I wanted a sweet and spicy snack so I “made” this. Made is such a grand word for what I did. I cut up some fruit and put it together added spice, and coconut and ate it. But made it I did. It is beautiful and so very tasty as well. You eat with your eyes first so it if is beautiful, it is more appetizing.
Sweet and Spicy Tropical Salad Yield 1 serving
Ingredients:
1 mango diced ( about 2 cups)
1 dragon fruit diced ( about 2 cups)
2 tbs desiccated unsweetened coconut
Cayenne Pepper to taste
Directions:
Cut fruit, add to bowl, add cayenne to mango, add unsweetened coconut. Mix and serve.
Calories/Stats
Calories 374, Fat 10.6 g, Fiber 13.7 g, Carbs 71.2 g, Sodium 9.1 mg, Protein 6.1 g
Thank you for reading. If you get a chance to try it let me know. Be good to yourself, and always strive to make yourself a better you.
2 hours of Muay Thai and Kali training. Not every day can be the best day. I know this. It still sucks when I have a day when I feel like I am doing less. I have my bruises and lumps. I have been working hard, I have been putting in my time, and I need to just keep doing it. I know this.
I would love to be all sunshine and daisies all the time. But I think that would be misrepresentation of my training and my journey. So I write about when I am not have such a great day in training. Be it from outside influences like a flood in the house, or internal conflict, or just training itself.
Muay Thai – Elbows and Knees the difference between Kick Boxing and Muay Thai
Today we worked on Thai 4 counts again. The staples of Muay Thai, the art of 8 limbs. We placed the kick on the leg of the, and continue with the punches to the kick. However, Kru Kristen wanted us to focus on the entry. Using the 4 count to get you to a knee. Enter on the knee and clench. From there you can off balance your opponent, then knee them more, or kick them in the face. Kru Kristen says, “when you ask Thai fighters, what they are afraid of, they don’t say kicks or punches. They say knees or elbows. Those are the most devastating and will end a fight. The difference between Kick Boxing and Muay Thai is the elbows and knees. So we are practicing the entry into them.
Furthest away = kicks and teeps
Mid range = punches, hooks, jabs, crosses
close range = knees
closest range = elbows
Being able to flow between all the ranges is ideal, and will allow you to get in and get out hopefully with less lumps then you gave your opponent.
Training:
right leg kick, hook, cross, left torso kick
pyramid kicks
left leg kick, cross, hook, right torso kick
pyramid kicks
right leg kick, hook, cross, knee to full plumb clench, knee them, off balance them and then dump your opponent.
Jumping jacks
left leg kick, hook, cross, knee to full plumb clench, knee them, off balance them and dump your opponent.
Jumping jacks
Clench in half clench, pull opponent onto you to break their base, then off balance them
I love Muay Thai, it is a huge part of my life. I think about it all the time. I love the philosophy. I love the discipline. I love the dedication it takes to learn it. I rearrange my life around it so I can train as much as I do. So when I have a day that feels like I am just all over the place and not doing great. It gets me down. I wanna keep doing well. I wanna keep excelling. I know this is not how this works. Some days you just need to put the hours in and the training in.
Kali – Brain Melting Again
We worked on the 6 count family again. We did the same drills as Tuesday. However, for some reason I was messing up the individual drills. Today every 5 cycles of the same drill and I would mess up.
Kru Krysta said its because I am not retracting as much as I should be. For some reason Tuesday I was doing it just fine. But today not so much.
Then when we did the full 5 drills in one drill, I got it just fine. The brain is a funny thing. I know what to do, but when I think about it to much I fumble. I get flustered and then mess it up.
Kru mixed it up again, and instead of doing all 5, 6 count family, we would do just three of each 6 count drill. Talk melting the brain. That was amazing and hard all at the same time.
So yeah today was not the best training day in the respect of me feeling like I am accomplishing anything. But again I know I just need to put the time in. So I did. I feel good for getting the exercise in. I was dripping in sweat and got to work with some new people in class.
