Tuesday for the Books

I got home from work today by 5, and I was REALLY tempted to go to sleep. Yes, bed by 5 is not an strange, or even uncommon, occurrence for me. But I didn't. Why? Because I had to go to the gym. And I had to eat. And now that I got my workout in, I feel great, and am ready to get some more things checked off my to-do list!

I love the refreshed feeling a good workout leaves you with. I had back and rear-delts today and my shoulders are coming in pretty nicely. They are even a bit striated, which I LOVE. Also, as I was waiting for a squat rack to open up (20 minutes for someone to do 2 sets is ridiculous. I also want to add that I got my 8 sets in before the 2 guys next to me got in 2. TWO! On two different racks I might add. And I take my rest time. Get out of here, dudes!) .. carrying on.. I looked through my notebook and noticed I hadn't increased weight in the last 2 weeks for this workout for my shoulder presses, and hardly had increased in the last two weeks for my bent over rows. So what did I do? I increased weight on EVERYTHING and I did it with great form. By the end, my arms and back were exhausted, but man did I feel good. Then I did cardio, watched the 2nd half of the USA game, and caught up on my Danika Patrick news, and a little NFL talk. Then of course I caught a little of Deadliest Catch.. because that show is awesome. But I'm not going to lie.. I think I looked at the time every 2 minutes for the first half of it. My calves were tight and I thought my heart was going to explode -- a bit of an exaggeration since I don't think it got above 147 -- and I wanted to go home. But I finished it and I'm glad I did. GREAT workout.

Now it's time to shower and make dinner. Tomorrow's cardio entertainment will be a couple good soccer games, yahoo. Alright people I'm out. Make the most of your weeks!

Oh and FYI, I'm back on track with my nutrition, 2 perfect days to start the week..only 102 more to go!

Butts and Wet Hands

So I realized one important thing when I was in Asheville, and I am consistently reminded of it. I'm all for nature and being active and getting dirty. Fine. But not my hands. If I am going to fall I'm okay with my legs, arms, face even, getting dirty or wet or scratched. But my hands? Absolutely not. I hate having dirt on my hands.. but I think what really gets me, is having wet hands. It's like showering, washing my hands, washing dishes.. whatever.. takes a big mental effort because I don't want my hands wet, slimy, and I don't want to touch anything else with wet hands. It's gross. Like the reason I didn't take off my socks and shoes to play around in the waterfall.. I didn't want to get my hands wet touching my feet to put my socks and shoes back on. Ridiculous. It's especially inconvenient hiking or being outside, because when you trip/fall, you instinctively put out your hands. But thats exactly what I don't want to do if I have time to think about it. I guess I just need to learn to take it to the face... because that's where I'll be landing from here on out.

Monday was a long day. By noon, I had seen 12 patients, out of this world. I'm completely independent at my clinical now. I do all of the eval and treatments, renewals and discharges, myself. Today, and for the rest of this week, we have patients doubled up during treatment times, and I'm seeing both of them at once. Why isn't my CI taking one? I don't know. I'm getting a lot of practice though, and frankly I think I'm one hell of a PT. But I may be biased. A 15 year old's dad told me though that they liked working with me and that his daughter talked about me a lot at home. That's because she's not 60 years old and complaining of pain. She tore her ACL and wants to get back to playing ball. Can I kick her ass during therapy? Yes. And I love it, so of course she loves me!

I made it to the gym yesterday for my 40 minute cardio-sesh and loved it. Switched back and forth between Sports Network, Pardon the Interruption, and Around the Horn. I am all caught up on my sports and I can't wait to get back for more. USA game today so better believe I'll be loving me some treadmill walking after my back and delts workout!

Gotta head to work, patients are waiting for me to either kick their butt or massage their butt.. yes, I'll be digging my elbow in someone's butt today for ~18 minutes. Jeal much?

Getting Lean!

So my cutting phase is off to a great start! My macros changed this Sunday/Monday and after a couple hours of planning I have done perfect :) I couldn't be happier. I know the nutrition is going to be the hard part, especially when I get stressed with school and tests/papers start becoming due, but if I can get in the habit of being perfect now, I should have no problem come September. And then it's only 1 more month! Holy crap it's coming up quickly! I've decided to eat the exact same meals Monday-Friday each week, and then on the weekend plan the next weeks menu. This may seem boring, but honestly I've been eating basically the same thing for the past 6 months just less strictly and I'm not bored yet. This way I don't have to stay up late planning and stressing about meeting the numbers each night, and can just go through that on the weekend when I have more time.

So my numbers have changed as follows:
Carbs: 195 --> 100g
Protein: 220 --> 200g
Fats: 45 --> 60g

Really the challenging part for me Sunday when I was planning was getting in those last 15g of fat. I've been so used to cutting them out that I had to really think to get them back in.. and without adding anymore carbs to the mix. Added in some flax seed oil, and called it good.

The only other thing that has changed for me is the cardio. I was doing 3 days of 30 minutes the last 2 weeks and now its 4 days of 40 minutes. Unfortunately, this still has to be HR < 150.. meaning I can't just go for a run. But Meredith says HIIT will begin soon enough, so I'll just be patient until then.

In others news, did anyone watch the USA v Brazil men's game yesterday? That was embarrassing. Luckily, they pulled it off, but they need to get it together. I'll just have to start watching the women I suppose.

Off to work I go. Another 11 1/2 hour day ahead of me. Can't wait.