DAY 8 OF 365: JUST ANOTHER MANIC MONDAY

I usually dread Mondays. The start of a new workweek and the feeling that the weekend went by too quick to even remember, usually frustrates me. But not today. I got up early, made myself some breakfast and tea and actually watched the news. The topic of course was the impending snowstorm that is expected to drop anywhere from 9 to 15 inches of snow starting Tuesday night into Wednesday. As much as I love snow, and don’t get me wrong, I LOVE snow, I am getting a little tired of having to trek into work in it. I would prefer to have a blizzard Friday night into Saturday so I can actually enjoy it. But, that’s not what this Snowstorm has in mind. So off I went to work.

On my way to the PATH train I hit a little icy patch and slipped. It was one of those slips that you know it is coming and you try to stop it from happening only to make it worse. I fell flat on my ass. I quickly looked around to see if anyone saw and thank god no one was around to see. So I ask you this. If you slip and fall on ice and no one sees you, did you really slip and fall? You decide.

Once at the office it was just a normal day of Extras Casting. Nothing crazy. You will be happy to know that I made a nice healthy dinner Sunday night and had leftovers. So instead of buying lunch today I brought in the leftovers. So not only did I eat a healthy lunch, I saved about $12. (What it usually costs to buy lunch in the city) I also received several healthy recipes from Jessica, my nutritionist, regarding cooking and preparing green leafy vegetables. I am definitely looking forward to trying out these recipes.  I am so excited that I actually want to go to Trader Joe’s right now and go shopping for the ingredients needed. Also, if there is a Trader Joes in your neighborhood, they have great prices and assortments for fresh produce. I also enjoy shopping at Fresh Direct. They also have great prices and fresh produce and it is even delivered to your door. You can’t beat that!

My day ended with an extensive workout with JC.  I find that I am completing the warm up session quicker, enabling us to get more into our workout. We have been concentrating on working out the leg muscles in order to build up my core. We have also been working out with weights; increasing the weight and reps. The funny part is, is that JC tried to describe to me that in order to build the muscles, we need to have micro tears so that the muscle could repair itself. The problem was that I get queasy when I think of blood, and when JC mentioned micro tears in the muscles I associated that with blood and got queasy and faint. Great Dave, you look real macho getting faint at the description of Micro tears. Well after a good chuckle, we finished my workout and I showered and walked home.

As I am typing this blog I am feeling extremely sore in my arms and legs. I am sure I will be feeling it tomorrow at work. But I will push through it, knowing that in order to achieve my goal, I need to work through the pain. Also, while I was typing this blog, I was watching an episode of 90210 to motivate me.  Once again, a show full of hot bodies. But I keep telling myself that if I keep up with it, by summer I will start to resemble one of those hot bodies! Till tomorrow my 14 followers. Be healthy!