MichelleW
Cathlete
Hello again Ladies,
Stacy - I am with you on the unclean eating. I was ready to check in and confess my dirty deed and see I am not alone. It is hard because I love food, probably a little too much and the love runs on all sides of my family and family-in-laws. I do good for awhile then fall off the wagon so to speak. LOL. But I do have a strong desire to eat clean and I feel so much better when I do. And I really want to be balanced - eating clean 90% of the time. My dinner wasn't too bad, some leftover steak (after doing STS tonight, I felt okay with that and that is really not totally unclean). I had to finish off the rest of the guacamole so I can start my clean eating plan again - again, a clean food in moderation, but I ate more than one serving. BUT THEN, I had some semi-healthy chocolate granola bars (made with oatmeal, peanut butter, honey, chocolate chips and coconut oil, but still I didn't need it and ate too many pieces). So I would like to be held accountable for my eating too. Not just so I can be lean and defined, but for health and I'd like to avoid the consequences of poor eating. So let's hold each other accountable, then.
As for the workout -- it was great! My arms were shaking afterwards and I am sure I will have DOMS in the next day or so. I made a chia drink which gave me some serious endurance so I am drinking it before every workout from now on. Have you ever eaten or drank chia seeds? If not, I highly recommend it. Many runners and athletes use it for endurance before training and I know from experience it works. I had it this morning too and with only 6 1/2 hours of sleep I made it through the day and worked out tonight, so there is something to those little seeds.
FnV - The first thing I thought of when I walked in from a hard days work was my guacamole and semi-healthy blue tortilla chips and skipping the workout, but I knew I told you ladies I was starting the three month rotation today (accountability) and I can't put it off because then it would mess up my whole week or I wouldn't get the workouts in. And I too don't have my 1RM done and I actually need to purchase some heavier weights (but hubby may not take to kindly to that as I just spent so much on LIS and STS), so I couldn't push as much on some sets, but like you said, we did it. Something is better than nothing. So you go girl! You didn't let the excuses keep you from doing it.
Deanna - I am with you on the water intake. As you know, we are supposed to drink .55 in oz of our body weight plus more if we work out/sweat. I just installed a Reverse Osmosis System a few weeks ago and am loving it. I love the taste of RO water.
Susan - I hope you were able to connect with your friend.
Alright, I best get to bed. Nite nite, Ladies.
Stacy - I am with you on the unclean eating. I was ready to check in and confess my dirty deed and see I am not alone. It is hard because I love food, probably a little too much and the love runs on all sides of my family and family-in-laws. I do good for awhile then fall off the wagon so to speak. LOL. But I do have a strong desire to eat clean and I feel so much better when I do. And I really want to be balanced - eating clean 90% of the time. My dinner wasn't too bad, some leftover steak (after doing STS tonight, I felt okay with that and that is really not totally unclean). I had to finish off the rest of the guacamole so I can start my clean eating plan again - again, a clean food in moderation, but I ate more than one serving. BUT THEN, I had some semi-healthy chocolate granola bars (made with oatmeal, peanut butter, honey, chocolate chips and coconut oil, but still I didn't need it and ate too many pieces). So I would like to be held accountable for my eating too. Not just so I can be lean and defined, but for health and I'd like to avoid the consequences of poor eating. So let's hold each other accountable, then.
As for the workout -- it was great! My arms were shaking afterwards and I am sure I will have DOMS in the next day or so. I made a chia drink which gave me some serious endurance so I am drinking it before every workout from now on. Have you ever eaten or drank chia seeds? If not, I highly recommend it. Many runners and athletes use it for endurance before training and I know from experience it works. I had it this morning too and with only 6 1/2 hours of sleep I made it through the day and worked out tonight, so there is something to those little seeds.
FnV - The first thing I thought of when I walked in from a hard days work was my guacamole and semi-healthy blue tortilla chips and skipping the workout, but I knew I told you ladies I was starting the three month rotation today (accountability) and I can't put it off because then it would mess up my whole week or I wouldn't get the workouts in. And I too don't have my 1RM done and I actually need to purchase some heavier weights (but hubby may not take to kindly to that as I just spent so much on LIS and STS), so I couldn't push as much on some sets, but like you said, we did it. Something is better than nothing. So you go girl! You didn't let the excuses keep you from doing it.
Deanna - I am with you on the water intake. As you know, we are supposed to drink .55 in oz of our body weight plus more if we work out/sweat. I just installed a Reverse Osmosis System a few weeks ago and am loving it. I love the taste of RO water.
Susan - I hope you were able to connect with your friend.
Alright, I best get to bed. Nite nite, Ladies.
