Orlandooooooooooo

Friday night and all of Saturday were pretty low pro days. Also got in some yummies - a decent bit, really.

Sunday 2.26.17

Travel to Orlando. I went for a run around the boardwalk and realized how long it's been since I've really gone for a run. Granted it was a little warmer and later in the day after traveling and I was trying to navigate via the hand-held map from the resort, but dang. That 10 miler in October is looooong gone. Yes, we run at ITF, but I need to pick it back up again. I did join Run Social to coax myself to get back into it. It's so strange to have lost the running bug, so here's to getting it back after that 2.54 mile run wasn't my greatest showing. But, at least I did it! Was pretty healthy with food until after dinner when I had red wine and chocolate during the Oscars.

Monday 2.27.17

I got up and went to the gym in the AM and did some variations of the day's ITF workouts.

While the gym has a decent amount of equipment, it's lacking some particular equipment - barbells, ropes, etc. So I adapted.

I tried to make my own ropes with these random rope things and I put two dumbbells in each loop. Didn't work too well as the weight of the med ball rack it was wrapped around was pretty light. Hollow body hold can be done anywhere, did a figure 8 shuffle at an unidentified distance, and attempted some dive bomber push-ups. However, my timer wasn't working so well, so I really only did one round of that until I switched gears from PUSH to POWER. Instead of ring dips, I did the scale similar to what I did at the gym - with two benches, in this case steppers, alternating dumbbell reverse lunges were a little tricky as my knee was bothering me, but I did them, didn't have a jump rope so I jumped and twirled my wrists. I did 3 rounds of that. Then I did some additional lifting and called it a day. Ate relatively well with what I could - eggs and bacon a la cart, grilled chicken, salad, veggies, and honestly I can't remember what else. But then I thoroughly enjoyed the Wine and Food Mixer and some food and drink delights on the boardwalk and thereafter. Definitely getting it in while I can - oops!

FAT Tuesday 2.28.17

Ate part of an egg, bacon, cheddar omelet - I know, not the healthiest, but not a lot of choices, here. I definitely had some candy (they have bowls out at this conference), tried to have a decent lunch with what was left - no bun on a sandwich and put the meat and cheese on the salad, one tiny spoon of mac n cheese; but then I had cookies, soda, candy, ice cream, soft pretzel and then went to a Happy Hour and had snacks, beer, then had some wine and beer and sushi, and then some random snack late night with all of that. Had a fun crew and I went out with a bang before knowing I will be eating much cleaner than I have as of late. While I've made some good changes, I kind of went against them just to do it - and honestly, it wasn't all worth it, really. Some of it doesn't all taste as good as you h oped it would. I did work out after my early session before another session - did the POWER workout - I didn't run outside - I ran on a treadmill, I didn't have a KB or barbell, but I used a dumbbell for the KB swings and dumbbells for power cleans. "FIT Tuesday" 800m run, 40 kb swings 35#, 600m run, 30 box jumps (stepper - probably about 20", 400m run, 20 power cleans (various weights of dumbbells), 200m run. I didn't time it, but I think I finished within the time. I did grab water between stations here and there. Got a good sweat on and had to rush back, shower, and got to my 11:30a session just in the nick of time. 

Wednesday 3.1.17 Day 1 of the Transformation Challenge

It's the first of the moooooooooooooonth. I woke up feeling every bit of last night. I had 2 hard fried eggs for protein - probably not enough, a "that's it" bar for carbs, and some almonds for fat; slim pickens. Catered lunch was Mexican style - so I had one soft corn tortilla, lots of grilled chicken, some salad and avocado dressing, and some guac. I had scallops, ginger green beans, and a smidge of cauliflower puree for dinner. That, my friends, was not enough. So I got some baked chicken and had some onions and balsamic with it followed by an apple. Not ideal or all the right things, but I am a bit limited in my choices here at the Dolphin.

I'm going to challenge myself to be better over the next 6 weeks. I can't say I won't have some adult beverages, but will keep it to more of a minimum. The food part will be huge and challenging once I get back; we have to meal prep our booties off. Once we get the hang of it; I just hope we can get in the groove sooner than later - and stick with it for the majority of the time. Lifestyle Lifestyle Lifestyle.

I'm hoping the results speak for themselves. The timing is great as it's leading up to our 35th birthdays! What was encouraging was the fact that I gained muscle and lost fat, but that was as of last Friday the 24th from my first InBody reading on Feb 4. I have been working out a lot and had improved on some eating and lifestyle, but I'm hoping I can keep making muscle gains and fat loss if I do this RP diet correctly. I feel like a big chunkerpants flub-a-dub right now since I have been giving into many indiscretions as of late and they are catching up. Today is a rest day but I plan on going to the gym tomorrow night, Friday, and I will be making up the Mar 1 Transformation Workout this Saturday. I miss my gym!!

I'll leave you with this hysterical image below. MOTIVATION. #TeamTrunk #WhyITribe