Ended on a high note

Today was one of those few days that actually continued to get better throughout the day–which was sorta awesome, I gotta say.

As I mentioned in my last post, I had a residue left from last night’s sadness blip, but eventually it faded…and I think what helped was letting myself feel bad last night, blogging about it and most importantly, not checking in on facebook in 24 hours (so I have nobody to compare my life too,lol)–I think these have all added to a better end of the day….

….well……..that…and….

the fact that I did 18 (3 x max reps –6 for me) total assisted hand stand push ups today at cross fit for the first time.    Then I did some assisted ring dips which are hard as they sound. lol.

I feel a smidge like a rock star…I’m not going to lie.  I also feel like I will not be able to get dressed tomorrow as my arms are already sore from tonight’s workout.  This is what I like about Cross Fit though.  It’s just so different from my usual cardio workout.  And it feels so satisfying, even if you are dragging your arse in parts of your workout–like I was today in the super cardio interval heavy warm up.  To see full deets on my cf workout, check out my new page, Project PR Princess for October and November.

And on that note, I am going to go grab my foam roller and yoga mat and do some much-needed stretching and rolling.

Much luv and thanks for listening!
Leesah

P.S. two other things that made my evening brighter–avocado chocolate pudding (mash-up a ripe avocado, mix in some cocoa, liquid sweetener of choice, a pinch of salt and a milk substitute of your choice) with bananas and the slightly early addition of my Christmas Tunes playlist on my iPod. 

 

 

 

Highlights Reels

Afternoon all!

This afternoon I had a coffee date over my lunch hour with my good friend A–whom I haven’t seen in ages. 

We went to my favourite independent coffee shop in the world, Parlour–which also happens to be located next to my hair salon.

As we caught up, I mentioned how I felt a bit “woe is me” as I climbed into bed last night.  Facebook informed me that many of my friends were having babies, upcoming weddings, purchasing new home purchases and family vacations and, well, all of that combined with my horrible dating prospects of late and the idea of being alone for the holidays all hit me as I tried to go to sleep last night and no amount of positive thoughts or thought changing tactics was working…so I figured I would embrace it and feel sad, shed a few tears and just told myself you will feel better in the morning.

To a large extent, I did.  I had chocolate almond milk in my coffee, dressed up a bit extra, did my hair, even wore spunky undies….but…the tiniest residue of sadness still slightly lingered though.  I told the lovely A about it and she shared with me a quote that I had heard before, but I clearly needed to hear again.  It was…

“Don’t compare your behind the scenes to everyone elses’ highlights reel.”

and it was exactly what I needed to hear.  I also decided that, upon hearing that quote, I was going to take a break from Facebook all in all.  I deleted the app off of my phone and my iPad.  I will only address fb emails or specific posts on my wall that have questions.  No status updates, no likes, no commenting, no sharing….nothing.  Simply put, I’m disengaging for a while….maybe a month, maybe for 3…but I do know I need to get away from it and away from feeling like my life isn’t awesome, when, in fact, in many ways, it is.

I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to hold out…or if I will enjoy it so much that I completely and utterly give up on it all together…we’ll see I guess and I’ll keep you all posted.

Much luv,

Leesah