Jax_BabyJeep

So... It's been kinda crazy around here... I've kept to my eating without issue but the workout hasn't gone as intended. Been working almost 12 hours shifts everyday - had a house guest for a week on top of that. Two dive trips cancelled but I'm still alive. Figured I'd check in and say well - I'm at least eating correctly. Dentist appt in the afternoon on Monday, cracked another tooth! wtf - man what luck. Hopefully the 12 hour days won't continue this week and I can get back on track / schedule. Hope everyone is kicking ass!

I've been hmm not home this weekend... Friday, August 5th - Day 19 Worked as normal and then my friends invited me out to dance/party - only water drinking on my part b/c I was D.D. for the evening lol - had a good time Breakfast: protein shake Snack: protein shake and blueberries Lunch: chicken and spinach salad with side of hibatchi veggies Snack: protein bar and cherries Dinner: whey protein shake on the way to the club Beverage(s): 81 ounces of water Workout: Dancing!!! Saturday, August 6th - Day 20 Busy morning! Lunch with Mom and took pup back to the vet for the 3rd freaking Saturday in a row :/ But he is doing better now so hurray!! Breakfast: protein shake Lunch: gyro and chicken meat with a bit of tzatziki, salad with feta and 3 bites of spanakopita. Also shared a few bites of baklava with Mom <3 Snack: protein bar and cherries and some almonds Dinner: chicken and gyro meat with watermelon Beverage(s): 110 ounces of water Sunday, August 7th - Day 21 OMG!! Fun evening <3 My drum friend Von was playing the Casbah tonight so talked one of the two roommates into going. Nom Nom Nom... that's right, two dinners lol Breakfast: protein shake Lunch: the last of the gyro and chicken lol and some cherries Dinner1: meatloaf from Mom's with sweet potato and slices of tomatoes, cucumber and carrots Dinner2: lamb kabobs with squash, onions and green peppers, seasoned meat hummus and some baba ganoush - two beers (black castle aka guiness and newcastle and one raspberry lambic) Beverage(s): 90 ounces of water, 1 black castle, 1 lambic Workout: does bopping in your seat for two hours to jazz count? b/c I definately didn't sit still <3

Thursday, August 4th - Day 18 Well.. not exactly as planned. Work was. After work was NOT. My Mom calls me shortly before I'm supposed to leave work. I have about a 22 mile drive home and it includes going over a 3 mile bridge. Well Mom says, don't go home that say - there's been a shooting on the bridge... I'm sorry?! what - come again? Yes, a shooting. Apparently a road rage incident. One guy doesn't let another guy cut in front of him. So he decided to toss a car air freshener at the guy that wouldn't let him in. Guy that wouldn't let him in decided to pull out a gun and shoot said guy who toss the air freshener.. really?!... /sigh ok - so yeah. Traffic JACKED UP! for hours.. They shut down 3 of the 4 lanes on the bridge (4 lanes each direction) - so I ended up detouring thru the opposite side of town and driving completely the opposite way home to gain access back to my side of town. The St. Johns River is HUGE and kinda limits one on getting back to my side of town. So back to my side late - and HUNGRY! so talked roommate into meeting me out for dinner.. then picked up a few groceries I was out of and needed - and then well it was dark. Chilled with the pup tonight. Whew... Hurry up Friday. Wow. Breakfast: protein/coffee shake Snack: protein shake and blueberries Lunch: chicken and spinach salad with a peach Snack: protein bar and cherries Dinner: 7 pieces of sashimi, salad and side of hibatchi veggies Beverage(s): 116 ounces of water

Wednesday, August 3rd - Day 17 @seabright - thanks hun, doing what I can.. just wish it was more. especially after being sick. :/ but at least I can still do my burpees and walking so I'll deal with it lol Holy Freaking Moly!!! My shoulders are on fire... 6 sets of 7 is for whatever reason exponentially harder than 7 sets of 6 though they both = 42 burpees. Yowziers. Anyhow - so TS (tropical storm) Emily is still moving towards-ish to Florida but maybe a day later. My hip is still popping and I'm really hoping Emily makes a MUCH HARDER RIGHT and stays away as low pressure would equal even more hip issues. The joys of arthritis. So this week I'm just going with a doing-what-I-can attitude and as I can I will add to it. Goals were great to post but if the hip says no.. the hip always wins. Ok - it's bedtime. Will try to get in a lovely walk tomorrow again Breakfast: protein shake (made with coffee again) Snack: protein shake and blueberries Lunch: ground turkey over spinach with salsa Snack: protein bar and cherries Dinner: chicken with an entire cut up avocado (omg yum) with salsa - my cheat was one tbsp sour cream mixed in the salsa... sorry, it was a craving :/ Beverage(s): 96 ounces of water Workout: 6 sets of 7 burpees = 42 burpees

