average for 6/7 days was 10823. I think that’s pretty good considering. I’m going to try to beat it this week.

Yesterday I made up for not doing anything on Saturday. In the morning, I did my C25KW3D2 session because I missed D2 last week. Tomorrow I’m going straight to W4D1. Then I walked on the treadmill another 25 minutes and afterwards did some core work as well as a lot of stretching. Of course in my house, after exercising, the housework and laundry start. So I don’t sit down much. Then my daughter and I went for another 60 minute walk through the park. All in all by the end of the day, that was a lot of steps. And the nice thing was, I really wasn’t as beat as I used to be on Sundays. However, today will be a telling tale as I’m now about to sit on my fanny for roughly the next 7 hours.

I am going to go walk at lunch today just to break up the day. It is very nice weather here right now so I am going to take advantage of it.  One of my co-workers, well she doesn’t exactly work with me - just on my floor, wants to walk with me at lunch. As selfish as this may sound, I don’t want to walk with her because all this lady does is talk. I mean it never stops. I like to listen to my music and people watch when I walk. Kind of zone out, and I guess I kind of do it with her as well but you know…. She walks too close to me, swings her arms (and constantly hits me), and talks, talks, talks, …. talks…. J OK, I know it sounds stupid.

After work today, I am going to Hot Yoga. I haven’t been going as much as I like to and tonight I have the chance so I’m taking it. I just hope it isn’t the instructor from h3ll, who really likes it hot in the room to “teach us all a lesson”. But the website isn’t listing the names of the instructors today so I’m going to just take my chance and go. Then later tonight, my daughter and I are going to an information session for the Kidney March we are doing in September. We have already signed up, but this will be in an opportunity to hopefully meet some more walkers, get a training schedule, etc. Helen had sent me one that she did for a 3-day Cancer walk and I’m following it (more or less) but my daughter needs to see just how much walking we really need to do. It was a challenge for me yesterday to just get her out, never mind walking more than an hour. We are already at the point where we should be walking at least 2-3 hours a  couple of times a week and for two days consecutively in the weekends. I worry she won’t be able to do this because she doesn’t have the drive her Mama has….

You know, I’ve been going over my body numbers and they are not much different right now than they were exactly a year ago. It depresses the heck out of me. I know there is a difference because my clothes are all fitting differently, I’m down a size and all but the measurements are roughly the same (on paper). I said to Kim the other day, maybe I’m not measuring consistently. You know, did I suck it in hard for my measurement before I went to Mazatlan last year or did I let it all hang out? I’m definitely smaller in the area’s I can’t suck it in so I know there is improvement but I am not where I wanted to be at this time of the year. I also know I have no one else to blame but myself. I accept that.

Blah blah blah – bet you are as tired of reading this as I am of writing it. I want to be like Jack, 266, Chris, and all the rest of you that have done such a fantastic job in the year that I have been blogging and following. I am so proud and happy for all of you. I guess I just don’t have the commitment that everyone else has (at least not in the food area ….. I definitely do in the exercise department). And that is entirely my choice.

So now I’ve got to think about what my future choices are…… And I’ll stop whining I promise J

I hope you all have a FANTASTIC day!!

Ttyl

Sandra

Vibrams

I haven’t told you about my new shoes have I? They are called Vibrams. Stacey knows all about them because she has been wearing them and she really likes them. ME, I’m afraid to wear them just yet because I don’t want to hurt my feet too much. So why did I get them you may ask?? Well I thought they would work great on the beach in Mazatlan rather than my running shoes. Ever tried to get sand out of orthotics and all the mesh on a  $200 pair of shoes… I’d rather wear the vibrams.  When we go deep sea fishing, I always walk around in my bare feet because it isn’t quite as slippery but last year, I broke my baby toe on this bulk head thing (not sure if that is what it is called) that sticks out of the deck. I hit it a couple of times that day and it was a very painful experience. It stopped my first attempt at learning to run as I couldn’t put on my running shoes for about 6 weeks after.  And I also thought over time, they would be great for strengthening my feet. I ran round in bare feet as a child all the time. I could run full speed down an alley in bare feet – can’t do that anymore without killing myself. The vibrams will help protect my feet.

