I’ve been involved in more fitness-related activities lately, which I believe has relieved a lot of my mental and physical stress. No longer am I staying up thinking about Graduate schools, but instead falling asleep rather timely…sometimes faster then I can set an alarm. So what exactly have I been doing that has made me sore in places that haven’t been since freshman year? UMM two words. Boxing bootcamp. When you’re tired, you keep going. When you’re sore, you stretch and come back and get right back to an all-body workout. I’m trying to interchange working out at the gym with something more enjoyable and fun, aka fitness classes. My goal of working out is to be fit enough to run a 3 or 5K race by the end of this semester. I also want to be strong enough to hull myself onto a tube in the middle of any body of water because a) I don’t have the arm strength and b) Kicking is tiresome.
Boating at Grassymead Farm
A great website for looking up races in Maryland, Virgina, and D.C. is Racepacket Event Calendar. Eventually, I’ll choose a race, so I’ll keep you all updated. 
This upcoming week, my plan is to try out BodyWedge 21 for core training, Zumba, and Cardioboxing. So the reason why boxing bootcamp was great is because not only did we box, but we learned how to defend ourselves against others.’ SO BEWARE, I MIGHT KICK YOUR ASS. OKAY, maybe we just learned the roundhouse kick and how to punch properly, but hey those are important to know how to do right.
Since we’re on this topic of fitness, lets talk about healthy decisions on eating. Eating healthy can be difficult when food is so expensive. Everything healthy is 10x more expensive than the generic and sweet-filled containers of love at the grocery store. AND YES I HAVE A SWEET TOOTH. So what have I done? lol Not much, but I have plans. I’m trying to drink tea on a regular basis, since it wakes me up, and suppresses my appetite in the morning at the wee hours of 7-8 am. (A time in which I’m not hungry, but my stomach decides to make foolish noises to alert the world that I’m a starving child) Also, sandwiches seems like a great idea for making the good health decision, but not when the bread goes bad. WHICH IS TERRIBLE BECAUSE I BUY THE EXPENSIVE HEALTH BREAD. So how do you fix this? FREEZE IT! Freezing food is the greatest solution in keeping food still edible.
My usage of capital letters and exclamation points is making me think of Gary Vaynerchuck, whom I sort of have a love/hate view upon right now. I love learning about his thoughts on various wines because it has motivated me to explore various name brands. (I think I’ve finally decided on one to purchase. I’ve waited on buying wine because I want to buy one that’s relatively expensive/good for a liquid.) I also love his enthusiasm, he’s the type of guy who would grab peoples’ attention, which I admire because it’s not as easy as it seems. Now for the hate part…I really dislike that he advertises for his brothers’ site on twitter. Constantly, there are links telling you to try out the site. This form of advertisement, although effective, is annoying, especially on a social network where people are suppose to update on what they’re doing.
I’m taking a day off from any sort of fitness today due to my long morning with various kids who couldn’t control themselves. I was tackled today. That’s all I’ll say on that…time to get some homework done!
Ciao!
