You Must Have a Plan..

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Well, thankfully, I do.

But before we get to this week's plan, let's review last week:

Monday: Back/Rear Delts/Abs: Done; 3 mile run: Done
Tuesday: Legs (OMG Done).
Wednesday: 2 mile run (I may have scheduled 3. But my legs almost fell off, so I was playing it safe).
Thursday: Shoulders/Rear Delts/Abs: Done.
Friday: Chest/Arms/Calves: Done
Saturday: 6 mile run. Umm....

Yes, me and running are having some issues. Here's how the weekend went.

Friday night: "I have to run 6 miles in the morning. I'm going to run 6 miles in the morning. I'm really looking forward to that Snickers."

Saturday morning. "Snooze.""Snooze, again." "Oh, look, the whole family slept until 9 freaking o'clock. I haven't done that since my 20s!"

After realizing my husband was just too busy getting ready for that night's gig, I decided there would be no run. Instead, I did Turbofire Hiit 30.

Saturday night, 6:00 pm: "I'm going to run early tomorrow morning."
Saturday night, 9:00 pm: "I wish these kids would go to sleep. I have to wake up at 5:00 to run."
Saturday night, 11:00 pm: "Why won't you people go to sleep???!!!!"
Sunday morning, 5:00 am: [to alarm]: "Shut Up."
Sunday morning, 5:15 am: "It's raining really hard. Good thing I'm not running right now. Guess I won't be running this weekend."

So, that's how that went. Full of excuses....

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Which leads me to the plan for this week:

Monday: Back/Rear Delts/Abs; quick run (1-2 miles)
Tuesday: LEG DAY!
Wednesday: Run 3 miles
Thursday: Shoulder/Rear Delts/Abs
Friday: Chest/Arms/Calves
Saturday: 6 mile run. For realz.

Now, the gym is going to be closed on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. (One of the benefits to a campus recreation center: Free membership. One of the drawbacks: They close a lot). So, I'll have to make sure I wake up in time on Thursday and Friday to do my workouts before work. And, I'll have to make sure I wake up in time to run on Saturday. This is the week. I know it. I will finally eat that Snickers.

Do you have a plan?

Have a great week!

High Five My Favorite Things Friday!

Happy Friday! Here's your high five!

Got a super fun blog hop going today:


If you're new, WELCOME! Please comment! If you're not new, WELCOME! Comment anyway! 
Today I'll be talking about 5 of my favorite things. It's like I'm Oprah, but without giving anything away. Sorry if you were holding out for a car...
1. A Super Challenging, Sweaty, Workout.
That makes me look like this:

Or this:

Or even this:

But hopefully, this:

2. Doctor Who


3. David Boreanaz, Dancing


4. Ricky Gervais singing to Elmo


5. Cute kids.

What are some of your favorite things? You don't have to sing the song... just tell us some things that put a smile on your face!
Have a great weekend!

Has This Happened to You?

Do you ever just wake up grumpy?

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You don't? Wow. Good for you.

Well, for the other 99% of us who occasionally DO wake up grumpy, I'm here to get you on the right track.

I woke up VERY grumpy today. There was a pity party brewing. The invitations were ready to send.

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You know what I did. I had a pity party. But, I limited it to 10 minutes.

Then, I got on with my life.

There are things to be done. Goals to accomplish (or at least to take steps towards accomplishing), problems to solve (yo, I'll solve it), and maybe even a tiny bit of fun to be had.

Here are some of the things that helped me:

I haz a happy.

Yes. Please hurry, August 27.

And to *really* put things into perspective:

So, basically, if you woke up today, here's a chance for a fresh start. If you're reading this, I'm going to go ahead and assume you woke up today.

So let's go get 'em!

Random Things Wednesday

Last night, my son (who is almost 4) turned to me and said: "Do you feed your baby food from a jar? You should feed him from the Baby Bullet." 

He then spent about 5 minutes telling me all the reasons we need a Baby Bullet.
This kid may have a future in sales.

"Would you like to order a Baby Bullet?"

However, I've wanted a Magic Bullet for forever, and it's still on my wishlist.

Yesterday I went to the gym to work legs. I have to admit, as awesome as I usually feel, I was intimidated in the weight room. There are 2 squat racks, and both were being used when I got there. First on my workout sheet was "Bodyweight Squats". Well, my bodyweight (last time I checked) was 143 pounds. I don't really feel confident that I could get back up if I did a full squat with that much weight on my back.

