The Calipers

Why does this frighten me so? I know I need to get over it and just use it. I also know that if do not get those measurements, I will never be able to see how far I have progressed from the beginning.

So, why do I stop dead in my tracks when I notice it staring at me?

Skin Fold Calipers

I have a skin fold caliper in my hand now.

I am very afraid.

Very afraid.

Update

I haven’t updated recently and I had have such high hopes of a nearly daily update.

I have complete two more Turbulence Training strength workouts. I am AMAZED at the change in my strength and “hardness” in my arms and legs. WooHoo!

The diet end had not been going so well. I had fallen prey to the crap that has been circulating everywhere. I even fell back into my Starbucks habit every time I went to any store that there was a Starbucks. *Insert giant sigh here!*

Then I did something that I had not done in months. I mean MONTHS! I made a menu. Now, I haven’t followed the menu exactly, but somehow just having it being in existence has helped me in ways I cannot even say. First of all, I made it a requirement that I eat every 2-3 hours. Period. Only after that requirement is the contents of the “meal.”

It’s been three days since I started this back up. I cannot even relay the difference in how I feel.

Day one was hard, I obsessed whether it was time to eat again or not. I made myself crazy about it.

Day two was much easier, I think, in part because I was busier and did not really have time to think it to death.

Day three has been great! My energy is once again consistent through the day. I’m tired when I should be (at bedtime) and not when I shouldn’t be (like every other minute of the day).

I admit, that I have not worked out yet this week.

I will.

I promise.

That and I will make a much better effort to remember to put on my pedometer every day. (I’m so bad at that.)

G’day to you all! G’night too!

TT Day 3

Today I attempted my next TT workout. The schedule called for the B workout (Beginners). So that is where I started!

I thought the warm up was going to kill me. Seriously. I was that tired and that sore still from last time.

I finished the warm up and seriously considered stopping there, but willed myself to continue.

Did I complete the whole workout? No. A little more than half? Yes.

I got through the first superset. I felt wobbly during the step ups. Unfocused.

The second superset is where I declined quickly. I completed all of the first exercise, but that last set of pushups? Um, no. Just the prep position was hard to hold.

So, I grabbed my water bottle, walked around a little bit to “cool down” before stretching.

Now, I’m writing about my “to failure” exercise today. Hahaha. I think that I am coming down with something….hopefully, not the vomit-something….. Tomorrow should be another 20 minute stint on the bike, if all goes well!