TurboFire Kicked My Butt!

Today's lunch: Turkey Wrap (Whole Wheat
Tortilla, Tomato, Avocado, Cucumber,
Turkey & Light Raspberry Vinaigrette)

When I woke up this morning, I was anxious to get started.  I made myself breakfast, (Whole Wheat English Muffin with Apricot Preserves & Almond Butter.)  I have never tried almond butter before and what do you know it taste like almonds.  My mind had a little trouble trying to connect the dots.  My mind was thinking peanut butter but my tongue was saying nope almonds! I liked it! (the almond butter not the conflict between mind and tongue) Back on topic, I finished my breakfast and coffee and waited a hour before doing my first ever TurboFire workout.  It was harder than anticipated.  The Class I did today was Fire 30/Stretch 10.  After about 20 minutes I was not only huffing and puffing and ready to quit I was also getting mad because she was all, "You're doing great! Don't you feel great?" And what do you know, I mutter "No I don't. This sucks" I managed to make it through the last 10 minutes of the Fire 30.  I wish I could say I powered through the class, but those last 10 minutes felt like forever, I was panting, my face was bright red and I was barely moving. I was doing the motions half-assed with my arms while my feet hardly moved!  Then I moved on to the Stretch 10 class.  I think I preferred this class much more! Stretching out my muscles felt great.  By now I was able to breath again, my face wasn't absolutely red (like the kool aid man) and I was hungry.  So snack time, 1/2 apple, 1/4 cup cottage cheese and 20 raisins.  I forgot how much I loved cottage cheese! I played with Treven for a little while, soon Justin was up and I was out the door for my hour walk.  I went down the road by my house and got to enjoy the fresh smell of the fields.

On my way back to the house I can see that Justin finally got his quad fixed.  As I am almost home and only have a 5 minutes left of my walk he comes tearing down the road and asks me if I would like a ride back home! What a sweetheart! And I am proud of myself for saying no and finishing up my walk even if that meant I had to walk around the house a few times.  As soon as the timer went off I was done! I went inside and made myself a turkey wrap and protein shake for lunch.  So yummy! I was eating and wishing my wrap had bacon and cheese on it.... maybe some turkey bacon next time! And the shake wasn't bad and it was chocolate so I felt like I was cheating!  I am very grateful that Treven was taking a nap because the hot shower I took felt so amazing.  When I got out I sat down on the bed and watched some netflix and was ready to pass out.  Thank God Treven woke up and I had to get moving.  Falling asleep would have been a bad idea.  I got up and my legs were screaming in protest and it hurt.  I figured then was as good a time as any to go do my last minute Valentines day shopping.  After walking around for awhile I am glad that I managed to get up and walk around because I am not as sore at the moment as I was when I got off my bed.  I enjoyed some kiwi with 1/4 c of strawberry yogurt as a snack.  For dinner I had candied carrots (carrots with honey) and a simple spinach salad.  Finished up Justin's Valentines gift and am now lounging in bed updating this post then curling up with a book and probably passing out before I even get through 5 pages.  I am beat and I can feel parts of my body aching.  But overall I am proud of myself for working out, walking and eating right today. Unfortunately I was only able to drink 2 glasses of the recommended 8 glasses of water.  I was so full that I couldn't stomach putting anything else in my stomach.  Now to get some rest and try to make it through Day 2 in the morning.