LOVE, RESPECT, AND TRUST

D.F.C. had an amazing dose of WORK!!! this morning! I'm so proud of the guys as their gains both in strength and esthetically just continue to present themselves every session I train with them. I'm sure I'm making gains as well and although I write my numbers down I rarely compare them. So, what I will lift is determined by the coach (3reFit). Today was chest day and the movements he had us doing REALLY put it on us. You may think what I am about to say is a joke but it truly is not; TYPING THIS ENTRY HAS PROVEN TO BE DIFFICULT AS I KEEP CATCHING A MINOR CRAMP IN MY RIGHT TRICEP. NO JOKE!!! Although today was chest day, more than just the chest muscles are engaged or assist in the movement. Well this tricep is letting me know she showed up and put in some WORK!!! LOL! I've said it once and I'll say it again... I LOVE MY TEAMATES!!! We slayed that ishT today!!!

  Anyone who knows me, knows that I can be super impulsive, I love and will accept any challenge, and I tend to have the desire to do EVERYTHING that comes to mind. Sometimes it works out for me and sometimes I have to be reminded to JUST CHILL! That's a good thing. Not only does it take some pressure off but it helps me to reflect and put things into perspective. Well actually, my teammates break it down for me and then I take the hour long ride home in silence thinking about what they have said and it does me good. I think I've said it in previous posts that sometimes we have to get out of our own way. Well, I obviously still leaning how to do that. It's all good though as I NEVER claimed to be perfect, so I may have to be reminded again at some point which really frustrates some. But as long as they don't ever completely give up  on me I'm good! I'll say it again!!! I LOVE MY TEAMMATES!!!

 Okay, let us talk about this word KETOSIS. Lord, KETOSIS is a double edge sword. I think I was in ketosis nearly 1 month and the first two weeks were hell. The 3rd week was great and this week I had more carbs than I had been eating and I feel sick as hell!!! Like nauseous sick. So, today I am no longer in KETOSIS (well that's what my pee says. Ketone levels are measured via urine. I know TMI, but  it's part of this fitness thing)! That being said, Tomorrow I will again restrict carbs to 20 per day with the exception of hard training days (Legs, Back, Chest) and increase my fat intake. I'm done consuming food for the day today. I am focusing on rehydrating and I had the BEST protein shake with added glutamine, creatine, and L-Carnitine. I had to pop a potassium pill for this irritating tricep spasm! LOL! I LOVE THIS ishT!!! It's crazy how something that you avoided for decades becomes something that you can't get enough of. I spent so much time making excuses and avoided working out for DECADES and now I can't imagine my life without it and all that comes with it; the GOOD and what appears to be NOT SO GOOD. And the best thing about it, I DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS ALONE!!! There are so many amazing individuals out there trying to do right by there bodies and I have so much respect and hope for them. Some are experiencing what I have experienced in the past, some are going through exactly what I am going through, and some are where I am likely headed but have never been. It is truly NOT an EASY process. Anyone putting in that EFFORT deserves and should COMMAND RESPECT REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS! And what a PROCESS it is! I am learning to TRUST IT! Honestly, I feel that today is my turning point from learning to TRUST IT to TRUSTING IT. Seriously. Today's team chat really did me GREAT!!! Boy I tell ya, GOD truly is IN CHARGE and KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS DOING! He puts people in our lives for very specific reasons and not only for the fitness thing but for the LIFE thing as well. The things that I learn and am beginning to understand can and are applied to other areas of my life and it's a beautiful thing. We are all beautiful WORKS IN PROGRESS and FOREVER EVOLVING TO BETTER STATES OF BEING. That's why this and the people traveling through this with me means so very much. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world and I will say this one mo'gin (interpretation-one more time!) I LOVE MY TEAMMATES!!!

~me