Need a boot to the butt

Am not having a good week.  I got out of my healthy routine because of physio sessions and other errands that I had to run after work.  I haven't been able to do good pushups lately because of my bercitis and to boot, physio has not really helped it a whole lot.  I think I will have to schedule some deep tissue massage, as soon as payday. Todays the first day this week that I have time after work to go to the gym.. So i'm gonna do as much as I can on the stationary bike. Gotta do it more regular to get into shape. It's tough being a single parent of three, especially when all three are not working. Ah well, enough of feeling sorry for myself and I will give myself the boot in the butt.

Day 3 of Physio

Well tonight is my last night of physio for my shoulder. I don't think it will totally get rid of the pain but it has definitely helped my back, shoulder and neck.  The biggest difference I found was that my neck doesn't grind nearly as much as it used to.  Too bad physio isn't free.

learned another lesson

Just wanted to say that last friday's I Ho Chuan class was an excellent class.   When Sifu Brinker corrected me in my stance to engage my hip, things took on a whole new light. Also, went to physio yesterday and found out that my shoulder and back are in worse shape than I thought. And that is from neglecting myself. I am so bound up that it put my neck out as well. I had the electrodes on, then ultrasound and then traction. I felt like I had a bobble head after that. I get two more sessions. I will have to get regular massages after this. At least my health benefits covers it. I have always put myself last and that has got to change, especially now.

Cleansing/Detoxing

I am in day 4 of a cleanse and so far so good.  Besides being realllllly bloated, I am starting to feel like I have more energy and I don't have brain fog. On a different note, I can only do wall pushups right now.  I have bercitis in my shoulder from all the pushups. I have to go to physio and have this taken care of before jumping back into full pushups.

I got a burst of excitement and enthusiasm about my artwork. I am currently working on two different pencil sketches. They are very detailed and take on average 30 hours each. An associate of mine through work bought one of my prints and informed me  that she wants to buy two originals now so that she can have three for her office. So I have a short term goal of finishing these two sketches by the end of May.  This sale would help my finances at a time that I need it. Oh, and besides that, I have to look for another place to rent as soon as possible because my daughter and her two cats are moving in with me by the end of the month. I will have all three kids with me and only two bedrooms.  It's a good thing I have two really comfy sofas.

I soooo hate computers

I haven't blogged for a little while because my blogspot site is challenging my computer skills. I signed in one day and all of a suddent, it says this site is no longer something, something this server. I feel so stupid. Finally, with some help and me poking around, I think I have it figured out. Sooo I am back online.  I am feeling pretty good about my training right now. On mondays and wednesdays, as long as I don't go home and leave for kung fu straight from work, I have been successful with keeping up my attendance. I really like going to those classes because it helps me keep up with my situps and pushups, it gives extra opportunity to excersize and I get to learn from a few different Sifus. I am finding, however that I don't get home til 9:00 and haven't eaten and I need to wind down before being able to sleep. So I am not getting as much sleep as I would like at this rate. But pros definitely outweigh the cons. On my off days, I stop off at the gym after work and put some kilometres on either the bike or treadmill. So far, so good.

An up Day

Before 8:00 this morning I drove my son to school, worked with free weights for 40 minutes and did 150 situps and 80 of my pushups. It's my day off today. Am thinking if I get up a little earlier every workday, I could keep this up. Also, last Wednesday i went to 2 evening classes and loved it. I am definitely going to go to as many as I can.

Breakthrough

I'm having a good day, I think I have figured out a workout routine for myself that will work for me. I started getting up earlier in the morning to do my situps and pushups to get them over for the day and found I had time left and some energy so I did my weight resistance training routing which I used to do for 20 years. It was like riding a bike and it felt so good. And when I have been stopping off at the gym right after work cause it is on my way home and I have been doing 5 miles on the bike, great for my knees. So I am feeling way better about my workout routine. I just have to make sure that I am eating right and getting enough sleep to keep this up.