Dear Friday, I love thee.
Happy Friday Kittens!! I realized after I posted yesterday that I haven’t shared my workouts from this week- although hopefully I post each day on Daily Mile which you can see updated to the right on my blog daily. 
Today, I am doing Taebo. I told you guys that when I found out my shoulder was injured as significantly as it was and that I couldn’t do upper body weights, I started doing some old-school Taebo DVDs and got hooked again. I just really love Taebo. And I’m NOT going to the Kelly of the past two years and worry, “Oh is this too low of a heart-rate cardio? Is this too long? Should I only be doing HIIT or intervals or High Intensity?” NOPE. No more obsessiveness like that.
My new motto: DO WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO. And keep doing it. I like to kick and punch and be as bada** as I can. Therefore, I do just that.
My shoulder IS getting better. I’ve been focusing this week on doing some upper body training using small small weight and working up. Steve Pfiester told me to do that and just see if I am sore and needing ice at night. If not, progress and keep moving up slowly.
Here is my ramble-on-a-thon from Wednesday actually. Sorry y’all. Bear with me. Shooting more this weekend.
So- Tuesday I did Ilaria’s Bodystrikes DVD (clearly an all time favorite of mine) followed by some Upper Body. Then Wednesday I did Cathe’s Lower Body Blast which WAS a blast.
Yes, my glutes were on FIRE. Holy Cow. Then yesterday I did Jackie Warner’s Timesaver Circuit- which always amazes me how much of a workout she pummels into 30 minutes. KILLER. As I shared above, it’s Friday and I’m heading into some Billy Blanks time. Then I’m doing my physical therapy moves with the bands and some overall upper body with 5lb weights.
Tomorrow I’m going back to my lovah, Hot Yoga. It’s been too long.
Question of the Day: What are your holiday plans??
Finally Friday.
I love this picture. I love it because so much about Crossfit-style training appeals to me and I want to do more of it, but today I’m posting this picture for different reasons. I wanted to share a picture that illustrated what I kind of feel like I’m dealing with in my mind, in my life. I’ve been frustrated this week. Why? A couple things happened, Wednesday night I think I started to catch a cold……that rarely happens, and I had to cancel all of my calls for Thursday morning and reschedule. And while getting some rest and taking some Zicam did help me get better fast, I realized that, even though I’ve quit my job that had me traveling all over the place all the time and feeling SO STRESSED and kind of out of control– here I am NOT traveling and I feel just as frazzled and stressed and out of control, if not more so!
WTH?
The thing I was MOST looking forward to about running my own business was taking my life back, having my days to work when I want and being able to dedicate a consistent effort toward my workouts and to eat foods that weren’t in an airport and were healthy and good for my weight loss goals.
And here I am a month later, not one pound lighter and really feeling VERY out of control, VERY “behind”, and very frustrated. I can’t keep doing this. I can’t keep going a month, looking back and saying, “Oh wow, here’s another month and for Reason X, Y and Z I couldn’t do 6 workouts a week and I didn’t stick to the diet I should be for weight loss. Guess I better start again.” I can’t keep STARTING.
Something has to give. I’ve said that before but my travel schedule was a huge challenge. Guess what, I have a LOT of pressure on me right now…..to grow this company fast and a lot falls all on my shoulders. But I have to make the choice to BALANCE THIS LIFE OUT AGAIN! I’ve gone back to all work. All stress. Inconsistent diet- some days I’m forgetting to eat and then the next day I’m too hungry and eating too many carbs, and it’s all wrong. I don’t FEEL good. I’m not peppy and motivated when I’m disappointed in myself.
I finally could see that all this week and it really UPSET ME. But– the good news is, I am the only one that can change it. And the good news is, I CAN CHANGE IT. I told myself this year I would do it. I would conquer these goals and make myself proud.
Next week my manager is making my schedule so that my mornings are free for my workouts. I’ve analyzed how I work best, and I do better with meetings/appointments/calls in the afternoon and mornings are for 1) Quiet Time and Meditation/Prayers first, 2) Online Check in, news 3) Workout. I will no longer wake up, (having fallen asleep on my couch because I’m so tired at 12:30am that I can’t even make it to my room) head right into my office and start working only to look up and it’s 11am and I haven’t eaten, so then I eat breakfast for lunch and lunch at 3pm and then it’s 8pm and I haven’t blogged or worked out or done a video– you see what I mean? NO MORE.
