Map 2011 Day 2

Good day workoutwise, did the Warrior legs from Reboot as my morning workout, Power circuit over lunch with my friends and coworkers Robin and Amy, ICP with my friends Maria and Elaine at night. All good there! Food was okay, but I got stuck in a meeting and had a sandwich for lunch. Ate only a small amount of bread though and loads of veggies, so I'll get over it.

So much going on on the site right now, over 500 people participate (check out http://www.daxmoypersonaltrainingstudios.com/) for more info! How cool is that!

Since I was so sore from my TRX workouts I am actually recovering quite nicely and am not very sore anymore, which I am happy about, enough suffering! I did re-injure my shoulder though and will be careful with overhead presses going forward. Time for bed now!

A new round of MAP with Dax Moy

Here we go again.... for the 3rd time? Or 4th time? I am so excited to have my friends Maria and Eleine joining me this time, and hopefully Robin will still get her act together as well and join us. The diet creep has taken over slowly in 2010 and it is time for another kick-start. I know what I am in for, some things I am looking forward to, others I am really not, but in the end it will be so worth it!

Time for bed and an update about the first day will come tomorrow!

August already...

Wow, time goes by so fast! We are getting ready for our Germany trip next week, and of course the time before a vacation is crazy busy trying to get everything done at work, getting the house organized, getting friends to take care of cat, fish, flowers, garden, and and and.... Its a busy time at work, so I might end up having to take the laptop and some projects with me, but well, it just never seems to be the right time! At least it seems that we are all healthy again (the 2 guys) or getting healthy (me)!

I have been careful with workouts, usually just one a day, and that only with half power to give my body some rest. The diet creep has started big time as well, I have had a coffee almost daily, plus I am eating wheat and sweets again. Not good - and my waistline is proof of it! I will go back to 30 days strict ED after coming back from Germany, and will try to keep my 2 fast days a week even during my vacation.

But other then that all is good in Maryland! Good night :-)

Just a little whining today....

Finally took the little guy to the pediatrician today, turns out he has an ear infection, the stomach flu, and since hubby was in the hospital for a staph infection they swiped his nose to rule out an infection (which could be likely...). I have tried for weeks with homeapathy, but just never got the kid right, so he is now on antibiotics for 5 days. Lots of pro-biotics and yoghurt in his future to keep his intestines healthy!

And I am starting to finally treat my cough, it is so deep down that today I am really hurting from my belly to my throat. Pediatrition gave me strict orders to rest, get plenty to drink, take my homeopathic medicine, and really bulk up on the Ashwaghanda etc! All rigth, thank goodness I did todays evening workout this morning, so I will be off and to bed in about 5 minutes!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Settling into Reboot

After the frantic pace of MAP its nice to be back at Reboot - one or two workouts a day, ED with a few fasts - its just much more doable for me! The new accumulator workout is quite interesting, all bodyweight, yet highly challenging! And meltdown with just one exercise per tabata instead of two is also a new challenge.

Other then that not much new, husband is finally recovering from his staph infection, he also had gout on top of it (which is now medicated), and I am doing a little medical research to read up on things. Sky, our little guy, has been throwing up all week and is complaining about a tummy ache, so he went to work with me for the last 3 days. He is a trooper, knows his way around, is a good boy, and got in quite a few naps under my desk! Which means he was really not feeling to good.... I sure hope he is okay tomorrow, I have meetings going on and really can't take him. And I have a cough that will not go away, I guess the stress of the last few weeks has been getting to me after all! Maybe I need even more tulsi tea and should upp my doses of Ashwaghanda!

Our trip to Germany is coming up soon as well, just 4 more weeks and we will be home to see my family!

Peaches, peaches, peacher

Our little neigborhood farm just got peaches in, delicious, sweet, ripe, wonderful, local peaches. We alwasy get the seconds, cheap and ripe, so yesterday we got 2 pecks. I made a wonderful peach crisp from my favorite gluten free site, Elenas pantry. http://www.elanaspantry.com/revised-peach-crisp/ Give this a try! Hubby, son and I finished the first one yesterday in one sitting, I made another one this morning, which went to the pool with us and was eaten around lunch time, we then called my husband and he made a 3rd one, double batch, which he brought to the pool. Again, all gone.... everybody loved it!
We still have a bunch more and I am freezing some to try some peach sorbet, to add to my shakes, and of course we are eating them all the time.

Love this time of year!!!!

Life after MAP

It's kinda weird that it is over.... not that I mind, I am glad that the constant stress of working out and being online is letting off now, and yet it was a comfortable and predictable environment.... We are all waiting for Reboot to start again, we should have started on Monday, but well, Dax get's a week off as well!

Foodwise I am easing up, added some mozarella to my salad today, and won't go all food nazi anymore on additives etc. But I will keep my water intake up, will keep my food cleaner then it was before MAP, and will workout every day! I still don't trust myself with sweets, so that is an area I will watch very careful.

And it is 10pm now, and I will go to bed, sleep well everyone!