Drag your friends

As it turns out, getting to the gym yesterday was much more difficult than I had thought. Luckily when I called Paula to see if she was into it- she jumped on it. We hit the elliptical for a hot minute and sweated it out like champs. We parted ways for showers and snacks before meeting back up to go to Old Navy. To our surprise everything was half off… Who knew? Even after walking around and finding arms full of clothing I only ended up with two shirts, what do you think?

Of course as I walked through I also found these sunglasses ($5! and this rockin hat- $7.50!!!) Sorry for the bad picture..

 The rest of the day was filled with hanging out and food- duh! I’m definitely struggling at times with the lack of sugar in my life.. The gluten isn’t a problem at all, which is weird- but I just want some fruit or frozen banana soft-serve! Instead of giving into the nagging urge I went to basic yoga last night at the studio, came home and talked to the neighbors about another neighbor who gave himself the neighborhood watch tittle and annoys everyone as he sits out in his yard like a creep watching everyone. I crashed out pretty early for some much needed Z’s.

     This morning I woke up at 6:30am naturally, ok maybe with a little help from my furry rug-rats. Yogurt, almond butter, and a vat of coffee later I was slacking off yet again. But this time Paula called me and got me to the gym. We did a HIIT run on the treadmill- which happened to be her first time and she rocked it! She hates the treadmill so getting her on there, and getting her to jog was a great step forward :) I really think my calling is to be a Personal Trainer- 1. because I like to push people to realize their greatness and potential and 2. because I like to yell at people a bit :)

What are your plans for the rest of Tuesday??
   I’m headed to a lunch date with my friends Mom (who’s apartment I’m going to be renting) to talk about the place and details. I’ll probably hit up Target afterwards for some odds and ends- and the rest of the day is up in the air!

  

Sometimes you just really don’t want to workout..

    But you lace up your shoes and do it anyway right? Right. This morning was one of those mornings. My stomach was feeling a bit wonky and I was feeling a bit ass-draggin.. but I knew I wouldn’t be upset if I did go.. I told myself that I would just go and do 30 mins. Getting out the door was the toughest part! I decided that I would try a HIIT workout that I found somewhere in bloggity-land.. Who knows where it comes from, but it was just the ass kicking I needed :) It looked something like this:

HIIT- 6x6
Warm up 5 mins
6x 1 min sprint/ 1 min recover
6x 30 sec sprint/ 90 sec recover
6x 45 sec sprint/ 90 sec recover
6x 20 sec sprint/ 40 sec recover
Cool down 5 mins

In all honesty I really like this style of workout- mostly because it keeps me busy and the time flys by. I did however modify towards the end- I did 4x 45 sec sprint /90 sec recover and 2x 20 sec sprint/ 40 sec recover, before cooling down leaving my time on the hamster wheel an even 45 mins. From there I did some stretching- along with 5 30 second handstands with slow lower downs, 2 drop backs (yoga style) and some forward folding to round it all out..  Talk about a SWEAT MONSTER!

Day 2 of the anti-candida diet is going well. It still seems very weird not eating any fruit- especially because I went grocery shopping yesterday and grabbed some amazing peaches, grapes, figs and bananas. I think I will be welcoming them back into my diet in 3 weeks with a party :) As far as cutting out gluten- I don’t really think thats going to be much of an issue for me, except when I out and havent had time to prepare or pack meals.. I’m trying to keep some almonds with me incase crazy starvation hits, just to be sure!
    The weekend is here! No drinking for me and work all weekend- but the hurricane is coming here.. so who knows what its going to be like after all. Enjoy yours and stay safe!