Humbly Walking...

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Recap of the past number of days of my 30 day challenge...

Sunday/Father's Day: Have to admit that because I was lazy and didn't get up before Keeley on Sunday, my workout didn't happen. I thought I'd maybe try to work it in after church, but the final round of the US Open was on (golf), so wanted to let Todd watch especially since he never insists on watching his stuff and often misses things he'd rather watch... And then of course after a heavy/yummy steak dinner & a glass of wine - a work out was definitely NOT going to happen in the evening... Planning on extending my "30 days" to accommodate for this.

Mon.: Level 1 @ 5:30am - UGH. Started feeling a little weird in my right knee & ankle...

Tues.: Waited until LATE in the evening (10:30pm)... it was easier cardio-wise, but still felt stress/weakness in my right knee & ankle...

Wed.: Went for a "hike" with the girls around the neighborhood with Keeley in the backpack... Went up three decently steep hills (that Sarah ran up) and although this wasn't anywhere near an "intense" workout, I counted it as being active, getting some cardio going up the hills, but a rest day for the knee/ankle.

Thursday: Read Amber's post and was encouraged to do it today! Decided to see how hard Level 2 was. So you know when people (Beth Moore comes to mind) talk about the "ugly cry?" Well, I hit the "ugly sweat!"

DRIPPING.

I may need to clean my carpet soon... Right now my outer Delts are tired (read: SORE arms tomorrow). I'm noticing that I feel much more challenged in the exercises for my upper body and wish I would feel it more in the legs... A step up in cardio difficulty too which is both good/hard...

I love that Sarah starts wanting to join in the work out dressed in her leotard & today, Buzz, Woody & Jesse joined in too... =)

Friday, June 18, 2010

Keeley is walking!

So tonight when were all just sitting around - Todd was trying to research options for us to figure out how to stop our stupid smoke alarms that go off randomly, the girls were just playing - and Hello! Here comes Keeley walking across the room (Todd estimated 10 feet) to me! From her rocking chair into my arms. It really couldn't have been better timed or played out... I love that we were all together to see it - especially since Todd is headed down to AZ next week. Here comes another way to get into everything FAST! Now I need to get the vid posted, but have discovered that blogger removed its upload option for videos? Hmmm..

Day 3 of 30 Day Challenge

20 minutes already getting easier, but my triceps are screaming at me!

Apparently it's been too long since I did a minute of push ups...

It pays to keep your cool...

Today I went out to Macy's to buy a couple of wedding shower and wedding gifts. There was a guy in the dishes/china area who, when I asked, didn't seem to know much about finding the correct sku #s or anything about the Fiestaware that I needed to find. Anyway, after finally finding the right items (does anyone else have a hard time with this besides me?) and trying to make sure that the stroller and Sarah didn't destroy all the breakable things around us we went to go pay. I was quite clear that I had two separate wedding registries I was buying from, but the guy COMPLETELY messed up the transaction. Only one gift receipt (which said it was a gift to the bride from the bride - not me), and he only took the items off one of the registries - not both yada, yada, yada... By this time we had been at the register for at least 15 minutes. He was searching for the bride's name through all the Jennifer's in the Seattle area....not by her last name.... Yeah, you got the picture.

I was very conscious of my attitude through all of this and tried to politely inform those around me to choose a different line if they wanted to be helped in a timely manner while my purchase was taking a long time. Both girls were past needing to get out of there and so was I, but the Lord really does answer prayer! I kept my cool despite my growing frustration.

Thankfully a wonderful woman, Françoise, stepped in and rescued me. She fixed everything. Separate gift receipts, found a box for the dishes, and even gave me the $10 off a $25 purchase TWICE! Then she walked me out to my car!

So thankful... I will definitely be writing a glowing letter to Macy's on her behalf!

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Whew, thank goodness I didn't puke! My history of working out in the morning hasn't been so great. I'm more of a "go for a night run" kind of person - or at least my body is... 20 min. with Jillian. I've made the decision I need to get lighter arm weights because if you know me, you know I don't need to bulk up! Going for tone... I started hearing Keeley around 5:45 but she's quieted down and now it's 6:30 and I'll get her up her in a few minutes. I'm really hungry so I'm going to go grab something to eat!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

All right, here goes! I'm going to participate along side my friend, Amber, to do the

30 Day Challenge!

My challenge will also consist of 20 min. a day (since the workout I did today even before reading her blog was the 30 day shred and lasted for 20 minutes) of working out to one of the 3 Jillian Michael's DVDs that I have. Today was my first 20 minutes (completely humbling) and I'll complete the challenge on July 15th. If for some reason I miss a day (say July 10th when I have two weddings to go to) I'll extend it so as to complete the 30 days. Hopefully this will develop a habit and I'll go from being, well, not at my best fitness level ever (to put it mildly), to a better place fitness-wise. I'm not looking for weight loss per se, however, if that does happen, cool! Not sure yet if I'm going to blog every day about this or how to go about it, but however it works out (ha ha! love puns), I'll be honest! I'm excited! Thanks Amber!