Summer Challenge Days 23-25

I know it has been a few days...things have been a little crazy for me and I have been trying to deal with some mental obstacles in my journey...I needed the time to journal and process through some stuff...but I am still on this journey...Many times we make it all about working out and our diets, but the mental stuff can be the biggest hurdle...glad I found a friend that I could open up to some and let some stuff come out...is it over...probably not, but I am in a better place...

Workouts this week have been intense...my usual routines of kick boxing and zumba, full body weight workouts and tri training. The tri training is fun! I really enjoy mixing up the three events and even trained in all three one day this week...Right now I am keeping runs on the shorter side and working on speed, cycling is up to 15 miles in about 40 minutes and I actually amazed myself swimming and completed pool lengths in about 30 sec! Maybe not fast for some, but for me that was amazing! Swimming is my weak link in this, so I am spending more time in the pool than anywhere right now...

Aparently my body likes the mix up in activity as much as my mind...I remeasured this week as I gear up for a challenge with my Fabulous Fitness team and had lost 3.5 pounds and 3.5 inches since June 12! I was really pleased with this...my goal isn't weight loss, but can't help but smile at the loss!

This is really amazing because nutrition has been all over the map recently, from not eating enough to eating the wrong foods...I am working on this and I think that is going to be a focus of the next part of this challenge...

The goal will be to get back to clean eating and to eat enough to support the level of exercise I am doing...

I can tell on days like last night when I was doing cardio dance, that I am not fueling my body as it needs...this has got to change...

My goal is health and that has to include proper nutrition...nutrition is 80% of the equation according to Tosca Reno...so if I can get the nutrition back on track...I can only imagine what this body can do!