hip hip!

This will be a short entry because I have things to do other than type. I'm a busy lady! I am so thankful that the weekend has arrived. Although mine is pretty booked, it will be nice to sleep in a little in the morning! Actually, I have found that I feel better throughout the day when I wake up early. I guess it makes me feel more accomplished, but I sure do love to sleep!

I was really dreading my workout all day. I really just wanted to come home and pile up on the couch. I'm glad I didn't do that, though, because today was one of my best workouts in a long time. I have realized that I do need to run more often. I'm just not a runner; I never have been, so running and wanting to run is a challenge for me. I have said that I would love to run a marathon one day, but I just feel so undisciplined that running one seems unrealistic. So I am going to take it slow. I'm not going to shoot for marathons until I've completed a half marathon; no halves until I've run a 5k; and no 5k's until I have actually ran a couple miles a few times. Some people are just naturally skilled runners, but that doesn't make people like me incapable of being good runners. It just takes determination and practice, and I plan to apply both of those to my workouts.

My meals for the day are pretty boring to report:
Breakfast: peanut butter and apple jelly sandwich on whole wheat, glass of grapefruit juice
Lunch: 10" rice and bean burrito on flour tortilla with chips, salsa and fruit tea
Supper: spaghetti and a piece of bread with butter and some Kool-Aid

My workout:
two sets of 50 rope jumps
4 sets of 10 downward arm presses on the machine (set at 90, that's a record!)
100 crunches on the rocking ab machine
2 sets of squat presses with 35 lb. curl bars (yeah, I accidentally picked up the 35 lb. instead of the 30 lb. What a difference five pounds can make!)


Circuit 1:
(Five rotations)
side bends with 15 lbs on each side (10 bends each side)
planks
crunches and leg lifts

Circuit 2:
(Three rotations)
20 lb. barbell triceps exercise (behind the head, extended above the head) 10 lifts
Captains chair (10)
barbell again
Captains chair
increase to 25 lb. barbell
Captains chair
25 lb. barbell
Captains chair

50 lunges


Like I said, I felt really good about this workout. Even though it wasn't the most challenging to complete, I still left the gym feeling conditioned.

Well, happy weekend everyone! And good luck to my little niece, DeAnna, who will be in her school's pageant tomorrow! You are a beauty queen!!

"Fitness - if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body." ~Cher