I can't.

Racism. Definition: Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.

Whether you are Black, White, Asian, Mexican, etc. - when you attack a specific group of race with ill intention then you are a racist. Not because you are white.

When there is a hate crime - it boils down to the individual, not their entire race. 

Twelfth Week

I'm posting this early (or on time) because if I wait - it'll be another late post. Per my previous post - this week was a rough week. My motivation has sunk to a low, but I'm working through it. So this week I was only able to complete five days of being active. Thursday was annoying because my car battery died - we tried jumping it in the morning and it didn't work. After I was done with work, I was too busy trying to figure out if this was actually a battery issue or a starter issue.. thanks to my neighbor... It was just a dead battery. Because Thursday was so rough I knew that I had to just suck it up and do a good workout Friday - which I did! And Saturday was great too! 

I can find every excuse in the book to not workout.. I seriously just need to suck it up because once I get started - within five minutes I am then naturally motivated (the endorphins). Anyway.. I'm almost done with the 90 day challenge- although the Journey is not perfect - I'm still moving along.

Cheers!

Eleventh Week

Man oh man the end of this challenge is near and the eleventh week went fairly well, but there were definitely struggles. On Thursday 3/12, we got word that my company was pulling out of the Ragnar Relay and then on Friday the event was finally cancelled due to the COVID situation. Perfectly understandable.. but honestly.. once we pulled out of the event.. I literally lost all my motivation.. what the heck. I'm having a hard time finding motivation which is kind of crazy. 

This week was even tougher because work had closed it's gym and classpass studios and gyms are closed as well. It's been rainy and honestly I don't feel like running in the rain. All the guidelines I've put in place for myself are now broken. I'm still doing workouts, but they are shorter than my usual.. but at least I'm doing something. I just need to get over it - get started on the workout because once that happens - I keep going. Blehhhh.

Booooooo..

Ninth & Tenth Week

Doubling the post this week because I didn't have a chance to post last week due to work. Last week, work picked up because of the current COVID-19 pandemic so I've been pretty busy. Anyway, the ninth week was pretty good although I did skip a Friday workout because 1) I had a work happy hour 2) my period showed up 3) I was over the day.. lol. My original guidelines were obviously not met, but that's okay because I still did workouts and/or activity in general.

So here comes the tenth week.. I was not anticipating a crazy week until Monday happened. Once work had picked up and I knew I would be staying work an hour or two later than usual I would have to shift my schedule around. It's times like these that shows your adaptability and dedication on something. From 3/4 to 3/6 - I woke up early (5:15AM) and did my morning routine in order to start working out at 6AM and still made it to work by 7:30AM. I will say that I am tired, but that's okay because I've been sleeping better than usual hehe.. This upcoming week may be the same situation, so I'll just have to flex my workouts and get creative which is okay.. spices up my routine. 90 days are getting close!

Cheers!

Eighth Week

Eight weeks in a row! They're not all perfect, but that's okay! There's still consistency for the most part. Any changes to my body? Ummm I don't take photos or measurements, but I think there is. I definitely weigh heavier due to more muscle.. mainly leg but also inflammation from back to back workouts. My back feels stronger from hot yoga - my hooks are way more solid when I punch my punching bag. 

Mitchell and I did a "hike"at Torrey Pines and I almost messed up.. we started running the trails and I was too confident when going down the steps that I almost rolled my right ankle. If you didn't know (which you probably don't) - I rolled my right ankle REALLY bad in 2016 after falling 10 feet from indoor bouldering so it's weaker than the left. There were sore tenderness the next few days, but it's all better now! 

Carry on!

Seventh Week

Hey Fam! I definitely mixed my workouts a bit more on the seventh week, but I did take two days off oppose to the one. I took Valentines day off so I can cook for the hubs and I and honestly... whatever lol. I'm glad I did, because I don't feel burnt out. Last time when I missed on working out on a Friday I pushed through and worked  out 10 days straight. I didn't do that same this time around because it became more or a chore.

Challenges: The only challenges I face right now are the stretches afterwards. My five minute stretching after every workout has fallen off. I do need to pick that back up. I've stopped because I felt rush to get home since the hubs now gets home early from work. I know, that's an excuse.. what's five minutes right? I'll figure it out. Meh!

Time to pick up on the running.

Cheers!