Mia

Sorry I'm having a bit of an off week. Husband was traveling and then I got not the best medical news (not deadly no worries) that I've been busy processing and researching. Will check back in next week!


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Long long day!

I went to a sleep study center last night to try and figure out why I'm not sleeping well and two if there are other issues causing me to snore.

The first is because I told my doc I had a hard time focusing and felt like I had ADD and was all over the place. He suggested starting with a sleep study as lack of quality sleep could impact the next day. This sounds logical!

I didn't sleep well at all. I didn't read the paperwork packet as we were rushing around and had both sweet tea and coke for dinner. Dinner was not until 7:45 and we didn't leave restaurant until almost 8:45. I had to leave for the center at 9:15 so I got home rushed around and packed and headed out. Then they told me the study ends at 5am so I had to hurry and fall asleep. I was plugged up to all sorts of wire. That made it hard to sleep too!! I remember turning the tv off at 11:30 and then waking on and off until 5am. I get my results on Friday.

I got home hoping to nap on the sofa, but I couldn't fall asleep so I got up and worked on donations / cleaning. Then I went downstairs to workout before the family woke up. I actually did both Day 5 programs of Lower Focus and Cardio. I took a few minutes between to eat an orange for breakfast. I didn't nail either workout but I also did more than barely made it. It was just hard to get myself started up and moving fast with each DVD.

I also walked a couple of times back and forth to drop off and pick up k from a neighbor at the end of the street. Then I just went on another walk with another neighbor tonight for 1.84 miles. Today's step count is now 17k+ :)



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Day 4

I woke up early, worked out, folded and put away a lot of laundry, cleaned a bit, and now I'm ready for a nap.

I don't recall the abs workout being as hard by the end of the first time I did t25 so I need to work more on my core! The v sit moves are the hardest.
(My image won't post :-( )

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Day 3 a day late

Well yesterday I had good intentions but didn't get to my workout. Ended up knocking out a deliverable for work that I have been staring at for awhile and not making progress. I did spend time yesterday finding some planner printables and think I found two that might suit me. I'll have to edit it slightly but pretty good. So all was not lost yesterday. I'll link up to them later.

Today was total body challenge and it was definitely a challenge. I was struggling a bit. Still better than week 1 day 3 of round 1 but I was not expecting to struggle so much. I think it was because I didn't work out until 5pm and all I had by that time was 2/3 of my shake and some gum all day. My body was out of fuel. Plus my sleep schedule has been awful lately!



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Theories

A few things swirling around my head tonight as I wrap up the evening.

I'm still sore.  Feeling the burn.  Reminding myself that this is all goodness.

1) Laws of Motion
This was floating through my head earlier as I was doing dishes.  I may have seen it earlier this week on facebook or something, but can't remember - but I felt compelled to finding the right image to match my thoughts.

All I wanted to do was sit down for a few minutes and relax, but I knew if I put my bottom down I wouldn't get up easily.

image source: jenniferfrisk.com

So I stayed upright to tidy up the kitchen and kept chanting this in my head:

image source: advicefromnashville.com

This is an important reminder for me and why I keep going and going.  It's much easier to keep on moving when I've started and much easier to give up if I stop.  So stay motivated my friends!

2) Theory on Productivity
According to Wiki (ha!) Productivity is an average measure of the efficiency of production.  It can be expressed as the ratio of output to inputs used in the production process, i.e. output per unit of input.  

Since I adore watching baby girl's gymnastics practice, but want to get things accomplished during that time, I keep myself productive for the 2.5 hours with my portable workstation setup.  Yes, I bring my own table to gymnastics.... :)

3) Weight Loss Principle

source: goodlifedietitians

Exercise only gets me so far.  I may tone up, get some better muscle definition, but the weight is not dropping off.  I have to face the fact that I just gotta eat less.