I have been unable to catch up on everyone’s blogs lately. Have been very busy at work and on Friday night we headed out for my SIL 40th B-Day party. Had a great time. Had too great of a time. But got to see people and family that I haven’t seen for awhile. Lots of comments on my body changes.  We ended up staying over at my sisters and basically yesterday was a total wipe. 3 hours of sleep on a lumpy couch does not do a body good. But it was safer…..

 

 

I had enough energy to clean up my yard, and that’s about it. No running for this girl and I have some big time catching up to do. I only managed to do one C25K W3 session last week so I’m going to do it again today and see how I do. Might just stick with week 3 this week then move on the following week. Not sure at the time of this writing as I still have to go downstairs and hit the treadmill. I did OK last week with exercising. Monday I finally made it to Hot Yoga,  Tues/Thursday were great with some double workouts,  Wednesday and Friday were so so…. This week I have to pick it up a notch and I know how and what to do.

Spring Challenge:

I did not drink a wheatgrass/veggie juice at all this past week. My wheatgrass did not grow right so I’m starting a new batch today. It will be ready by next Friday so I plan on getting back into it then. I will start another tray about Thursday and then won’t do another one until we get back from vacation in May. It will just die anyway. As for veggies, well I’ve got to go do some shopping today. I had carrots but that’s it. So this week will be much better.

Exercising everyday – well I did something every day – some days double so I think I am doing great there.

The point about if it isn’t nutritional – don’t put it in my mouth… well I really need to work on this one. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and I am going to be focusing again starting today. I’ve got another post coming about what I am planning.

And something I like about myself – hmm.. My eyes, they are a lovely green when all is good in my life, and can get darker if I’m not feeling well. I have very open, trusting eyes. Sometimes too trusting, but whatever :)

Steps:

Thurs: 13886, Fri: 7006, Saturday: 6036 – tomorrow I will average them all out and report the total.

I hope everyone is having a FANTATIC weekend!

xxoo

Sandra

Squeaky Knees

Yesterdays steps = 5455 – ya think I was a bit on the lazy side yesterday? Well yup, you would be correct. I didn’t get up and exercise, I walked a little at lunch, and the rest of the steps are just walking around in the office and home. I went for another deep tissue massage yesterday afternoon so all I did last night was hit the foam roller and do a lot of stretching. Not a lot of steps there but that’s OK. I’ll be making up for it again today. I KNOW I will see huge numbers on Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday/Sunday so M/W/F will just average those totals out…. Everyone needs easy days right?

I’ve been reading a few posts today about folks that ate just about their entire days worth of calories in one sitting and man oh man can I relate to those posts. But why they have hit me today is because last night I made a conscious choice not to do the same. We went out for dinner & drinks and it just happened to be wing night. One wing can equal a TON of calories but I chose to have a salad with chicken instead. This salad  is not even on their menu but they make it for me anyway. Normally they add cheese to the top, but for me, they don’t put it on at all. The waitresses even remind me sometimes “no cheese right”! Glad they are thinking. Anyway, I mess up normally drinking beer for my calories but last night I made different choices and I’m happy about that. I still shouldn’t have that beer at all but I do, and that’s just the way it is. Fortunately it isn’t often.

Ok, back to massage – she said I have squeaky knees J My muscles are so tight on my hams, quads and IT band that it pulls my knees tight. I would have to agree with her but I thought it was just old age … Oh what the heck have I done to my body. So this is further proof that I MUST, absolutely MUST stretch and use the foam roller every single day.

Boring post today – got so much going on at work today – I actually have to work – imagine that… J

Hope you all have a FANTASTIC day!

Ttyl

Sandra

Awards - Pass it ON!

I want to thank Kimmi for generously offering three awards to my site. It is greatly appreciated.  Go check her out, she’s doing well!

I received the Beautiful Blogger award some time ago and rather than repeat the entire process, I thought I would be lazy and just point you to my first posting. Besides, that post has a really yummy recipe and for my new readers, maybe you will like it J

   

And the same thing for the Happy Blogger Award – I also received it in January so I’m going to point my new readers to that post.

