Track Downfalls

Have you ever had one of those weeks where you are so looking forward to the weekend because of what you consider to be some fun plans? Well that was this weekend for me.  But I'm sure my plans would not seem as fun to others as they were for me. 
So Chris and I decided last week that we would walk/run the High School tracks near our houses on Sunday nights since our shows are over for the summer.  It gives us time together, I get to take my dog for needed runs and it keeps the two of us on track with our workouts.  Well the closest track to my house is Granger High's track and since they are rebuilding the school they have the entire area of the track sealed off so people can't use it until after the construction is finished. But we did not let that stop us for doing our walk, besides Jasper was not about to let me just take him for a car ride and then not take him for a walk.  So we just went for a 20 minute walk around the neighborhood.  I know it isn't much but my hips have been killing me for the past few days because I need to see my quack to get them fixed from the car accident last year, and I needed the rest when we got back, or I wouldn't be walking the or working out for the next week. 


I hope your weeks are strong with your own workout goals. 


Oh and I am officially setting a weight loss goal today.  By Fathers Day I will be down 10lbs.  My sister in law doesn't think I can do it, well I will show her.  But I will also need some help too.  I just need some encouragement and reminders to do my workouts.


Thank you for reading and not judging. 

What is the best way to get rid of water retention?

Now being a woman we know how blessed we are with the amazing ability our bodies have of retaining water on us when we aren't looking.  Well my mom gave me this great recipe to help combat it.


Juice of 1 Lemon
1/2 Tbsp of honey
32 oz of water


mix the lemon juice, water and honey together and if you'd like you can put in the microwave for 30 seconds.  I find it easier to drink when it's warm than when it's super cold from the fridge. 


Just be warned that before drinking this, make sure your day will be spent not too far from a restroom because you will have to go quite a bit. 


Let me know what you think if you try it.


Thank you for not judging. 

Best time to do a Cardio Workout

Is not right before going to bed. Well at least not for me.  It took me forever to sleep last night and as I was drifting off to sleep at 2 am, I said to myself no matter what time I have to get up tomorrow I need to do my workout.  And what do you think I did when I woke up this morning? No I did not go back to bed, but I put on my workout clothes, different ones, I don't like smelling my own sweat and if you like that so many days in a row you're kind of weird in my book.  Anyway the workout sucked but I still did it!


The day at work wasn't too terrible, but the A/C in my car went out a little bit ago and now it's so hot that I get pretty crankier while driving.  I know, first world problem. But then I had to coach tonight in the heat, I was looking forward to coaching and interacting with my athletes but I was not looking forward to the heat.  


Needless to say, I'm super tired and I get to get up once again tomorrow and do another amazingly bad workout and go through work then play volleyball against the 12 year olds.  Yeah this week is turning out to be oh so so much fun. 

Punched in the gut

It is interesting how easy it is to make up excuses as to why you don't workout daily or at all from time to time. I know mine is I don't have the time.  Yet when I sit down and write out my daily schedule, amazingly I have the time to do a workout. For me the best times are early morning, I know 6:30 am for some is not early but for me, it is.  Crazy though 10 years ago I was at work by the time and my workouts happened once I got home from work and before I went to night school. I lost a lot of weight then, I was able to fit into pants I hadn't been able to fit into since my senior year of High School and they were starting to get too big.  Then I was in a car accident, amazing how something that takes less than a second can ruin so many aspects of your life.  I couldn't workout for a month because of the pain my back was in each time I tried. The part the sucked the most was I was looking really good too! But how could something so small ruin something that I had been working on for months, and by that time it was years. I kept with my eating habits of when I was working out so I started to gain weight.  I was burning a lot of calories throughout my day because I was also working in a warehouse too. 
Anyway to get to my point.  A lady I work with now asked why I don't workout at the Rec center I work at.  I've never been comfortable working out where I work because for one since I'm a supervisor I will be asked a million and one questions while I'm working out.  It isn't the staffs fault for it, the same thing happened all the time when I worked at a Curves for women. Course that was due to a coworker being a butt about alot of things in life and I won't go into it here because it is in the past. 
What the punch in the gut was about, the lady I shared why I don't workout at the rec center and that I workout in my basement asked me. "And how's that working for you?" It hit me then am I really doing all that  I could be doing to workout? No, I'm not.  I'm not doing what I need to be doing.  I have a lot of fears that I need to overcome. The first one, I'm going to get fitted for the new dress that we found next weekend.  It is going to take 2 months to get here.  What if I drop so much weight they will have to order in a whole new dress and it won't get in in time so we are stuck back to making the dress again anyway and then there's the whole thing about not having time for bridals! But I don't want to look like a marshmallow when I get married either.  White is not a forgiving color, yes we can make some adjustments to places so it doesn't draw the eye to certain areas but I want to feel good on my wedding day and not be self conscious about how I look. 
So I've decided to compromise with both areas.  I will still do my workouts in my basement 6 days a week and one day a week I will attend the boot camp class on Saturdays at my work.  That way my weekly workouts will help me to keep up with the Saturday class and help me to improve there, and the Saturday class will help me to improve my weekly workouts.  I will be implementing this plan into action today.  I know it is Wednesday but that seems to be my sticking point for the week, if I can do a workout on Wednesday, I can do a workout on any day of the week. 


Wish me luck and thank you for not judging. 
~Mary