Maleficent238’s BodyBlog

I’m in a strange headspace right now.  I can’t decide if it’s good or bad.  I planned to sleep until 6:30 today.  I popped up at 4:45.  I also planned on not working out today, but since I’m up I might as well hit the gym. 

Becker is quite possibly the worst sitcom ever.  So why do I keep watching it?

My workouts were pretty good last week.  I got in all of my weight training and only missed one cardio session.  I came very close to skipping chest and shoulders, but at the last minute I forced myself out the door.  It ended up being one of the best chest workouts I’ve had in a long time.  Exciting.

My cable is out.  Today I’m being held prisoner at my house to wait for the cable guy.  (Who knew that the cable guys worked on Sunday?)  Thing is, I would probably be sitting around my house anyway, but knowing that I have to makes it feel like a chore.  You know?  I guess I’ll just use this time to study for my nutrition course.  Fun fun.  Actually, it kind of is.  Some of the material is a bit dull, but most of it is pretty interesting- atleast to me. 

Oh, so a couple of weeks ago I started taking L-carnitine before cardio and I’ve really noticed a difference in my energy level and fat loss.  I put on a few extra pounds of fat about a month or so ago, and it only took about a week to take it off.  So that’s pretty cool.  I’m wondering if I should cycle this stuff.  I know that some people go a few weeks on and a week off.  I think I’m going to finish out this week and then take a week off of it.  Anyway, I just thought I’d share my experience.  It’s always exciting to find something that does what it’s supposed to do.

Well I got one of those emails from bb.com informing me that I haven’t written a blog in some amount of time.  So here I am.  I’ve just been a very busy little girl juggling two jobs, working out, and studying for my certification courses.  But when given the option, I wouldn’t have it any other way.  I love staying so busy that I don’t have time to really think.  It keeps me sane.  Anyway, I’m sure there are things I could write about, but I just can’t think of any right this very second.  I know that I need to take some new pictures.  I’m not sure when that’s going to happen.  Oh, and the Pump and Run went pretty well.  It’s just that the event was a tad bit hectic and unorganized.  It was clear that not enough planning went into the whole thing.  Maybe next year.  I had to work the event, but I almost didn’t participate because I really wasn’t feeling 100%.  At that point I had been sick for over a week.  But I knew I’d regret it if I didn’t do it.  So I did it.  Anyway, I managed to bring my 5k time down to 23:30.  So that was cool.  My pump was decent.  I got up 18 reps.  And even though I had to work the event, I still had a pretty good time. 

Time to get dressed.  I’ll try not to be a stranger and write more frequently. 

I had an amazing leg workout yesterday.  Today I’m sore in all the right places.  That pleases me.

I’m taking off today.  I’ve been sick for almost a week now, and I’m sure that’s partly because I haven’t been giving my body enough rest.  So today that is exactly what I intend to do. 

I’ve been on a big cabbage kick lately.  Right this very second I’m boiling some of the stove.  I find it very tasty.  However, it does smell up the house.  And speaking of bad-smelling food, my kids at school (I teach 6th grade) started giving me a hard time for eating tuna in the classroom.  So I’m going to have to find an alternate protein source for my mid-morning snack.  Then on top of the tuna complaints they started bringing me brownies and cookies and all sorts of other sweet things.  I appreciate the gesture, I really do, but I can only keep my inner fat girl at bay for so long.  So the other day I made a point to mention how much I just love fruit.  Now my desk is filled with apples and oranges. 

My house now smells like a rotten armpit, so my cabbage must be done.  Yummy!

I wasn’t very nice to my body this past week.  And in an effort to make up for some of my poor decisions I made even more poor decisions.  That made it very difficult for me to get my footing.  Sometimes the best thing to do is just stop, breathe, and let the pieces fall.  So I finally did.  And now I feel like I can move on. 

The Pump and Run is in exactly one week.  Everyone at work is very excited and the trash talking is full underway.  Bring it on.

I’m sick of all this.  I’m sick of obsessing.  I’m sick of putting all this pressure on myself.  I’m tired.  I just want to shut off.  I just to quit everything.  I just want to sleep.