The one that I have not received in the past is the “One Lovely Blog Award”. I am not sure if there are any rules for it so I am just going to pass this on to each and every one of my readers. You guys have been a LOT of support to me and I read each and every one of your blogs daily (those that post anyway& this includes the Google readers…. ). I may not always comment, but I certainly try to read it all. I think everyone in this bloggy community deserves these awards.

So please, accept them!

Yesterday I had a busy day of exercising. Worked out  in the morning doing the C25KW3D1 and then after work, met with the PT and did some strength training. She showed me how to use the foam roller afterwards and man did that thing hurt my legs. My quads are particularly tight, which is something I already knew. My hip flexors aren’t very flexible and it is because of this I have issues in other areas. So when she had me roll on that thing last night, it HURT! So basically what that means is that I MUST get into the habit of rolling my quads, hams and butt on a daily basis until those muscles let go and relax.

I think I also found the perfect core workout DVD. I don’t know when I bought this one, but found it last night in my book shelf so I watched it. I like to watch them first before I use them. It was 55 minutes of core Pilates. It looked challenging. Not sure when I will fit it in but since it is 55 minutes long, it will likely have to be on the weekend. I’ve only got about 40 minutes of exercise time first thing in the morning (unless I start getting up before 4 L… which is not likely), so that time will not work. My Tue/Thursdays are already full and I could possibly do it Monday or Wednesday but those are my Hot Yoga days and I’m kind of beat after doing those sessions…. So will see.

Last night before sleeping, I did not read, I did a little meditation and I will have to admit, I slept like a baby. I did not want to get up this morning. I finally actually slept throughout the night (except when my hip hurts and I have to turn over). But it was the most restful sleep I’ve had in some time.

Have a FANTASTIC day!

Ttyl

Sandra

p.s., pedometer reading for yesterday 13948

I'm on Track

This is my 200th Post - chatty Sassy...

*found this on Dr. Mercola's website

I finally made it to Bikram Hot Yoga last night and man did I need it. I was not able to complete all the poses as I became quite light headed but I’m OK with that. It just means, and I was already aware of this, that my body is going through something and it struggled during some of the poses. Combined with a little dehydration, and other low minerals, I became more light headed than normal. But Oh what a stress reliever. I felt so good afterwards and decided that I must, some way or another, make sure I go at least twice a week. For so long, I was going 3x a week and then in March, it became a challenge to even go once a week. The last session I attended was March 24^th. That’s 3 weeks ago… way too long.  So even if I go to the 8:00 p.m. class, I am going to find the time to fit in 2 sessions a week. It just hasn’t been in my favor lately. I've been focussing on other things instead (ST, Jogging, Walking).

Today, I got up and did the C25K W3D1 on my treadmill. Since our weather has turned kind of yucky, my friend and I decided that we wouldn’t meet to run outside. We are both fair weather runners I guess (or wimps… J). So I got the lazy butt up at 4 and ran at home. It feels good to keep on doing it, and my hip has not been in any pain (outside of the normal stiffness), and I contribute that to all the stretching I have been doing.

Last Friday, I did pickup my new orthotics and they are taking some getting used to. I notice my left foot feels like it is falling asleep at first, but eventually I don’t notice it at all. And the bottom of the pad is thicker than I am used to so my heel is further up in my shoe. The back of my foot rubs a bit and I will have to watch that because when it comes to walking 20 miles a day in September, the last thing I want is blisters. Hopefully I’ll have it worked out. I go back in 6 weeks to talk about how they are working out and if I still feel they rub too much (and maybe before the 6 weeks), I will get them changed. After all, you spend a great deal of money on them so they should be the right fit.

