The first thing on your mind the morning after an evening workout sesh and/or a night of drinking should be water. If you’re extra capable in the morning, perhaps a jazzed up version with lemon or diluted apple cider vinegar. More often than not, though, coffee is the first thing I gulp down. The caffeineContinue reading “Day 26 of Challenge #1 – Drink Up”
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Day 25 of Challenge #1 – Bad Decisions
Some people have the ability to plan weeks or months in advance. Hubby is one of those people, so thankfully he makes up for my errant ways. I’m more of a day-to-day/hour-to-hour gal. I’ll put in events/appointments/meetings in my iCalendar, but otherwise I fly by the seat of my pants and see where the dayContinue reading “Day 25 of Challenge #1 – Bad Decisions”
Day 24 of Challenge # 1 – Avoid Overeating
One downside I’ve found to working out in the evening is that I’m twice as hungry come dinnertime. It doesn’t help that most days I’m lollygagging between getting home and going to the gym, so much so that by the time I finally hit the machines it’s close to 7 PM. While working out doesContinue reading “Day 24 of Challenge # 1 – Avoid Overeating”
Day 23 of Challenge #1 – Micro-Progressions
Variety is the spice of life, so they say. Three weeks into the challenge and unlike Hubby, I hadn’t really ventured out of my comfort zone. I’ve stuck to the good ole elliptical and the same weight machines thus far. Hubby, in the meanwhile, has played racquetball (a sport he only picked up this month),Continue reading “Day 23 of Challenge #1 – Micro-Progressions”
Day 22 of Challenge #1 – Combat Cravings
I ate like complete trash the previous week, so it wasn’t entirely surprising to see my lack of weight loss on Sunday. One cheat meal of pizza and sweets led to days of bad eating and spiraled into consuming mostly junk food on the weekend. On Monday, I decided it was time to reset. ComingContinue reading “Day 22 of Challenge #1 – Combat Cravings”
Day 21 of Challenge #1 – Mamba Mentality
On Sunday, January 26th, tragedy struck when the world lost one of its greatest all-time athletes—Kobe Bryant. Unlike Hubby, who is a die hard fan and has followed Bryant’s career throughout, I only knew of the man’s legacy on a superficial level. Not surprisingly then, when I started seeing the hashtag #mambaforever or an iterationContinue reading “Day 21 of Challenge #1 – Mamba Mentality”
Day 20 of Challenge #1 – Baby Steps
As I’ve mentioned before, I am a weakling. This isn’t an understatement. One time I was holding a baby that couldn’t have been more than 12 lbs, and my arm started to go numb after what felt like forever (but it was really closer to 10 minutes, if that. It wasn’t just due to bloodContinue reading “Day 20 of Challenge #1 – Baby Steps”
Day 19 of Challenge #1 – Create A Deadline
It came to no one’s surprise that come Friday, I was ready for the work week to be over. The cold, snowy day mirrored my mood. I was very grateful, though, to have a lunch scheduled mid-day with some of my recent co-workers. They might not have showed up, but for the fact that itContinue reading “Day 19 of Challenge #1 – Create A Deadline”
Day 18 of Challenge #1 – Distract Yourself
Still reeling from the events that took place at work on Wednesday, Thursday became a “gotta get thru this” kinda day. With Daniel Bedingfield coursing through my ear buds, I reluctantly accepted the challenge. I made a to-do list and focused on the task at hand, steadily knocking off each item. My work day wasContinue reading “Day 18 of Challenge #1 – Distract Yourself”
Day 17 of Challenge #1 – Exercising After Eating
It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day at work on Wednesday. I moseyed into work only to find out that half the employees at my office were laid off. While this action had been expected for some time and I was lucky enough to still have my job, it didn’t make itContinue reading “Day 17 of Challenge #1 – Exercising After Eating”
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