Summner Challenge Day 3

Day 3 was a fun day! I started the day off with a bowl of rice cereal in alomnd milk, topped with almonds and bananas. Then I headed out the door for an easy run. I ran five miles in an hour. It felt good to be running...instead of feeling like I had too, my body wanted too. It is kinda nice not to be focused on training for a race right now...

I got home and had a Greek yogurt with strawberries, packed the cooler for pool time and done some stuff around the house...then it was time for lunch and off to Zumba...lunch was a roast beef sandwhich on all natural wheatberry bread...the roast was deer meat that a friend of mine fixed and sliced up real thin for me! This was topped with avacado, roamine lettuce and tomato. On the side I had some carrot sticks, fresh spinach and raw squash....Then I headed to the gym.

I did a strength training workout for Bicepts, Tricepts and shoulders...

Bicepts...Dumbell Curls, cable curles, preacher curls, incline curls...
Tricepts...Tricept extension, lying extension, cable press and dips
Shoulders...military press, lat raises, upright rows and shoulder press..

I also did 4 sets of weighted crunches and 4 sets of incline crunches...

After my ST workout, my best friend joined me for her first zumba class! We had so much fun! The class is getting easier for me as I learn the steps and get used to hor the instructors lead...really loving this class! It is fun and girlie...something I seem to be missing at times...lol..

After Zumba, I went home and picked up my girls and then we headed back to the pool. I spent about an hour and a half swimming with and playing with my girls...my youngest one would 'swim' after me and catch me and then I would squat hop, or lunge walk back tot he other end of the pool with her on my waist or back...then we would repeat....after about an hour od this my oldest daughter got involved and it became an all out water wrestling match! Problem for her...mommy has gotten strong!! I had fun putting my 14 year old under the water!!!

Highlight today...I made some observations about my body today...I am not a tiny person! I am not one of those women you look at and think...oh she is so petite! I am a muscular woman...I would give the impression of someone that took care of themselves and could take care of themselves...My legs are solid muscle and there is now definition and visible muscle in my back and arms!!!! I decided instead of waiting for my body to be what I want it to be, I was going to begin to love my body right where I am, to trust my body's signals for what it wants and needs. I have been training my body to eat right, to train hard and that will continue, but to honor my body along the way is important. I don't want to be some stick thin girl that looks like she will break if you touch her...I want muscles and curves. I want to look like an athlete and that is where I am headed.

Accomplishment today...I decided to stop hiding and wore a two piece swim suit to the pool!