It was almost 70 today, and I hadn’t had a chance to put him in these adorable overall shorts yet.

I did 11 min. of a kickboxing-ish video & a 10 min ab video that wasn’t hard at all. In part of the video, I had to “gallop” across the room, and Ryland watched me go back & forth.

In the afternoon we went for a walk at a park that is new for him. I don’t usually go there because it’s small, but I was tired of the regular places.

See that average pace? Getting faster in my stroller walking!

When we started, Ryland started screaming. I figured out that the sun was getting under the canopy and in his eyes, and he doesn’t understand that he could just keep them closed. I turned to stroller around, and he started calming almost immediately. I started walking the other direction around the park, but when I got to the other side, I realized it would be on him again. I turned the stroller around and pulled him backwards. By the time we finished the 1st lap out of 3, he was asleep, so I didn’t have to go backwards again.

I picked Faith’s suggested WOD because it had more running. 

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we did this @ bootcamp today! 50 Situps 50 pushups(modify for wrists) .50 mi run 50 squat jumps 50 crunches(or other ab work) .50 mi run 50 dips(can you do them?) 50 lunges(25 ea leg) .50 mi run 50 reverse crunch 50 1 leg squat(25 ea leg) Repeat!

This is how it went down:

.6 mi. warm up (the laps at the park are .6 mi), 25 push ups on a sign in the shade, 50 slightly uphill sit ups, 25 push ups, .6 mi fast run, 50 air squats (no jumping so I don’t get hurt), 50 slightly uphill crunches, .6 mi run, 12 ring rows, 15 lunges (right), 9 ring rows 15 lunges (left), 9 ring rows, 10 right lunges, 9 ring rows, 10 left lunges, .6 mi. run, 15 1-leg squat (each leg), 50 reverse crunches, 10 1-leg squat, .2 mi. run, pain at the bottom of my right quad, walk

Since my leg started hurting, I stopped. I wasn’t going to make it through a repeat round anyway, at least not with that many reps.

The 2 miles total of running (not the warm up) was in 16:21, ave. pace of 8:10. My first loop was below 8:00, but I really got worn out.

The ring rows were way too high, but I needed something to swap for the dips.

Faith, you are a beast (the good kind) if you can do all that twice!

Oh, this is what happens to me when I workout on the grass:

left

right

It was on my legs, too, but not as badly. It doesn’t itch; it just looks gross. It’s gone, now, which is good because I’m about to go cut the front yard.

I forgot that my arms do that. I used to take a lot of pics of dew on grass and other things that involved lying down in the grass, and this would happen every time.

Oh! I can get almost all my hair in my pigtails now!

was one of those days where I felt like I was eating SO MUCH, but I don’t know if it really was. Let’s see: Kashi GoLean w/ milk | 2 doughnuts w/ coffee | flat out wrap w/ turkey, spinach, & provalone, apple, carrot, strawberry Greek yogurt, bite of another teacher’s chili cheese fries | clementine | shrimp, potatoes, salad | popcorn w/ milk | Arctic Zero.  No idea what it adds up to. Not really worried about it. I may even eat 1 more time before bed.

One of my coworkers did comment, “Look at Nikki over there crunching on her carrot while we’re all chowing down on chili cheese fries.”

WOD:

Week 4, Day 1 of 100 push ups (hands on a desk) with matching number of v-ups

18/22/16/16/25= 97 total. 

If I can control my eating for a couple days, all the v-ups are going to make my abs ripped. Or so I hope.

My wrist is grouchy today.  Even doing the push ups on a desk made it hurt a little, though usually it’s fine. :(

Jeremy has stuck with the push ups, too. I write out his reps at the beginning of the week. He’s nearly doubled what he could do at the start. Tonight I told him that I could tell a difference since he started doing push ups, and he said, “Yeah, I’m pretty huge now.”

I said, “I wouldn’t say that, but you definitely have more muscle than before.”

He’s always liked to joke around like that.

Check out my bitty ponytail. It may be too dark to see, though.

Tonight’s WOD:

Jumping with the slow rope 25 jumps each leading right foot, leading left, and with both feet. 

12 push ups

12 v-ups

25/25/25 jumps

17 push ups & v-ups

25/25/25 jumps

14 push ups & v-ups

25/25/25 jumps

13 push & v-ups

25/25/25 jumps

17 push & v-ups

25/25/25 jumps

18:45

Apparently the Warrior Dash made my arms & shoulders more tired than I realize because I accidentally did level 2 instead of level 3 of Week 3, day 2 for 100 push ups and could barely complete the reps. 

Also, jumping with a cloth rope is a lot harder when you’re used to a speed rope, but the speed rope is a bit wild for our living room.

I was supposed to run today, but I was sad and didn’t feel like running in the rain today even though I usually love it. There was another reason, too, but you probably don’t want to know…

On an unrelated note, I’ve decided to participate in S.O.S., but I will couple it with measuring my waist, too. My main reason for this is to track fluctuations and also to possible help others struggling with maintenance (because this is still a struggle).  I’m going to graph both numbers. I’ll start tomorrow because I don’t remember the exact numbers from this morning.

Oh, and 2 points today for LDLC! I was wanting secret fast food so badly today and resisted!