Operation Closet Re-Do Part II

The mess in my bedroom is getting worse by the hour.  There are clothes and shoes and crap covering every surface including the floor.  I'm a bit of an organization freak so this is making me totally crazy.  My husband just keeps saying, "You are a bit out of your comfort zone, eh?" with a smirk on his face.  Ugh.  Fortunately my youngest has a full size bed so we slept in his room last night kicking him to the futon in the playroom.  This shit better get done fast because getting dressed after my shower today was crazy difficult....lots of digging.

This morning I decided to get my Sweaty Betties sprint challenge done at the beginning of a regular run.  The plan was to run 7 miles with the first 12:30 being the challenge.  Got the challenge done (even increased my sprint speed from 9.0 to 9.3) but then started running out of steam.  I think it may have had a little something to do with yesterday's happy hour:

Sun and sand and a live band just makes beer go down easier.  That and thinking about the mess in the bedroom....I may have been drinking to forget.  I felt totally fine this morning until I got to the end of those sprints.  Blah.  I managed to get 4 miles in but felt like I had run a marathon.  Apparently I'm getting really old.

Look what arrived in my mail this afternoon!!

I'm super excited to give this a try.  I've read a lot of positive reviews on J Core.  There are 6 DVD's.  The idea is to do a 20 minute workout 4 days a week.  I really like the shortness of the workouts especially now when I'm not getting to the gym very often.  I figure I can squeeze his workouts in when the kids are still half asleep in the mornings before we make a plan for the day.  I plan on writing up a review after I've done at least 2 or 3 of the DVDs.  Between J Core and the sprint challenge which is getting my ass back on the treadmill, I should be feeling much better any time now.  As long as I ease up on the sandy happy hours!

Sprints Challenge!

Because my workouts have been so sporadic this summer, I feel all
nasty and bloated more often then not. This is all in my head, I know,
because despite the fact that I'm not in the gym anywhere near what I
am when the kids are in school, I still make a big effort to eat
clean. Yesterday morning I was feeling particularly blah but had zero time
to try and squeeze in a treadmill run because I had to take my son to
the doctor.

Morning cocktails

I started the day with the usual 24oz glass of water, my
Tone It Up Meta-D drink and 2 cups of green tea. I pulled out a packet
of Perfect Fit Protein with the intention of making a protein pancake
but then I remembered a link Workout Mommy posted on Facebook
the day before....it involved sprints.

I found the link she posted and was
excited to see that it was a super quick sprint challenge on The Sweaty
Betties site. The August challenge (in addition to giving up
artificial sweeteners) is to do five 30-second sprints (with a short
recovery in between) five days a week. For the entire month. Wowzers!
I'm so in!!  I probably shouldn't say this until the end of the month
but this workout really seems like a zero excuses workout. Check out
the time on my treadmill:

Done before I had time to think!

Twelve minutes and thirty seconds. Who doesn't have 12:30 they can
spare to get this done?  I warmed up and cooled down for 3 minutes
each. My warm up pace was 6.5; sprints were 9.0 and my recovery was for
60 seconds at 7.0. Done!  I'm certainly not saying this should be your
only form of exercise but for a quick wake-me-up first thing in the
morning, the 'I'm a badass' feeling cant be beat!  And yes, I know if
I really were a bad-ass I would have set my alarm, gotten up super
early and gotten this challenge in plus full body strength training.
Stop judging me.

After the sprints, I had just enough time for a quick shower and a
smoothie before heading to the doctor. This morning's concoction
featured 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 1/2 cup water,
Tone it Up Perfect Fit Protein Powder, 1 tsp chocolate PB 2 (I'm so obsessed with
PB2!), 3 big handfuls of spinach, 1 carrot, 1/2 apple and 1/2 of a
frozen banana. Yummmmm!

Later in the day, right after my lunch my mother in law was nice enough to let me drop off my boys so I could get to the gym.  The plan was to run then take Body Step.  About midway through my run, I knew I wasn't staying for the class.  I'm a total moron and ate lunch about a half hour before getting to the gym and was experiencing quite the heartburn.  It was all I could do to get 5 miles in before I decided to stop.  So frustrated with myself because I very rarely get to the gym in the summer and I totally screwed up my opportunity.  Today is another day though!  Going to get my sprint challenge done then head to the outlets to take advantage of tax free shopping!