I have to ask you all to be patient as I get back into a groove with my schedule, my blogging, my vlogging, my everything! It’s been nutty but I’m taking the reins again. Time to make a difference.
Um. Yea. Not gonna let them.
Friday 4 March – day 12
Yesterday, I met a recruitment consultant to help in my quest for a new job. It was a very positive and affirming experience, with a couple of potential job opportunities. I came back on quite a high. I wobbled a bit and celebrated with a couple of glasses of wine. It was gorgeous! I woke this …
Friday
Some good and some bad today. Still not losing weight, but heard news from my physician that my previously high cholesterol level has now normalized since I have begun my exercise regime!! Very amazed by this because I thought I would also need to …
Amen. It’s Friday.
Happy Friday Kittens!! How was your week? I am SO sorry for being out of touch this week, it was INSANELY jam-packed. I mean, like, I literally didn’t have an hour to stop and do my normal blogging or normal anything this week. What was I doing? Attending Andrea Metcalf’s “Naked Fitness” week in Chicago.
Before you think too long about something like naked sweaty George Costanza types doing yoga, let me clarify. Andrea’s new book, Naked Fitness, is being released in the first quarter of 2011. We had a week-long series of events around the concepts in her book – from working out to diet, meditation and just living a healthy lifestyle.
Wow.
I have SO MUCH to share with you- from what we learned from Andrea, to the great sponsors (of course we also got to visit one of the new Sears(R) Fit Club stores- OMG!! Fitness equipment HEAVEN!) and some new blogger friends. Wow, wait til you see some of my future guests on the Wednesday WOOT! Factor!
I am exhausted, totally exhausted and very excited. I have to sort through everything so I can share with you all the information, training, learning, great people and products that I KNOW you’ll want to hear about- but for now, I need a hot bubble bath and some Spiced Wine from Lynfred Winery. Is this ok??
So- forgive the sporadic bloggy-ness this week, but I’ll be BACK tomorrow! WOOT!!
Friday 22nd October
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Had another snuffly day today and still a bit tired but managed to watch the day 5 video anyway. Listening to what was being said I think that I've got a little voice that says things like "what's the point?, you'll only end u…
My Friday night binge!
Was feeling really rough yesterday after a migraine the day before so when hubby asked me what I fancied for tea, I said I fancied a cream cake!
Then I had a think about what I really wanted and said I wanted some chicken soup, some grape juice, hum…
Friday 1st October
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Well, I managed to get back to the gym today and was able to do almost my whole program. It was interesting that all I could think about was the two things that I didn't do as much of as normal and that I nearly didn't bother to go …
I’m SO Happy It’s Friday.
WHAT’S UP??????????
I’m back home and feeling FINE!! How was your week? Did you kick butt? I kicked moderate butt. I’ll say that. Moderate. I’m not feeling like I NAILED it this week, but I do feel that now that it is OCTOBER 1ST- the 1st day of the last quarter of this year- I’M MOVING INTO CRUSH IT TIME.
ARE YOU??
I’ve come a long way in 2010, started to make the nightmare of 2009 seem irrelevant, but I tell you, this last 90 days, it has to be ON. It really is time to BRING IT. Go BIG or GO HOME. It’s time to bring it all together, my running, my planned workouts, my eating right and healthy and sensibly, my supplements and my attitude.
It’s just ON.
Went for a run this morning, and as you’ll see in my vlog below (wearing some new Champion tops for outdoors from Target, I’m digging them so far!), I started getting those blasted side stitches again. I’m going to be reading that Chi Running book that so many of you have raved or are raving about- this weekend. It’s all about belly breathing and I will nail it. Funny thing is, I’ve found that when I run REALLY FAST- I tend to breathe more normal. It’s when I’m focusing on pacing myself that about 15 minutes into the run I start to breathe wrong- all upper breathing.
I’m not worried about this but I am determined to move past it. I am LOVING running. I’m also really looking forward to making the next 90 days ROCK MY FACE OFF in the weight room. OK?? I’m just saying.
Tomorrow will be legs, and I’m thinking of Ms. Jenny Lynn and some of this:
I love to work legs. So love it. Now I’m also loving doing hard core work. Seriously. It’s time to create some serious DOMS tomorrow! WOOT!
Question of the day: WHAT ARE YOU BIG PLANS FOR THIS LAST QUARTER OF 2010?? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY AT THE END OF THIS YEAR THAT YOU’VE ACCOMPLISHED??