motivation

I have been kicking it with my workouts recently. Monday was Zumba cardio, and Tuesday was Yoga Meltdown with Jillian Michaels. Today was a series of strength-training exercises (basics: weights, squats, push-ups, sit-ups, etc.). Those aren't as intense, but I think I was fatigued from the first two days, so everything felt hard this morning.

I don't think I mentioned that a few weeks ago I had to go out and buy a new pair of jeans, because my old ones were so baggy they threatened to fall down. Good problem. Got one size smaller. Now I have motivation again, to try to make this new pair baggy.

And this past weekend at the retreat I helped with, a number of people noticed I had lost weight, and were very complimentary. So, it was really encouraging.

That's probably why I have a little extra umph in my workouts this week.

Mr. is going to set an alarm and help me get up at 5 tomorrow morning so I can get my jogging done before it gets too hot. It's been drizzly all evening, so maybe that will help the temps stay down in the AM.

(Note to my former roomie: I don't mean to be rubbing in all the precipitation we're getting nowadays. What can I say: I live in a tropical climate 11 degrees off of the equator. We have an entire season named "rainy"!)

As for the rest of the day, I had a fair to average morning with God in a coffee shop. Not His fault. I struggled to get my head in the game, and then I struggled to stay awake. Still and all, I'm glad I did it.

E-mailing and computer work (translation) in the afternoon, Hebrew class in the evening. Vietnamese beef noodle soup for supper. Nothing like a steaming bowl of pho on a chilly, rainy evening. Granted, you might not find low 80's chilly, but you don't live in a tropical climate 11 degrees off of the equator, either, now do you??  ;-)

And now off to bed with me. I have an early date with a jog in the morning.