Pearl of Wisdom:
-Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all
the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." - Rumi

This weekend turned out really good. Missed dinner with my friend on Friday but we got together Saturday (after Mom and I did the winter hike at 3 Creeks Metro Park) and abused Chipotle. She and I then abused Zencha Tea Salon, got our hair colored, and then went off to see some other wonderful people who visited from out of town. We had a good time.

This morning, after a close call with falling back asleep after the alarm went off, I went off to 7AM Fitness and found we were going to do a "check" on our progress. Since we are all, in theory, wanting to attend Ranger Academy, there are 3 basic things we need to be able to do: a certain amount of push-ups, a certain amount of sit-ups and run 1.5 miles in a certain amount of time. Depending on your age and sex, the amounts will be different. This was my "starting" point as I've not been assessed before but I can see that I've made improvements in the last 3.5 weeks. Running is happening tomorrow BTW.

-I was able to do 8 regulation sit-ups. Before I was able to do 3.
-I was able to do 3 regulation push-ups. Before I couldn't complete 1.
-I was able to follow with 14 more "girly" push-ups for a total of 17. Previously, I couldn't do more than 10 "girly" push-ups.

We'll see how running goes tomorrow. My knees haven't allowed me to do more than 3 laps and 1 mile = 15 laps. I'm planning on showing up really early so I can walk for a while. It takes my muscles a while to warm up. Longer than they should actually. The good news is that ultimately, I'd have to do my 1.5 laps in 15 minutes. Honestly, that's not bad and I should be able to beat that once I get my weight down and my endurance up. I think it's time to push myself harder. Haven't integrated the squats/lunges nor the first thing in the morning sit-ups & push-ups. It's time.

Peace out, bitches!
Amy