Ohhh we’re halfway there. OHHHH I had to. Just be happy you can’t hear my voice as I belt that out. Be very happy. I will just sing out loud when I run this morning to spare you all. (The song at the end is my theme song for the week which should be played while reading this, some background music you know?)
Week three with BBBC showed me I can be smart and I can be flexible. This week, I had those four 12 hour plus days yet I got my workouts in. Legs were feeling a bit leadish so I modified some of the lower body workouts. I lifted on a Friday night, making my own circuit that kind of rocked. Could it be I am addicted to this shindig?
What did I learn?
- Buddy runs make any painful amount of hills, cold and routes seem effortless.
- Kiss 108 is my savior
- I actually need an alarm to wake up for my run when sleep is a struggle.
- A hot boy runs at the gym each night around 6.
- People at the gym give me a funny look when I proceed to wall sit for ages.
- I love bicep curls and bench presses.
- Stress leads to stomach issues which leads to bush visits which leads to run ins with various wildlife. No raccoon get out of my area.
Goal 1: Keep in touch with everyone. SUCCESS or at least I would say so. What do my blends think? I really have to say I spoke to more people than I normally do in a week even with an unpredictable schedule. I’ll take it.
Goal 2: Computer off by 9:30pm. SUCCESS however I have to admit bedtimes were later and my phone was answered past 930 a lot of nights. I did not get the sleep I needed and it showed as the week progressed. When my mornings are hard it totally shows that something along the line is not working.
This week, the workouts are a whole new batch. Body you ready?
Goal 1: I am bringing one back but STRETCH every day for 15 minutes. That week my body felt great. Oh this week, did I stretch? Nope. Did I hurt? Oh yes. Wow Alex you see where this is going…
Goal 2: Reframe my attitude in the moment. I am a complainer, it is that one thing I really hate about myself. I want to try my best to catch myself in the moment and reframe that thought, phrase or word that is coming out. This will be a tough one, kind of like when my mom and I tried to give it up for Lent. We lasted a day.
This week proves to be just as busy as last week but something I need to realize is that no matter how busy I am – I freaking get it done. Why stress? I know I am that person that will get it done when it needs to happen. Why pull out my hair five days before when I know in the next few days it will get done?
And it is off to work. Doubt anyone will be in, it is Superbowl Sunday. Hope you all have some killer plans!
Question: What is your goal or goals this week?
WooHoo! Good job, Alex!
My goal is to make 4 times to the gym next week – that’s all. Somehow it always ends up being 2. Argh!!
I bet you can do it! It can be tough with schedules but it seems like you really want it.
I have no idea how you do it, but you definitely do get it done. It’s kind of amazing, actually. Eliminating stress is probably something that I could work on as well, but for the next little while I’ll be focusing on opening up a little and not being so shy when it comes to the blog. It’s kind of daunting actually, but it’s probably good for me to come out of my comfort zone a little bit more.
Yay! I love learning more about you through your more personal posts, I know they can be daunting but doing it little by little can help a whole lot. Plus, I just love reading them – if that helps at all. haha
Love your goals! I really love the “keep in touch with everyone” goal, Im trying to be diligent about keeping in touch with the blends and my friends in real life, sometimes I get so busy I forget about them!
I do too, when I am busy it is when I tend to isolate more which never helps at all
Great goals, Alex! I really need to start seething more too!
Thank you, hope you have a great weekend!
I love the theme song!!!!
And yes, you really have done an AMAZING job of keeping up with friends. Definitely need to incorporate the no complaining into my life this week. Just know that a very well-placed woof every once in a while does not mean that you’re complaining. Sometimes, we just need to get it out. Don’t want you exploding all over everywhere because you made a week-long goal. (1) I love Alex too much for that, and (2) I hate the idea of cleaning up Alex guts too much for that. Mkay??
Got it girl, I know there is a time and place for it but I think I tend to be on the higher end of complaining. I just hate it. Not a good feeling it leaves me with. I was thinking you would like the theme song
You are a master of time management! Just a thought–if your schedule allows (which it might not because you’re crazy busy!), you should lift at night, specifically at 6 p.m.
I need to do a better job of stretching this week now that I have some exercises that target my calves and hip flexors. Hope work flies by today! 
I wish but I am never home at 6, most nights I get home by 830 pm. Ya… I hate my schedule. I wish though girl, I do wish
thanks jackass now i have that song stuck in my head. wish i were running with you today.
BEST SSOONNGGG EVVERRR. giggle.
Hahahahahah Molly’s comment. Actually laughed out loud at that one. And a lot of this post- “raccoon get out of my area”? That is some true Alex humor! But my roommate used to sing living on a prayer halfway through practice every single day when we were swimming together. It was like tradition and motivated her to get through it. Not a bad idea! And i hope you chat up that hot boy while doing those wall sits
That is hilarious, Molly needed that song stuck in her head so she could think of me 24/7. Only way it works. I am all about motivation like that, my coach used to play a theme song before every meet. I could think of it for rounds around the track
It actually astounds me how much stuff you are able to get done in a day. Crazyness.
And I feel like I want to know the raccoon story! :-p
It was a scary situation, my bush was not only my bush let’s just say.
Hahahah OMG that dog… These are great goals!
That song was a winner, I couldn’t stop laughing
You always pick such awesome goals! And I appreciate your honesty in how you did. Love this! Have a great Sunday
Thanks lady that really means a lot.
Haha, I love your line about wildlife run-ins!
I think you did pretty well with your goals
. Good luck with stretching, maybe if you make it into a part of your routine like every night at a certain time, that will make it easier? Or you could set a phone alarm or something.
I’ve always read such good things about BBBC, glad you’re enjoying it.
I really am and I was super hesitant about it. i almost signed up like three times before. I think that is what I am going to do just set an alarm for each night. I just have such a jam packed day already it is hard to motivate myself to do anything at 830 pm when I get home
Haha love the way you started this out! Bon Jovi is a love for this Jersey girl
I also want to work on reframing my attitude in the moment and not stressing so much…like you said, everything gets done in the end, no need to make ourselves freak and feel bad worrying that it won’t
Exactly, I lose sight of that a lot when in reality I should fully embrace it
LOL. That dog picture. I’m a complainer, too. I’m also a nagger. I try to stop myself, but sometimes I just forget. My goal this week is to not eat sugar until Thursday. I know that sounds nuts, but I have to go get blood work done on Thursday and I already have hypoglycemia and anemia, so I always get harped on for the insane amount of sugar I eat. So I’m gonna prove those darn doctors wrong this week. Or at least I’m gonna try to.
Be careful with the all or nothing thinking, can lead to bad decision making or at least in my books. It may be easier to just reduce it, like cut out one sugary thing you normally have daily if this is really what you feel like you need to do
Thanks for the advice; I totally know you’re right. I’ve always been the type of person to have an all or nothing attutude, and it’s so tough to break.
Getting it done feels *so* good. and knowing that you’re going to get it done feels even better. and I wish I were as good as you and could get off the computer at 9:30!
I needed to make that a commitment or else I would never get any sleep with my early morning wake ups
I get the same funny look when I plank for-f***ing-ever! I think you’ve been pretty good at keeping in touch, although we might be overdue for a text or two
Oh man we are way overdue.
good job on the goals! happy for you and i am going with you on this i neeeeeed to stretch more! i did a yoga class on thursday and usually do a kickboxing right after but my body felt so relaxed and much needed stretched i didnt do the kickboxing.. I have been trying lately to with stopping myself from complaining to much.. I usually get the complain out there and then try to say something positive about it, it helps some situations def! Hot boy at the gym at 6 hahahah you sound just like me! Goodluck with that!! and i too get the weirdest stares from people when I do wall sits! today I did box jumps they thought i was crazy lol
I don’t mind being that crazy person at the gym for doing bad ass moves, not for the other crazy reasons people could be staring. I wish I could take yoga classes, that would so help with my flexibility. Boy is it needed. Not complaining is so hard, I struggle with it but hope this week will shake that
Congrats on the goals Alex! I loved the “what I learned” list:)
We all have those lessons we need to walk away with for sure.
Those are some great goals!!! Hope this week is awesome’
I hope I can keep these in sight this week
HA! That dog is so funny. Poor pup!
I know poor thing, they always look so sad with cones
Yay on completing your goals! I need to work on the turning the computer off earlier thing as well…
It totally helps me with my sleep, I fall asleep faster that way. Worth it in the end.
I’m officially making my goals this week to stretch more. I am totally copying you. I NEED this goal, I get so complacent with this simple task that benefits me so much!
Me too, my body needs the stretching and it is always the thing I put off.
1. LOVE that song – hadn’t heard it before, but I played it in the background like you said and I’m kind of addicted. Straight to my iTunes, that’s whats up.
2. NICELY DONE on the goals this week! As per the electronics, start with the computer and then go to the phone – I had my computer off by 10 every night this week but then two nights I was on the internet on my phone till 11…FAIL lol.
3. Totally agree – stress is the BIGGEST cause of stomach issues for me. There are certain foods I know I can’t eat (gluten, cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower, honeydew melon, most dairy), but when I’m stressed, even my stomach-safe foods give me issues. No bueno. Always fun when animals come check you out during a pit stop on a run – this one time over summer break I was running on the bike path at home and there were three goats tethered to the fence right where I needed to take a pee break….yeah it was AWKWARD to say the least. At least they didn’t chase me down the path LOL.
4. LOVE that last point you made – if you sit down and look back on your week, you realize how much you do, and that the amount you stress about it doesn’t contribute to it! I remember one time sophomore year of college, I was so stressed about having o-chem, biochem, physics, and calculus exams all in one week – I called my mom sobbing hysterically and she just goes, “Kate. If you’re so stressed then shut the fuck up, get off the phone, and GET TO WORK.” I was so shocked I stopped crying and that lesson stayed with me all through college – you sometimes just gotta put your head down and get it done – and you will! And I think anticipating the results of your job interview will help keep you optimistic
We all have those moments of break down that make us realize how capable we are. We all hit it at some point but at least it is learning curve. Oh man goats would have freaked me out too! It was dark when the raccoon was there and I was not willing to mess with him. Scared me to death! Glad I got a new song for you, I am so into music lately.
Great job on the goals!!! I like having to check with myself on a weekly basis, makes it more manageable!
i agree, i can’t do monthly goals, I tend to forget them.
Great job, Alex!
There’s a cute boy at the gym by my house who I see often! I wish we’d bump into each other or something! Haha.
The people at the gym who give you stares when you do wall sits must be so jealous. They only wish they could do that!
My goal is to remember to breathe! Sometimes I like to bite off way more than I can chew!
Remember to breathe is such a tough one but what a great goal. I tend to get caught up in life and forget to simply step back and take a breathe.
That flower graphic is hilarious!
I couldn’t stop laughing either!