Nearly had a massive fail last night for both workout and food.
It ended up just a minor fail in the food. I was at a party at the embassy and there was nary a vegetable in sight - unless you count potato fries as a veg. So I snacked on some chicken yakitori (the non-salt version) but I was just so hungry I did have a serve of yaki-soba (noodles). It looked a better option than the okonomiyaki which looked super heavy. So carbs after dark was my fail. I had a big bowl of salad when I arrived home around 9pm.
The other near-miss fail was that I was so tired, I nearly didn't do my workout. But I mentally kicked myself in the butt and got it done. I wasn't about to miss a workout with so few left to go.
My poor old knee though is really giving me some grief now and I think I will have to have it looked at. If I have been sitting for too long, then I have to hobble a bit when I stand up. I can feel it when I skip now and the creeps last night were torture. I did some warm up and lots of stretching in the break times. I had read a few other the other blogs and I agree that I thought the floor jumps were not as bad after the 5 sets of creeps. I can't believe I am saying that about floor jumps.
Shoulders - OUCH. There was no way that I got through all the reps in each of the exercises. The Da Vincis have always been quite painful on a normal day but to follow up with shoulder raises in a super set was excruciating. I was only doing around 10-12 reps before I just couldn't lift my arms any more.
I did feel much better after the workout so I am pleased I pushed though. I even did 8MA just before bed so felt even better.
Today, I set out with a much better frame of mind. I had a lovely lie in until 9am and Hubbilicious was able to play with the Maxinator while I got on with it all. Everything went well but my shoulders are still sore from yesterday. The abs were the toughest and I really pushed though to make sure I did some decent planks. I made sure I was doing at least one minute. The V-sits started off at 25 reps but by the last set they were down to 12 with legs and arms akimbo.
Looking at tomorrow's workout - crikey. That is going to be a challenge but I have prepared mentally and I am going to kick it.
Bring it on!!!
My knees also have been killing me since the last creep/floorjump superset. I can't get up from the sofa or out of bed without hobbling like an 80 year old woman. Shoulders total agony too. I was just thinking as I got up this morning, Day 89 and my body STILL hurts and has hurt pretty much on a daily basis since I started! Am looking forward to treating myself to JUST skipping on Tuesday and signing up for hot yoga. I think we are all going to find that when we go out to parties etc there will never be enough veggies.... yuck, yuck, yuck.
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