I tried yesterday to eat only 3 meals during the day but it is so easy to just fall back into your normal eating schedule. Sharon had recommended that I give this “seed cereal” a try and so I bought a mix of raw seeds, soaked them overnight, then had them for breakfast on Sunday. Yes, they filled me up for quite some time but for some reason, the thought of eating that for breakfast yesterday morning made me feel ill. I know it’s in my head and likely not real, but I just can’t seem to stomach eating it again. So yesterday, I had a shake like I normally do, then at 10, I wanted my apple, then had my normal sized lunch, and my other apple & HB egg at 2:30 before Yoga. It’s how I like to eat, and I’m not sure I want to go to the 3 meals only.

This afternoon I go meet up with my personal trainer for some strength training sessions and another cardio session on the Arc Trainer. I like that machine because I can set the incline high and really get some good full range motion for my hips. It seems to really open them up.  They have these two moving step machines that I really want to try some day but I think a separate club session will be in order for that machine. It looks tough.

Well I hope you all have a FANTASTIC day, and make good choices.

Ttyl

Sandra

p.s., my pedometer reading for yesterday is 0 – not that I didn’t take any steps yesterday but I must have hit the reset button on my fancy dancy pedometer when I was changing clothes and at the end of the day it registered 300 steps. I KNOW I walked a LOT more than that. So I’m registering a big fat ZERO and will average 6 days for the week instead of 7. Figures my first day of the pedometer challenge I messed up J

Dragons & Snowshowers...

Good morning everyone. I hope each and every one of you had a FANTASTIC weekend!

I didn’t end up walking the dog on Saturday, I just didn’t feel like it. It was cool and windy outside and I just ached from the waist down. The thought of going out there and braving the cooler weather, well I just made the choice not to. So I had an “OFF” day. I needed it I think.

I mentioned as well that we were going to see “How to Train a Dragon”. We went to the 3D one at 4:00 and if you can imagine this, I cried. A freakin cartoon people… albeit a really good 3D cartoon… but still it was a carton, and I cried. However I was not alone J It was a very good movie, I highly recommend everyone go see it – it has an excellent storyline. Even if you don’t have children  - GO!

On Sunday, I did my normal kick my own butt routine. However, I did NOT want to do it. I did not feel like exercising, I felt drained and out of sorts. But I got on the treadmill and ran my C25KW2D3 program. By the end of it, I felt GREAT! Pays to just go “get er done” sometimes. So then I did a weird routine. I worked on my core, legs, and upper body with 1 minute fast running intervals in between the sets.  Right now during my C25K sessions, I run at 4.5-4.6 (which is an improvement over last year). During yesterday’s intervals, I ran 5.5 – 6.0 mph – which is freakin fast for these short legs. But I also did them only for one minute. Got that HR right up there. Then immediately worked on one of the three areas. I did this for about another 45 minutes. I finished off my workout with another 15 minutes on the treadmill just to cool down and walk it out. Oh and I did a LOT of stretching in there too. I even hula hooped. I have one of those weighted ones, and swung the hips for 4-5 minutes at a time. My cat hates this thing and runs for his life anytime he sees it. The very first time I got it, I guess I didn’t snap it together right and it flew apart. I suspect one of the pieced hit the cat as he has never been within 10 feet of the thing since. When I take it out, he runs!!!

Poor thing.

So after the workout, I finished my laundry & finished cleaning some of the house (I know … boring). We then decided to go out for a couple of hours. The Young Man went home with his Mom and Mr. Sandra wanted to have an adult afternoon so off we went. I kicked butt again in Golden Tee! Since I had started the crock pot early in the morning and was cooking ham and split pea soup, I also started the bread maker before we left and we had a lovely multi-grain loaf of bread to eat with our soup. All we had to do was dish and eat when we got home. It was a lovely way to end the weekend.

TMI coming – Uncle Tom definitely has arrived and he is uglier than ever. Must be because he was in hiatus for 2 months and now it’s revenge time. I hurt from the waist down and it doesn’t seem to be letting up much. This is not a great feeling and is part of why I just don’t “feel” like exercising. I ache…. However, I am not letting is stop me from anything.... head down, butt up - heading in the right direction.

And it’s snowing outside… whatever happened to spring?

I hope everyone has a wonderful day !

