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No more wine

2/7/17

Thanks for indulging me yesterday, I feel much better now. Once I got out of the house and started coming up with practical ideas of how to feel better, the sunshine came out. I went to the Botanic Gardens, one of my favorite places in FW (thank goodness it's free) and read fitness magazines. Between articles, I would get up and do 10 squats. It's ridiculous how high my HR gets now.

My brother in law found this on instagram. Old school!

My non exhaustive plan for March:

1. Document preggers workouts (need more/any photos)

      This will be good for me because it will motivate me to make forward progress and to know remember where I'm at. Of course I still want to be performing at top (or even mid) level, but I'm blessed to be having a baby and I need to embrace where I am now.

2. Go kayaking this month

      Yessss... What's not to love about this?

3. Work in the garden more

      Well, due to all the drama we had last spring, I have more or less neglected the gardens. Thankfully I only plant and deal with flora that has a 'survival of the fittest' mindset. But I'd like to put in more flowers, need to trim back a few obnoxious volunteers, give everything a little facelift, you know? This is great because it helps me feel like I'm doing something, it makes the house look nicer, it's a good workout, and I love being outside and flowers. So much winning.

4. Run 3x a week

      Okay, so I'm still signed up for a Ragnar Race, which is currently looming over me. I ran once about 3 weeks ago... Not ideal. Thankfully my longest leg is like 7 miles or so and I'm not concerned about it, but I do need to get to running. It's just a matter of doing it. Y'all help me rekindle this love of mine!

5. Clean up my food.

      Obviously. Now that I can eat more regular food, I need to stop relying so heavily on carbs. Weeks 6-8 or so, were pretty shitty and all I ate was french fries and crap. Then, we were in DC this last weekend and all they seem to have is bagels and bar food. So I can happily report, I've had vegetables each day! Which is certainly an improvement, and last night I had some pork, the first in close to 2.5 months. I know that improving my diet will improve my mindset and my physical/mental abilities.




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