Snow and Fitness...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 08:48AM | 1 Comment Snow and Fitness are not a mix made in heaven. Chicago got pounded in the last week and in one day I felt awesome and I did the shoveling while my hubby followed behind me with the snow blower as we got 20+ inches of the snow. On the other hand, I think the snow makes me want to eat ;) LOL. I know put that up there as lame excuse #1243 but there has to be some chemical that has me craving the carbs and comfort food. I have just wanted to cuddle up by the fire with some mash potatoes and gravy. Here are some photos to see if you get the same crazy cravings I did....
We had some serious drifts in the driveway so I had to measure. This shows 28 inches of snow!!!
Grant went to work on it for all of 5 minutes before he went on to make his snow fort. But you can see our mailbox hiding in the winter wonderland.
And the backyard drift was even higher and you can see a table and chairs hiding in here.
This one says get the heck outside mom and STOP taking pictures!!! :)
So not the training week I would have wanted but some great family time. I guess sometimes things swing to one side or the other. I have been really low on energy and lethargic. I am blaming snow but some was recovering from that workout last Monday. It literally wiped me out. I got a long massage after a run on Sunday and she had to work 20 minutes on my trap/shoulder just to get my shoulder out of my ear. I love massages but sometimes they are more work than relaxation. :) I am ready to kick off working off my superbowl excess with a run today and then off to 2 days of business meetings. Not my strong suit for exercise.
New learnings from this week:
1. My son is in love with the ninja smoothies I make for breakfast and I sneak a good cup of spinach in it with frozen blueberries, frozen cherries, and protein powder.
2. Just getting on the treadmill for 30 minutes gave me 5 miles I didn't want to do but I feel great about 10 minutes into it.
3. DO not eat multiple jalapeno poppers at a superbowl party and expect to feel good the next day. They are officially on my do not list. :)
I have ME time scheduled for Saturday morning and catching up on blogs!! Yeah ;)
Make it a great week!