Day 89: Happy

Just finished Day 89 Super Set workout and that was intense.  I took the advice of Patrick and just took it one exercise at a time.  Although a strange sadness came over me though as I got to super sets 4 and 5, I just felt sad that this was all ending - meaning the daily interaction of Patrick, the purpose and must-do workouts in the gym and the weighing out of all food.  As I finished my last plank to failure, and collapsed with exhaustion, I found myself thinking about how nice it feels to be in such good shape.  That I can see my hip bones (norm!) and now am beginning to see some changes in my waist line.  I've always felt comfortable in my own skin but now my outer shell is bringing another level of confidence in myself, which I never knew existed.

This past weekend I made it through a work Christmas party, the super set workouts and a twilight volleyball tournament.  On Friday night, my work Christmas party was pretty much a success PCP food wise, I ate all the raw veggies at the appetizer table and then continued with the veggie brigade - devouring two salads and some steamed veggies.  I passed up the filet and dessert table. When I came home I ate my protein portion and was very satisfied.  The only slip up I had was a glass of red wine.  Try as I may, my guard was down and I could just smell the red wine coming from my co-workers glass as we talked and I really wanted a glass.  So I debated a bit and then said JFD to the glass of wine.  And what was even more wonderful was that the one glass lasted me for the entire evening.  I didn't over do it, I had one glass and felt very happy.  My work Christmas party is always a nice event and it's good to socialize and catch up with co-workers out of work.

Saturday, started off with a bang as I dragged my friend Adam with me to go clothes shopping and buy some door buster sale items.  I got a sweet new pair of pants and a lovely scarf.  After that we went to the gym and I pounded out the Day 88 super set workout.  It was nice to have a friend push me on the ab exercises, I needed it especially for planks.  Then it was time to grocery shop and cook.  After that I had a personal volleyball training session to run.  Then it was time to go play in a twilight volleyball tournament.  26 highly competitive teams played from 6PM-4AM.  And my team ended up winning it all!  So exciting!!  So much fun!!  So happy am I.  I thought I would be tremendously sore, but I was OK.  Sleeping does wonders :)

Well Sunday happened and I got my 8 hours of sleep in but that meant I got up at 2PM.  Oh the repercussions of playing in a twilight tournament.  So I ate my PCP breakfast and then dinner as that's all I had time for and then it was time for bed again. 

All in all a good weekend.  Last blog to follow...