Taking the Reins

But I’m not.  I went shopping.  Amazing what happens to your eating habits the days after you hit the grocery store and are stocked and ready to rumble!

Today I was totally exhausted.  Between my late night fundraiser on Friday, the 8am workout (45 minutes away!) on Sunday, and the cat deciding to raise holy hell at 3am, I was hurtin’ for certain this morning.  Not even my cup o’ joe was enough to pull me out of my black hole of sleepiness.  But then I got an e-mail from Coach, telling me she’d be teaching a swim lesson in my neck of the woods tonight and that she’d be happy to watch me swim to see what was going on with my rotator cuff.  Woohoo!  Instant energy.  I love lessons. 

So, I powered through the day, picked my bike up at the shop, then dragged the hubby to my impromptu swim lesson.  He studied his flight manuals as the sun went down behind the Saddleback mountains….it was just gorgeous.  And the lesson was a blast, too!  Turns out I’ve got a little issue with my stroke that is hurting my shoulder.  2 exercises later, it didn’t hurt anymore!  (Well, relatively speaking– it is injured and I will have to take care of it, but the drills were painless compared to the rest of the swimming)  I feel totally energized right now– I love swimming.

On the food front, I had a high point day, but it was all high quality food with the exception of desert.  Stomach feels less poochy, so something must be working.  Here’s the day: