Week 9 Day 4

I am so tired. I only got a couple hours of sleep last night and I’m sad to report I’m still not done grading! Ugh. It never ends. My husband had to wake me up and basically had to force me to get up. I’m so thankful for him. I’m not sure I would have made it to work if he hadn’t.

Work was good but a little crazy today. I’m not sure what has happened to the students this week, but they are way more hyper than normal. It’s been a little insane.

After work, I did more grading. I also had to run to the post office to get errands done, and then eventually made it to the gym. Thankfully, today I did an ab exercise and 25 minutes cardio and was done to continue more grading. It seems like the grading won’t end…

I wore my Sweet Sweat belt again. I really love this thing. It does seem to be a little bulky, but I feel better with it on and feel better after I’ve worn it. Since coming home from the gym, I’m fighting sleep and trying to get grading done. I am definitely looking forward to getting sleep. I am so tired…

Week 9 Day 3

Today I woke up with a much better mindset. I got the sleep I needed, didn’t have to wake up to an alarm clock (the best feeling ever!) and I had no rush to go anywhere.

When I woke up, I did some school work and went to the gym for my first workout. This one was just 25 minutes of cardio but it was also my second time using my Sweet Sweat belt! I love that thing. I’ll continue to keep you updated about what I think about it.

I then came home, ate, and basically worked on school things while also taking some moments to read about the soldiers and reflect on what Remembrance Day is really all about.

My husband was not feeling good, so I ended up going with him to the doctor, then to get some winter clothing for his work, then to Wal-Mart for odds and ends, then to Shoppers for his prescription, and finally to Safeway for groceries. This took a chunk of time from my grading, but I’d rather know my husband was safe, especially since the roads are nice and icy now.

After we came home, I finished some more grading, and we got ready and went to the gym. Tonight was a heavy leg workout, but it was different than the others. Tonight, I prayed before I worked out and while I worked out, dedicating every fight I had with the weights to little Lennon’s fight for his life. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, please read yesterday’s post. With every struggle I had, I prayed it would somehow be me helping to fight his fight with him. Please continue to pray for him.

I’m now back at home and it’s past midnight, but I have still more grading to do. I haven’t even started writing my report cards yet. I’m not sure how this all added up. I’ll be so happy for sleep this coming weekend.

Hope you have a good night everyone!

Week 8 Day 6

I’m hungry. In fact, my body feels like it’s starving. I can’t say that I’ve been hitting my macros the past few days as I’ve been happy just to ingest any liquid anything, which has been mainly fruit, veggies, and some protein powder. I have been trying to get some BoltHouse smoothies from the grocery store to drink (I know they aren’t the cleanest), and so in that way have been getting in some extra nutrition, and I’ve also been keeping up with my multivitamins and supplements. But I still can’t chew. My teeth are too tender. I tried chewing a Breton mini cracker today, the super soft, melt in your mouth type of cracker, and I could only chew one before my teeth were very sore. Still on that liquid diet today!

Definitely got some of this because “Tis’ the Season!”

I had a chiropractor appointment this morning that went well. I planned on going to the gym to split up my workout with my husband again but instead ended up going to sleep and quickly found out that I just wasn’t getting rest. I’d wake up, and wake up, and wake up, and wake up, all the while sleeping in between but never feeling any different when I woke up. I don’t get it. I’m really not sure what’s going on.

When my husband came home from work, he was too tired to go to the gym right away. So he stayed home and took a nap while I went to the gym because I knew my workout would take a long time tonight. I came back and woke him up about half way through my workout, drank a protein shake in order to help my starving body continue, and went back to finish my workout.

It was a long workout, finishing the ab exercises from yesterday, combined with legs today (90 squats!!), and of course the cardio I had to catch up on. We also had to do dropset to burnout leg extensions. I swear my quads were about to break apart. I definitely wasn’t able to walk the greatest after!

I tried something new today: Sweet Sweat! I had been given product samples of it a long time ago, but had never tried it because I always worry about chemical reactions ruining my clothing. Thankfully, my wonderful hubby picked up a Sweet Sweat belt under which you apply the Sweet Sweat so that it doesn’t touch your clothing! Boo yah! Let me just say, the results shocked me. I never knew I could sweat that much, seriously. And yet I didn’t feel overly warm like I thought I would. It obviously worked though. So I’m going to wear it for a few weeks to see if it makes a true difference and I’ll keep you updated!

Sweet Sweat! Try it out!

Today It Begins… Again!

So today begins another new step of life: a fitness challenge!

Last fall, I competed in a 12 week fitness challenge where we were given our daily workouts and weekly food list to prepare. Although I competed part time with being banned in my house from some viral sickness and at least a week with a sprained foot, I managed to tighten my belt and come in first. I was so happy. My first fitness challenge I’ve ever won.

Now, I’ve found another opportunity to compete in a fitness challenge. This one is much bigger, over 100 contestants, and even though we are given some workouts and kind of a food list, this one is much more guided than told.

Am I excited? You better believe it.

There is something about a challenge, knowing I’m going up against other people that keeps me motivated. It keeps me motivated to stay on track with my diet, to stay on top of my workouts (usually the lesser of the problems).

So here it goes. Pictures are going to be taken, some of my food is ready to go (ran out of time yesterday to prep it all, but today it will be done!) and heading to the gym tonight. Time to take control and EARN my body.