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Mentally Tough Week


What a week!  Chris left town last Friday and I am definitely ready for him to come back.  I got almost all of my to do list done on Sunday.  Trader Joes, Target, Costco, laundry, cleaning, entire weeks cooking, food measured, reorganize storage closet and clean out filling cabinets.  Only thing missing was starting the taxes, though I suppose collecting all my info is considered starting.  We (puppies and cat) crashed into bed that night exhausted, which is the reason we try and get everything done on Saturdays now.  My weight loss this week has been good so far, starting at 148.2 to 143.4 this morning.  I ran on the treadmill on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.  Tuesday was spent trying to get Simba to run on the treadmill because he was more interested in chasing my feet.  I even ran in Vibrams last night.  The running has been hard, I really feel no energy to keep going.  But I keep in mind that if I keep this up and burn faster, I don’t have to do it much longer, which has been effective so far.  Monday and Tuesday I did my regular schedule of classes and added in some Bas.  Wednesday I had to get a cortisone injection into my shoulder which derailed me slightly.  I didn’t make it to yoga but tried to do Bas, though it was pretty sore after.  Last night I went to boxing and learned to throw a ton of left handed combos and work body movement, though my will to push myself was not there.  Funny how when someone else calls it out I can force myself to do it but keeping my self working is hard.  I did a few other exercises and called it a night.  Once home I found Simba had destroyed some more stuff, maybe he needs more treadmill time too!  I skipped salad, reheated my chicken breast, had two slices of cheese and my cup of milk and called it a night. Made it into bed by 10:20 which gave me enough time to catch up on a few emails and read.  I turned off the electric blanket before bed which got me warm to sleep and cool enough to sleep through the night, either that or it was pure exhaustion.  This morning I expected to hold constant at my weight due to my crappy work out yesterday but to my shock I dropped .6 lbs.  Tonight is yoga, which I will really need and then Ill head to the TC for some Bas and a workout.  Going to try and find something that will be the 30s on/ 30s off that Chris has us do that I don’t need my shoulder for.  It feels much better but still achey.  Best part, I finally get to sleep in tomorrow and do yoga in the afternoon with Jenn!  And then Chris comes home.  I'm glad to have done this.  Its been really miserable but I now know what it will feel like, how I will handle it and how I will train on little to no calories and sleep.  I'm looking forward to training on fully energy and sleeping through the night.  I now understand why Dr B does this to himself.  Its been a test of my body and head.

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