Days 19 and 20: Legs and Back/Kenpo X

11Apr08

Legs and Back felt AWESOME yesterday morning. I upped my weights on some of the leg exercises, really pushed to failure with the bands, and got a great burn on the wall squats. Tony’s right, it is certainly a nice change from leg presses and squats. My knees are happy. I even did ARX after I was through, even though I was completely wasted. I’m still struggling with ARX, I think my problem is one of form, but I’m still working through it.

Kenpo was also great this morning. I had TONS of energy, my form was on point, I even did more reps that Tony and the kids on some of the exercises. “I didn’t need no stinkin’ break!” It was great! The best I’ve felt with it since the first week.

Which kinda sucks because just when I feel like I’m getting into a routine and feel like like I’m getting ready to master some moves, here comes Recovery Week 1. Yoga, Core Syn, Kenpo and Stretch all week long. I’m concerned, not so much about strength loss, but about weight gain during this week. I’m debating on dropping my calories down a bit, and/or adding in some extra cardio, but I’m still thinking. It’s getting warmer and I think I might want to start running outside for maybe 30-45 minutes bringing the iPod out with one of my Cardio Coaches on it. At least on Sunday.

So…

Yesterday at work. I had finished lunch about an hour or so ago and was in my office working. The woman who runs the mentoring program at work invited me and a co-worker to get some food she had for the mentees that were coming in that afternoon. I walked into the conference room and there they were, staring me right in the face. COOKIES. There were full plates of delicious chocolate chip cookies and brownies and sandwiches staring me right in the face, calling me, tempting me. I wanted a cookie SOOOOOOOO BAD! You have NO IDEA. (Well, yeah, you probably do!)

But I didn’t do it. I just took a small plate of fruit, said thanks and went back to my office. Then I threw the fruit away without having a bite. I wasn’t really in the mood for fruit so I figured why eat it if I didn’t really WANT it. I had finished lunch a few hours ago and really wasn’t hungry. I could not believe I turned down chocolate chip COOKIES! And this same scenario happened a few weeks ago when I saw her. She offered me cookies then, but that time I ended up taking three. This time… NONE.

Even though I haven’t read Beck in a while, that was Beck, all the way. Those cookies weren’t planned. That fruit wasn’t planned. So I just said no. AND I gave myself credit for that. Not only was that Beck, but that was me too. I didn’t want that “Damn-I-shouldn’t-have-eaten-that-I’m-such-a-failure” feeling. I’m high right now, and feeling good, and I didn’t want to ruin that. Once I go down that road it takes me a LONG time to get back on track. I just can’t afford it.

Now I can’t promise my resolve will always be this strong, but I’m proud of myself for saying no and staying on track.

So the rest begins. Although it doesn’t officially start until Sunday, I still consider tonight part of recovery since I’ll be doing X Stretch.

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