Where's the balance?

Cute bunny pic from here.

Last week I did my very first chin-up! Albeit with a little jump to start, and only one at a time (5 on Wednesday, 5 on Thursday).

I have a theory that over time, lack of sleep and too much stress can have very bad effects on one's body... Speaking of which... I need to get some sleep! Too much unhealthy food and too little exercise today. My body is definitely feeling it... Argh!

Back on Track

Cute bunny pic from here.

First full day back home and back on track with diet and exercise, and keeping up the great sleep schedule we had during our trip! New low-impact interval cardio/strength/flexibility workout, and with Bryan!

Exercise (morning)

10 minutes exercise bike for cardio warm up

stretching & flexibility lead by Stephanie

1 minute sprint on exercise bike

core and back strength lead by Bryan

1 minute sprint on exercise bike

core and back strength lead by Bryan

1 minute sprint on exercise bike

core and back strength lead by Bryan

Diet (morning)

Designer Whey Protein 100 calorie scoop

Fiber One 80 cereal

Sleep

9pm in bed, 7am arise

Hi-YAH!

EXERCISE
I'm well into my 2nd month of my 2nd round of Insanity DVDs! I've definitely been building up some upper body strength. A month ago I accidentally broke a shower faucet handle and two light switches (and fixed them myself--thank you, Home Depot). Last week I was able to do a few chin-ups in a row from the ground up, without jumping up halfway. Feelin' a bit aggro and a bit of a handywoman, like I've got grrl power! >:)

LASIK
This weekend, I read aloud a sign and Bryan said, "Wow, you can read that? Your eyesight is better than mine!" Oops! o.O

Things that make you go, "Hmm..."

Really?

EXERCISE
I'm in my second month of my second round of Insanity. I missed a few days and had to make them up from weekend trips kayaking.

I have not gotten hurt nor sore from Insanity. Considering all the jumping and intensity, the precautions and protein I've taken seem to have helped. However, I've been trying to get my combat roll ready for a whitewater kayaking trip, and I think in the process I somehow made my right hip twitch from attempting to hand roll, hurt my left knee on the way to the river, and got sore from not stretching before and after roll practice. Dang it!

DIET
I have not looked into it yet, but I'm skeptical of food items that claim to have fiber in them, but don't look like they have fiber in them. For example, "whole grain white bread" seems like an oxymoron to me. Do these items really help in the same way as natural, unrefined fiber that you can see, i.e. in raw vegetables, fiber one original (little bits of rope!), whole fruits, whole grain, etc.?

Dear Wonder bread, I love your texture, and I will still eat you with peanut butter! You make me go, "Mmm..." :9

It's 1:45 a.m. o.O

I did not work out hard enough today. Dang it! ><

32-minute Insanity Cardio Recovery DVD (which I input into myfitnesspal as "Stretching, hatha yoga" vs. "Aerobics, high-impact") and bellydance class.

The letter "z" in triplicate, please! -.-

Better than 20/20! Seeing 20/15 :)

Cute bunny drawing from here.

Two weeks later, and I'm seeing better than 20/20! I think the national statistic is something like 80% of LASIK patients achieve 20/20 or better, while 15% need further enhancements? Well, technician Amanda had me reading the 20/15 line (better than 20/20), and backwards, just in case I was memorizing! The 20/10 line escaped me though--I could see different sized black/gray dots.

Bryan took a look at my right eye and said, "Awesome!" My carefulness with not wearing any makeup nor sunscreen for two weeks, but putting in lots of drops and wearing sunglasses and hats really seemed to help. He was silent for a while on the left eye... It still looked a bit dry, so now I'm ramping up the various eyedrops... 'Still a little bit of red in the whites of my eyes, leftover from the suction that they put over eyes during the procedure, but I no longer feel I have to hide behind my sunglasses. I will continue to wear a lot of UV protection for the next 6 months until my next follow-up exam.

Color me happy

This background was chosen to represent some upcoming travel... The brown is getting a bit drab for me. How about some summertime watermelon stripes?