Oh... right...

I've been waking up each Monday since the beginning of August, wondering why I am so sore, particularly my legs. It hit me this Monday that "Oh... right... I just spent two days doing a helluva lot of walking, dancing, and fighting before ending the night keeping up with an athletic cast member leading us in dancing to bagpipes and drums during finale!"

Yeah... no wonder I'm so sore when I wake up on Mondays.

I need to remember I count...

So I've been feeling rather depressed lately. I have issues during the winter, this is not really news to me, but I had been doing quite well for awhile. I always have my up and down days, but otherwise I've been doing much better than in the past. For some reason, this week has been rough.

I managed to catch up with a friend at the gym on Friday. Haven't seen her in awhile so it was good to talk to her. After she left, I headed to workout. I *almost* bailed on doing so, but I am glad that I didn't. Did about four laps on the track, then some circuits on the different weight machines before doing 10 minutes in the recumbent. I've actually never done 10 minutes straight on those. I think doing it with Alida helped a great deal because we were talking the entire time. The only reason I stopped is because my foot started to bother me.

Today has been a bit blah again. No idea why. All the things I wanted to do... didn't do a single one. I need to change that. My skin has been incredibly itchy because things are so dry. Finally decided a little bit ago to give myself a mini self-spa treatment. I've also decided that I need to do that once a week, probably on my "off" day from the gym. I am hoping it will help me get my skin back in order. Also... I need to remember that I matter and that pampering myself like that once a week IS allowed. Taking care of me is important too.

A bit late, but still keeping to the post a week

Making myself stick to the resolution of posting once a week at least. No gym last week because of the pain from my foot. This week it's been the weather but I did get there tonight to try the water in motion class. Had a lot of fun, but am tired now. I still have homework to work on before crashing for the night.  Was nice to be working out again, but I have a long ways to go.

Hey a post!

Well no picture today. Going to try and get one tomorrow or Tuesday. MUST. REMEMBER. But hey, I remembered to put up a new post this week!

Things are going well. I am sore right now. I've been to the gym the last three days religiously. I considered *not* going on Friday, but then my brain kicked in and was like "Nope. Need to go." Plus I was meeting Alida so we could workout then have dinner at the gym.

Last night was UAC's Community Event and we went. Got there a little after 6pm and we left close to 9pm. Lots of weights, so I was already feeling the burn, then we participated in the 30 minute cardio sampler. OMG it was insane. I've done Zumba, obviously, since I've talked about it here, but we got to sample BodyJam and Jazzercise as well. I am up in the air about Jazzercise, but I definitely want to start incorporating BodyJam into my workout as well. It was INSANE.

Then we were treated to a sample of the GetFit program. One of them I might look into. Perhaps two of them. There is one with these straps that still worked the muscles for squatting/biceps/chest that standard squatting, pushups and the like can do, but less pressure on certain pressure points and joints than the standard is. And you determine how difficult it is by how you stand. The other involved a full body workout and one of the "apparatus" used are kettle balls. So I may need to look into the GetFit program. Depends on the cost.

Once again ate dinner at the club. Apple Walnut Cherry Salad with some deviled eggs and one of their workout shakes. I did try a gluten free fruit bar. Wayyy too sweet, even for me.

If I could afford it, I would do that often. Go and workout then grab a salad or a wrap with a shake before heading home. As it is, slept wonderfully even if I had strange dreams, but am delightfully sore today and glad that it's my off day. Depending on how things workout, I may end up doing the Monday-Saturday workout schedule if I can't do the Sunday-Friday one.

At least it's an update

This week has been hell on me healthwise. No gym at all this week. I had four of the largest of the plantar's warts that I have frozen, but the possibility is high that they will have to be cut out. The other three are small enough that freezing should work. Hopefully.

The following day, my stomach was all kinds of gross. I only worked half a day before heading home. I am thinking my body was rebelling against me cause all I had was junk to eat the day before. Need to remember that my body doesn't like that anymore. I noticed that I had a scratchy throat and hoped it was just the air being dry or something and not me getting sick.

No such luck. My body seems to be fighting it so I haven't fully succumbed to a cold, but I am just run down enough to be slightly miserable. It's mostly been a mild cough and a sore throat. I don't feel like there is enough water in the world right now to make me feel like my throat isn't dry. And this morning, my sinuses are draining. Last night was the first night I was restless as I tried to sleep and couldn't wear my cpap. Of course the restlessness probably also stems from some work stuff going on, but that's not what this blog is about.

Come hell or high water, I'm getting my butt to the gym again starting Monday. I need to. Tomorrow, I'll see if I can get my weekly picture done.

A New Year

Starting my resolution of posting to this blog at least once a week. I'd like to post more than that, but we'll see. At least with the once a week, I will also keep to the other resolution of taking a picture of myself each week to keep myself accountable.

I don't know how soon I will get back to the gym steadily. Monday I have a doctor's appointment to take a look at the plantar's warts (at least I think/hope they are) on the bottom of my foot. I am tempted to tell the doctor to just cut the things out. I think I'd rather deal with the temporary pain of recovery then deal with the possibility that they will grow back and cause me to go back to the doctor yet again and interrupt my workout regime again.

I also need to plan some meals from my weight watchers cookbook so I can plan some healthy meals so I can get on the right track with THAT part of my resolution.

And now the images.

One New Year's Resolution...

I try not to make New Year's Resolutions because I rarely follow through with them, but one that I want to at least attempt is to update this blog with my progress at the very least once a week if I can't every few days. I need to hold myself accountable more often than I do.