Tabata!

The gift that keeps on giving ... 2 days later.

Wow am I sore!  In a good way sore.  My regular tabata instructor is amazing.  She just knows how to work the old muscles (and find all the hidden ones).  It took me about 4 weeks to stop being all over sore after each class.  The break brought me back to sore-land again.

This time (knock wood) I'm excited to see where continued practice can get me.  Show. Me. The. Guns.  Probably not.  I don't build muscle easily but I should get me some good old arm tone on!

I thought I could do non-girly push-ups until she showed me the "real" way.  Now I can barely do a proper girly one.  Joys of defeat.  But I'm determined to build up to a real one.  Or at least multiple girly style.

The caveat is my stupid knee pain.  Started this with hopes of healing my knee.  Not sure.  It might be beyond self-healing.  I'll see.  If it never gets worse, I can live with it.  I just am scared I'm one twist or lunge away from an I-can't-walk kind of injury.  I could go to a doctor ... but I hate doctors so I'll plug along until it's either better or I can't walk.  Good plan if I do say so myself - lol!

As I type, I'm looking at my manicure with a happy face.  I skipped my usual gal (and my usual "american" manicure) last time because I was too embarrassed.  I had a bad night and a bit of chipped polish lead to picking my nails too short.  I don't do it often (anymore) ... a throwback old habit.  But I felt bad revealing this to my regular lady.  So in the name of trying a new place (cough, cough) I did the incognito move.  It fixed my situation but didn't look as good. Glad to have my usual look back!

Still plugging along on JC.  Took a break Friday evening to enjoy (overeat) cookies and wine.  Grumpy me took over logical me.  "Last hurrah before work starts ... I could use the energy ... etc, etc, etc."

Surprisingly, I don't regret it.  Who knows why.  Hope it doesn't do too much to my scale numbers this week.  It seems like I got the urge out of my system.

Tomorrow it will be hard to stay on plan.  I get up at 3:25am, workout, eat by 5:30 and off to work.  It's a long day - starts really early.  I just run out of food.  Sometimes I eat an extra meal.  Might have to do that tomorrow.  Maybe add eggs.

Grocery store on agenda and trying a new spaghetti dish for the family for dinner.  First a workout and a Starbucks run - good way to start the day.