Thursday 14 January 2016

The Power of the Mind

Today was a battle of will power......

When I woke up, I contemplated staying in bed.  My legs felt they were stuck to the bed.  I could have justified a rest day, but I didn't. I got up and I showed up.  I was out on my run and I had it in my mind that I would just do the short loop to warm up.  I got to the turn and just kept on running.  I showed up.  In the garage I was looking at the workout and thought, that seems like a lot of cleans for my first day back with that movement.  Maybe I should change it.  I didn't I showed up.  I am proud of myself for not giving in.

My morning was not all sunshine and roses. I got out of bed late. I took forever to get out of the house.  My runs are super slow these days. ANNNND, well, I ran out of time for my WOD. I had hoped to do 8-10 rounds, but only made it through 5.  I have to be done by 6:30 if I have any hope of enjoying my coffee and being out of the house on time. Despite all my mental battles today, life sometimes still wins, and I am ok with that. I accomplished more this morning that I ever expected to when I woke it.  Still a win for me.

Here is my day......

Exercise:



FitBit Stats: My morning run makes a huge difference with my daily steps
Steps:  11208 steps 
Distance: 8.72km
Calories 2160
Stairs: 13 floors
Active Minutes: 23

Clean Eating:
Breakfast: scrambled egg with veggies
Morning Snack: raw veggies, hard boiled egg, macadamia nuts, turkey pepperoni
Lunch: sweet potato lasagna & a burger patti
Dinner: eggplant lasagna, roasted vegetables, Spolumbos spicy chicken sausage

How Am I Feeling?
As always at 8pm, I am tired and my body just sinks into my bed.  I am looking forward to my work day tomorrow.  Busy with lots of things I enjoy about my job!

Time for me to try and read a bit before I crash... Nighty Night!

JoJo

#itsmyyeartoshine  #jojos2016journey

Wednesday 13 January 2016

Its Day 10 ... Almost 1/2 Way Through!

It is Wednesday, and quite honestly it feels like it should be friday.  This has been the slowest moving week ever.  I finished Monday, and swore it was Tuesday, and it has not improved at all. I saw this pic on Facebook and felt it was appropriate.


I'm still trucking along with the sugar detox.  I'm not craving and sweets or foods I should not be eating, but I am at a low point.  I am tired.  I am in bed (no surprise) and excited to turn the lights out.  I can handle being tired at 8pm though, that is fairly typical for me.  I am up before the birds at 5am for my workouts.  What I struggle with is how tired I feel running.  3km should be nothing to me, I can run 3km, BUT it feels awful.  It takes all my will power to not stop and walk.  I had hoped to increase my Wednesday morning run to 4km, but this morning my body was just not having it. Luckily I am taking it easy, and I can modify my workouts at any point!  I am hopeful that things turn around soon!

Here is my details for the past 3 days :-)

Exercise:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday


REST DAY
3km Run

Squats: 3x10

Rounds
20 KB Swings
10 Lunges
20 Double Unders
10 Russian Twists
3km Run

Strict Press: 5x5

3 Rounds
10 Barbell Rows
10 Sumo DL High Pull
10 Push Ups
10 SIt Ups

FitBit Stats: 

Monday
TuesdayWednesday
Steps:
6827 steps
9379 steps
11476 steps
Distance:
4.94km
7.33km
8.92km
Calories
2077
2,264
2192
Stairs:
17 floors
12 floors
22 floors
Active minutes
0
35
44

Clean Eating - 21 Day Sugar Detox:I do tend to eat a lot of the same foods, but I am ok with that.  It is all pre-cooked and easy.  I need easy.  It also all tastes really good, so there isn't much to complain about.  I have enough dishes cook, that I can mix them up as I feel I need a change!  Tomorrow I am NOT taking soup for lunch!  LOL


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Breakfast
-Scrambled egg with veggies & avocado.
-Coffee
-Scrambled egg with veggies & avocado.
-coffee
-Scrambled egg with veggies & avocado.
-Paleo sweet potato flat bread
-Coffee
Lunch
-Veggie and Chicken Soup
-Veggie and Chicken Soup
-banana
-Veggie and Chicken Soup
Dinner
-eggplant lasagna
- 1/2 Spolumbos sausage
- 1/2 burger patti
-sweet potato lasagna
-burger patti topped with a little butter chicken
-Roasted Veggies
-Butter Chicken
-sweet potato lasagna
-banana
Snacks
-Raw Veggies
-Macadamia nuts
-hard boiled egg
-Raw Veggies
-Turkey pepperoni
-Macadamia nuts
-Turkey pepperoni
-Macadamia nuts
-hard boiled egg

NEW GOALS:

I have re-introduced my supplements (Vitamin D, Omega 3, Vitamin B12, Magnesium & Probiotics) I am hoping that helps with the energy levels.  By next week I want to feel sort of normal!

Looking forward to almost Friday Day (Thursday)!!

JoJo

#itsmyyeartoshine  #jojos2016journey

Sunday 10 January 2016

Week 1 of the 21 Day Sugar Detox - It's in the bag!

Well Folks, I survived the first week, and my first weekend on the 21 Day Sugar Detox. 


I did not post on Friday or Saturday because I was absolutely exhausted!!!!  It has been a good week through.  Saturday was a little tough. I was doing some crazy food prep, and I really really wanted to drink wine while I was cooking.  That's the best thing about food prep, drinking wine!  

I have started a new Netflix binge.  I think I said no Netflix, but I have decided that on weekends it is ok. I don't have wine, I can at least have some trash on TV.

I stuck to all of my other goals this week.  I worked out every day as planned, and I took it easy.  As much as I wanted to , I resisted the urge to lift any weights this week.  I am still trying to work on my plan.  I do know that I will workout in the garage Tuesday-Friday and Sunday is long run day.  One of my mid-week workouts will start to include a longer run as I try to build up my endurance.

Here are my details for the last 3 days....
Exercise:
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Warm Up: 3km

5 Rounds
16 Lunges
12 Sit Ups (varied)
8 KB Swings
4 Push Ups


REST DAY


6.87km

FitBit Stats: 

Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Steps:
9327 steps
10,122 steps
13,616 steps
Distance:
7.33km
7.33km
11km
Calories
2244
2,386
2294
Stairs:
3 floors
23 floors
27 floors
Active minutes
22
0
44

Clean Eating - 21 Day Sugar Detox:


Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Breakfast
-Scrambled egg with my veggie soup and avocado.
-Coffee
-Scrambled egg with curried ground pork & guacamole
-coffee
-Paleo Sweet Potato Flatbread
-Coffee
Lunch
-Veggie and Chicken Soup
-Carrots wrapped in ham
-Banana
-Paleo Sweet Potato Flatbread
-Scrambled eggs and veggies
Dinner
-Curry Ground Pork
-Baked Sweet Potato
-Guacamole
-Spolumbos Chicken Sausage
-Roasted Eggplant & Sweet Potato
-Roasted Veggies
-Butter Chicken
Snacks
-Raw Veggies
-Turkey pepperoni
-Macadamia nuts
-Perrier


How Am I Feeling?
I think I am doing pretty good.  I feel better. When I get enough sleep I feel great!  Sleep needs to be my next thing to focus on.

Stay tuned for next week!

JoJo

#itsmyyeartoshine  #jojos2016journey