I just thought I’d put it all out there. I celebrated my nephew’s birthday at an Italian (-American) chain restaurant last night. I’m sure that other women can relate- I had a MEAN chocolate craving. The kind that won’t be resolved without… chocolate.
Now, I’ve been eating fairly well for the last 6 weeks. I’ve cut down carbs, focused on drinking water, have taken my vitamins and supplements, increased the amount of raw vegetables I’m eating, decreased the amount of red meat I’m eating. You know the drill.
To satisfy my hunger and chocolate cravings, I experimented with an organic food bar recommended by my trainer. I thought I’d like it since it’s made with organic dark chocolate. Yum! I think it tastes good because one of the ingredients is “lots of love!“
But last night… my chocolate bar just wasn’t going to cut it. In fact, I went into the restaurant planning to eat chocolate cake.
When happy birthday was sung, and the presents unwrapped, I dove into my 1/4 of this decadent cake. I know, I shouldn’t glorify something that can be detrimental to my healthy lifestyle. Especially since I had a glass of white wine at dinner. My child seemed to be a little too interested in the white wine, as well. Uh oh.
It’s no surprise, then, that I felt a little lethargic heading into today’s morning workout.
It turns out that when Bill asks me, “How are you doing?” and I respond, “Tired,” it’s not a request to stop, but rather, an invitation for him to try something new with me. I’m learning.
So, instead of warming up with a jump rope or even punching, Bill had Liz and I sweatin’ to the oldies. Seriously. For some reason, the eighties music was playing, and I found myself doing the “white boy’s dance.” My apologies to the white boys- I’m sure you don’t dance like this:
[ad]
Okay, it was nothing like that, but the laughter helped ease me into the workout.
The hardest thing I learned today was the modified burpee. This isn’t the kind of thing that I do after feeding my child. No. This is like a military or football drill: jump up, bend down with your hands in front of you, get down in the plank position (my old friend), get back into your squat, and jump up. Repeat.
Our set was five modified burpees, 20 swings (8kg). I did THREE. In 6 minutes and 12 seconds. I think I’d rather sweat to the oldies.
The last thing I learned today was the kettlebell hang clean. Mine looked dirty. I mean, it wasn’t both fluid and crisp, and I kept wanting to use my arms to lift the kettlebell into the rack position, which fatigued my biceps quickly. Note to self: “Put your mind in your hips.”
I can’t wait until I have something solid to show y’all. I appreciate you following my progress and leaving me comments. It’s already been a whole month since I started this blog, and I’m overwhelmed by the twitter, facebook and youtube folks tracking me!
So, be sure to sign up on the e-mail list (in the upper right corner), so we can keep in touch. Who knows? Maybe we’ll become BFFs!
Sounds like you are going great, keep it up.
For chocolate cravings we bought a case \ box of those 100 calorie snacks. I eat them at work. Good stuff.
Angela, don’t even trip. You know I’m all about eating whatever I want. You deprive yourself and you’ll just cave in and go overboard. Moderation!
Cleans are one of the hardest movements to learn. I usually have my clients lift a heavier KB so that they don’t curl it. Don’t be afraid to go HEAVY!!
sorry, but all i have to say is, “yay for (dark) chocolate” Like Quoc says, “moderation”. oh yah, and nice pix of the cake…hahaha
!