Household Squatting

Yesterday was chock full of adulting:

  • painting another wall in the master bedroom (2 down, 2 to go)
  • buying vertical blinds at home depot (among other things) and then installing them
  • ripping out weeds and other plant monsters from the front of the house
  • sweeping, lots and lots of outdoor sweeping 

Between squatting and crouching to tape baseboards/paint/weed/clean up swept up debris my legs are sore today, but sore in a good way

I also learned the ideal time to go to Home Depot or do other grown up errands – when you city’s football team is playing. Literally employees at Home Depot were desperate to help us since it was so quiet and one remarked that when the Redskins (withholding comment about how racist and disgusting our team name is) are playing it’s always quiet! 

Hot for Teacher

Is it just me or do you sometimes frame post titles as song titles/lyrics/quotes. Just me? Okay moving on…

I’ve been going to a Golds gym by the new house for the past few weeks and thankfully I have found a Body Pump teacher I really like.

At my old Golds I had instructors who I preferred over others and none that I really liked. Sidenote: my sister being an awesome Body Pump instructor has totally spoiled me and the fact that my sister is my blood so obviously I like her style.

But last Wednesday was a really great class (complete with a David Cook song for the cool down). I went back for her class today and she was awesome again. I’m glad to have found extra motivation to regularly get to her class on Wednesdays.

I’ve also been getting to yoga/Pilates 2x at work the past few weeks too. More on work fitness stuff in a future post!

Metro Madness

I took the metro to work this morning since T took off and is picking me up in a little while to head to the beach (Ocean City, MD). I’ve never been on the metro during rush hour and thankfully today was Friday so it wasn’t as bad as I imagined it to be. I only had my lunch bag and purse with me, but I still felt cramped or like I was taking up too much room. 

After like 11 stops I got off to take a bus, except I couldn’t find the bus stop – not true I found it, but no buses came for like 30 min. So I went back on the metro to a different line and took it 5 stops and then took a campus shuttle to work. It took me almost 2 hours AKA double my drive time to get to work. 

The good news is that I logged like 1.5 miles and 15 flights of stairs during the mayhem. Plus today most of my office is out and I didn’t have any meetings, so me rolling in hideously late wasn’t unbearable.

Today made me realize I don’t hate my ~55min commute as much as I thought I did.  

Knowing my limits

There is a big difference between excuses and recognizing limits – which is sometimes a hard concept to grasp when it comes to myself. 

I signed up for the Army 10 miler on May 25. I interviewed for a new job less than a week later and started said new job within a month of the interview. I then moved in a house with my boyfriend in a new part of town. Couple all of that with it being SUMMER and hot as blazes in the DC area with the fact that I’ve had a nagging heel/PF/Achilles issue since last fall that I’ve been treating only with mild success. 

I am firing all cylinders all the time these days. Faking it until I make it at work, fixing up the house bit by bit, navigating a new routine with T, creating a new personal routine from commute, to eating schedule, to working out schedule, to social time with friends. 

A few weeks ago I looked into deferring the Army 10 miler until next year, but they don’t do that. I also missed the transfer window. I thought I could force myself to train up to at least walk/run it – but my heart isn’t in it, my body is flat out tired, and I’m really trying to mend and overcome this heel issue. 

I randomly posted on FB yesterday about maybe not running the race and who may want my bib (”illegally”). Within minutes a friend who joined the Army in his 30s inquired. He is super pumped, I made some of my money back, and most importantly I took the pressure off myself. Running is something I love and for it to be overly weighing on my shoulders wasn’t good. 

I’m free from the commitment to train and “race.” I feel lighter and happier. I’m going to try and get to body pump 2-3x week and yoga 1-2x a week plus walk/run as my heel allows. I want to focus my extra energy on being a good manager, girlfriend, and friend right now. 

Scale Fail

I have the Fitbit Aria scale which I love. I got it almost a year ago I think. I’ve been happy with it until I moved. Setting up the new wi-fi connection was a PROCESS. It involved a lot of message boards and other frustrated people in the same boat. However I did get it to sync, I guess that was 2 weeks ago because I went to weigh myself this morning (since I forgot to WIW) and it kept saying error. So when I get home I need to deal with troubleshooting that. WOMP WOMP

Healthy Wednesday

  • Got up and ran/walked 3 miles this morning
  • Went to the dentist for a cleaning/check up (new dentist, due to new insurance and new part of the area). Got the usual crap about not flossing and also have a cavity (I’ve had very few in my life thankfully). I need T to make me floss. He got invisalign last month and he’s been obsessive with his teeth, so I really have no excuse.  
  • Went to lunch time yoga today

AAAAAND just realized it is Wednesday and I for to weigh in! Tomorrow it is. 

Running Slowly

Please sing “Falling Slowly” from Once in your head as I am whilst writing this! 

I got up early to run before work. I actually planned to get up earlier, but sadly it was still dark at 6:15, so I snoozed another 30 minutes until there was day light. I don’t mind running before the sun with a headlamp and vest, but since i don’t know my neighborhood well I figured it was best to wait. 

I had mental plans to run 3 miles this morning, but thanks to dropping the spare house key in a crevasse between the house and the sidewalk (thankfully BEFORE I locked the door or else that would have been baaad) I was frustrated and behind schedule.

I started with about ~8 minutes of walking/yogging (y on purpose) as per doctor’s orders. Then ran/yogged/walked out and back for the 2 miles. I hate how out of shape of I am, but I gotta start somewhere. 2 miles in 28 minutes. I feel good about getting out and active before work, but I also feel like HOW IS IT ONLY 10:15AM?! 

In other news I started my anti-inflammatory meds over the weekend. All of the side effects hit me: dizzy, stomach ache, numbness of the feet/legs. The doctor said that might happen, so he advised me to take half a pill with breakfast and half with dinner. I still feel weird, but I’m going to give it a few days. I’ve also made it a point to put my inserts in all my non-sandal shoes since I got them last week.