Ttyl

Sandra

Weekends – Yeah…

My plans for the weekend are to wear myself out as usual. Usually I exercise in the morning for a couple of hours, do laundry, clean bathrooms, sweep, vacuum and wash the floors, make dinner… fall into the couch at the end of the day and then can’t move very good...… OK, maybe I should re-think this plan now that I’ve been exercising EVERY day and some days pretty hard during the week. I need some down time – some recovery.

I had my bio-feedback session yesterday afternoon and my body is stressed (no kidding eh?). My cortisol levels are up and my thyroid isn’t very happy either. I kind of was all over the place so there wasn’t really anything we could pinpoint. At then end of it, she asked me to just take some me time, at the end of the day (which I do do already) but really make it down time – like 15 minutes of meditation – no reading, no music, nothing. Something to drop my stress levels down before I go to sleep. I think I can fit that in. She also wants me to drop my snacks and just have 3 main meals for awhile. 3 large meals, well at least the first two large, last one kind of medium. I like my apples for snacks so I’ll just have them as desert. This does not include my post protein shake that I drink after EVERY strength training session. That one is important and one I will continue long term. Eating only three meals will be interesting. My caliper results show a loss again but she hasn’t sent my final numbers yet so I’m not sure where I am. Once I get that, I’ll share.
So back to the plan for the weekend. :)

Today I’m walking the dog for a couple of hours, then we are going to get tickets to “How to Train a Dragon” and I’m going to go to the afternoon show. I really want to see it and the young man leaves here tomorrow (spring break over) so now is the time to take him. Then we are going OUT for dinner. I don’t feel like cooking.

Tomorrow I’ll kick my butt but for today, I’m kind of taking it easy.

For the Spring Challenge update, I’ve done really well all week. I am meeting all my goals (they are over there on the right hand side of my page). Loretta asks that we mention something we like about ourselves as well and for me, well I like me. I think I am a very good friend, honest, open and kind. My family calls me the gentle one. My sister can get a bit hot headed and easily can worry about the smallest things, my brother also worries too much and I am the rock/glue that holds them all together.

I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend.

ttyl
Sandra

Oh Man I’m tired… J So glad it is Friday!!

I’ve had a busy week and I am certainly feeling it today. After my doubling up the exercising on Tuesday – first day running out on pavement again, AND getting my butt kicked Jillian Michaels style by my personal trainer, Wednesday, I was feeling the effects. Then to put my body through more, I had a deep tissue massage in the afternoon. She only worked on my lower back down but she did it for an hour. Especially my IT-band area – it is extremely tight and she tried to work it looser – key word there is TRIED - OUCH – enuf already. So after I got home feeling all worked through and rubbed down, I went for a walk with my daughter. We were going to go to the local Sport Chek as I needed a gym bag, and the store was 2mi away. Since I was pretty beat and my legs were still pretty sore, we just strolled more or less. Don’t think we walked faster than 3.2 mph. We then walked around the shopping area for awhile and all the time I was feeling more and more worn out. So I called 1-800-MrS-andra and asked in a very sweet voice if he would come get me. The thought of walking the 2mi back, up hill and against the wind – well I just wanted to lay down and crawl into a little ball of feel sorryness.

Thursday morning, I was scheduled for a repeat of Tuesday and although my legs were a bit better, I figured I could make it through the day. However, my running partner cancelled on me so we just walked at lunch instead. After work, my PT felt sorry for me and didn’t go all Jillian on me and eased off a bit. I still made it through the routine but just not at the pace she set on Tuesday.  Because of the slower progress, we didn’t get through all three circuits (only did two).