Thank you for reading. Please let me know if you have any questions. I hope you have a great day. Keep being awesome, and keep trying to be the best you, that you can be.
Bruise blooming on foot because I was not kicking right.
2 hours of Muay Thai and Kali training. I have mentioned it before. I have days where one of my Martial Arts is not clicking. Its frustrating and I don’t really like it. I don’t know why I have days like this. I assume that I am not the only one. But that is only an assumption. Maybe its because of this huge catering job that I am doing this week. Maybe its just the stars are not aligned. Who knows. But today in Muay Thai I was a clumsy monkey.
Muay Thai – Staple of Muay Thai, Clumsy Monkey
We did a review of the things we were doing last week. We were working on a staple of Muay Thai the 4 counts. You may think. Wow they work on the same things a lot. And yeah… you would be right. We do. This is one of the staples of Muay Thai. This is a combination that we drill over and over again. As you can see I am off balance a little. I am clumsy today. I am annoyed at myself and I want to do better.
Some times the only thing you can do is go in and put the time in. Even if you feel you are doing poorly like me in class today. You can see the bruise on my foot from kicking the pads wrong. Muay Thai a lot of times is self correcting. When you kick or hit something wrong you will hurt yourself or your training partner. When you kick the pads wrong, and hit mostly with the top of your foot you will bruise the crap out of it. This is just the bruise right away… We will see what it looks like tomorrow.
Training:
First 3 minute round, we worked on Thai 4 counts
Pyramid kicks
Second 3 minute round, receiving and dealing with a jab or cross and returning a 4 count
Pyramid kicks
Third 3 minute round, blocking or shielding an incoming kick and returning a Thai 4 count
Pyramid Kicks
3 x 3 minute rounds of sparring.
Kru Kristen said I was doing well… but I have tells, and I kept getting kicked and punched. I know its part of the process but. Man it sucks when you suck, and it sucks when you know you suck and are having a bad time. Anyway here is a video of me doing dealing with the jab and cross. You can see me being a little off balance. Meh… but tomorrow is another day.
Kali – 5 drills in one big drill
Kali went a little better for me. I was exhausted after Muay Thai so that did not help. However, I did not seem to have to much of a hard time dealing with the drills.
Training:
We started with the Heaven 6, then Standard 6, then we did the Earth 6
We worked on cob cob
Umbrella came next
Winshield Wiper followed
Ordibis followed winshield
Then then… Kru Krysta wanted to put it all together.
This drill below is all in the video below.
COB COB
Umbrella
Heaven
Winshield Wiper
Ordibis
Yes all those drills were done all at once. This was interesting cause we were able to do it. But we kinda had to feel our way around it. Feel the rhythm and feel the flow. Below is a picture of what we did and the footwork. I am tired and don’t have time or energy to make a foot work graphic today.
This is a video of us practicing this very drill, the 5 drills together melting my brain, and also making new pathways in my brain. Hopefully in the future I will be able to pull on this knowledge, and make it flow better.
Thank you for reading. I must away to bed. I have another day of cooking all day for 200 people, serving, and teaching. I hope you have a wonderful day/evening/morning where you are. Keep being awesome and keep striving to be the best you, that you can be.
This week I am cooking for 200 people, setting up, and breaking down. Today was the first day. I also teach kids about food, and where the food is coming from for about 4 hours. I worked 8 hours, and am exhausted.
The pictures are some of the things I made today. Pico De Gallo, and a flank steak with chimicurri sauce.
