Friday July 8th, 2016 DON'T STOP BELIEVING!

RACE DAY! 10K

It was out 5k  10 k race today!  I chose 10 K because I knew that would be my challenge!  I set a time goal for myself to try and encourage me to run part of the race.  My goal was 1hr 30 min.  We had to walk 1.2 km to get to the start line and there was 6 of us doing the 10k.  I started off and decided that I would see what time I could walk it in.  There was a steady incline for the first half of the race.  It was 20 minutes before 1 flat spot so I ended up walking past people who had jogged by me, I ended up having the leaders in my sight for the whole race, everyone was amazed how fast I walked!  I tried running part of the last half and ... NO!  I felt like I was pounding the pavement,  my boobs were flopping all over so I just walked.  I still came in at a time of 1 hr 28 min which I was very proud of - finishing 3 out of 6 in our group.

POOL WORKOUT -  we had 45 min before breakfast after the race, so instead of sitting around, I hopped in the pool and had a great little workout.

BREAKFAST

OPEN GYM - I took the bike out and biked for 50 minutes back up the route of the race and then up an old highways, great ride, felt much better today than the other days, it`s just so pretty, it was only 30 degrees at this time so better than after lunch

POWER CORE TRAINING - UGH  breutal workout - it was an advanced core workout - I could not get through it all so I did my own thing a bit - you did 1 min plank between 8 core exercises each time.... a bit overkill I think , especially for beginners. Got a great workout though

LUNCH - way to close to breakfast - but was delicious!

OPEN FORUM QUESTION AND ANSWER with lifecoach and dietician ... food for thought

`Labels are confusing and the best way to read them is to eat food without them!!!  

Don`t be so quick to pick the low fat version of things  ie. cottage cheese - look at the labels - if they took something out, they needed to add something back in and it`s probably worse for you than the fat.  FAT helps to get rid of fat, do not be afraid of it ( don`t eat too much and eat the better monosaturated) 

Don`t make losing weight your goal, it will be the RESULT

Your mindset changes when you decide you are a failure vs when you were doing an experiment.... don`t give up!

Be easier on yourself and more accepting - do what you like!

The number one reason why people don`t succeed is because their expectations are too high! 

CINCO SPEED - CARDIO CLASS - High Intensity Interval Training ( HIIT)

1 did the treadmill AGAIN  ( my new best friend)

30 sec full out, 1 min recovery, 45 sec full out  1 1  half min recovery, 1 min full and 2 min recovery  repat 5x

try it = you won`t like it    I could have tried harder - but my legs were rubber and I was exhausted!  So I did my best and sometimes that is OK!

CIRCUIT TRAINING - same class as before - I picked up a blister doing the rowing machine for 2 minutes ;(

WATER CLASS - I did not enjoy the last one with that instructor so I went to the deep end and did my own thing, got a great workout in!

No flour brownies that we cooked the other day - i`ll post the recipe when I get it.

A bit too hot for even me!  I have to take a cold cloth to the car to cool it down so I can drive home!

Hike tomorrow am - we will be in the water for a lot of the hike, but sure looks like it will be worth it! 

Then lunch and graduation for the guests leaving.  After that i`ll hang out at the pool for a few hours - floating this time and then Off to LAS VEGAS for a massage and a night with the slot machines and morning at the pool and then head back up!

I can`t believe how smooth things are going, not feeling unstable or emotional like I was the first time, I guess that I am at a different place in my life right now, really all in all a good place - just have to get the kinks ironed out.