Today I got up at 4 and did my C25K W2D2 program on the treadmill. We had a freak snow storm hit the city last night around dinner time so I wasn’t sure how the streets were going to be so I just did it at home. When I run with my friend, we run a set # of minutes, and then walk 1 minute. The C25K is a bit different but I think the variety is good. Tuesday I ran 2min/Walk 1, C25K W2 is 90s/90s. Next week same thing – we will run 3:1 and I think the C25K is 3:3 or something like that. Eventually it ends up matching and the results will be the same – learning to run a 5K…

I’m tired, I’m sore, and I’m feeling a bit out of sorts today. MEN – you may not want to read much further along…..  I think I’m pre-meno ladies… last one for me was in January. Then it showed up today. So I’m extra achy right now. I got on the scale and it hasn’t moved. L I’ve exercised like crazy. I haven’t eaten more than usual. However, I was thinking about things after reading Helen’s post and maybe I’ve been doing a little too much in some things (she called it Seepage). Haven’t been tracking because I keep eating the same thing but maybe there are area’s I need to cut back on. Some days I don’t think so because of the amount of exercising, and I’m pretty positive I’m only eating around 1500-1600 calories a day. Some days I think I’m not eating enough to keep up.

Oh well, it will all work out in the end – I KNOW it will. Freakin scale.

I’m getting calipers done this afternoon so hopefully I’ll see improvement in my lean muscle and then can just throw that freak device out the window. Calipers and tape measures are my friend.

I hope you all have been having a FANTASTIC week.

Ttyl

Sandra

Feelin Good

Good day bloggy friends. I hope everyone is having a FANASTIC week! I certainly am. I Love the fact that it is spring, which means summer is soon to follow. I am so not a winter girl. I think all the outdoor walking I have been doing has really lifted my mood lately – it is such a great feeling.

Starting off my day yesterday morning, walk/jogging along the river pathways was an excellent way to get going. I sat on a ball for about an hour once I got to my desk and stretched, stretched, and stretched some more. I am POSITIVE this has greatly helped my hip from seizing up in any way. I could actually get up from my chair later in the day and not look like I was 100 years old. Then after work I went to the gym for my PT session. I hopped on the Arc Trainer for 10 minutes, then switched over to the elliptical for another 10 minutes. I didn’t push it as I really only wanted to get the blood flowing and warmed up for my strength training session. I didn’t want to over tire my legs because I had already ran earlier in the day.

Last week I had mentioned to the PT that I had 4 weeks until I left for Mazatlan and that I wanted my booty to be in some kind of shape to look semi-OK in a bathing suit. Well she certainly understood what I was asking because she worked me like a Jillian Michaels 30Day Shred workout session. I was freaking burning by the time the 60 minutes ended. I was sweating and everything J

Through the night, I could feel my legs getting stiffer and stiffer. I hurt… but it’s a good hurt. NO HIP PAIN....Yeah!! Well nothing more than the normal and nothing a little marathon walking around the floor doesn’t ease off. My plan for today is to just walk. Either at lunch (which is always a nice way to break up the day) or after work with my daughter. I’m leaning towards after work because since I really go with DOMS 24 hrs after exercising and I am already feeling yesterday’s workouts, I think by this afternoon, I may be even more sore. ALSO I am going for a deep tissue massage at 2:30 so I’ll need to get that acid moved out of my muscles and a nice walk will do just that. Cause tomorrow I repeat yesterday.

I’ve signed myself up for another challenge. I like challenges and this one fits right up my alley. It is the My long HOT Active Summer that Exquisite Christine and her sister are hosting. The words ACTIVE Summer really hit with what my goals are right now. Keeping myself active as much as possible. With Loretta’s Spring Challenge, I am exercising in some way every single day until June 20^th. The MLHAS challenge will just continue that momentum. There are rules with the challenge and I will be posting my updates, pictures, etc. here on my blog so you will see some kind of update every Wednesday starting the 12^th of May. The challenge actually starts on the 5^th but I will be out of the country, hopefully lying on the beach, so I will do my beginning report on the 2^nd of May. I’m looking forward to it.

Well enough blabbering for today – I hope you are all doing great!

Ttyl

Sandra

Overkill?

Last night I adjusted my alarm clock to get me up at 4:40 a.m., instead of 4:00 a.m. It has dual alarms and the other one is set to 5 which is my normal wake up time. Since it's been awhile since I've actually gotten my lazy butt out of bed at 4, thought I'd change that one. Well I not only changed it, I turned them BOTH off. Thank goodness for internal alarm clocks. I woke up at 4:45.

Then I got dressed, fed the dog, and put on all my running gear.

