TRY IT

Over the weekend I managed to do #8formartin. I was so shaken up by the tragedy at the Boston Marathon last week. Every time I heard something new about the case I just had tears in my eyes. I found out from the TIU community that a lot of people were running 8 miles in honor of the 8 year old boy, Martin, who was killed in the bombing. I wanted to do it earlier in the week but bouncing back from the over night was as hard as it always is so I went for it on Friday. I did it! Unfortunately my machine cleared my information after an hour so I didn't get any proof, but I went back to try again! I made it to 7 miles when my machine restarted again. So now I know they are programmed to clear at 60 minutes and there's no way to change that setting... LAME! But I did it. :) Saturday I was pretty tempted to drink. We got invited out to a few places and then started to make plans to go out by ourselves but in the end, we watched a few movies at home. I had chicken and greens, he had fried chicken and beer. :) Excited to weigh in on wednesday! This weekend has been pretty great except for the two beers and pizza I had on Friday. Oops? Haha

 Overall I think I'm really getting back on track. I'm back at the gym pumping out some hardcore cardio and I'm keeping up with my 30 Day Shred. Over the weekend I stuck to my cardio, but all last week I did the 30 day shred. By Thursday I was basically immobile. Lol. The arm workouts are what get me the most. I cant wait to weigh in on Wednesday and see if I made a dent in this rut. Even if I'm down to 162, I'll be happy! I just want to see some progress.

The TIU Bikini series starts this week so I'm kind of hoping that will also push me to see bigger and better results. I was feeling really frustrated over the weekend as I assessed my lifestyle. Basically it had to do with choosing not to drink and my boyfriend wasn't supporting it. By the end of Saturday night though he came to me and apologized and said he'd like to get active with my this summer and maybe join the gym come fall. He said my eating habit are a little extreme for him but he'd like to take part in the activity part. Lol. It's a start! I'll take it. I'd love his support and company throughout all of this.

Got me thinking though, what should we try? I know I will  be trying a yoga class soon. I have been practicing some poses on my own and I will either jump in a class at Lifetime Fitness or wait for my sister to heal so she can join me in a class as part of her physical therapy. My ultimate goal with yoga is to be able to do a back bend. :)

But as far as what I can do with David, I don't know! He wants to try kayaking and biking. I'm down for both of those but I would like to do some hiking, too. I wish there was a sport that we could do. He thought maybe tennis and I guess I'm considering that but then we have to buy some rackets and tennis balls. Maybe it wouldn't be too expensive. Could be fun! I'm just excited for warm weather! But it's not even in the forecast yet which is beyond discouraging.

The next warm Sunday I have plans to arrange a meetup with a couple TIU girls. I'm so excited about that I cannot wait for it to get warm! That community is the most encouraging and supportive thing I've found and it will be so amazing to meet some of the girls in real life and develop stronger relationships. A few of us were talking about doing The Color Run together in July and attending Workout in the Park in June. It feels so good to have people to do these things with!! This is going to be an awesome summer (if it ever comes!)