Yesterday was great. I woke up all,”bright-eyed and bushy-tailed”. Such a contrast to the morning before where I woke up sluggish and mildly surly.
Being the hyper-vigilant, self observing, pattern finder that I am, I said, “huh, what’s up with that?”
I compared everything as as hit my morning run. Given my eating plan…I ate exactly the same thing the day before on both days. So….that’s not it. I basically did the same things both days before. So, that’s not it. Work was equally a blend of total crap and rewarding contribution to society both days. So, that’s not it.
The only difference was…..the dog.
See, the night before the crappy morning I went to bed mostly on time, had no difficulty falling asleep….and then that damn little doofus-dog woke me up at least 3 times in the night. She wanted to go out for a drink of water…then she needed to pee…then I think just a bonus to bark at some imagined intruder in the backyard.
The next night….I fell asleep at about the same but a wee-bit earlier because I could tell I needed some sleep. And then….I woke up….and then a few minutes later my alarm went off. I was surprised that I had slept through the night without a single…anything waking me up. And I felt, AWESOME!
Yesterday morning, there was no battle. I got up, did my normal morning things…got to my workout ON TIME, did my bodywork, then went right out on my run. I ran a nice perky 5 miles, and it felt SO nice to run without wanting to turn around and go home the whole time.
Work went decently well. Then I went to HOT yoga after work. Hot, hot, and hotter. It went better, until the last 20 minutes. I went from totally fine and dripping sweat, to overheating. I think I even stopped sweating. 😓 I did make it through to the end without running outside to cool down. 😁
Afterwards, folks were talking. I guess the thermostat doesn’t get it when the room is too hot…it is just set to heat-heat-heat. It isn’t a problem when there’s less people, but when it gets full and crowded….the room gets exponentially hotter about halfway through. Oh, that would be why I was fine…until I really wasn’t.
At the end, when I went outside….the metal door handle was almost too hot to touch. Seriously, it was that hot. Maybe they should do something to fix that….turn the heat off when there’s that many people? I do think the room reached “dangerously hot”. My guess, it was over 120 degrees.
Then I met my bestie for dinner. We talked for a couple of hours and it was wonderful.
Yesterday’s stats:
Calories and protein: not totally sure (no restaurants in Davis have calories on menu😒) but my best guess is: about 1500 calories and 90 on protein?
Hydration: 88oz.
Activity: AM: body work arms shoulders and abs, ran 5 miles. PM: hot yoga (90 minutes in a room hot as hell).
Goals today: supposed to be rest and relax day….but today me and my sister go clean out parents house (long story for another day). Given the state of it….it will take all day, ALL DAY.
It is also supposed to be an “eat without worrying about it” day. Not “binge and go ape-shit day”, just a day where I don’t have to keep track of calories and set the limit. You know….a day to be a normal person.
Oh….and the scale is moving again…lost one more pound. Down: 19, goal: 12 more.
Fitness Imposter? 