||Day Seventy-Seven||
This morning when I woke up, everything hurt. And not so much the "good" hurt of a job well done for working out, but more like a even-breathing-makes-me-ache-on-every-part-of-my-body hurt. What choice did I have but to go about my day. Thankfully, it was peaceful day.
Today we celebrated my brother's birthday, since he had class on his actual birthday. My mom, brother, dad, and I all went out for a birthday lunch to The Cheesecake Factory. We got there pretty late in the afternoon (around 1:30), had to wait a bit for a table, were offered an outdoor table that was literally in the sun (and I was wearing jeans so I was not really feeling that), switched to an indoor table that was actually a bar table (or in restaurant lingo, a "high top"), and then finally settled in. I ate way more bread than I should have, but their butter is insanely good and, as I said, it was already almost 2. I ordered the chicken salad sandwich, because chicken salad is one of my favorite foods in the world, and a small salad. It was on the Skinnylicious menu, so fancy and health conscious (*sarcasm though*). But in all honest it was really good. The salad was incredibly bitter, along with a bitter vinaigrette, so I could only manage to eat 7/8th of it until I called it quits. I ate half my sandwich though, so now the other half will probably be lunch tomorrow.
I think I was the only one who brought home leftovers, besides us all getting dessert to go.
So we came back from the restaurant, let our stomachs settle a bit, then broke out the cheesecakes. I got the Caramel Pecan Turtle Cheesecake and it was delicious. The carmel on top tasted like maple, and the ganache tasted like sugar, chocolate, and heaven. I saved a little for tomorrow, though after accidentally looking up the nutritional info, I wish I would have saved more. Nobody's perfect though, right?
In keeping with the belated birthday celebration, we stuck a candle in his Chocolate Tower Truffle Cake (which holy cow, the nutritional facts on that are appalling, sorry to be one of those people).
After much resting, and allowing for digestion, I started my Blogilates #giveityourALLGUST workouts for the day. There were five videos to watch today and I was extremely weary. I was still feeling incredibly sore, especially in my abdominals which, lucky me, today was "ab day". But really, once I started going I felt a lot better. It still took a lot of breaks and breathers to get me through, but I completed three of the videos feeling fairly confident. With more than half of the workouts done, I took a break to get some dinner, but instead ended up taking my dogs for a walk with my mom. The sun was going down, and the mosquitos were coming out, but it was nice and it felt really good to stretch my legs out. Not to mention it made the dogs SO happy. I can't believe I have to leave Zoey soon. I'm taking Tippy with me to school, but Zoey has kind of become my little sidekick this summer. I'll miss her a lot, which is something I didn't expect (after all, we used to refer to her as "devil dog").
We finished our walk around the block and then I managed to make somewhat of a dinner. I wasn't really hungry, working out until your abs cramp does that to you I guess. But really, I feel like I understand why people "eat clean" now. Because once you work THAT hard to get fit, you definitely do not want to blow it by eating junk. Though for some reason Taco Bell still sounds good.
Anyway, I ate my dinner standing up while watching the last ten minutes of a newer "Law & Order: SVU" (already feels like I'm back at college) and then went back upstairs to torture myself with the last two videos. And torture, they were. Sometimes I can feel my body stopping itself, it will tighten up or feel weak, but I'm trying to push through it. Today, though I completed the video, I decided to take everything at my own pace. After all, the girl that does these videos is probably in the best shape of her life, whereas I haven't ever been much as an athlete and haven't technically been consistently active since senior year of high school. I decided to alter moves when I saw fit, take plenty of breaks, and occasionally lessen the reps of each exercise. Eventually, I would love to not have to hold myself back, or rather feel like my body is holding me back. But we shall see. When I finally finished my workouts, I drew myself an epsom salt bath followed by a hot shower. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, epsom salt is a godsend.
Anyway, I ate my dinner standing up while watching the last ten minutes of a newer "Law & Order: SVU" (already feels like I'm back at college) and then went back upstairs to torture myself with the last two videos. And torture, they were. Sometimes I can feel my body stopping itself, it will tighten up or feel weak, but I'm trying to push through it. Today, though I completed the video, I decided to take everything at my own pace. After all, the girl that does these videos is probably in the best shape of her life, whereas I haven't ever been much as an athlete and haven't technically been consistently active since senior year of high school. I decided to alter moves when I saw fit, take plenty of breaks, and occasionally lessen the reps of each exercise. Eventually, I would love to not have to hold myself back, or rather feel like my body is holding me back. But we shall see. When I finally finished my workouts, I drew myself an epsom salt bath followed by a hot shower. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, epsom salt is a godsend.
I have 5 days until the next wedding I'm attending, 6 days until I'm probably going back to my apartment, and 7 days (holy cow) until I go back to work. It's exciting and terrifying to know that school is so close to starting. I just have to keep reminding myself that this year will be better. I will make it better. And I will definitely take advantage of the pool at my apartment complex before it is too late.
♥K
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