Hit and Miss

Strength training today. Not the best workout I've ever had. No problems with the actual workout. I just kept having issues - glasses were falling down, wardrobe malfunctions, and I was so so sleepy! Makes it kind of hard to do pushups when your glasses are sliding off your face and lunges are taken to a different level when clothing won't stay in place...so not what I would consider a great workout. But I did it and it counts and that makes me happy.


I'm getting back into the early morning routine. I am so not a morning person! I really used to be - I could spring out of bed and be ready for the day before the sun came up. But that was a long, long time ago. Now I am a night owl who gets up early and it's a struggle. But I don't have a choice - evening workouts simply don't work for me. I have tried and tried and I just can't manage to fit them in. So early mornings it is!


I'm pretty sure I need to increase my strength training - I think I've peaked out. I've stopped doing the cardio that is on my workout program (P90) and traded that for my treadmill. The cardio just wasn't enough for me. When I run I always feel like I got a super great workout. That's because I usually feel sick when I'm done. But I like the feeling of thinking I can't run one more step, feeling like I am absolutely going to die and then pushing through. It's the not giving up part that is so good for me mentally. My treadmill has pre-programed running tracks - it's not just running - it's more like a stairstep system. The speed increases, decreases, increases, decreases. For me it's so much more difficult then just a straight run. But I've only done the first level. I'm almost scared to do the next one but I think I'm about ready. I'm going to stay with level I next week and then bump it up the week after.


We are going on vacation in a few weeks - the middle of May. I am SO excited. I'm not exactly sure where we are going. Benny has planned a surprise anniversary trip for us. He's so good at things like that - making sure that things are special for me...I do know, however, that we are going somewhere in Mexico - because we got passports and that was one of the questions. So...excited to be hanging out on the beach somewhere. But I would really, really like to tone up quite a bit before we go. Realistically I know this probably won't happen. There just really isn't enough time for any significant changes to happen with my body. Unless I do some extreme dieting and that's not gonna happen. I really don't do well with dieting in general - let alone anything extreme. But I have been going kind of crazy lately. I've had more chocolate in the last couple of weeks then I can remember...I'm not sure why...but that definately needs to stop! So even if I'm flabby I'm going to enjoy myself and enjoy the time with my husband. I hope it's an opportunity for us to reconnect and just enjoy each other. Sometimes I feel like we've gotten so caught up in life that we forget to do that...