OK, I'll admit - a bit of overkill. I like to log things, keep track, plan plan plan....Sorry about the poor quality of picture, it was 5:00 in the morning. First one I took showed all the spots on the mirror (I've got some work to do), second shot was blurry. I didn't do a "do over". Anyway, since I was about to run outside, I had to have my Garmin GPS watch - because now that I found out I can upload from it to DailyMile, well I've just got to keep tracking my miles. And I wanted to wear the HR monitor so that I can start tracking my HR on my walks and C25K sessions (outdoor ones) and see how much improvement I gain over time.

And then I have the Polar F11 that I wear every time I exercise except during Hot Yoga. Doing the cobra with a large plastic thing sticking into your rib cage - well it just isn't all that comfortable. I wore it once, and know I burned about 1200 calories... correct or not, don't care - it was based on my HR. But I like to wear it because it keeps track of my workouts, HR and calories on a daily, weekly, etc. basis and I like to see at the end of the week that I have burned XX many calories.

And then there is the pedometer. I only wear it once in awhile to see just how accurate it is setup. It said I walked/Jogged 3.1 KM this morning - and my watch said 2.0 mi - basically the same. I am going to wear it during my 100Km walk in September because my garmin won't stay charged for 3 days so the pedometer will have to do.

And showing my belly is my way of working up to do an Exposed post which seems to be hitting blogshere again - go check out these posts - MizFit mentions it again here,  it started here, and today we have Lyn & Steve - they are amazing as usual.

Hope everyone has a FANTASTIC day

ttyl

Sandra

Oh and about the run - it was great getting back out there again hitting the pavement. Tomorrow will be the telling test as to how my hip feels. HOWEVER, I am also scheduled with my PT after work so I have a double whammy today. Oh when I make my mind up to do something, I don't just go at it easy, I kill myself :)

Sizes are Changing

I hope everyone had a FANTASTIC Easter Weekend and successfully stayed away from the candy. I had a couple of pieces of chocolate but not too much.  I did however get into the Soda pop on Friday and had one bottle of the full sugar type - can't drink diet. My daughter and I had to pick up a friend of hers from the Airport and this was his first ever trip out of Canada and back. We got there on time but could not find him. We walked up and down within the Airport looking for him. Had to ask the airline if he even made it on the plane, which he did, so since she had his cell phone, she turned it on, and noted that someone had recently called it. She called that number back and turned out he got a ride home with the folks he flew with. Guess he forgot we were picking him up. She was quite upset with him, so we went to the mall and went shopping.

I have a favorite store that I can always find something nice to wear in. And Friday was no exception. I grabbed sizes that I normally would wear and ended up asking to try on a size smaller. Yes you read that right – a size SMALLER !!! People there was a 12 on that tag. Now it likely would not be a 12 in any other store than this one but I don’t care – it said 12. You know how long it has been since I have seen a size 12 on any clothes I wear…. Well I can’t remember when, that’s how long ago it was.

On Saturday, we went to my sisters for dinner and I hadn’t really seen my family since Christmas. I wore one of my new tops and man I got lots of compliments. So even if that stupid scale hasn’t moved much at all, the inches lost are definitely showing. My sister-in-law has a very critical eye and she noted it over and over again.  Kind of got embarrassing after awhile and I kept shrugging it off. But I left there feeling pretty good about my successes so far.

Keeping in tune with my spring challenge – I exercised every single day this weekend and yesterday I did it twice. I did my 3^rd day of the Week 1 C25K and then a couple hours later, went out walking with my daughter and Katie. We walked her by this pond that had a lot of geese in it and my little bird dog wanted to get her some birds. I don’t think we will walk by there again because it wasn’t fair to her. She didn’t fight me or anything, she is an extremely well behaved dog, but she was alert and very aware of those birds and she wanted to work. BF is taking her training this week so she should get a little of that out of her.

