Month: July 2020

My 6000m Update

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I am so sorry for not updating for so long! I really felt like I had nothing to update with but then I was outlining this post and I realized that I could have don’t 3 or posts by now! So for that, I am sorry.

If you remember, on July 1, 2020 I upped my daily meters from 5000m to 6000m a day and let me tell you, it has been harder than I thought! I honestly thought, “after 5000 what is 6000?” but I am here to tell you that you absolutely feel that extra 1000 meters and it makes quite the difference! My husband asked me last night whether I was going to go ahead and bump up my 6000m to 7000m today and I just had to laugh because my body is still getting used to that extra 1000m!!! I hurt. I ache. My whole body is stiff….but you know what? I refuse to get our of that habit! All it takes is one day to ruin weeks of work and I refuse to let that happen. I need to actually make a post about how I deal with the stiff and achy body during COVID-19 shut down quarantine, and I will! That’s coming.

So I have been rowing 6000 meters since July 1 and, y’all, I’m feeling it! But I’m also SEEING it! Yesterday I hit 10lbs lost since May 26, 2020 when I began this journey. Now, I wasn’t really big to begin with, I’ve not lost clothes sizes, but I’m flatter in the stomach, tighter, and more defined. I am getting to the point, also, where it is not just me seeing things but other people, too. And I’m not talking weight lost because, like I said, I didn’t have too many lumps to lose, but they are noticing the firmness, the flatness, and the muscle definition! THAT is my motivation not to stop. Not to lose the habit.

I went looking for pictures the other day of me before May 26, pictures that I had taken on days I felt really good about how I looked, only to realize that I had deleted them before they could be backed up to my cloud. That is how unhappy I was with my body. So then I went to look for pics of me in clothes but full body and I realized that I’m really good at posing. haha I know how to suck it in, stick out the booty, and “get my best side”. I have no pics of before May 26 and my rowing journey but you better believe I have pics now. My stomach is flat, my legs are toned, I’m getting a little bubble booty. Yeah, I think I’ll keep this up. haha

So this is my update. 6000m is going well but is still a slight struggle to get through (both as body aches and a mental block) so I am not upping it yet but I am still pushing on. I am taking it week by week as to whether I am increasing the distance so I’ll keep you posted but as of right now I don’t think I’ll up it until August 1. We’ll see!

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Day 1 in the Books!!

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As I posted yesterday, on July 1 I was upping my row game. I also stated that I was not going to jump as far as I did last jump because I know me and I don’t want to take on more than I know that I can take at once. I am headstrong and will not back down but I don’t want to burn myself out or make myself hate this because I really do love it and I really am seeing results that I wasn’t even looking for! So this morning I upped my meters to 6000m from 5000m and while that doesn’t sound like a lot and the tacking on 5 minutes doesn’t sound like a lot, when you are giving it all you got, dripping sweat, your glutes are burning something fierce, and you just want to see that 0m..it’s farther than you think. It doesn’t seem like “nothing”. I didn’t struggle today in the sense of getting it done but I felt the extra distance and time. My body just felt something was off. It will take a few days to really get in the groove but I’ll get there. Back at it again I go tomorrow!

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I Must Be Crazy

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Here we are at the end of June and I’ve done it! If you remember, I was challenged to row 5000m a day for the month of June and I am so proud of myself and happy to report that I DID IT! I wake up each morning and before I leave my bedroom I change into my rowing clothes and then I come downstairs and get it. I’ve had days where I have struggled through it and thought that it would never end, days that I just wanted to cry because those meters were not going down fast enough, but I’ve also had days where I just get it done and then go “wait, 0m already?”

So where does the being crazy come in, you ask? I’m thinking of upping my distance tomorrow. (*insert crying emoji* haha) Why would I do that?! I DON’T KNOW!! I had already been thinking about adding some distance to my daily row come July but I was still toying with the idea….until my husband randomly asked me a few days ago if I had planned on upping my distance and I took that as my “sign” that I was supposed to up it so here we go! I am not jumping too far, initially, because I don’t want to burn myself out or bite off too much that I can’t keep up with and chew so I am starting out July by adding 1000m a day to my 5000m to make it 6000m a day. Wish me luck! haha

And THAT is why I must be crazy!

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