Playing Catch-up

4/7 Tues - 4/9 Thurs

I know, I know I vanished and that usually means that I've fallen off and under the wagon, but that's not exactly the case here. It's just been really busy and I haven't had the time or inclination to post.

Tuesday was my new all women running groups' first Track Practice and we did 2x3x300m and it wasn't horrible and I actually felt that I did better as I went along and got more warmed up. My friend, Suz, was with me and our whole goal was do do our 2 sets before the speed demons of the group completed their assigned 3 sets and we celebrated as we barely accomplished that goal. But we know that by the end of the summer we'll look back and laugh at how hard this was and how far we've come.

After track we went out for a little girls night out, our normal group was very small that night due to other obligations but Christen joined us after, since we couldn't convince her to join us for track, and we went to a great place that Suz had just discovered were we all had yam chips and guac while waiting for our super healthy yummy salads, and split a piece of Oreo cheesecake three-ways after.

I don't know if it was an evening workout, too much iced tea (caffeine) with dinner, or the fact that I didn't read before bed like I do every night to wind down (because Jay was already asleep and I didn't want to turn on the light) or all three but I couldn't sleep and when I did finally get to sleep Megan fell out of bed and woke us up and I couldn't get back to sleep.

Wednesday morning was spin class and Kathy R. decided that it was power day and that her goal was to make us spin regulars sore -great, just what I needed after track practice. But I made it and burned a very respectable 460 calories - my goal is always to hit over 400, 500 is outstanding.

The great news of Wednesday is that 3 of my friends from spin class have all agreed to my evil plot to do a bike tour this August and we are signing up for a 35 mile ride. I was hoping for 50 but met with some resistance so I'll argue that one next year. And we are going to take a women's bike maintenance class at our local REI later this month to learn how to fix a flat and other important mechanical know-how for our new bikes. Fit friends make working out so much more fun!

Throughout the rest of Wednesday I started feeling pain in my left upper inner thigh (groin?) and it got quite painful. Don't know if that was something from leg weights Monday followed by flow yoga, Tuesday track or Wed spin or a combination of it all. But it hurt throughout Thursday too but so far seems to be okay this Friday morning.

Also throughout Wednesday I twice sneaked a cookie during the afternoon, I knew I was tired and looking for a pick-me-up, which of course wasn't working and then at 7 that night I just succumbed and had a whole cookie binge - but was still tired and now not particularly happy with myself. I should have gone to bed early but got into watching Biggest Loser off Tivo and stayed up later than I should have.

Move now to Thursday. Food was better, save 1 little chocolate egg from Megan's school party and some Sunchips. My workout was terrible, I went to Core Conditioning class and did a little cardio before and after (I mean little, like 10 minutes before and after) but I just was blah and tired. I was tired all day, my patience was nil, Megan was driving me insane, and I just wanted to be alone. I called Jay and told him to stay after with his running group and have dinner with them because I was putting Megan, who had woke up 2 hours early that morning, to bed early, so no need to hurry home. But he did anyway, and I locked myself in our room to be alone and ended up falling asleep and waking up almost 10 hours later. I was tired!

So now it's Friday morning - I really am not looking forward to the gym, but the Easter Bunny will be in the Kid's Club, there will a party and Easter Egg hunt for the kids all at 9:30. Problem is my yoga class isn't until 10:30. Do I really want to be at the gym for 2 1/2 hours (max I can leave Megan in Kids Club) so she can do her party and I can do my yoga? What do I want to do with myself for the hour before yoga? We'll see what happens.

Also today is Jay's birthday!! Finally I'm not the only 37 year old in the house (although this week I feel older than that!). We got a sitter and are going out to some steakhouse tonight that he wanted to go and tomorrow we'll have fancy breakfast (French Toast, probably) so Megan can celebrate Daddy's birthday with him.

So looking ahead to my Friday:

- I WILL show more patience.
- I WILL make Jay's butter cake for his birthday.
- I WILL eat healthy for all the times when I will struggle with that this weekend, given the celebrations.
- I WILL take time-outs for myself today as I need them.