I’m going to Yoga tonight but won’t be able to for the rest of the week. It’s kind of booked up so I’ve got to make sure I do some other form of Exercise on Wednesday and Friday. Likely get up at my 4:00 a.m. slot and get on the treadmill to walk – or I’ve been thinking of doing JM Shred Level 2 on those days. However, I gave my PT permission to kick my butt in April so depending on what she does to me on Tuesday & Thursday night, on how much I feel like doing that early on Wednesday/Friday morning. I had told her I had 4 weeks to get this body into some kind of shape so that I can feel good in a bathing suit and that I wanted to get my butt worked off… Well truthfully, I want to build a butt, not work it off J ha ha.

I still need to gain a ton of strength in my butt/hip area so I know she will be working me there. During my double walk on Sunday, I did notice tenderness in my hip and sleeping last night wasn’t all that comfortable. I need to spend some time today stretching so I am looking forward to Hot Yoga after work.

Oh and part of my Spring Challenge I am supposed to say something I like about myself - Good thing for me I am not too hard on myself because I can actually think of a few things (for a change). I have very lovely long blonde hair that I am actually thinking about cutting off. BF is not happy about it but I think it is time. As I lose the weight, I am caring more about my appearance and although having very long straight hair is extremely easy to take care of, it is plane jane and really could be more shaped and professional looking. Some days I feel washed out because of it. But it is one of my best noticeable features - everyone comments on how good condition it is and how shiny. All that veggie juicing and wheatgrass must be doing me good... Hope that works Loretta  !!

Well I think I’ve bored you long enough for one day, I hope you all have a fantastic day!

Ttyl

Sandra

March in Review & Plans for April

I checked out my training log and I worked out 25 out of the 31 days of March. That’s actually pretty freakin good if I may say so myself. I ended up not getting anything accomplished yesterday and since I said I was going to exercise every day in some form or another for the next 12 weeks (Loretta’s Spring Challenge), I’m not sure where that puts me as I’ve kind of failed that one already.  I posted yesterday that I walked at lunch and that was my intent when I published the post. I got up, put my shoes on, headed towards the door and got stopped by a co-worker and had to actually work on something. Imagine the nerve of him interupting my personal walking time to work while at work :)  Hee hee....  I am not going to take it too deeply because some days I’ve been exercising TWICE. That’s gotta count for something right? And starting next week, there is going to be LOTS of double dipping.

I am going to measure and weigh in on Saturday but I KNOW that I have not done well in that area. With messing up with the food the second week of March and then struggling to recover ever since, my numbers are either going to be the same, or up. I’m hoping for the same. So even though I felt a little rough about myself in March, I think I did OK. Lots of room for improvement and that’s what I am going to work on this month.

So now on to April:

As of Monday, I have 4 weeks until I leave for Mazatlan. That’s 32 days of kicking my ass into some kind of bathing suit shape. And so my plan is going to be pretty intense. Hopefully this ole body can keep up.

My April Plans:

• M/W/F –  Hot Yoga (90 Minutes) – I’ve also got to start walking 4-5 Miles a couple times during the week somewhere in here. Might be lunch time or after the Yoga sessions in the evening.
• Tu/Thu –  45 min Walk/Jog Session early a.m. with co-worker (she’s also my boss J).
• Tu/Thu –  20 min warm up on some kind of machine, then 60 minutes with my PT after work.
• Sa/Sun  –  1x30-45min C25K training session PLUS get in as much outdoor walking as I can because I’m training for a 100K in September. I also have to work in another Strength training session in here somewhere. I like to work the muscles at least 3 times a week. I’ve got to really strengthen my core/legs so that I can do all this walking.

Now we all KNOW that the above is going to wear me out big time. So there are going to be days where I’m just not going to want to do anything. My body already feels tight and sore in places I forgot I had muscles. I’m doing lots of stretching and the Hot Yoga is certainly helping, but since it in itself is also a workout, I get stiff from those sessions too! I think somewhere in here, I need to see a massage therapist weekly for awhile.  32 days from now, I can sit on my fanny for 7 days (more or less).

And because of the workout schedule, I MUST make sure I eat to fuel my body in the correct way. It’s going to need the right kind of nutrients to keep up with what I want to do with it.

This is going to be an interesting learning month!

Hope everyone has a FANTASTIC day!

Ttyl

Sandra