My dinner was pretty much a repeat of my lunch.  Spinach salad with cherry tomatoes and some carrot sticks followed by pineapple and then I had a flavor ice (I didn't read the calorie on that).  No juice, sweet tea, or soda today.  Did have a smaller latte with some sugar, water, and my shake earlier.

#Motivation

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Lunch time workout Round 2 of Focus T25 Day 2

Got my workout in during lunch break. Quick observations as I need to get cleaned up and get back to work.

* I think Speed 1.0 is my favorite alpha program. Maybe it's all the stretch breaks?
* It went by faster than yesterday's Cardio. It could be because I did 7 mins already last night before I found out Alice was coming over so it was more of a T32 :)
* My calves are still sore since I'm working out again about 15 hours after the last session and I haven't done as much workouts in the two weeks prior leading up to this.
* This time around I feel like there is so much more improvement. I can keep up for more of the program at higher intensity without too many breaks into the modified form. I'm not quite at doing the whole workout completely through without stopping (this is a goal though), but I see so much progress. I'm able to do all of the Burpee and then kicks through both entire sets. I remember initially doing them standing with Tania the modifier and now to hop down Burpee and back up and kick feels awesome!!!!

I thought I would just fill out my journal and share the picture going forward versus updating image files.



Breakfast was my usual shakeology + espresso. Lunch is a spinach salad cooked by my husband as I'm short on time with garlic and a bit of olive oil topped with some grape tomatoes. I couldn't find my almond slivers so that's on the grocery list now.


#happygirl


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Refreshed and Recharged

I'm back! Been on the road for a work trip and then straight to a family vacation at the beach.

Right before I left, I had used the BeachBody 3 Day Refresh kit so I could fit into my work clothes :-). It's always nerve wrecking to go into a professional environment and be dressed up when I work from home pretty much everyday in my workout gear.

I only lost about 3 pounds with the refresh and I will have to calculate all the measurement deltas later. The biggest gain for me though was just learning to appreciate and make better food choices as well as reducing my sugar needs. I think that was a big win. I started to drink black coffee on my trip. I've since regressed and have to put in a bit of sugar or milk on the strong stuff, but at least I can get by with just a little bit versus heaping portions of sugar. I'm eating better now for the most part except the occasional indulgence (butter chicken last night at our favorite Indian restaurant).

Anyway, I've thought about what I wanted to do when I got home if I wanted to get back on PiYo or do something else. I decided to go back to doing Focus T25. It's my true love and it's easier to stick to something I love.

I set my alarm for 7:15am this morning to ease back into getting up early. I snoozed until 8:15am. It's rough because I haven't been sleeping well on the road and am up way early even in vacation. Now that I'm home and needing to be up earlier, I struggle because my bed is so cozy. *sigh*.

So I didn't get my workout in this am. I did go workout at 8pm. My friend Alice came over and did Day 1 with me. She did an amazing job!! I'm glad she came over as it was completely a last minute invitation resulting from her messaging me and asking if I liked to walk and wanted to be her walking partner. Little did she know what she was about to get into. ;-)

Well I'm glad I took an extra day off of work to get settled back in. Tomorrow though it is back to the grind.

:)

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All clear

Wasn't as bad as I had imagined. Some angles were painful due to the area that they were trying to get. Had a to have the u/s done on the breast and under arms as well since mammo didn't get the area. Might be TMI, but really not that many people reading my updates so no biggie :-). What I have learned is I have denser tissue on one side and the assymetric sizing caused them to do the u/s to check. They think lumps are just sebaceous cysts. No sign of breast cancer or even enlarged lymph nodes. Praise the Lord for the all clear! :-)


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Mammo

Waiting for a pelvic u/s and my first mammogram. The pelvic u/a is for the previously mentioned painful cycles. The mammogram is for some lumps under my arm that hasn't gone away. I'm nervous. Not sure if about the pain of the procedures or about the potential results. So just blogging here to distract myself! Eeeep.


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