Flank Steak with Chimichurri sauce
Yield 4 people
Chimichurri sauce
¼ cup parsley
3 tbs red wine vinegar
4 large garlic cloves
2 tablespoons oregano leaves
2 teaspoons crushed red pepper
Kosher salt and pepper to taste
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
Directions:
In a blender add parsley, garlic, oregano, red
pepper, and vinegar, pulse till just chopped, drissle in olive oil. Make ahead
2 days, Marinate steak over night
Flank Steak
1 ½ lbs of flank steak – 6 lbs
Pico De Gallo
Yield 4 big bowls
Ingredients:
20 fresh tomatoes diced
10 onions diced
4 jalapenos diced
4 avocados diced
3 limes
1 bunch of cilantro
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Chop all produce, place in a bowl, squeeze lime,
and add salt and pepper to taste
I thought about going to the gym and running, but I am tired and my body is saying rest. I have 3 more days of organizing, cooking, serving, and teaching.
This post is to say. No workout today, I will have Muay Thai and Kali for Tuesday and Thursday.
On a positive note. I got 14,000 steps in an 6 miles. =)
I will be back to my regularly scheduled program next week. Thanks for reading. Have a great day, be kind to yourself, and love everyone.
I am amazed at what my kids will eat. I like to cook mostly vegetarian meals, because that is what my body likes. I have noticed I have greater output, and less tummy troubles when I eat vegetarian and add lean meats, like fish, chicken, and eggs once in a while.
My baby girl… I call her baby girl but she is now 9 years old and not so much a baby any more. She wanted stuffed mushrooms, so I obliged. I decided to do a stuffed portobello. I wanted to stuff it with something that was not all starch and bread related. So I made a quinoa, cheddar, and jalapeno stuffed portobello mushroom.
I am happy to say the kiddos ate it up. They loved it, and so did the husband. It is family approved. It is vegetarian, high in protein, high in fiber, and it can be gluten free if you omit the bread crumbs on the top.
Recipe: Quinoa, Cheddar, and Jalapeno Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms
Yield 4 servings
Ingredients:
Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees F or 218 degrees Celsius
1 cup (210 grams) of quinoa ( cooked makes about 3 cups of cooked quinoa, each person will get about 3/4 cup of quinoa)
1/3 (30 grams) cup jalapeno de-seeded and chopped (of course adjust if you don’t like spicy)
1 cup (45 grams) shredded mild cheddar cheese
Salt and Pepper to taste
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 teaspoon granulated garlic
1/3 (45 grams) cup pine nuts toasted
1 tsp of butter
1/3 (46 grams) cup panko bread crumbs
Directions:
Cook quinoa per directions on package.
Stem and remove the gills of the portobello mushroom.
In a small bowl mix olive oil, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
Brush the portobello mushrooms inside and out with oil mixture
Bake in oven for 10 minutes and remove from oven
Take cooked quinoa in a bowl, add cheese, toasted pine nuts, and jalapenos, salt and pepper to taste.
Stuff the mushrooms with mixture.
Cut softened butter into crumb mixture add a pinch of salt and pepper ( you can add some other spices like oregano, cilantro, garlic, etc, if you prefer. But for this I just went with butter, salt and pepper.)
Sprinkle crumbs on top of mushrooms
Bake for another 15 minutes, then serve.
Calories/Stats for 1 serving
Calories 512, Fat 25.1 g, Fiber 7.1 g, Carbs 50.2 g, Sodium 399.2 mg, Protein 19.2 g
I hope you like this recipe as much as my family did. If you get a chance to try this let me know what you think. Thanks for reading.
2 hours of Muay Thai and Kali training. Sometimes you gotta know when to throw in the towel. Wednesday night was one hell of a ride. We were awaken to the shrill sounds of our fire alarm. Why you ask? It was not because of a fire, thank you God. However, it was because of a flood. Yup a flood. The pipe behind our toilet broke and was fountain-ing water all over our third floor. We live in a 3 story town home and we had a water fall that was going all the way down to the garage. I went to bed at around 11 pm Wednesday night and we were awaken about 11:30 pm. So it must have burst right as I was nodding off.
Did you know that fire alarms go off when it is super humid or water passes through them? Nope, neither did we, however, we know now that they go off. I am glad they did, or we would have had even more damage to deal with. We had maintenance come in, fix the toilet, and put fans under the carpet last night. They did not leave till 3:30 am Thursday morning.