Tuesday, August 2nd - Day 16 quick recap b/c I got distracted and it's WAAAAY past bedtime. Oops. hip still popping - week likely to get worse thanks to TS Emily heading up Fl :/ fail Breakfast: protein shake Snack: protein shake and blueberries Lunch: chicken and spinach salad and watermelon Snack: protein bar and cherries Dinner: ground turkey over spinach with salsa Beverage(s): 100 ounces of water, 1 black coffee Workout: 1.52 mile walk in 28m 36s, up'd the distance.. need to get to 3.1 =)

Monday, August 1st - Day 15 and welcome to 2 weeks in. Between being sick and now my hip kicks in today... seriously?! Totally weather related - though thinking my shoes today weren't really that helpful. Cute does not = comfortable. So stopped at the grocery store tonight for some rotisserie chicken b/c I knew I didn't want to cook - and ran into Von (guy who played jazz drums from Sunday) and found out when their next gig was. So that part of my day was cool. Hmm... yes, ate dinner early and then busted out some burpees. Knew the BW workout wasn't going to happen with my hip poppin like freaking cereal. So Burpees were my compromise. Breakfast: protein shake Snack: protein shake, blueberries and some almonds (was hungry!) Lunch: turkey and ham spinach salad with watermelon Snack: protein bar and cherries Dinner: chicken and spaghetti squash Beverage(s): 90 ounces Workout: 7 sets of 6 burpees = 42 burpees =) still behind but I'll get there dang it!

Saturday, July 30th - Day 13 Worked today... hmm... took puppy to vet again.. got more puppy meds. stopped by my friend's bday party for a quick hello and hug and then jetted off to the wrong side of town to listen to two of my friends play some KICKASS live jazz. Getting up at 5:30 am and home at 1am makes a VERY tired me. Breakfast: protein shake Snack: protein shake and nectarine Lunch: chicken and spaghetti squash Snack: protein bar and apple Dinner: ground beef over lettuce with guac Beverage(s): 101 ounces of water and 2 glasses of german reisling Sunday, July 31th - Day 14 Definately had to use the alarm feature today in order to meet my friends at the beach.. so freaking tired. Typing quick note and then beddie bye for moi. Breakfast: protein shake Snack: protein shake and orange Lunch: turkey and ham spinach salad and watermelon Dinner: sweet potato and chicken with some cherries at Mom's Beverage(s): 93 ounces of water Workout: 2 1/2 hours + swimming at the beach, some treading water but lots of 'lap's of breast stroke and butterfly kicks = tired me for real oh and my friend caught a small shark

Friday, July 29th - Day 12 /sigh - Didn't even get my burpees in today I've got burpees to do this weekend yo! Can't be falling behind eek! Had to help roommates clean up a bit this evening and dinner and crap its 11pm and no burpees and I have to wake up early for work tomorrow - even earlier than my normal M-F shift which is kinda jacked up. Dang.. forgot to give dog his meds.. /smh - guess I'll do that after posting lol Didn't have a lot of work to do today so had to take online testing = me falling asleep so more coffee at 4:45 today. I think I need to work on the 7-7.5 hours a night vs. just 6.5. Breakfast: protein (and coffee) shake Snack: blueberries and protein shake Lunch: chicken and beans Snack: peach and protein bar Dinner: chicken and brocolli Beverage(s): 91 ounces of water

Thursday, July 28th - Day 11 @Icfasntw thanks hun! Trying to at least keep up with the burpees... the BW workouts were throwing me into terrible coughing fits... Better this week - will try BW again tomorrow (or at least that's the plan for now) lol Today - was alright? I just don't have a lot to say about it. End of month at work so trying to keep my head down and meet numbers - and knowing I have to work Saturday is like bleh... But OT money is good. Did have a cup of Joe again at work today. Somewhere around 4:45?-ish I was seriously nodding Breakfast: protein (and coffee) shake Snack: blueberries and protein shake Lunch: turkey and ham in a spinach salad with watermelon Snack: protein bar and cherries Snack: handful or so of mixed nuts (and a cup of coffee) Dinner: chicken and spaghetti squash Beverage(s): 122 ounces of water (plus that afternoon coffee) Workout: 1.29 mile walk in 25m 02s (and HURRAY! it wasn't freaking raining when I got home)

Hurray!!! You're back <3 I've missed you! Looking forward to tracking your progress over the next few weeks!!!

Wednesday, July 27th - Day 10 I slept soo freaking terrible :/ Ugh - but tonight the house is quiet and lovely <3 Can't wait for my head to hit that pillow <3 Oh yeah, put coffee instead of water in protein shake for breakfast AND stopped for coffee on the way to work.. that's how fantastic I slept. I did make it through the day with only a few minor twitches - the 2nd cup was probably a bit much to be perfectly honest Breakfast: protein & coffee shake Snack: protein shake and blueberries Lunch: turkey and ham in a spinach salad with watermelon Snack: protein bar and cherries Dinner: left over shrimp fajitas (minus flour wraps) with green and red peppers, tomatoes and onions and some guac Beverage(s): 96 ounces of water + 1 more coffee to stay awake Workout: 6 sets of 6 burpees = 36

You've got step 1: the intro down Photos before / after are entirely up to you. Some share and some don't. A good portion of us are currently participating in the challenge from July 18- August 29 found here: http://nerdfitness.com/community/forumdisplay.php?111-6-Week-Challenge-July-18-to-August-29 or browse the forums and read up on everything from workouts to nutrition and as always - Welcome to the Rebellion =)

Well goal #1 of putting this song in my head was VERY successful welcome to the Rebellion and best of luck!

Welcome to the Rebellion! and yes Spezzy kicks much butt

Tuesday, July 26th - Day 9 Damn it man! Kicked butt at work today and got through TONS! Had dinner out with one roommate all planned and then 36 burpees scheduled after dinner settled... and then all you know what broke loose. 2nd roommate called when we were heading home and said her sister, her husband and their 3 kids were all coming over (at 8:45pm?!) /sigh - so yeah... burpees - all 36 of them - will need to be added to other days this week. Dang it :/ Can I have a quiet house? Anyone got an open room for the night? Breakfast: protein shake Snack: protein shake and blueberries Lunch: turkey and ham in a spinach salad with watermelon Snack: protein bar and cherries Dinner: shrimp fajitas (minus flour wraps) with green and red peppers, tomatoes and onions oh and TONS of guacamole. I did 'cheat' and eat a few chips with salsa Beverage(s): 100 ounces of water

Monday, July 25th - Day 8 So.. yeah maybe I should have taken it easy last week and gone to the doc a few days earlier. Feeling like much booty tonight. Had to be at work early and then came home and took an hour nap. Was all I could do to drive home. Ugh. Sucks. Burpees have been delayed until tomorrow. Decided to cook Spezzy's amazing jalapeno bacon (with chorizo and dates) and then by the time they finished I didn't want to touch them. Made alternate dinner plans and honestly ready for bed. Here's hoping I can kick ass tomorrow. Breakfast: protein and coffee shake Snack: protein shake and blueberries Lunch: ham and turkey in a spinach salad and watermelon Snack: protein bar and cherries Dinner: turkey, bacon, lettuce tomato wrap minus wrap with a whey protein shake (my alternate dinner) Beverage(s): 80 ounces of water

Sunday, July 24th - Day 7 Didn't accomplish jack with the exception of laundry today - but I did do it all - so it's something as opposed to nothing but sleeping. Did get two naps in... Didn't go anywhere (cept for dinner) and didn't wash the Jeep but meh. Gotta save energy for tomorrow. Early day at work, I normally work a 9-6 but have to be there tomorrow by 7:45. K-I-L-L-E-R. Breakfast: protein shake Lunch: ham/turkey roll ups with some cherries Snack: protein bar and blueberries Dinner: 7 piece sashimi, salad and hibatchi veggies Beverage(s): 80 ounces of water

as long as I don't let my mind freak out over the 10x10s that will be coming up by the end of the challenge - absolutely lol and thanks VB (always good to see you on here!) and Kishi

Saturday, July 23rd - Day 6 Woke up - ugh... *cough cough* looks at the sneezing dog... fantastic. Took dog to vet, he is on meds.. then took myself to a walk-in.. I'm on meds - oh yeah, bronchitis - thanks! Didn't do much - took a nap. Twittered a bit and decided come hell or high water I WAS going to get my burpees done today! Vic posted a challenge of # of burpees for time for your local area heat index... advised Spezzy - 30 sounded do-able - not quite ready for 90+ Breakfast: protein shake Lunch: chicken and brocolli and cherries Snack: protein bar Dinner: ground beef over iceberg lettuce (WHAT?! I'm out of spinach?!) with tomatoes and salsa - roommate cooked - it appears he forgot I just had this Beverage(s): 95 ounces of water Workout: 5 sets of 6 burpees = 30 total burpees this week: 85 =) even used the handy dandy inhaler the doc gave me for the bronchitis lol - my bad. But I was NOT skipping burpees!

