Daily Health Confession: 7.26.2012

Today's Date:	Thursday – 7/26/2012
Previous Night Bed Time:	09:30:00 PM
Today's Wake Up Time:	10:30:00 AM
Wake Up Feeling:	5 - Thirsty, pain under my left shoulder blade, tightness in my lower stomach.
Exercises:	50 Jumping Jacks, 7 Push Ups, 20 Crunches, 30 Mountain Climbers, 45 Second Plank, 20 Crunches, 12 Laps Running Around the House, 3 Laps Walking Cool Down, 60 Step Ups, 20 Stair Hops, 20 Counter Supported Push Ups, Gardening
Feeling:	8 – Exhausted, but really, really good.
Breakfast:	Apple
Supplements/Vitamins:	3 Vitex, 3 Vitamin C, 1 Vitamin E, 6 Prenatal
Lunch:	¾ a Tuna Fish Sandwich
Dinner:	Homemade organic mashed potatoes, quinoa – carrots, corn, peas, onion, curry powder, and cayenne pepper.
Snacks/Desserts/Drinks:	Water, 20 oz. Sports Drink, Strawberry Lemonade.
Daily Activity/Accomplishments:	Exercise, Prepped Small Garden Beds, Trench/Hauled Rocks, Planted Pumpkin Seeds, Laundry, cleaned kitchen and bathroom.
Bed Time Feeling:	7 – Super awake, not tired, but needing to go to sleep to prep for an early morning. Had a hard time falling asleep.

Exercise:	Feeling/Reaction:
50 Jumping Jacks	Tried to find an alternative to this, couldn't find anything promising so I went ahead with the 50. I felt the muscles in the back of my legs working hardest. Felt pretty good.
7 Push Ups	My arms felt stronger today, 7 at 105* felt pretty good.
20 Crunches	I am enjoying the crunches. My abdominals need a lot of work and I can feel them working.
30 Mountain Climbers	Added 10 more to my routine. Felt great!
45 Second Plank	I wanted to challenge myself to hold it for 5 seconds long when I hit the 30 then the 35... on until 45 when I felt like I should stop.
20 Crunches	Extra crunches mean extra strength!
12 Laps Running Around House	My Pattern Was as Follows: Run 4 Walk 1 Run 3 Walk 1 Run 3 Walk 1 Run 2 Walk 1 The outside of my right foot seems to hurt when I run a counter clockwise direction around the house. The last few days I have been running clockwise and my foot has not been hurting. I need to look into this. Otherwise, the run felt great. I think 12 is a good place for right now. I am trying to be ever vigilant about keeping my shoulders down my back and away from my ears when I am running.
3 Laps Walking Cool Down	I set the goal of only 3 and felt good after doing them.
60 Step Ups	Did these fast paced. I noticed that if I don't look down, I am able to keep my rhythm and balance better. Definitely am feeling my legs working by the 60th one.
20 Stair Hops	Without looking down, my rhythm and balance were spot on. Was tired after 20.
20 Counter Supported Push Ups	I think I am enjoying these the most. I like that I can feel my arms working in areas I know need toning. Not too much strain on the body, but still strength building.
Gardening: - Hoed two small beds - Dug trench 5 ft long, 8 inches deep, and 6 inches wide. - Hauled Rocks - Planted Pumpkin Seeds	Since I was sweaty and in expendable clothing already, I felt like going outside and doing some gardening. Spent 5 hours outside weeding with the hoe, prepping the soil, and digging a trench for a drain-off system for one of our gutters. Felt like quitting after I had the ditch dug, but after going inside and getting a drink and sitting down for a moment, I felt like I could keep going. Went outside and started to haul rocks. We have a pile of different sized rocks (2-30 lbs.) rescued from a different garden bed. Used the small – medium sized rocks for the trench. Finished the trench and ended up planting some pumpkin seeds in the just prepped garden beds. Feeling exhausted!

The new drainage river bed.