Needless to say I was in a mood today/Thursday, just kind of agitated… annoyed… tired… and fed up. I went to my training, and I had a great time. My mood improved and I learned some new things. I will detail them below.
However, we got home and found that in the kids closet there was carpet that had gotten soaked. So I just got done cleaning out their closet. And let me tell you, they are little pack rats. Saved some things I did not even realize. Like little info card from their toys, marker caps, paper clips and many other things. This post was supposed to be posted yesterday, but will not be finished, and will have to wait till Friday! I have to know when enough is enough and just get to sleep. Throw in the towel as it were. We have gone through every towel in our house, and I have washed them all now.
Anyway enough with the winging (as my friends from across the pond say). On to our training…
Muay Thai – Put the fear of God in them
I started off feeling crappy and agitated today. I was hoping that Muay Thai and Kali would help that, and it did. Working with my friends and team mates to better our skills, got my head out of my immediate issues, and had me focusing on the now. Making my body move the way it knows how to. Focusing on the minute changes to make my strikes better was a great way to redirect my thinking.
Thursday we worked on entries on blocking/receiving a left kick, to the Thai 4 count. Tuesday it was the opposite, where we were entering in on blocking/receiving a right kick, to Thai 4 count.
Kru Kristen complimented me on my kicks. She said, “I am kicking harder and my form is good.” I just need to kick through the person. Transfer my power.
We need to work on intent. This is a martial arts that is 1000 years old. It is not meant to be nice. You need to kick with intent. Like when you kick the person you put the fear of God into them. It hurts so bad that they think twice about coming back at you. This is what I need to work on. As girls we are told not to hit, not to be physical so breaking that training is hard. But I have been kicking hard and getting my licks in. With padding and if you do it right. You can kick hard and not hurt your partner. This is what I am working on.
Kali – Hour Glass, Kali 10 count
We worked on some drills to help our foot work. Because you can’t always tell from my videos but we are supposed to be moving our feet to a certain pattern, or in a certain way as to keep from getting our knees hit, or to keep our tools (see hands and weapons in front of us and pointed toward opponent). Hour glass movement melted my brain a little. Not because it was hard to move my feet in that way, but because it was hard to move my feet in that way, and keep my hands going. Keep doing the Kali stick drills.
I made a diagram of our foot movement below:
I have mentioned before Kali will melt your brain. But it is a good thing. It is making your brain work and create new pathways, because it asks you to do multiple things at once.
Think rubbing your tummy and patting your head. It is often times hard to do for most people, but if you practice it is easier. Then if the instructors asked you to rub your tummy and pat your head with the opposite hands would it be more difficult? For me I am a right handed person and asking me to do things with my left hand is hard, its gotten better since starting Kali, but man does it mess with your brain.
This is much the same thing. I have to make moving/movement of my feet a muscle memory so I am not trying to focus on moving it while trying to focus on moving my stick, and not beaning myself in the head. =) Its a struggle. You will leave Kali some days feeling like you just did a mental equivalent of a marathon. Just because you are trying to control, the feet, the stick, and avoid hitting yourself or your partner in a way as to be injurious.
A Kali 10 count. One of many. We learned a new to me Kali 10 count. Apparently this is one of many. However, it was fun and I had a blast doing it. We only practiced on the right hand side so I did not feel like my brain was tied in knots. I am happy that I picked it up so fast. But if you break it down it is just a series of the same kind of moves I have been taught before.
Kali 10 count 1: For area to strike see doll below
High fore hand hit – strike area 13
Low back hand hit – strike area 10
High back hand hit – strike area 14
Low fore hand hit – strike area 9
High equise – strikes 1 and 2
Low equise – strikes 12, and 11
Scoop the Punyo coming to your face
Below is a video of use working on it. Toward the end of the video we got faster, and I feel like I have a good grasp on the drill. =)
Thanks for reading. Its a day late, but I needed the sleep. I currently have a a person working on our carpet right now. We found out we need to have a new ceiling put in, and we have the appointment for that to happen. I hope you all have a good day, and a great weekend. Keep striving to be the best you that you can be.
