Today started entirely too early. Waking up at 2:30 am for no reason is never fun. Giving up on the idea of going back to sleep became a reality. I have been up and functioning since functioning since 3:30 am. I could understand it if I had small children at home. But my kids are adults, 2 are happily married with children and their own mortgage. The youngest of the 3 lives at home but he is 20 and fully capable of functioning on his own. So, I have no idea why I couldn’t go back to sleep.
Today’s exercises seemed to be a bit more challenging than previous days. Hopefully tomorrow morning will be better. Today’s challenges included the following exercises:
ABS: 30 sit ups, 12 crunches, 12 leg raises, and 20 second plank.
Squat: 60 regular squats.
Arms: 15 wall push ups, 15 opposite arm and leg raises, and 15 box push ups.
Butt: 15 sumo squats, 15 donkey kicks, and 15 side lunges.
Thighs: 15 clock lunges, 15 lunge jumps, and 15 sumo squats.
Cardio: 1 minute Pylo jacks, 1 minute high kicks, and 1 minute running in place.
My legs and lower back are still hurting so tomorrow when I go to the store, I might be purchasing something like a pain patch that I can put on my back and will just continue to take Tylenol for the pain in my legs. Unless anyone that read this has any other suggestions.
I did notice at the end of my work day (I work from home), my lower left leg was hurting a lot and my left ankle is a tad bit swollen. But I will carry on with these challenges.
Today’s meals and beverages include:
3:30 1 cup of coffee with sugar and creamer
8:30 scrambled eggs with sausage, onion, jalapenos, topped with homemade pico de gallo. Water to drink
12:30 salad consisting of lettuce, tomatoes, bell peppers, cheese, and ranch dressing. Water to drink.
3:30 6 Ritz crackers with peanut butter (put together to make 3 cracker sandwiches?)
7:00 what can only be described as taco fries! Air fried fries, taco meat, pico de gallo, onions, cheese, and sour cream.
It should be noted that I drank water (plain) during the day but I did not drink as much as I do when I add lemon to it. So tomorrow, I will be adding lemon to my water!!!
Also, around 5pm I made a half pot of coffee but only drank just under 2 cups.
So that is how my day has been. It was busy before work with a couple of errands one of which was taking my yorkie in for her summer buzz cut. Now she is happy and isn’t panting like she hasn’t had water in years. She tends to be a bit of a drama queen!!
I will be back tomorrow with day 7. Please come back!!!
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