Wow, only 6 more days of this first 30 Day Challenge! I have kicked ass and taken names!
Today's workout was pretty intense. I thought it was gonna be easy, because all the exercises in the circuit were pretty simple, but man was I wrong. Especially after last night's ass-kicking, tonight's workout was a challenge. But I did it and I rocked that shit, and my body is showing it! I am now solidly hovering at the 155 lb mark, which is awesome. It'll be exciting to get down to 150! I've been honing my diet and really enjoying it. I had lots of really good food today and it felt really satisfying.
Things that were great today: Hot hot shower in the morning, washing my hair with coconut water shampoo and conditioner, moisturizing my skin, giving Ollie an empty peanut butter jar to work on while I was away, getting my errands done before work (deposit check, buy organic food bars, now with protein! yay!), friendly greetings at the Chiropractor's office (where I buy the food bars... I really should just buy them in bulk at this point), buying myself a Kevita drink (mango coconut, yum! probiotics!), getting to work early and easing my way into the day, making Suzy G a latte first thing, encountering THE HOTTEST MAN I have seen in a long time (seriously, I became so flustered and breathless that I needed to go into the dishroom and freak out a little bit. I haven't had such a strong visceral reaction to a man in I don't know how long, but I loved every minute of it), enjoying the playful banter between kitchen boys and waitstaff about whether he is gay or not (he's not, I know someone who knows him and I asked... tee hee!), having an over all good day at work, appreciating the familial interactions between staff members, leisurely bussing tables and re-setting them, making drinks for folks, seeing some friends of mine, delighting people with wonderful dessert presentations, making myself the BEST salad EVER (we have a sandwich called the Michel, which is spinach, herbed aioli, cranberry chutney, brie, and bacon on a toasted baguette... so I just replaced the baguette with a massive amount of spinach, added a few slices of avocado, and drizzled it with our pomegranate-cumin dressing, as well as some roasted garlic vinaigrette. PERFECTION! I even melted the brie onto the bacon. SO YUM.), orgasming through every bite of sweet and bacony goodness, deciding that I want to stick around this place a while longer, making an even deeper decision to stop trying to create the next thing (I've decided this will be part of my next 30 Day Challenge, to just enjoy where I am and stop actively trying to create anything else. Just be and let new things arrive, because that's what things do... they just arrive. I'll start this new challenge tomorrow, so I can have each month be a new one), listening to my music on shuffle (starting with Red Rabbits by the Shins) while cleaning up, feeding the fishies, getting my tips and such and encountering the whole staff downstairs talking about being human and having human emotional experiences (interesting, wish I'd heard the beginning of the conversation), walking home in the sunshine and icy air (bundled up nicely), taking little Ollie to the park for a good walk, seeing a little pack of high schoolers approach and become scared when they saw Ollie (off leash, probably 20 yards away, just sniffing at some stuff and being completely harmless), they stop to argue with each other about whether to go that way (the guys in the group were like "wtf, it's just a dog" and the girls were like "OH FUCK NO WE ARE NOT GOING THAT WAY."), suddenly Ollie realizes they're there and comes running at them barking like crazy and they all run away screaming! HILARIOUS! I thought I would die, I really had to hold it in until I got far enough away from them all! Wow. Anyway, texting my bossy that I have decided to stick around for a while longer because I love it so much there, getting home for a brief moment and buying the Money First Aid course from the Divine Openings website, reading the first page of it and immediately feeling some relief on the subject, walking to my friend's house to see if he had a charger that would work for my computer (didn't work, but recently I discovered the one he fixed for me does charge my macbook while it's shut down, and it keeps it going while it's on, so there's no immediate need for a new cord anyway), walking to the bus stop, watching Zuzka's video before getting on the bus, riding up and meditating along the way, grabbing a spring roll on the way to rehearsal (pretty tasty), rehearsing for a class assignment that I'm helping a girl with from one of the acting classes, getting out earlier than I thought we would and walking downtown, heading straight for the gym and grabbing one of their "Just Great Stuff" bars that are for sale there, changing and feeling pretty badass while I ate my cocoa-açai bar, kicking ass in my workout (only 12 minutes long for the intense part, but still! Super intense! Surprising!), stretching and then eating one of my organic food bars with protein (yum!), heading over to