2 hours of Muay Thai and Kali training. I am bushed. Also D.O.M.s set in from yesterdays workout. So when we warmed up for Muay Thai with jumping rope, 25 push ups, jumping rope and 25 squats I was feeling it. Today was a good day, we worked on shielding a kick to a 4 count, and we learned a new Kali move called Kawian.
Muay Thai – Shield in Kick
So some things that have been said and taught recently that sometimes I forget to put in my blog posts. Why you ask? Because when I am tired after a 2 hour training session I forget things. So before I forget.
Muay Thai, or more importantly is parent Muay Boran (a.k.a. ancient boxing) is over 1000 years old. This ancient art has so much to learn from and I am so happy to have a chance to learn.
When you are kicking with Muay Thai, it may sound good, but may not be great. You don’t have to have a fantastic sounding kick for it to be a good kick. You are supposed to be kicking through your opponent. The kick you should feel in your bones when you are feeding pads, and the kicker should be trying to kick through the person to the next person behind them.
You always want to enter on pain. When you land a solid kick, and startle your opponent. Then enter in, complete a Thai 4 count, keep attacking till they stop. If you don’t land the kick, or the blow that startles or shocks your opponent, get out of the pocket and wait till you do.
Most people will not expect you to shield a kick, then return a kick with same side you shielded. This is why we practiced it. You can see the drill on bullet number 3 below.
Anyway enough talking… here is what we were working on.
Shield right incoming kick with rear leg, then return a Thai 4 count right to left.
Thai 4 count right to left – right kick, hook, cross, left kick
Pyramid kicks 1 to 5 then back down again to 1 right side
Shield right incoming kick with front leg, then return a Thai 4 count with left to right.
Thai 4 count left to right – left kick, cross, hook, right kick
Pyramid kicks 1 to 5 then back down again to 1 left side
Catch kick, bleed off power, control opponents shoulder, either dump them or switch arms to deliver a spinning back elbow.
I made a video of me practicing the left shield, to left stutter step or a real short range hop kick. I am also practicing bleeding off the torso kick, and then executing the spinning back elbow.
Kali – Kiwian and Stick as Stick, vs Stick as Sword
Kali was cool and interesting. We learned a new move, and we discussed using a stick as a stick or blunt instrument, or using a stick as a sword or a sharp instrument. When using a stick as a blunt instrument you are trying to bash things, as opposed to trying to cut and cut major arteries.
So today we focused on blunt instruments. Wanting to use the stick to bash your opponent. There is a difference in intent, and how the stick is used.
Kru Kristen says, we need to know how to move and avoid getting hit by, slide stepping out, not just off the line, but back away from opponent, and then slide stepping in to return attack. This was a main theme for today and our training.
Training:
High figure 8, low back hand, high back hand
Low figure 8, low back hand, high backhand
Advanced student drills: (we were to switch from all of these drills seamlessly)
Equise, low back hand high back hand
High Figure 8, low back hand, high back hand
Low figure 8, low back hand, high back hand
Kiwian – is a drill where you do a vertical redondo, to downward diagonal backhand, to upward diagonal back hand, to redondo again. This move was meant to smash the head and keep doing damage
Drills to push away/slide step away from incoming strike, and slide step in to return strikes.
I made a video below of me working on the Kiwian drill. I can never seem to make
I got this new rash guard, and I love it. I love octopodes and this was a must have. Its so pretty. I bought it with my own money, the company is called Break Point. I just wore it this once and the quality on it is great. I have gotten compliments so far, and I like it. https://www.breakpointfc.com/ I am not affiliated with them, they don’t even know me or that I am talking about them.
