Well, first off I gotta say I feel very OLD this week! I’ve been going back to the gym a little bit and I’ve loved it! It’s felt so good mentally to be there, but my body is dying. I feel like an old lady!
I went to the gym on Monday and I felt very “wuss-like.” I worked hard, but I had to hold back a little bit. I think I was still recovering from my mega gargantuan cold.
So, on Tuesday I was changing the sheets on my son’s bed and I totally tweaked my back!! I could barely walk the rest of the day and it started giving me headaches and things. I self-diagnosed it as a pinched nerve. Hello???! Is my body falling apart??? I think so.
Thankfully, it was quite a bit better yesterday and then it was pretty much back to normal today. So, I decided to go to the gym again tonight. I felt better than I did on Monday, but my muscles were very rusty. In fact, my quads are freaking out right now. I’m a little concerned about being able to walk tomorrow. Seriously.
Ya know, with the way my body has been acting, you’d think I hadn’t exercised in like 3 years!! I only took off about a week and a half at the gym! I’m so shocked at how weak my body has felt! Psycho. I’m hoping to return to normal soon.
Sooooooooo, after all of that…..I feel officially old. My birthday is next week too. Yay, but sad. I would just like to stay 35 forever. That would be nice.
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Anyway, on to other things….
I started off today with a great breakfast. I’ve said before that I kind of go in spurts with my breakfasts. I find something I like and then just have the same thing for breakfast day after day until I get sick of it. Well, this is my current fav…
Oatmeal with a side of egg whites! Yum!
I mix 1/2 C. Oatmeal with 1/2 chopped apple, cover it with water and nuke it in the microwave for 2-2 1/2 minutes. When it comes out, I mix in 1 T. flaxseed and 1/2 scoop protein powder. It’s very yummy and very filling. I serve it with 3 scrambled egg whites topped with a little low sugar ketchup. This breakfast takes me about 5 minutes to make and it’s very satisfying. Yay.
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After breakfast, I went shopping with my two littlest kids. I ran over to the Nike outlet and bought a couple pair of shorts that I LOVE!!! Yay! They are the Nike Phantom shorts and they are so awesome. My sister had some that I borrowed a while back and I’ve wanted to buy some ever since. I was so happy when I walked in the store and saw them for 40% off the already sale price!! Yahoo! They retail for $35.00 and I got them for $11.99. Score.
I think they are the perfect length and they come with built in biker shorts underneath! Perfect for the gym. Love them.
Here I am getting ready to head to the gym tonight with my new little shorts. I’m lifting the side up so you can see the bikers underneath. Kev thought it was weird that the shorts and the bikers were two different colors of pink. I thought it was cute. 🙂 I bought some turquoise ones with yellow bikers underneath as well.
Oh, and in case you want to buy some, I checked online and the best deal I could find was $14.99 from 6pm.com. They have a ton of cute colors. Here’s the link if you’re interested.
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On the way to the gym, I had a very yummy protein shake!
It really tasted just like a chocolate shake. It was 1 C. Almond Milk, 1 Scoop Chocolate Protein Powder, 1 T. Cocoa, 1 T. flaxseed, a little bit of almond extract and vanilla extract and ice! Yum!
Anyway, that’s the latest. I hope I get over my little “old lady” spell soon!
Um, do those shorts come with your legs? Cuz that’s the only way I could wear those. You look amazing!!!
Lol! You are so nice Amy. I’m sure you could rock those shorts!!! Thanks for being such a nice friend. xoxo
I just turned 24 and I ditto everything you said about old age. I hate that when you take some days off and return it’s like you never worked out before. I forgot who told me or or where I read it, “when you first start working out it’s not as bad as when you have been working out for a while, stopped and then try to get back on it.”
I like your quote about it being harder to go back to working out after a break than when you first start out. That made me feel a lot better! It was seriously tough! I finally feel “back to normal” for the most part and I’m so happy about it!