Twenty-seven days out! I figure I should start counting down the days now rather than weeks since I know they are going to fly by in no time. Today is the first day that I've felt like Springtime is finally on it's way. It also happens to be Daylight Savings so the fact that it's late afternoon and still bright and sunny outside is definitely a plus. I decided to make today somewhat of a Sunday Funday and change up my routine a bit. I ended up taking Friday off from work as a much needed day of mental and physical recuperation. I will not get sick. I will not get sick. I repeat, I will not get sick! It definitely helped as I am feeling much better today. It's still hard to say whether I just feel down from my waning nutrition plan or some other factor but I took things very easy this weekend, drank a ton of fluids, loaded up on vitamin C, and avoided people as much as possible.
Not having work and being able to work out in the morning when I'm much more alert and energized, I had two great gym workouts on Friday (shoulders & core) and Saturday (StairMaster, biceps & triceps). I contemplated doing spin yesterday but a) I didn't want to push it if I am battling a cold and b) World's still hasn't set a permanent spin instructor for the 9:00 am class and I didn't want to risk having a shitty instructor. I do need to get in at least one more spin class before my monthly membership runs out so perhaps I'll hit it up Monday or Tuesday of this week.
Today I actually skipped the gym, purposely, if you can believe it or not! And get this, I don't even feel guilty! It was supposed to be a legs day but my shins have really been aching lately despite not having done a run in over a week so I thought it best to lay off them another day or so. Tomorrow I'll either do them or alter my CSF schedule some more and hit up back and chest instead. So anyway, this morning I got up, fueled-up on my favourite cinnamon roll oatmeal (see recipes tab) and coffee and drove out to Obie's Fitness in Westbrook to meet a fellow Savage Girl who also does posing lessons. It was very odd showing up at quarter to 9:00 and having a completely empty gym! It was a small but very organized and clean facility. If it wasn't so far, I'd contemplate switching things up for a while to escape Tool Central! I spent the next half hour getting a 1:1 posing lesson which I think helped a lot. The hooker heels are becoming easier to walk in and she gave me some good pointers to help me keep my fake smile plastered on my face the whole time hahaha. Next weekend is the last of the 3 group posing classes I purchased back in January...last chance to soak up the knowledge then I'm on my own!
While fun and in a gym setting, posing is certainly not a workout so after the lesson I headed home and met a girlfriend for some mid-day cross-country skiing at Smiling Hill Farm in Westbrook. It wasn't peak skiing conditions but the sun was shining and it was a great way to get my butt outside this time of year. The birds were chirping and there was a stream running among the trails; sure signs that Spring is on it's way! Skiing usually works muscles I don't hit in the gym so who knows, maybe tomorrow I'll be be limping like I had that leg workout after all! When I got home I made lunch and took Mugsy for a long walk down Ocean Avenue, something we haven't been able to do in a while with all the icky snow covering up the sidewalks. He's sitting in the sun zonked out right now so I'd say he got in some good cardio today too :)
Now I'm just sitting here drinking my green tea and putting the final touches on www.fitfiercefun.com before I start broadcasting my services over Facebook and Twitter. You can click the link here and it should work - there are just some minor changes I need to make and can't seem to get the template to allow them to happen urghhh! Eventually this blog will be incorporated into that site but it's staying separate for now because I haven't the slightest idea how to a) create archives in the 1and1 template and b) move all of my material over from one site to another. I really have a love/hate relationship with technology! Anyway, back to the grind tomorrow. I'm trying to stay positive and tell myself it's going to be a good week but honestly the thought of sitting in my cubicle tomorrow for 9 hours makes me want to poke my eyes out with my ski poles! We'll see how much coffee it takes me to make it to 5:00 pm. Goal of the day: avoid human contact as much as possible. Happy Sunday everyone and get after it in the gym this week...just not when I'm there LOL!
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