The 1--2 Punch!

Life seems to throw us one--two punches often, and they're no fun!  Luckily, the only one--two punch I threw today was at the gym; boxing with my trainer was on the program!   It's a lot of fun, for sure, but so very complicated at times.  I forget to keep both hands up; I can toss a pretty mean punch; I get all confused when its a combination of punches.  All in all, its quite a workout though!  Russell says its like dancing... um, yeah, that explains a lot  about my boxing. hahahaha

After 20 minutes of boxing with some silly ab work thrown in, it was Bicycle Burnout time.  This was 20 minutes on the stationary bike, pumping away while holding 10lb weights in each hand and doing bicep curls and shoulder presses.  Then we tossed an 8lb medicine ball back and forth -- yes, while I was still pedaling away!!  Then came the burn:  increase the resistance every 15 seconds until I'm close to passing out, then bringing the resistance back down every 15 seconds so I can breathe again!   lol  Yep, lots of hard work today, but totally worth it! 

I spent my lunch hour in the gym trying to gain some mileage, too.  Every mile logged is that much closer to the beach for me!  the Goal is 384 miles, and I am currently at : 80.75 -- Getting closer!!

It was also Weigh In Wednesday...... drum roll please ..... (or like Russell, cow bell clang!!!)  I lost 4.5 lbs this week!  Woooo Hooooo!!  (I am convinced now that diet soda does me in --- is it because of the artificial sweeteners?  Or something else in the drink that makes me crave other "bad for me" foods??)

So... when life throws you a few one--two punches, pull on some gloves and throw a few back its way!  Its not hard to do-- but you have to do a little each day in order to reach your goals .... if I can do it, so can you!