Another good day. I really need to get better about getting to the workout in my day faster though. This is the last week I'll have where I have the middle of the day to myself since the boys I watch are done for the summer after Friday and then my days (excluding weekends) become the 9-5 type for a couple months. Not that I'll mind that at all (I get a free pool pass and I get to go do cool activities on someone else's dime) I will just have less time to do what I'm supposed to during the day so I need to improve my time management skills so I can get to working out ASAP in the mornings before work. I think I might join a gym that's a lot cheaper than other one's I have found and it's right down the street from me, we'll see. I also still really want to take a rock climbing class but I don't think I'll be able to, at least not until the boys go back to school. On another note I've decided that I'm not just going to have this be my workout journal anymore, it still will be but I'm going to put down other parts of my life too. As much as my new fervor for fitness makes for a really awesome outlet for my pent up fuck-up-ness (let's call it what it is), I still think that writing shit out is the most helpful way to deal. I am still doing a lot of writing (and reading) as well as painting so I'm keeping myself busy, which certainly keeps me from hoarding bad thoughts and then blowing up at my poor, wonderfully understanding boyfriend but nightmares still haunt me sometimes and I can't help but feel like it doesn't and won't matter how healthy I get or who I talk to, rape left a hole in my soul that will never fully heal. Maybe it could have been different if I hadn't buried it for 2 years until it came bursting out of me in ways I never anticipated but there's no use in saying "if" the only place to move is forward. I guess that's the best attitude to have in any bad situation. I like to remind myself that no matter what horrible things life holds, there are always good and beautiful things to look to that outweigh the bad. After all, love conquers hate, so the same concept should apply here.
Anyway, backing away from dark thoughts, I had a really awesome weekend with AJ, it was wicked hot, but we went to the Field Museum of Sunday and it was really fun. We've decided that we're going to try to get out and do more new and fun things this summer. I am excited about it. I have already been able to cross Field Museum, Rivers Casino, Explore Downtown and the Paradise Pup off my Summer "To do" list and it isn't even technically summer yet!
Onto the workout stuff, today for the Bodyrock May 30 Day Challenge, I was on Week 3 day 3 (I'm working a day ahead so I'm not actually sure what I'm really on because the website seems a little jumbled now anyway) and I did Bodyrock Lite and Bodyrock Flow. Lite was supposed to be 3 exercises done in reps of 25 3 times through and then 30 of the abs exercise but that was a bit easy so I stuck to doing all 4 as a circuit , 3 times through at 50/10 intervals. I also altered the squats so I did a weighted Front Raise with it to add a little challenge to it. I preceded it by doing 30 seconds of Phantom Jump Rope and followed it with 100 Jumping Jacks and 50 Extending Leg Reverse Crunches, then I moved onto the Flow, which was a very relaxing routine today and felt really awesome. Here's how I did on the Lite (I kicked some ass):
Squats with Weighted Front Raise: 25/25/30
Beginner's Push-ups: 25/25/25
Bent Over Row: 40/45/50
Bicycles: 60/80/80
Today is a very good feeling day. I also just realized that I'm not sure if I ever mentioned that I also walk a total of about 8 miles a day to and from work, so that's something too. Here's my motivation/inspiration for today:
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