meet my friend and stopping by a thrift store to try on one of the dresses in the window (it didn't quite fit me, but it was awesome to look at my transforming body in the mirror! I can't wait to go clothes shopping for my new body this spring! I just realized how AWESOME that's gonna feel!), heading over to a tapas bar to meet my former roommate and hash out an agreement for her moving out (it's really working out in my favor! I get the month of March to myself here! Sweet!), eating a delicious little piece of potato-quiche-type stuff with some mixed greens on the side and a garlic aioli (delicious), finishing that off with grapefruit truffles and some Pelligrino Arranciata, walking home bundled up and having a nice conversation with her, getting home and reconnecting with my Ollie Bear, tossing his toy around for him, sitting for a long while and just existing in my body (wow it feels so good, when was the last time I really did that? That's for sure going to be part of my 30 Day Challenge), reading a good and very relevant passage from Things Are Going Great, reading my old college essay and marveling at the wisdom of my 18-year-old self and her newly discovered spirituality (and at how much it has blossomed since then, but just deepened and strengthened that first inner discovery), loving up my dog and his sweet little canine self, getting puppy kisses from him and just loving it, playing with my imagination for a few minutes, enjoying this nightly reminisce of my day and how much I enjoyed it.
I'm really glad I am where I am. Everything is working out for me and I am so ready to get out of the way now. This month I am committed to just exist in what I have created so far, knowing I have created it and that it is temporary. I am committed to not striving to fix or change anything about my reality as it is, but rather to find things that are already here and available to me which I can appreciate. I am committed to gleaning as much pleasure from this reality I'm already in as I possibly can. My next 30 Day Challenge begins tomorrow, March 1, and I will continue to record my pleasures and appreciations here on a daily basis. I have 6 more days of this current Challenge, and I have 14 more days of my Zuzka 30 Day Fitness Plan, after which I will continue to do her weekly fitness plans.
So! It is with a happy heart that I bid myself goodnight! I will be having brunch with a friend/co-worker tomorrow morning sometime, which I look forward to immensely. It's also pancakes/bacon/eggs day and I am super excited for it!
Ciao!
Love,
Adrienne
Today's workout was pretty intense. I thought it was gonna be easy, because all the exercises in the circuit were pretty simple, but man was I wrong. Especially after last night's ass-kicking, tonight's workout was a challenge. But I did it and I rocked that shit, and my body is showing it! I am now solidly hovering at the 155 lb mark, which is awesome. It'll be exciting to get down to 150! I've been honing my diet and really enjoying it. I had lots of really good food today and it felt really satisfying.
Things that were great today: Hot hot shower in the morning, washing my hair with coconut water shampoo and conditioner, moisturizing my skin, giving Ollie an empty peanut butter jar to work on while I was away, getting my errands done before work (deposit check, buy organic food bars, now with protein! yay!), friendly greetings at the Chiropractor's office (where I buy the food bars... I really should just buy them in bulk at this point), buying myself a Kevita drink (mango coconut, yum! probiotics!), getting to work early and easing my way into the day, making Suzy G a latte first thing, encountering THE HOTTEST MAN I have seen in a long time (seriously, I became so flustered and breathless that I needed to go into the dishroom and freak out a little bit. I haven't had such a strong visceral reaction to a man in I don't know how long, but I loved every minute of it), enjoying the playful banter between kitchen boys and waitstaff about whether he is gay or not (he's not, I know someone who knows him and I asked... tee hee!), having an over all good day at work, appreciating the familial interactions between staff members, leisurely bussing tables and re-setting them, making drinks for folks, seeing some friends of mine, delighting people with wonderful dessert presentations, making myself the BEST salad EVER (we have a sandwich called the Michel, which is spinach, herbed aioli, cranberry chutney, brie, and bacon on a toasted baguette... so I just replaced the baguette with a massive amount of spinach, added a few slices of avocado, and drizzled it with our pomegranate-cumin dressing, as well as some roasted garlic vinaigrette. PERFECTION! I even melted the brie onto the bacon. SO YUM.), orgasming through every bite of sweet and bacony goodness, deciding that I want to stick around this place a while longer, making an even deeper decision to stop trying to create the next thing (I've decided this will be part of my next 30 Day Challenge, to just enjoy where I am and stop actively trying to create