Day 8: 21 Day Fix - Keep On Going

Hey y'all!

Week 2 of the 21 Day Fix program is off with a bang! Erm, well a snoozed alarm clock and then a bang.

I have to say that I'm actually really glad that I started this blog back up. I really appreciate all of the comments on Facebook and all of you reading up on me. This is crazy tough to try and do since there's so much and it's easy to be tired and feel bad and want to stop. I'm more tired of quitting, though, and now I know there's this cacophony of people behind me.

Sunday mornings = Pilates mat class and boy could I feel the results of yesterday's workouts! My legs were very noncompliant but I did my best. I was also supposed to attend a barre class and well, I definitely slept through most of it and felt bad. I'll get there sometime! I made Pilates, came home, and then immediately went and did the Dirty 30 workout. I thought about my need to have written a will a few times during it, but I survived and don't want to move anymore, but I survived. You do, after all, have to put in the work to get results. #strongereveryday

Dirty 30 Sweaty Selfie... Got the glasses fogging up!

Nutrition wise was somewhat of a success. I had my smoothie and my lunch was a healthy tortilla and eggs with sunflower seeds on the side. My dinner plans got sidetracked by snacking on popcorn and then going out for a walk which resulted in ice cream. I ended up not being hungry for dinner and instead focused on what I could do to make tomorrow more successful and spent gobs of time cooking and meal planning. I'm really excited for my lunch tomorrow: chili lime chicken with quinoa and garlic onions and broccoli! (Plan approved: One green, one red, one yellow, 2 teaspoons)

All I can do is hold myself to do better each day. I'm set for success for tomorrow and separated out my quinoa so I have 4 more servings ready to add to any meal. Week 2 is set to keep going up.

Morning update: Feeling tired but ready to take on the world. Packed my lunch and Pilates clothes, and my coffee is in hand.

"Just do it and do it again." - Nike

Until tomorrow, stay fit!

-Fallon

Day 5: 21 Day Fix - Dealing with Injury

Hey y'all!

You might have noticed that there was no post yesterday. I ended up taking Wednesday off because I was in so much pain due to my shoulder and neck that I could not move enough to do the work out. While not ideal, I could not manage and spent almost the whole evening with my best friend, the ice pack and bottle of ibuprofen. I did my best to have a good food day, but knew I couldn't move much. Today I found a way to better manage my pain and power through.

Stretch out those legs! #legday

The biggest struggle of the day remains following the meal plan. I forgot my Shakeology on the counter and then at lunch I discovered that my plan-approved egg muffins had totally gone bad! That left me with having had a muffin at breakfast and then a bagel for a late lunch. I also had sunflower seeds and an orange, so those were good snacks, but couldn't sustain me. I had a baked potato for dinner as the poorer foods I'd had earlier had filled me up in a rather bad way. Old me would have given up here and said F-it, I've messed up too much, I hurt, whine, whine, whine...new me says F old me and let's keep going.

My mantra

What the above image reminds me, though, is not to stop and not to give up. Despite the rockiness of getting back on the wagon today, I did well with pain management and I KICKED ASS in the leg day workout. I got as low as possible, modified when necessary, and gained confidence in what my lower body can do. The exercises made me realize that even though I had a weak ankle, the rest of my legs are muscle and can do more than I thought. That means that next week I will be going bigger and badder on those lunges and squats because I know I can.

I have a plan for eating tomorrow and will be up early to get the chicken out to defrost. My Shakeology is prepped, the fruit is ready, and I'm pumped for my protein packed lunch. I am a woman with a plan.

Quote of the day:"If you're tired of starting over, stop giving up." - Autumn Calabrese
Maybe my results won't be perfect because I haven't been perfect, but I'm getting better and I'm not going to stop trying and feel sorry for myself. No thanks.

Morning update: Feeling fabulous after leg day! I'm ready for today. Shoulder is being managed and everything else is ready to go. I even barely hit traffic so it's a good one. :)

Ciao!
Fallon