Day 2 of 55

So today I had to work and I was exhausted.  It was a surprising day because I got two preps instead of one since my Grade fives were in Track and Field. I had planned on staying really late at work to complete my tests and marking so that all I had left to do on exam day was correcting the final exam.  However, I think I will get home a little earlier since I finished all that and I packed up my car and classroom.  It's time to move on out. :'(

So there wasn't much going on for physical activity yet today.  In my last class we went for a walk to the park and that took 20 minutes.  So that was a good thing.  I will be driving home and then I will be applying to a couple places for evening jobs this summer.  Finally, I will be going to my workout at the gym.  It's going to be a good workout.  I just know it.  Then I may go to bed I am exhausted.  It was a late night last night and an early morning too.

I am pretty sure I won't have to work tomorrow so I will be able to go for a walk with Lil Man again and maybe take the dog too.  Apparently, the dog is not happy with us and tried to run away three times today.  Thank God for good neighbours.  We might just go down to the dog park, going to phone a friend with a dog to see if they want to meet us.  Need to get out more and do these things.  So those are the plans.

We were measured on Monday so I will post the results and comparisons tomorrow or later tonight so you can see what's going on. 

I am surviving on No Sugar

So after a horrible day on Thursday and  a not great evening on Friday I think my body is finally adjusting to the lower sugar intake.  Which is frankly amazing.  I am still getting headaches in the evening and I am not sure why that is happening, but I am going to ask my trainer tomorrow about that.

As for the rest of the training it's going really well. We had  workout last night and I push my group to finish two circuits of the training.  I was exhausted by the end and my muscles are starting to stiffen up today but I really felt good about completing the workout.  I really do enjoy working out in group settings so I think to keep myself active I have just maintain signing up for workout classes throughout the year.  That way my caloric intake can be a bit higher and I can have some of those snacks that I can't eat right now while I am trying to get my metabolism up. 

The results are in though, I have already got back to my pre- Christmas weight.  So there are pay offs for working out, and that makes me extremely happy.  This show is on the road and I am going to excel at it!!!!

Give up or Give In

Not sure what happened last night but it was a rough night.  Little Man went to bed around 7:30 which is becoming more and more usual.  I wish he would stay up until 8:00 then both boys would be going down around the same time.  Yes my 11 year old still goes to be around 8, his choice.  So Little Man is a little out of sorts lately, he is cranky and is waking up again in the middle of the night.  All he wants is to cuddle so I am not sure what's going on with him.  Last night he woke up at 1:30 and again at 4:00.  Usually it only takes around 10 minutes to soothe him the first time he wakes up and at 4 I would usually pull him into bed for his morning feeding.  But not last night, he cried for over half an hour and only fell back asleep when I laid with him on the couch, but even then, he kept thrashing around and tossing like he couldn't get comfortable.  It made for a very long night for me.

I have been following my night routine, but getting out of bed this morning at 6 am was not something high on my priority list.  Then I didn't know if I was going to do my exercise routine or anything for that matter.  I seriously considered taking a lazy day.  However, better judgement won out and I got up at 6:40 and made smoothies for Adrian and I then started my work out at 7.  So I was an hour behind schedule but I still got up and followed my routine.

It was hard making that first step to get out of bed and turning on the work out DVD was another hard task but once I had done it I just got going and I feel so great!!  I am happy I did my routine and work out, it has set the tone for the day!!