Marathon Mom

A.M. weigh-in: 150.2 (sooooooo damn close to crossing back over!)

Last night was my first real TKD class - average age of students: 16. I was the only adult female. There was one adult male (prob. late 40s or early 50s and his son was also in the class.) The rest were kids, mostly high school students (a couple are friends with my 16 year old!) and a couple of 10 year old black-belts. I feel old, sore and tired. It didn’t help that I did a hard hour at the gym before I went! I did love it, though. All the kicking! That is AWESOME!! At the end of the class, we do these running flying kicks into a punching bag. So very Bruce Lee!! I’m totally into it.

However, I woke up this morning barely able to move. Between the 45 minutes yesterday a.m. on the elliptical, the hour at the gym and then the hour TKD class afterwards, that’s nearly three workout hours! OUCH!! So I skipped the elliptical and slept in a bit longer. It didn’t help that the temp has dropped here and it’s cold again (cold like in the ‘60, I know that downright balmy for most of you, but here in NorCal that’s CHILLY!! We’re big wimps like that!) All I want to do is snuggle down into my toasty warm bed when the wind is blowing off the Pacific like that (I can actually smell and feel the salt on the air, we’re right at the coast here in Marin.)

I WILL hit the gym tonite, probably right after Sean’s TKD class. I have to run errands today during my lunch, so I can’t go then. Bummer.

I REALLY want to run a marathon this year. A half at least. I’m counting on knee surgery soon to get this taken care of and me back on track!!

Food these days is mostly salads and sushi, fruits and veggies. At least a couple of cups of green tea, too.

UPDATE 4:31 PM

Eating a grilled chicken salad instead of the Weight Watchers bar that I really wanted. Which would have left me unfullfilled and unsatisfied and worst of all, STILL HUNGRY!! So I MADE myself go upstairs to the kitchen area here at work and fix a salad - no frankenfoods, which sadly does include WW products. Even though I did have a Soy Joy bar last night after class cause I needed SOMETHING. Let me tell you, those things taste like CRAP!! UGH! It was terrible! I can’t believe these things are still on the market - YUCK! But anyway, I’m eating a very healthy salad made with grilled chicken, spring mix greens, snow pea pods, broccoli, cauliflower, grape tomatoes, mushrooms and topped with salsa. It’s all kinds of healthy, baby!

UPDATE 8:27 PM

Currently watching Biggest Loser - still the single most inspiring show on television! I was just too cold, tired and sore to hit the gym tonite. So I’m giving myself the day off with a promise to hit the elliptical in the morning and spend an hour at the gym tomorrow at lunch, my normal routine.

OMG - Tara looks AMAZING (just saw her before and after stomach pics in the doctor’s office!) Talk about inspiration!!

Posted on April 28th, 2009 by firefly
Filed under: daily blathering