Life is good!

My birthday today! 35!!!!!

Ive had a pretty quiet day. A nice easy 6.5km run this morning. This was actually harder than it sounds because my legs and glutes are sooooo sore from my PT session yesterday. I'll briefly mention that first.

9 sets leg press @90kg! 9 sets! 3 x normal feet, 3 x narrow feet, 3 x wide feet (definitely the hardest)

followed by

5 sets of walking lunges - 16 x 7kg db, 16 x 10kg, 16 x 12kg, 16 x 12kg, 12 x 15kg

followed by

4 sets of seated calf raises @ 30kg

followed by 4 sets of leg press calf raises @ 64kg

That was enough! My PT (Michael) warned me that I would be pretty sore. Oh yeah! But I love it!

Back to my birthday today........

Some awesome gifts which I really needed - gym bag (my old one was falling to pieces), 2 pairs of gym shorts and a camera.

I also got myself a small gift - a chin up bar for home!!! I'm determined to do 5 unassisted by the end of this challenge. So I put it all together, hung it in the doorway and then thought I'd give it a go......bam......2 unassisted chin-ups!!!!! I can't believe it! All by myself!!! Now every time I walk past I jump up and crack out another 2. It just makes doing 5 so much more realistic. Very exciting!! I must be getting stronger!

We went out for dinner tonight. It's a tradition we have started since having kids that its birthday persons choice of restaurant. I chose Thai tonight because I knew I could get a meal that fit in my nutrition plan - stir fry chicken & veg with cashews and no sauce. Was lovely. So I've managed to get through my birthday with no hiccups. Saturdmidnight we are going out for a birthday dinner with friends. I'm sure ill find something to eat and would love to have a few drinks but not going to. I'll drive and then Trent will be able to have some for me!

On a totally different note, I have started a September abs challenge. I put it on my Facebook page and asked if any of my friends would like to do it with me. To my absolute surprise, there are 13 of us doing it! Some of my friends who don't do very much exercise are giving it a go and we've formed a lovely little group who report in each day on our progress and just generally encourage each other. I'm actually really proud that I've been able to get 13 people off the couch every day to do some form of exercise. And it helps me too because when I don't really feel like doing it, I just have to think of all of these girls who are doing it and it forces me to do it! I would feel like an absolute fraud if I didn't do it each day.

One of my friends even sent me a message saying that I was such an inspiration to so many people. This made me feel so good. Another friend told me that they are blown away by my commitment and dedication to the challenge. I'm still having trouble believing that people see me in this way. It's really nice! 

Life is so good!