Chatterbox is away at Snow Camp Cinderella, but that still leaves me with Sassypants all day, plus a house full of construction workers (who can apparently work through the apocalypse?) plus trying to work all day, since apparently one of the luxuries of working primarily from home means no such thing as a snow day. On the bright side, The fridge is finally GONE!
I managed to pull it together and have a pretty productive day nonetheless. Sassypants and I did jigsaw puzzles and watched Dora, we painted and colored, and read books. It was one of the best days I've spent with my daughter in a very long time. True bonding (other than that brief moment when she asked to go to her dad's house since he has better toys...). When she FINALLY decided a nap was not the worst idea in the world, I buckled down and got some quality work time in, but unfortunately that was rather late in the day.
When she woke up, we had dinner. She had Mac and Cheese and yogurt with apples and peas, and I had baked chicken breasts and broccoli in an alfredo sauce. Yum!
With the late nap, came a late bed time. By 8 o'clock she was showing zero sign of winding down though, and I was ready to workout! The "itch" comes around then, and if I don't satisfy it right then, it makes getting up to actually do it 10x harder.
Since I had no other real option, I decided to lead by example and let her watch me exercise! Let me just say - world's biggest exercise of PATIENCE, but it wasn't as horrible as I thought it would be.
Since I started over, today was the "Day 2" workout again - Cardio Plyometrics, otherwise known as the darkest level of Hell.
Having Sassypants around though - MAJOR motivator. She was very interested in what I was doing, and proceeded to curl up quite comfortable and cozy in our rocking chair with her pillow and blanket watching. Never thought I could be jealous of a two year old.
But she sat, and she watched, and she asked questions. "Whatcha doing mommy?" "Dying."
Then I went on to explain that I was exercising. This peaked her interest. Any time I would stop to try to fill my devoid body of oxygen she was there cheering me on, refusing to let me quit. "You can do it mommy! Jump! Jump!" How could I let my little girl down?!
The best part was the stretching when she decided to join in with me. Ever seen a 2 year old clumsily work their way through yoga stretches? It was awesome. She got right in there with me, doing the jumps, and the power knees, everything. Such a sweet bonding moment, and now I'm kind of looking forward to having Chatterbox home to try to pull her into it.
I am still ceaselessly amazed by how quickly I am progressing and building muscle and endurance. Just from last week to this week, the stamina I have to get through the circuits is incredible. I definitely still stop, and by the last 2 circuits of the final drill, I was DONE. Sweat was pouring down my face and arms. Even Sassypants said I was wet. Interestingly, I really feel it in my core tonight, as opposed to last week where my legs were horribly spent. I'm trying to focus more on form and keeping my heart rate up than bounding around trying to keep up the pace. My flexibility is increasing significantly too. Little improvements every day keep me going.
I might not be smiling tonight (I actually look downright evil!), but I was on the inside. Its a major feeling of accomplishment to make it through one of these workouts! I might not be able to shampoo my hair tomorrow... but its worth every second.
All in all, today was pretty excellent. I wavered a bit this morning, but ultimately decided not to weigh in. I'm trying to not make it all about the numbers and focus on getting healthy. Weight loss is my ultimate goal, but I don't want to get discouraged too early on, and given that my diet was crap this weekend, and I didn't work out for three days last week, I'm technically a little afraid to see a stalemate, or even a gain! I'm going to completely dedicate myself for one solid week in both diet and exercise, and then see where I sit. Maybe I'll get the big number I want to see then.
I am doing what I thought I would never be able to do, and its paying off in a major way. I'm incredibly grateful to everyone that believes in me, and is right there sweating along with me, pushing me, and motivating me. I couldn't do it alone.
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