Challenge 2 Day 18- Putting Myself First- Part 2

I am reminding myself that I am just as important as everyone else that I worry about everyday.

Today, was my daughter school presentation. She was Pocahontas, and she was a wax statue. You had to push a "button" on her hand, and she would tell you history of Pocahontas. It was so cute to see all the kids dressed up in their costumes and tell about the historical figures they were. I spent the morning, just spending it in my daughter's classroom, and also took my middle son through their presentation. It was great!

I went to the office to finish some insurance stuff and had lunch at the office, then I was off to workout with Renee. Boy, did she run me through the mill. My shoulder is still bothering me (it was rotated forward, so my husband had to put it in place). She had me do 20 minutes on the treadmill doing up hill walking and then running. She pushed me to 5.0, but I wanted to get up to 5.5. What was so funny, was when we pushed to 5.2 and I thought and told Renee it was time to go up to 5.5, a little voice in my head (my gremlin) said, what are you doing, don't go to 5.5. So before she pushed me up to 5.5, I was thinking in my head, maybe I should tell her no, but by the time that debate was over, it was too late. We were at 5.5. I beat that gremlin!!!!

After the run/walk, she had me do lunges on the treadmill at a 1.0 speed, then she turned off the treadmill and had me move the track and do lunge strides. Man, that was tough!! We then moved on the the squats machine and she had me start with 240 with 20 reps, then 280 with 20 reps & 320 with 20 reps. My legs were burning. I actually could feel my entire quads stretch throughout each push. After that, we moved on to 10 minutes of rowing, then 15 minutes on stationary bike. We did hills on the bike and I had to keep my speed at 75 or above. When we hit the 15 minute mark, I pushed myself through and added an additional minute, and pushed it to 80 or above. I was so proud of myself.

After my workout, I went and got the kids, and my husband rewarded me with a 1 hour massage. And I tell you what, I could of had her work on my for another 2 hours. Now this massage therapist worked on me about 1 1/2 months ago, and she worked on me today and she said, "Wow Liz, you have lost a lot of inches. How much have you lost so far?" It was great to hear. And at the end of my massage, she said, "You muscles have really changed. They are so toned from the last time I worked on you." That was awesome to hear!!!

The rest of the day, I spent it with the kids and am enjoying watching the Olympics on the couch. I also made my dad's homemade potato salad for a staff party for tomorrow. Today has been a great day!!

Here is my food journal entry for today:

Breakfast- 7:10 am
Special K cereal w/ milk
Coffee

Morning Snack- 10:20 am
Almonds
Water

Lunch- 11:45 am
Healthy Choice Chicken Alfredo Florentine
Water

Afternoon Snack- 2:45 pm
Almonds
Water

Dinner- 5:25 pm
Applebee's Crispy Orange Chicken Bowl w/ sauce on the side (only added half)
Water

Tomorrow is cardio day, and it is also going to lunch with my son at school, then staff party. Talk to everyone tomorrow!!!