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<\/a>\nWithout even thinking about it, I put my hands on the ledge of the pool and hoisted myself out of the water and onto the ledge. This may not seem like a big deal but as a BIG GIRL I could NEVER EVER do this. I was never strong enough, I was always too heavy to do it. So to get out of the pool I always swam under water to the nearest stairs or ladder. I still do that. To this day. It’s funny how you just assume you can’t do something because you never were able to before.<\/strong> Mid-hoist I thought, “Holy crap! That was really easy!” I was so surprised and totally stoked. Funny how something so trivial can make me happy. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
I had a great swim and then went home for dinner, famished. My hummus and baby carrots pre-swim did NOT work for me. The second I got in the pool my stomach was growling and I was anxious to get home to eat.<\/p>\n
I made Michael and me salads. Lettuce mix, half an avocado, broccoli, cauliflower, celery and carrots and <\/p>\n I woke up earlier than I wanted to Fat Kitty prancing around on my full bladder. Thanks, kitty. So much for sleeping in!<\/p>\n "What's Up? I'm totally cute and adorable and you should wake up now. Come on Mommy! PLAY TIME!"<\/p><\/div>\n Had a pre-workout breakfast of 2 fried eggs and half a Sandwich Thin toasted with cream cheese (we don’t have bagels). At the gym I rocked out 3.65 miles on the treadmill at a consistently fast speed (for me) with some occasional inclines of 2.0-2.5 just like last time.<\/p>\ncarbs<\/del><\/strong> croutons for me.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nMichael grilled up the pork chops for us and since he is burned out on eating beans, he skipped the beans. I had some because it sounded good to me.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThe pork chop was huge, probably a serving and a half but I was famished<\/em>! I stayed up late watching Law and Order SVU (the last few episodes have been crazy!) and then crashed. It was a really long week and it finally caught up to me about 10pm.<\/p>\nSATURDAY<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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\nI could have gone longer but I had too much to do after the gym.\u00a0 Then I pushed myself to the limits on the weights. I am loving the weight machines with the plates. It’s so much better than the “easy” weight machines I’ve been using. I use those because they are easy and no-brainers.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBut when I use those I’m really just cheating myself out of a GOOD workout because I don’t push myself as hard as I should. I definitely feel like I get a better workout using the plated machines.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAfter weight lifting I did some rowing with the weights on this:<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nI’m trying to balance all of my chest press workouts with back workouts too. Then finished up with tons of stretching, Foam Rolling and hip exercises.<\/p>\n