Insanity

Well, I've stepped up my exercise now that I have more time. I'm doing Insanity!!!! And let me tell you, it was correctly named. The first day you have a 30 minute fitness test, and that alone was super intense. I was sore the next day in places I didn't know muscles exist. Yesterday I did Pure Cardio. Shaun T at the beginning says we're going to do a warm up. After a few minutes it's so intense that I assumed the warm up is over and I had already begun the intense part of the workout. NOPE! By the end of the 40 minute work out, Whitney came into the room I was exercising in to find me sprawled out on the floor. I gotta tell you, though, it feels great!
Today I'm doing a recovery workout that Whitney did yesterday. It's still super intense though because it works out your core. You have to do seemingly impossible yoga-type positions and hold them for a time. Whitney's in the best shape out of anyone I know and she couldn't hold them for as long as you're supposed to, so I'm sure it will kick my trash. I'm excited!
As far as the sugar free thing goes, don't judge me, but I decided to eat sugar for the holidays.

Blahh!!

Well, I'm sick. So are my daughter and wife. In fact, I'm so sick that I missed my LSAT, which is costly and unfortunate. I'll have to take it in February and apply to only half of the schools I was planning on applying to. Plus, by March, when I'll be able to apply, most law schools have already admitted the majority of their upcoming class so it will be a lot more competitive. Oh, well.

Due to my illness, I only did about half of my mileage this week. That may be the case next week too, depending on how quickly I recover. I haven't been this sick in a very looong time:(

On a happier note, I haven't broken in my resolve to not eat sugar, even though I wanted to badly because I missed my test.

Sugar—BAD Not Sugar—GOOD

Well, as far as running goes, last week was a success. I got a lot of my miles in throughout the week instead of clumped near the end, which makes it so much more enjoyable and fun. It also gives me more energy throughout the week. It seems like I wake up, don't feel like doing anything, run, then I feel totally ready for the day. It's amazing!

Well, on Thanksgiving I had dessert. Like a lot of dessert. Then I felt pretty not energetic and lethargic for the next two days. In fact, I'm studying for the LSAT and the Saturday after Thanksgiving I totally bombed my practice test—12 points less than usual, which is a lot! I'm convinced it was the sugar messing with my brain. After not being on it for so long and then reintroducing myself to it certainly made my brain sluggish. So I'm glad I learned that lesson the week before the LSAT instead of the actual LSAT.

To Pie or Not to Pie?

Well, this week was a lot easier because I started on Monday and spread the miles out throughout the week, so I didn't have to worry about getting chunks of mileage near the end of the week. I also didn't dread it either since I knew doing like 1.5 miles at a time is nothing. So this week was awesome. I'll have to do the same next week.

The sugar free thing is still going great. It's funny, I never noticed how much people around me eat sugar until I can't eat it myself. Now it seems people are eating it everywhere!

With the holidays coming, I'm faced with quite a predicament. Should I eat dessert on Thanksgiving and Christmas (pie), or should I torture myself? What do you guys think? Tonight my father-in-law asked me whether I was going to eat sugar for the holidays and I didn't know what to tell him. He makes the most amazing homemade pies, so I know this Thursday is going to present me some delicious opportunities!!! What to do!!!???