This could have been me. (Source)

Anyway, since both squat racks were being used, I kind of floundered around looking like a person who didn't know what she was doing in the gym. I eventually sucked it up and (gasp) went over to the Smith machine.

It's pretty safe to say I hate the Smith machine. One set of squats there and I vowed to never touch a Smith machine again.

This was not me. (Source)

 After floundering a little more, one of the squat racks was finally free, so I went over and did the next 2 sets of squats with a 65 pound barbell (which was quite enough, thank you very much).

I was the only female in the weight room, and I enjoyed listening to the *seemingly quite young* males and their silly banter. Overheard:

- "My one rep max is 206."

- "My one rep max is 270".

That was a fun little contest going on between them. Read into the subtext. I dare you.

Discussing some other guy they know: 

"Can he do [workout move whose name I can't remember]?"

"I don't know, man. He's like 30."

I resisted the urge to throw a heavy (for me) barbell at them and show them that I didn't roll over and die when I turned 30. SEVEN YEARS AGO.

Ernestine Shepherd could totally whoop their butts. (source)

In the meantime, I have that happy soreness that says "I got a good workout". I love it, but running may be challenging.

What's the craziest thing you've ever seen/overheard at the gym? 

How Disappointing...

Remember when Hugh Laurie was British? (source)

I've had a series of disappointments lately. One after the other. Now, to be fair, none of these disappointments are life threatening, and I am fully aware things can always be worse.

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But, these disappointments had a very negative effect on me. A normal person, someone a little less positive than me, might have just given up.

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I have to admit, the idea of getting in bed and hiding under the covers did cross my mind.

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Yesterday, I went to the gym for my lunchtime run. I decided to try to run at least a little on the treadmill. I ran 1 mile in 10:30 (I'm so slow on the treadmill). I was proud of myself for doing a whole mile. Without music.

Then I moved over to the track. Despite some really, really RUDE people (who apparently don't know what "Runners Only Outside Lane" means), I ran 2 miles in 19:24.

However, from about .25 mile, I considered quitting.

I was in the "Oh well, this isn't working, I quit" kind of mood.

But I had a moment. After all, it was nice and quiet without any music, so I had lots of time to think.

I realized I *can't* quit. I have to keep going. If it was easy to run, it wouldn't be worth anything. But it's the challenge- the disappointment- that makes the victories worth it.

Yo, Adrian! (source)

And so, I persevere. Besides, I think there's a law somewhere, that when you have so many disappointments in a row, you're automatically guaranteed something super awesome is coming soon... (I made that up. Shut up).

The Plan For This Week

This week, I'm changing it up just a little.

I'll be doing this program, from Bodybuilding.com.

It breaks down to this:

Monday: Back, Rear Delts, Abs
This workout I can pretty much do at home, so I'll do it in the morning, and run at the gym in the afternoon.
The only thing I'll have to modify is anything using a stability ball. My stability ball currently has a sad:

Can you tell in this picture how deflated it is? There's a leak somewhere..

Tuesday: Legs/Calves
This one will need to be done at the gym to be effective. It's got some pretty heavy weight/low reps, and some machine work (leg curls, etc). If I have time, I'll add cardio.

Day 3: Rest
Well, rest from weights. I'll be running 3 miles.

Day 4: Shoulders/Rear Delts, Abs
I'll be doing this workout at home as well. If there's time, I'll add a 20 or 25 minute Hiit.

Day 5: Chest/Arms/Calves
This will be at the gym.

Day 6: Rest
Well, again, it says rest but I'll be doing my "long" run. Aiming for 6 miles.

Day 7: This will be the true rest.

I've also planned out most of my meals for this week. I am determined to be as on track as possible.

This is going to be a great week.

Do you have a plan?

(P.S. Just for a little extra happiness/motivation/something, here's this:)

You can do it.

Motivational Monday! Fear is awesome!

Well, maybe not... but today we're talking about facing fears.

Or, more accurately- using fear to motivate you, rather than cripple you.

Have you ever done something scary? When you did it, and didn't die (I'm assuming), didn't you feel stronger?

So, that is my challenge today. Do something scary (that won't kill you). Discover how strong you really are, and get stronger.

You can do it!