This week was one of the best in so long

September 26, 2010

This week was one of the best in so long
By: Gina

I didn’t travel anywhere nor did I do a rundown of absolutely anywhere but as far as my workout routines, I did excellent so I‘m quite pleased since all of last week I was in an eating marathon and I only managed to squeeze in my early Sunday run. Friday and Saturday could’ve been a lot more productive but I was too lazy to get up and I was feeling like a whale because, I got on the “seafood diet,” ate everything I saw (see) for an entire week. I’m glad my photo session didn’t happen! I guess it’s good that my photographer stood me up because I was mortified about those 3 extra kilos lounging around on my waist line! So while I look for another photographer, I will have some time to shed off those stubborn 3 kilos.
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It is really not an excuse but the reason why I didn’t work out was because I’ve been working on a documentary about Tequila with a Film Producer from Seattle and him and his camera man were here last week so we had to go to Tequila, Amatitán, etc, to do interviews, film and many things which makes me really happy career wise but fitness wise I am not giving my best so I need to manage my time better. I’ve always found that one of the biggest challenges because I don’t have any stability work wise so I can be working at 5, 6 am or sometimes at 9, 10 11 pm so I really need to do something about this issue.

Tomorrow I’m going with a friend to check out a 24 hour gym that is opening soon.
That is one of the things I miss the most about California, those 24 hour fitness, at times I feel somewhat limited in Guadalajara because I don’t feel safe to go on my super early morning runs like I used to when I was competing and 99% of the gyms here open at 6am so I’d have to rush to be teaching my first class at 8 o’clock so I don’t even enjoy my workouts because they’re too short and I am more focused on time than on my workouts.

So going back to this week, my workouts were a lot of fun because I broke out of the monotony and mixed them up just like I do with my clothes when I’m getting ready to go to work.
On Monday I did cross training, 20 minutes on the elliptical, 20 minutes on the Stairmaster and 20 minutes on the treadmill plus I worked out arms and abs. My target was to work out every other day this week but on Wednesday I had to take my mother to the airport and Tuesday and Thursday I had class at 7.
On Friday I was too lazy to make it to the gym at 6 so I went for a run at parque metropolitan, I jogged 5k and jogged and sprinted another. 5k. on Saturday I did an hour and 3 minutes of spinning plus arms and abs. Plus! Today I went hiking, total time: 1:40 minutes, 9.5k going down this really steep cliff and 9.5k coming back up.
I go there very seldom and it feels like every time it keeps getting harder and harder to make it back. I must be getting “OLD,” perhaps I’m falling out of shape, or both.

I thought my legs would be sore but they feel great! In 10 weeks I’ll be another year older and I will get on a military regimen so I can celebrate my birthday looking and feeling better.
I know I don’t have a set date to update my writing but I am trying, right!? At least I got it done, that’s what I always tell myself whenever I do something.