Quiet week

We should ALL be so lucky:)

I don't have a ton to say today:)  It's been a good week.  Began cold, and ended with a gloriously spectacular day today; I think I have my first sun burn of the season! (despite applying sunscreen)

Only 2 more weeks until we jet off to the west coast!  I can't wait, I feel so dang GOOD when I'm over on that side of the US.  God truly blessed that side of our country with an amazing, rugged, and breathtaking kind of beauty.  The kind we have here on the East Coast is more of a gentle, soul soothing type of landscape.  The west is just awe inspiring, take your breath away.  I'm ready for some of that!

This week has been a small bust, Insanity wise.  Mon/Tues I could NOT blast myself out of bed before 6 am, so I neglected my workouts.  Wed, I ran for a couple of miles; there was a pretty gnarly hill I managed to climb!  Thursday, I did my recovery workout.  Fri, I again couldn't dynamite myself out of bed, and was unable to fit my workout in during the day because I spent the whole dang day at the barn, then promptly met with the inlaws for dinner.  This morning, I woke up to do my workout, but my left ankle (the one I hurt back in May of last year) was literally throbbing.  I landed pretty hard off a jump on Thursday and very nearly fell off, and I think I may have over extended it a little.  I opted to rest it today and tomorrow is the scheduled rest day, then next week is "recovery week".

Don't think "recovery week" is easy.  That's a misleading title.  Recovery week is HARD.  But like Shaun T says, "It's a simple, but EFFECTIVE workout".  It's still 40 minutes long, and I sweat and breathe hard at the end, but it's a little bit lower impact than all the other regular workouts.  Since I feel fully adjusted to the time change now, I WILL get up early and get the workouts done early before I even start my day.  I don't feel too bad though; Thursday was bedding day at the barn, and I manhandled 31 of the 40 lb bags.  Today, I walked on foot during a horse trail ride through THICK and tall grass, PLUS I rode a horse, and washed my car.  Had a full, productive day!

Next week will be fitting in some fun, girly things.  I had to get rid of ALL my capris because they were falling off me, literally.  So, I have nothing to wear to California over SB.  I still have a few gift cards to Kohl's and Old Navy from Christmas that I will use to do some clothes shopping.  I need a hair cut and an "It's sandal season" pedi.  I bought some sparkly nail polish, and will give myself a mani.  It's nice to pamper yourself every once in awhile:)  Hope you all have a great week!!  Stay motivated:D

Moving forward

This was a really fun day.  Good memories!

Today was day 6, week 3 ... Plyo.  Got up at 5:30 this morning to fit that baby in, and Lord ... I did!  It is SO hard to push through and do those workouts every single day, but the satisfaction I get upon completion is so worth it.  SO excited, only 3 weeks until we're OUT OF HERE!!!  Heading to the West Coast for 9 full days, whoopee!!  We fly into Vegas, stay in the New York New York casino for a night, then drive to San Diego for 2 nights.  From there, we drive up the coast to Sacramento and will spend the rest of the week in that general area.  We've only booked the LV/San Diego hotels, the rest will play by ear.  I just feel as though my soul is soothed when I'm on the left coast.  This will be the first vacation we've gone on since the birth of my son nearly 11 years ago that we're going on solo.  He will be staying with my in-laws this time, so David and I can have a little time to ourselves to just enjoy being together.  So excited!

Keep on keeping on, if you've "fallen off the wagon", DON'T be discouraged!!!  Get back ON!  There's no one stopping you:)

You don't have to go fast ... you just have to go

Passed this on my run today; Euharlee's famous covered bridge

That's a motivational picture I pinned on Pinterest.  You don't have to go fast ... you just have to go.  That's exactly what I did today.  It's supposed to be my day off, but it turned out to be a gorgeous if a bit chilly day.  The call of the great outdoors was too powerful to resist, so I laced on my running shoes and walked out my front door.  I then began to run ... and 6 miles later, I was still running!  1 hour and 15 minutes.  Holy Moly, I've NEVER run for that long.  Again, YOU can frickin' do it!  All you've got to do is contract your core, relax your jaw and fingers, focus, and GO.  My knees nearly buckled when I downshifted back to a walk, but I barely breathed hard at all during the entire run.  I didn't sweat at all; I wore sweat pants and a tech fabric running shirt.  SHOULD have worn gloves; my fingers were so cold and stiff I could barely move them.

I applied to a college today that has a dental hygenist program.  I'm not sure what I want to be when I grow up, but I'm pretty sure it involves health care of some sort.  I looked into a nurse anesthetist program per my mom's recommendation, but couldn't find one near me.  Same problem with Pharmacy school.  I'll figure it out!  By the grace of God go I ...

Speaking of God, my pastor had a great message today.  Hope.  Hope is desire with the expectation of getting what IS desired.  Tribulation leads to patience which leads to experience which leads to hope.  I have lots of hopes.  I have plenty of tribulations in my life, and I'm VERY patient.  It's time for MY hopes to become reality ... one of those hopes has been my weight loss.  I've FINALLY done what I had to to achieve my goal.  Memories connect us to our past, while hope connects us to our future.  My future looks better than my past EVER did.  I love this statement; it's going to become my new mantra.  I'm not quite ready to reveal my big master plan yet, but believe me ... my life is changing this year.  I've already taken steps to become a completely different and hopefully better person.  This next part applies to some of the people that are in my life.  They for sure think they've "arrived".  I know, because they've said it.  However ... NEVER think "I've arrived".  You always push and strive for betterment and Godliness.  You haven't "arrived" until you're taking your last breath here on Earth.  Food for thought!  Great day today, I feel very accomplished:)