Week of June 15

Monday

Day 2 of Shortcut to Shred: Shoulders and Legs

55 minutes and I wasn't dripping with sweat, but my shirt was pretty damp, so I'll call that a win. And my hip felt pretty good, too. 

Win-win. 

Got in the final episode of season 4 of Friday Night Lights. 

SPOILER: 

I was screaming in my head, "No, Tim, don't take the blame for everything!"

And I was super happy when East Dillon beat West Dillon. 

YEAH.

Tuesday

Day 3 of Shortcut to Shred: Back, Traps and Bis. As a woman who isn't doing any type of fitness competition, I'm not sure of the point of focusing on traps, so I only did 2 sets of 12 shrugs instead of 4x9-11.

I never realize how much progress I make with my lifestyle change (and getting off those pointless migraine meds) until I do before and after photo comparisons. I'm amazed at how much better (and happier!) I look now as compared to this time last year:

Left, 1st weekend of June 2014, right, 1st weekend of June 2015. 

A friend I sent this photo to said she was jealous of my thighs. I never thought someone would be jealous of any part of my body, let alone my thighs. My ego is heavily inflated right now.

After dinner, did my hip and core routine. Really didn't want to, but knew it was important. So I did it. During an episode of Friday Night Lights.

Try as I might, I can't figure out what college Julie ended up going to. Did I miss something or did they not say? The ambiguity is killing me, especially since I know where everyone else went!

Wednesday

Day 4 of Shortcut to Shred: Chest & Tris. I'm getting more and more confident on the cable machine. This, of course, is in my work gym where most people use the cardio equipment, but there is one super intense dude that works out the same time as me and he is intimidating!

Follow up appointment regarding the results of the MRI. Details here.

I totally spoiled the last season of Friday Night Lights for myself trying to figure out where Julie went to college. I don't know the outcome of the team's season, though, so don't tell me, AB!

Thursday

Shoulders and legs. I feel like this program should be renamed from "Shortcut to Shred" to "How to kick your own Ass". Still not dripping with sweat at the end, but nice and stanky, so that is a welcome change.

Decided to sign up for a run over the 4th of July. Oddly excited. Have no idea what to expect so I'm just gonna plan on having fun.

Friday 

S2S day 6: back, bis and traps. A lot of work on the cable machine I was the only person in the work gym Friday from about 4:15 until I left at 5. It was really nice, actually

Saturday

35 minute swim at the gym. Haven't done that in a long time.
It was also reward day, so I made banana protein pancakes and then had lemon gelatto later in the day. Then, I managed to force myself to do core and hip stuff. Or was that Friday? Can't remember.

Finished Friday Night Lights. I was so happy that Coach Taylor made the decision he did. Makes me believe that my job will be important to my future husband, as weird as it seems.

We need a show about Eugene, Oregon, that's what.

Sunday

Trail run in the Front Range. I drove 2 hours round trip to be late to meet the running group and only run for 50 minutes, because what I really ended up doing was hike out and run back, for a total of just under 3 miles.  Time going out: 30 min. Time coming in: 20 minutes. Let's hope the trail run in Breckenridge has a lot more down hills, because my strategy is going to have to be hike the ups and run the downs. Also, running down steep trails in the mountains is sorta scary.

Day 8 of S2S: Chest, tris.