Wow! Wednesday already - 5 1/2 weeks!!

So on Gina's website yesterday she wrote about making choices. About choosing to hit that snooze button vs. getting up and getting your day going. I was thinking that it's not often that I hit that snooze. Well, guess what?!? This morning I literally hit the snooze 4 times before I even realized my alarm had EVER gone off. So was that a choice? If it was, it was completely subconscious!! Way way down I KNEW I needed more sleep! So, needless to say, I was late to the gym but that's okay. I still got in and got it done - 40 minutes fasted cardio. The breakdown today? 20 minutes stepmill level 9 then 20 minutes treadmill 4.6 and 15% incline the entire time. I had a great workout and felt great which I thought was weird because I thought I would be mad at myself for oversleeping but I wasn't. Yeah for me!!

The rest of the day played out as usual and I finished up going back to the gym and doing another 40 minutes - 5 incline treadmill 4.4 and 12% incline then 30 minutes stepmill, level 10 then back to treadmill 4.6 15% incline for the last 5. Not bad at all. I actually had a lot of energy and wanted to do my bike sprints but there was a spin class so I couldn't and it was getting dark out so I couldn't do my skate sprints either! Oh well. I stretched and went home, only to head out to the grocery store later because I don't have enough eggs to last me through Friday night. A girl's GOT to have her eggs ya know!!

Here I am staying up too late again. I was definitely going to get to bed early tonight. Is that happening? Hmm...I think not! I just had to do an entry today though to thank all of you that continue to be so supportive of my journey and my blog. THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! I'm continuously amazed at how much I'm inspiring and motivating people. It's so exciting to me and uplifting. I never knew this journey would be such a HUGE period of growth. And you all help me each day grow more and more. It's so nice to give back half of what I'm getting!

The other reason I wanted to be sure to blog today is because next week I'm going to do my first giveaway!!! I'm so excited. I had written to the company last week requesting a giveaway and this afternoon after my workout I had an email granting my wish so I'll put that up on Sunday night or Monday morning so be on the lookout!! So excited!

Meals were good, if a little odd, today:
1) Bruschetta Breakfast Pizza
2) Chocolate Protein Cake with oatmeal in it - can't decide if I like it better with oat flour or cooked oatmeal - the cooked oatmeal makes it more like a chocolate pudding and the oat flour makes it more like fudge
3) Fish with homemade salsa (thanks Iris!) and what was supposed to be brown rice couscous but it had spoiled so it was 2 rice cakes instead but they were good and cucumbers and red peppers on the side
4) Erin's Sweet Tart Rhubarb Shake and another rice cake but this time with 1 T almond butter (creamy raw unsalted) - yes, I AM loving this meal!!!
5) Garlic Rosemary pork tenderloin and asparagus omelet
6) More pork tenderloin with mashed cauliflower and sauteed mushrooms
7) Egg whites with PB2 and sprinkled with cocoa and Just Like Sugar Baking which is like powdered sugar - good but not great

Well, it's off to bed for me. WAY too late but as they say better late than never!!!! Until tomorrow, put your head down for a little rest and see you here tomorrow!

 

“Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.” ~Eileen Caddy (Scottish Writer and Spiritual Leader)