Some Thoughts

Tuesday, April 1

I went for a nice run tonight and it gave me some time to think. Gar was talking to Jerry about some of the tracking that he's done of his workouts. It got me thinking about setting some goals of my own. I've shocked myself with my ability to quite drinking Diet Coke cold turkey. Today marks 6 weeks without Diet Coke. I think that's crazy! I have had a few sips of regular Coke and literally had to give it away, because it was too sweet.

I'm wondering if I can give up something I have been pretty addicted to for nearly half of my life. Then I should be able to control my cravings for sweets. My new goal is to cut down tremendously on my sugar intake (if I had been truly zoning.. then that wouldn't be an issue). I think this is what's keeping me from truly dialing in on my diet.

On top of that, I've been working on getting my shoulder healed. Physical therapy twice a week. That is why I miss class on Mondays and Thursdays. I've been icing the sucker religiously and doing my little shoulder exercises. I can do a wall pushup without any pain, and on Monday my trainer put me on the arm bike! I'm making baby steps, but it's been totally worth it.

This brings me to another concern of mine. The Crossfit certification is in a little over a month. I've finally come to the realization that I will not be at my peak performance. I probably will not be at any sort of performance level. I've started wondering if it's a good idea for me to go at this point, knowing that all I'm going to want to do is jump in and put in a hard workout. I'll think about it over the next week or so and see where I am. I have a doctor's appointment next Tuesday for the shoulder. We'll see if it's in store for some surgery (I'm expecting that is the worst case scenario).

I rambled. Sorry!

Workout:
4.5 mile run in 40 minutes.