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Day in the Life: First Day of Practice

I thought it’d be fun to start a series called Day in the Life, where I randomly share a day with y’all.  The good, the bad, and the ugly.  I did this once back in September but would like to do it more regularly as a way to show you how my days go.  It will not be on a set day, as I want to show you different days and how I have to adjust things based on whether I’m at work, playing sports, hanging out with friends, or relaxing at home on the weekend.

Monday, January 7, 2013

5:45AM – Alarm goes off

6:00AM – Started the day with a glass of lemon water.  Yesterday morning I woke up feeling extremely bloated.  I ate very healthy this past weekend, but I still have my holiday eats hanging over my head and on my hips.

Lemon Water

6:15AM – 45 minute weight lifting session at the gym with Neal.  I stuck to the machines, going around the room doing 3 sets of 8 on each machine.

Coffee Cake and Cardio Workout

7:00AM – I made myself a cup of coffee with creamer (3PP) and got ready for the work day.

Health Creamer

8:20AM – I hoped on the metro train and read one of my new favorite magazines, Everyday with Rachael Ray.

Rachel Ray Magazine

9:00AM – Arrived at work and enjoyed my breakfast at 9:15AM.  For breakfast I had a Weight Control packet of oatmeal (4PP), a jar of green juice (2PP), and water.

Green Juice for Breakfast

11:50AM – I enjoyed my lunch at my desk while working on e-mails.  For lunch I had 2 cups of lettuce (0PP), ground turkey seasoned with taco seasoning (4PP), and salsa (0PP).

Healthy Taco Salad

1:00PM – I walked 1 mile down to Bank of America, grabbed a grande skinny vanilla latte (only drank 1/2 of it – 2PP), and walked the mile back to work.

Starbucks Coffee Break

2:30PM – I started feeling really nauseous, hence only having half of my coffee.  I headed down to the store to grab some pretzels and a sprite zero to calm my tummy.  It did the job! (5PP)

Pretzels and Sprite

5:00PM – The work day ended and I headed straight to the metro.

Metroing

5:45PM – I arrived home and was greeted by this adorable boy!! I took Theodore outside and played with him for a while before getting ready for football.

6 month old westie puppy

6:25PM – I got ready for football practice and put on my favorite Sweaty Bands headband.

Blue Sweaty Bands

6:30PM – I made a pre-football dinner with P28, 2 tbsp peanut butter, and 1 banana (12PP).

Pre-Football Meal

7:30PM – Arrive at IMP Fitness in Chantilly and tackled my first workout with my team.

There were 5 stations set up, with 3 exercises at each station.  We had to do each exercise a certain number of times before doing the next exercise.  At each station we did as many rounds of the exercises as we could for 4 minutes total.

Station 1

  • Hang cleans
  • Lunges
  • Mountain climbers

Station 2

  • Push pulls
  • Step ups
  • Kettle Belle Swings

Station 3

  • Jump rope
  • Squats

Station 4

  • Toe ups
  • Pushups
  • Supermans

Station 5

  • Push press
  • Jumping jacks
  • Push-up chest taps

IMP Fitness Chantilly

8:55PM – Left practice and headed home. Arriving at 9:29PM.

Practice Departure

9:35PM – I was greeted with flowers and an adorable card from my husband.  Yesterday was our 6 month anniversary and I truly appreciated the flowers and the card!

6 month anniversary gift

11:00PM – Headed to bed.  Not as early as I had hoped, but it is what it is.

All in all, it was a good day.  I woke up this morning feeling really emotional about my weight loss (more on that later this week) so I’m hoping this will turn around today.

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