Day Seven

Today's story is a doosy.
So I get up like normal, I get Rob his breakfast and lunch, and then go running. All is right in the world. And then, after my breakfast, my nose starts to bleed. Last week it was the left nostril, today the right. (It's because it is so dry here. I'm thinking I am going to get a humidifier.) Anyway, on my mission I learned a trick that nearly always works. When you have a bloody nose, sniff white vinegar. I've never tried anything but white, but another type of vinegar might work. Back to the story. Last week when my nose started to bleed I sniffed the vinegar, my nose stopped, and all was well. Well, today, I sniffed the vinegar, and it somewhat stopped. I was stupid, and cleaned out my nose, and it started bleeding again, with a vengeance. So I try the traditional cold and pressure on the top of the nose, and it still doesn't stop. I think I stood over the sink for 10 to 20 minutes trying to get my nose to stop bleeding. But it wouldn't. I've had a nose bleed that was so bad I had to go to the emergency room and have my nose cauterized. So that scenario was playing through my head, but I don't have a car. I started to think of who I could call to take me to the emergency room, and then I realized that my phone is in the other room, and I don't want to get blood on my carpet. So, I take the cold pack off my nose and release the pressure to see if my nose has stopped, it hasn't. At this point, I think, "For wounds or cuts made on any other part of my skin I just apply direct pressure, so I pinched my nose shut with a tissue and hold it there for 30 or 40 minutes. While I am sitting there, watching a show, pinching my nose, I start thinking, "what if I can't do my workout? If I don't do it, I don't get my book." I know that a bloody nose could be a good enough excuse to not workout and start up again tomorrow, but it would be an excuse. I promised myself that I would give myself no excuses. I AM going to exercise. SO, 40 minutes later, I checked to see if my nose had stopped. Luckily it had and I was able to do the TDS. YAY!!!!!!! I was unsure if I was going to be able to exercise, but I did what I said I was going to do. I gave myself no excuses and I exercised. It was hard, but no harder than yesterday or any other day (well maybe it was easier than the first day). Thanx for all the help you guys are giving me. It really does help. I look forward to reading the comments, and I know that if I don't workout and blog, you will know and call me on it. Thanx for that. Love you guys!

Day Six

Where did the energy of yesterday go??? I was sooo tired this morning. For one crazy moment I thought that Rob's lack of sleep was catching. I made a deal with myself, if I did weight training this morning, I would get to take a nap. So I did weight training, and I took a nap! It helped, but I am still really tired. When I woke up, I did the TDS too, so I didn't break any of my goals today, but it was hard. Weirdly, I am still really tired. I think my body is finally starting to feel the strain. That's good, I think. Strain might not be the right word. But my brain is too dead right now to be able to tap into my enormous vocabulary... :P Anyway, I found that last quip way too funny, I really am tired.

Day Five

I am feeling GOOD!!! I never thought that I would be excited for exercising or working out, but I am. It's so much fun. Today was a running day, and it was tiring, but energizing. I really love working out in the morning. It gets me going for the day. After running, or weights, I eat breakfast and then go do the dishes. I have found that I LOVE routines. I kind of already knew that I did better when I have a routine, but I am LOVING it. So, after dishes and sweeping the kitchen, I paid some bills and talked to a friend. With her encouragement, I went and did my 30 day shred exercise. I have done the work out enough that today I turned down the volume of Jillian Michael's talking and turned on some work out music. It was so much fun. I felt like I was playing and dancing, not working out. It was awesome. The 30 day shred dvd has 3 different workouts, each progressively a little harder. I am seriously considering going to level 2. I have NEVER moved up in a work out before, so that is exciting! Well after the 30 day shred (forever more to be abbreviated to TDS) I came back to the computer to blog the days experience. When I made this goal, I knew that there would come a day when I would love doing the workout. I never, even in my wildesxt dreams, thought it would come on day 5. Honestly, I thought it would take doing the TDS several times before I would love it. But boy do I love it.
These last few days have been hard on Rob. He hasn't been sleeping well, and so that makes him really tired in the morning. Yesterday, a weight training day, we woke up at 5:30, our weight training time, and he really didn't want to get up. He wasn't able to get to sleep until around 1 a.m., so that was 4 hours of rest for him. I don't know if the alarm would have even woken me up with that little sleep. Well, we laid in bed for a few minutes with him asking me what to do. I told him that it was up to him. I could tell that he was completely torn and unsure. In the past, he has been my anchor for exercising, especially weight training. So I turned to him and told him to not worry about me. I will work out no matter what he decided. He looked at me and said, "Then I am going to get some more sleep"  I love my husband.
Yesterday I did weight training on my own, and I think I did pretty good. I missed Rob, but he will work out with me tomorrow (cross your fingers he sleeps better) He slept well last night, so I think that we are on the way up.
I think that is everything for today. Thanx for all your encouragement!!!