anything else. Just be and let new things arrive, because that's what things do... they just arrive. I'll start this new challenge tomorrow, so I can have each month be a new one), listening to my music on shuffle (starting with Red Rabbits by the Shins) while cleaning up, feeding the fishies, getting my tips and such and encountering the whole staff downstairs talking about being human and having human emotional experiences (interesting, wish I'd heard the beginning of the conversation), walking home in the sunshine and icy air (bundled up nicely), taking little Ollie to the park for a good walk, seeing a little pack of high schoolers approach and become scared when they saw Ollie (off leash, probably 20 yards away, just sniffing at some stuff and being completely harmless), they stop to argue with each other about whether to go that way (the guys in the group were like "wtf, it's just a dog" and the girls were like "OH FUCK NO WE ARE NOT GOING THAT WAY."), suddenly Ollie realizes they're there and comes running at them barking like crazy and they all run away screaming! HILARIOUS! I thought I would die, I really had to hold it in until I got far enough away from them all! Wow. Anyway, texting my bossy that I have decided to stick around for a while longer because I love it so much there, getting home for a brief moment and buying the Money First Aid course from the Divine Openings website, reading the first page of it and immediately feeling some relief on the subject, walking to my friend's house to see if he had a charger that would work for my computer (didn't work, but recently I discovered the one he fixed for me does charge my macbook while it's shut down, and it keeps it going while it's on, so there's no immediate need for a new cord anyway), walking to the bus stop, watching Zuzka's video before getting on the bus, riding up and meditating along the way, grabbing a spring roll on the way to rehearsal (pretty tasty), rehearsing for a class assignment that I'm helping a girl with from one of the acting classes, getting out earlier than I thought we would and walking downtown, heading straight for the gym and grabbing one of their "Just Great Stuff" bars that are for sale there, changing and feeling pretty badass while I ate my cocoa-açai bar, kicking ass in my workout (only 12 minutes long for the intense part, but still! Super intense! Surprising!), stretching and then eating one of my organic food bars with protein (yum!), heading over to meet my friend and stopping by a thrift store to try on one of the dresses in the window (it didn't quite fit me, but it was awesome to look at my transforming body in the mirror! I can't wait to go clothes shopping for my new body this spring! I just realized how AWESOME that's gonna feel!), heading over to a tapas bar to meet my former roommate and hash out an agreement for her moving out (it's really working out in my favor! I get the month of March to myself here! Sweet!), eating a delicious little piece of potato-quiche-type stuff with some mixed greens on the side and a garlic aioli (delicious), finishing that off with grapefruit truffles and some Pelligrino Arranciata, walking home bundled up and having a nice conversation with her, getting home and reconnecting with my Ollie Bear, tossing his toy around for him, sitting for a long while and just existing in my body (wow it feels so good, when was the last time I really did that? That's for sure going to be part of my 30 Day Challenge), reading a good and very relevant passage from Things Are Going Great, reading my old college essay and marveling at the wisdom of my 18-year-old self and her newly discovered spirituality (and at how much it has blossomed since then, but just deepened and strengthened that first inner discovery), loving up my dog and his sweet little canine self, getting puppy kisses from him and just loving it, playing with my imagination for a few minutes, enjoying this nightly reminisce of my day and how much I enjoyed it.
I'm really glad I am where I am. Everything is working out for me and I am so ready to get out of the way now. This month I am committed to just exist in what I have created so far, knowing I have created it and that it is temporary. I am committed to not striving to fix or change anything about my reality as it is, but rather to find things that are already here and available to me which I can appreciate. I am committed to gleaning as much pleasure from this reality I'm already in as I possibly can. My next 30 Day Challenge begins tomorrow, March 1, and I will continue to record my pleasures and appreciations here on a daily basis. I have 6 more days of this current Challenge, and I have 14 more days of my Zuzka 30 Day Fitness Plan, after which I will continue to do her weekly fitness plans.
So! It is with a happy heart that I bid myself goodnight! I will be having brunch with a friend/co-worker tomorrow morning sometime, which I look forward to immensely. It's also pancakes/bacon/eggs day and I am super excited for it!
Ciao!
Love,
Adrienne
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