These arts are not with out their peril. I caught a stick to the face tonight. It was my own stick, which makes one feel like… well stupid, however, it was a rebound from a strike, my wrist was not tight enough and it rebounded right into my face. I have a small lump under my eyebrow. I may or may not bruise. It is sore to the touch, but over all seems ok. We shall see. I will keep an eye on it. =)
Well thanks for reading. Let me know if you have questions or comments. What do you like to read about? I know some of you are here for the recipes. I do have one coming. Keep being awesome and be the best you you can be.
I had plenty of time today. The only thing that was hindering me today, was how tired I was. Yesterday we went on a 3 mile hike. It was wonderful. We hiked through the forest to a small beach, then we hiked back. That hike was so relaxing and the beach was amazing. Just what I needed after a really crazy, and this next week is going to be nuts.
workout:
20 min HIIT run
3 min warm up, 5 min HIIT (Run sprint 1 minute, Run 1 minute), 1 min walk, 4 min HIIT, 5 min run steady state, 2 min cool down
Do these next 4 exercises in a superset (superset, means do both exercises back to back with no rest, 30 minute rest between each two sets)
Tripod tricep row 35 lbs, reps-12 left, 12 right, 12 left, 12 right, 12 left 12 right
3.5 hours of Krav Maga, Bo Staff, and Muay Thai Striking class. I am bushed. It is a lovely day outside, a great day for training, and I learned a lot. I can’t ask for much more on a training day.
Krav Maga – Single Wing Choke
I am going to call this a single wing choke. We did many things in Krav, but the new thing, the thing I have never done before and so I focused most of my thought processes to it was what I call the Single Wing Choke. It is probably not called that. But it reminds me of the Muay Thai Single Wing Clench.
We worked on slipping jabs and crosses, and returning a strike. This is normal stuff we work on in Muay Thai.
We worked on this choke that is supposed to cut off oxygen, and blood, to make the assailant pass out. I mention this, because there are choke holds that are meant to cause pain and submission, instead of making the assailant black out. This choke however, is meant to make them black out, or stop fighting.
In Krav we are told you do a move till they stop. Or they stop moving. Let me make this clear that this is for protection in the wide world, and not while working with you partner. If you keep knocking/passing them out, they won’t want to work with you.
So we do this very carefully, and and let the partner know that we are going to tighten now.
We started off in a standing position. Where we split the jab if you are an orthodox fighter. Then we simultaneously returned a strike to throat or face. Then you transition to clenching up on them like a single wing clench in Thai. Push your head up against their shoulder, and pull your elbows to the chest, inflating your chest to cut off oxygen and blood. Your partner will tap when you complete this properly and they feel the pain.
We then transitioned to the floor. Where we started out in cross body position that is done in BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) . This is the fist time I have done BJJ. I try to be really careful with my back, and worry that BJJ will tweak my back. Anyway I digress. We start of with cross body, push up their elbow, put pressure on it with our head and neck leaning into the arm, then we snake our arm around their heads, get a cable lock, move our bodies over theirs, and then pull in our elbows, and expand our chests. We do this till our partner taps.
This was great fun, and I am always surprised how little pressure it takes to cut off oxygen and blood to their heads, if you do the move just right. Kru Kristen, says, “BJJ, they say getting a big result with little effort, is better than getting a little result with big effort.”
Our teacher Lee, is a great teacher and I am happy I made it to Krav today.
Bo Staff – 1 for 1
Today in Bo Staff class, we worked on the 17 strikes as a warm up.
Then we worked on the drill, High, Low, Low, High.
Then for the rest of the class we worked on 1 for 1 drilling. This is the precursor to sparring with a staff. Where you throw any strike, and your partner counters, then they throw a strike and you counter. It makes you think about counter moves, getting off the line, and your next strike. This helps in pattern and flow. I took a video of us doing just that. We make mistakes, and sometimes get hit in the hands, but that is what gloves are for. Protection.
