Challenge 2 Day 9- Got My Butt Kicked!!!

Today, was another challenging day. I woke up this morning, and started off with a phone call from our staff person saying that she was sick and she couldn't come in, so I had to cover her shift today. It was a start of a challenging day.


I called my kids' sitter to meet me to get my car and pick the kids up from school and take them to their activities after school. I called Renee and told her that I needed to reschedule my session with her & we moved it to a later time, during my lunch break. The morning appointments went smooth and I changed my clothes at the office and darted off to my session with Renee (running 5 minutes late).


When I got to the gym, Renee stopped me before we started and told me that we were doing circuit today. At first, I thought, "Okay. I haven't done this since high school, but I can do it." Man, I didn't know what I was getting myself into. We started off with bike, and she had me first start off, just warming up, and then she made me kick it into overdrive, getting the rpms up to 100. Then we got off of the bike and headed straight for the chest press, and I had to do as many in 1 minute. I felt I was doing well, but my shoulder was starting to really hurt. So Renee helped assist me to finish the minute out. We then, moved straight into planks, and that was tough, keeping my abs in.


We moved onto the elliptical and I had to do strides at 80 for, I think, 7 minutes, then we moved on to the treadmill, walking backwards for 2 minutes, and then she had me turn around and watch normal for another 2 minutes at 2.7 speed. When I got done, we went into the basketball court, and did more planks on the bleachers and bent my arms a bit and held that position for 10 seconds, doing 3 reps.

Then, the nightmare came after that- 10 laps on the stairs. When I first started up and down the stairs, I thought, okay, my quads are burning, but I think I can do this. But as I kept going, my legs were cramping, and I was breathing hard, I didn't think I could make it. Every time I would go up the stairs, or go down the stairs, I wanted to completely stop and I was struggling from 1-7, but by at the end of 7, I didn't think I could do it. so Renee had to "guide" me through the rest. My body wanted to give up, I was getting so emotional and just wanted to sit on the stair and say "That's it!" But Renee wasn't going to let me. She said that she wasn't going to put me into anything that I couldn't handle, but man, it was so tough to push through it.

Now, when I got back to work, my brain felt like it was mush. We also got hit with 3 car accident cases that came it, and it was full speed from when I got back to the office around 2:45 pm until past 6 pm. By the time I was done, I just wanted to get something to eat and go to bed. So my husband and I, as well as my daughter, went out to dinner, and then I got home, got into my pjs and went to bed. I was done!!

Here is my food journal entry for today:

Breakfast- 7:15 am
Bowl of Life cereal
Coffee

Morning Snack- 11:15 am
Handful of Almonds
Water

Lunch- 2:45 pm
Chicken BLT salad w/ Dijon Mustard Dressing
Water

Afternoon Snack- 4:15 pm
Handful of Almonds
Water

Dinner- 7:15 pm
Steak Fajita Quesadilla
Water
Chips & Salsa

Tomorrow is cardio day, and I hope that I have to will power to go and make it through it tomorrow.