Summer ED Day 4

Day 4: Cheating a little bit today.. I have actually copy and pasted this part of the entry from the Dax site comment section...I hope that's ok:

I am doing so awesome Dax! Really enjoying the tabata (meltdown protocol) in fact I used them at my facility with my clients tonite and we all did them together writing down our number of reps completed. I will have them do it again on Monday and compare score. My mind is clear, my intention is intent. I will complete this 30-day challenge. No question about it. I was not even tempted tonite at my husband' 62nd bday and daughter's going away party to Ireland... Beer was abundant.. homemade teramisu chocolate cake, a giant cupcake chocolate cake with real cherries inside, vanilla ice cream, to die for chocolate ice cream... Was NOT even tempted to indulge. 30 days is all this is. Easy sacrifice for I know the outcome will be just what I expect it to be. Thi sis more mental for me at this point than even physical. They physical exercise and challenge I welcome with open arms. It is the mental fortitude to stay strong and complete what I have begun. I know the end result.. I know how "proud of myself" I will be when I know I gave this 30 day challenge my all. There is nothing that can compare to that feeling... that feeling of running your first "level 10" on a treadmill (one of my girls actually did that tonite..it was great..she had never run faster than 8.5 and didn't believe she could do it.. I knew she could.. if even for just 17 seconds..SHE DID IT... can't beat that feeling! it was awesome to share that moment with her.. that light in her eyes.. You know that feeling) Same feeling my other client got tonite when he hit his PR bench pressing 135 lbs.. so close to his goal of bench pressing his own bodyweight. He has been working toward this goal for months..and it's so awesome to have been on this journey with him.. That same light in his eyes.. that same feeling of knowing how proud he was of himself.. the high fives flying across the room. Yep... nothing is better than setting a goal for yourself, challenging yourself.. and going after it.. and then suddenly you are DOING IT. Damn... I love this life I lead.. I am the "luckiest girl I know".. Can't wait for tmw morning, I will jump out of bed as I always do... looking forward to exactly was "goal" I will aim for and soon conquer. Will it be the day I can do my 8 minute mile in 7:55? I hope so.. that's the next goal on my list.... Thanks Dax...thank you from the bottom of my heart to always challenge us... to help us accomplish the goals we set for ourselves...when I think it's fair to state.. that we simply all just want to be the absolute BEST we can be.. whatever that is.. it's not the same for all of us.. but yet we all share the same 'goal'... of just wanting and striving to get there.

Sending huge hugs to everybody from Atlanta, Ga... USA... keep on challenging yourself.. keep on reaching for those goals... You will surely get your "10 on your own TM".. or whatever your next challenge is... because YOU CAN do anything you want to.. and so much MORE.

GREAT DAY TODAY: Finally feeling better after that drug reaction to sulfa yesterday... Damn.. that was crazy. It feels like it';s almost out of my system now but I am on a round of Prednisone for a few days. I got up early and headed for the gym since I missed yesterday. My Tri plan was to run an easy 30 minutes yesterday so I had to make that up today. I was able to get just a little over 3 miles in and then I did my swim workout. 100 easy, 200 race pace, 3 x50 fast ( about to kill me... the 25 length is hard enough fast...I could really feel my lungs burning at the end of each 50), with a 100 cool down. I did all that on an empty stomach. I just wasn't able to eat my breakfast before I left at 6:45am and even though I know it's important to fuel the body... I decided to try cardio' fasting' just to see. I probably should've at least had something before my swim but I just went and did it. At the end of the swim I wasn't feeling all that strong anymore and instead of teaching my spin class.. I went ahead and subbed it out and headed home. Had my eggs and spinach for breakfast... just couldn't stomach the 1/2 cup of oatmeal I usually have with it. Lunch was leftover portion of chinese food from last nite with an apple for a snack and 8 almonds. Ran around and got ready for my Hub's 62nd bday party/Mel's surprise going away party. By 4:00 it was time to go to the facility for my client training. I had already allotted that I would do the MELTDOWN portion of the workout today with my clients.. nothing like killing 2 birds with 1 stone.. LOL. It was a great workout. I followed it with a barbell complex of deadlifts, to clean, to thruster, to alternating reverse lunges ( Had already done enough lunges with the MELTDOWN thank you very much) and burpees with only 5 reps of each time 3 rounds with 1 minute rest in between. So we will follow this meltdown for 6 days... good thing I love tabata training~ LOL. I teach a bodyworks class at LA FITNESS GYM on Mon and Fri...so you can guess that my classes will be doing this same meltdown sequence so I can again kill 2 birds with 1 stone... might as well make the most of my time! I have a BRICK on the Tri Training Plan for tmw (bike-45 min and run 20 min ez) I will do this at the gym before my class starts. I am so focused.. I am so excited... I know it's just day 4... this is the easy part of the plan...you are so psyched and ready... I keep reminding myself.. I know 30 days is a piece of cake.. just one day at a time.. like everything else I do... breathe and run...just 10 more seconds... just one more rep... This is game is SO MENTAL along with physical... You have to want it bad enough... and I DO!