Muay Thai/Striking – Difference between Technique and Tactics
Today in striking we were working on more of the same drills we have been working. This is good cause I needed to get more work in on stepping off the line, getting my strikes in and then getting out of the pocket.
1st round 1) Left leg kick, right cross, left hook/shovel hook/upper cut, right round house 2) Right leg kick, left hook/shovel hook/upper cut, cross, left round house kick 3) Left leg kick, right cross, left hook/shovel hook/upper cut, left round house kick 4) Right leg kick, left hook/shovel hook/upper cut, cross, left round house kick
2nd round 1) Catch jab, return right leg kick, hook/upper cut/shovel hook, cross, left kick or right kick
3rd round 1) Catch jab, avoid cross, return left inner leg kick, cross, hook/upper cut/shovel hook, left or right kick
I worked on my catch of Jab, to hop left and right leg kick. However, what I have been doing when I do that, is squaring up, or placing my right foot down next to the left foot. What that does is make it difficult to almost impossible to do the rest of the Thai 4 count when I am not in the proper stance. So I need to work on laying in the right leg kick, then quickly bringing the leg back to my stance.
This is going to be my bread and butter as a short fighter. I did get a compliment on my cross. I have been working on that, and it looks like it might actually be getting better.
However, I got dinged on dropping my hands. I tend to drop my hands when I am about to throw a kick. This is according to Kru Kristen a common thing that people do, but we need to focus on keeping them up all the time.
She also reiterated that when we are tired like I was, that is the best time to work on your skills. Technique falls to your base skills when you are tired. So focusing and forcing yourself to remember to keep your hands up will develop the mental connection.
She talked about how technique and tactics are different. She can teach tactics all day, but if you don’t have the right technique, tactics won’t do anything for you. We so often work on technique while drilling, however, we have been working on tactics when we talk about how we enter in on a punch, or kick, and return strikes. Tactics makes us use the technique we learn and apply it, allowing us to return strikes, and get out of the box.
I love learning about this striking martial art. I feel so lucky to be able to learn and study under Kru Kristen. I don’t absorb everything every class (there really is so much information thrown at you), but I try so hard to learn at least one new thing, or just try to work on one skill each class. She mentioned that her teacher said you cannot instruct someone, you can only show them. It takes them figuring out what works for them, and their bodies for it to stick and for them to learn.
Thanks for reading. I waxed a little poetic today, but I truly believe everything I have said and love what I am doing. I am exhausted now, and am going to try to put food in my body. Have a great day.
I debated posting this to my blog. I like to be uplifting and helpful. But I like to be completely honest about my feelings, and how even though I workout 5 to 6 days a week I still have bad days.
Workout: 35 minute run and core workout
Do you ever feel like a… your a joke to others? I take pictures to keep video/picture history of my progress. But end up taking 100 pictures to just to get one I don’t hate. I have had people ideate in the past that I am vain and just want to show off. But that could not be further from the point. It often makes me feel like I should just stop sharing. Oh boy and some days I just want to delete the videos because who boy are they horrible. Or at least I think I look horrible.
I don’t know if this ill humor is cause I did not sleep well, or if I am spoiling for aunt flow’s visit. If I may adopt quote “blot of mustard, crumb of cheese, fragment of underdone potato,” there’s more of hummus than of ill humors about me. =P Well that amused me a little.
But I am having one of those days were I just did not want to do my workout because I felt like it was or I was a joke, it was not getting me anywhere, and every picture I took of me I hated.
Here was what I did if you are interested: 1) 20 minute stead state run 2) Pike crunches reps – 20, 16, 16 3) Bicycle crunches reps – 20, 20, 20 4) Dead Bugs 3 reps of 40 seconds
I workout 5 to six days a week, but these are the feelings I still deal with. I did not do the workout I had set up for my week, but I did do something, and got some core in so that is good.
I hope this does not bring you all down. Keep being awesome and striving to be a better you. Thanks for reading.
Thinks with Spinks 