Today was a pretty rough day - hard to focus on work, SORE, stiff neck/radiating pain in my arm. I had red wine last night (alcohol and sugar), a little cheese (few tablespoons) (dairy), and dark chocolate almonds (sugar)...today, I had some more dark chocolate almonds and cheese (parmesan), but overall I am happy with how I've been able to stay away from gluten and dairy for the most part. I definitely feel tired... I'm hoping that this is my body "detoxing" and I'm hoping even more that I get through this quickly.
I really didn't think I'd be able to work out today b/c of the neck pain, but I actually feel MUCH better now than I have all day. Crazy, huh? The trainer was saying that my neck pain was probably due to a combination of an excess of lactic acid accumulating in my traps and poor form when I did my pushups on Tuesday. I'm pretty sure he's right about that - pushups were the last thing I did on Tuesday and I remember them being really hard to do but I pushed through it (heh heh heh).
Today's workout was learning about kettle bells. Those things are fun! Today was our last newbie-only workout, starting tomorrow, we'll be with the vet for the rest of our workouts (whoa). Those make me nervous because it sounds intense...but maybe it will be like Tuesday's, and it'll be about getting through a # of stations. I like those sorts of workouts.
Food-wise, I don't have pictures yet b/c I haven't made dinner yet, but I will be making turkey taco lettuce wraps, with salsa, avocado and lime. Taco seasoning is not paleo, but I found a recipe for home-made taco seasoning:
TACO SEASONING
ingredients:
2 T chili powder
1-1/2 T cumin
1-1/2 T paprika
1 T onion powder
1 T garlic powder
2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
I'll let you know how it is....
Today my ____ is:
- stress: 5/10
- anxiety: 8/10 (I'm really anxious today..not sure why. I booked my trip to Boston and my flight was a little more than I wanted to pay - but still affordable -but I still don't know why I feel anxious.)
- energy: 1/10 (I feel BONE tired today)
- mental focus: 2/10 (i feel super foggy today and had a trouble focusing on work)
- fitness: 4/10 (i feel sore; the sort of sore that reminds you that you had a good workout)
- quality of sleep: 4/10 - I think i need to go to bed earlier. I woke up a few times during the night and slept in until about 7:45am - not good :-(
- happiness: 5/10
- financial discipline: 6/10... this indicator is hard for me to rate on a day to day basis. I spent $$ on my ticket to Boston today, but I haven't spent $$ on anything else. I also looked into refinancing my mortgage today (long story, probably not going to happen w/ sovereign bank b/c it's not my primary residence - oh,maybe this is why i feel anxious?). what exactly is financial discipline? sticking with my budget? so far, i think i'm doing ok. paid a little more in groceries than i expected to yesterday, but i also haven't spent $$ on anything discretionary this week.
I can't believe this week isn't over yet... I can't wait to sleep in this weekend.
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