April 19, 2013
Fortunately for me, my wonderful husband, David, enables me the ability to be a stay-at-home, step-mom, retired wife! I had the greatest workout & energy today that I haven't felt in years (a little help from some Zimo, compliments of my cousin Blaine)... It was raining here so I started on the stationary bike for 1 hour, level 4, intermittent hills. Then 1 hour on core building & stretching followed by 4 hours of deep house cleaning and laundry. Yes, my housework has been sketchy for about 6 months, all starting with my bed confinement & subsequent surgery so, it was due for a good cleaning. I also prepared a healthy fruit & veggie tray so that my snack temptations can be made with better choices. But, there will always be a jar of nutella & whole grain newton fruit thins in my pantry to satiate my carb/chocolate cravings. I am trying to limit my caloric intake to less than 1000 cal/per day to help with the weight loss. By the way, my mirrors are very motivating...I certainly don't want to keep seeing "overweight" me in them, yuck! I must remember the body of 2005 me!
My gratitude today would be to my spotify playlist. Music motivates me like nothing else, so a big thank you to Pitbull, Enrique, Lady Gaga, David Guetta, Flo Rida, Prince, Billy Idol, Usher, Abba, Cascada, Nickelback, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, Kings of Leon, Ne Yo, Daughtry, The Wanted, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and every other artist who makes me "shake that thang" and do my now infamous "dance walking" that I made up during the last few months of running restriction. I'm sure the folks driving up and down Lancaster Road have had many a good laughs at the crazy lady that boogies while she walks with her head phones blasting, it is a sight...probably a very funny one too! LOL :) I will now admit... that I dance around and sing out loud while my headphones are in, not only while working out, but also when cleaning the house. I really hope there are no u-tube videos of it. It feels like I could be on "So you think you can dance"; I really look like the rejected bloopers that never aired, I probably should take a dance class and fix that. I really am thankful that I can use music to get me pumped up and moving forward to reaching my goals. I am thankful to also know that I can use my headphones while participating in marathons, you can't use them during Ironmans. Thankfully, I haven't set one of those as a goal, yet....I need to learn to swim better before I can even think of that.
I am now hoping to have a restful sleep and not be awakened in the middle of the night by nerve pain & RLS from the now more intense exercise or my loud snoring husband! Let's hope....
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