JoJo's Madhouse: 2016-01-10

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 4 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	Tuesday	Wednesday
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