Friday, July 22nd - Day 5 Meh, cold started kicking back up :/ Worked and then came home - skipped a friend's bday party and all booo Breakfast: protein & coffee shake - hell yes (sub water for black coffee + protein powder = my hyper!) Snack: protein shake and blueberries Lunch: ground beef over spinach leaves with salsa Snack: protein bar and cherries Dinner: chicken and brocolli Beverage(s): 103 ounces of water

Thursday, July 21th - Day 4 One of the systems at work broke = VERY BORING DAY... 6pm took forever to arrive! Got home and realized I'd forgotten to call the ACS lady.. Oops. Played with pup a little and then went for a walk! Made dinner and *yawn* wow - how'd it get this late? Hmm... Oops again? Breakfast: protein shake Snack: protein shake and nectarine Lunch: turkey and spinach salad Snack: cherries and some mixed nuts/seed (forgot the bar at home!) Dinner: ground beef over spinach leaves with salsa - and a small amount of cheese Beverage(s): 132 ounces of water (woot over a gallon!) Workout: 1.28 mile walk in 24m 11s

Thanks ya'll - feeling a tad better today - I will NOT let this stupid whatever it is deter me this week! Wednesday, July 20th - Day 3 Slept like a rock (mostly) last night and only woke up once. 3:40am or something crazy then right back out until alarm at 6:30. Much better. Tonight I am again hoping for a good nights sleep. Work was hectic but came home and did my burpee / BW workout - and realized yet again after this workout I really just don't have a want to eat. *sigh* Must plan this better... Don't really want protein shakes 3 x a week for dinner. Oh but! I did accomplish two more things today! 1) sent out email invites for the Making Strides Kick Off event and then wrote down questions I need to call the ACS person on regarding sponsorship for tomorrow 2) signed up and paid for my Mud Run in October! ($25 now, $40 as of August 1 and like $60 or something as it gets closer to date of run). I also remembered I have to raise $100 - but that should be easy between here and October.. (provided I don't ask the same friends that help me out with the Making Strides...) Breakfast: protein shake Snack: protein shake and cherries Lunch: turkey and spinach salad (used more turkey today!) Snack: protein bar and nectarine Dinner: protein shake (reminder* must look up light, quick substitutes for workout evenings) Beverage(s): 115 ounces of water Workout: Burpees: 6 reps x 5 sets = 30 Chin Ups: (chair assisted) x15 x15 x15 x15 Incline Close hand Push Ups: x10 x10 x10 x10 Lunges: x10 x8 x8 x8 Planks: x40 x30 x30

and again tonight... so far not as sore as Monday night - no shaking arms at least lol. We'll see what tomorrow morning holds

Tuesday, July 19th - Day 2 I've been slowly getting sick since Saturday. Spent the night at a friends house - I 'think' it's mostly allergies as they have an older house that has a distinctive smell that older houses in that area tend to smell like.. But yeah, didn't sleep for garbage last night - literally woke up at least once an hour. My dog was NOT happy. Managed to drive to work without hitting anyone (bonus!) and made it through a particular not so great day. Lots of new changes hit today and noone had a clue and everyone interpreted them differently = not winning. 2pm they finally realized a meeting was needed and issue was sorted... but yeah - by that time I was way behind because of putting files on hold waiting for them to make up their minds. Almost caught up by 6pm. One file not touched.. and honestly I'll knock it out in the morning. Got home this evening still feeling beat physically. Have a few sore (read: feeling BEAST!) spots in upper torso, shoulders and arms from burpees last night but the sniffles / slight cough are still hanging on. Sat down on the bed and was chilling - debating on if I was going to do anything the rest of the evening and motivation hit me. W.W.S.D?! - yes, that's right - what would Spezzy do. The answer is CF - but I decided I could definately manage a walk. So got up, got dressed into workout clothes, laced up the sneakers and went for a walk. Feeling better after - seriously had zero energy when I got home from work. Now dinner is cooked and it's time to chill out. Breakfast: protein shake Snack: protein shake and nectarine Lunch: turkey and spinach salad (found out I didn't use enough turkey because less than 2 hours later I was HUNGRY!) Snack: protein bar and an apple Dinner: chicken and green beans Beverage(s): 121 ounces of water Workout: 1.29 mile walk in 24m 13s

@Crooked & Seabright: thanks a lot! I know I'm going to need LOTS of motivation on these burpees.. holy freaking cow