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Today kicks off Week Two of the new job! Woooooo!

And…. to make it an even more interesting week, we’re heading on a whirlwind three days of travel. They’ve described it as a “grinder” and I think they’re about right. While I enjoy travel, I’m not looking forward to the next three days.

Our party of four will be traveling to Boise on Tuesday morning, to Salt Lake City on Wednesday morning and back to Denver on Thursday morning. While these are my usual stomping grounds, I’m much more used to traveling on my own and being a little more leisurely in visiting these cities as opposed to the back-to-back nature of our trip.

Our days will also start together around 5am and end at about 10pm. No time for working out, and barely any “me” time. It’s just two days… I can do this. I honestly can’t wait for Thursday and Friday!

So… let’s talk about last week’s plan. Remember it? The one that I carefully put together prior to starting the new job.

Very quickly, I realized this plan wouldn't work.

Breakfast was on plan… but lunch? Well, lunch was the best I could do and not so bad.

Things got a little hectic around dinner time though. Excited to be home and available to see friends… I ate out on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights. Eeks!

I also skipped the gym every night except for Monday. Double Eeks!

This week is going to be tricky as well, due to the long days. So, I’m counting on myself to make good choices when I’m eating out and on the road. I’ll pack snacks for the airport, and try to drink a LOT of water.

Workouts this week will have to be Sunday (done), Monday, Friday, and Saturday. Not ideal, but what can you do….

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My First Workout Injury

So, just when I get all excited about it and decide to start posting about my awesome workouts… I get injured.

Well, it’s not quite as bad as it looks. I mean, my skin hasn’t turned orange like Snooki, but it’s still so disappointing.

So, you might remember my WOW post on Wednesday. I’ve gotten into my workout GROOVE finally. I’m even tallying how many days I workout this year. That was all before I hurt myself. Here’s how it happened.

Picture it: Marriott Workout Room, 6pm

I started out my workout last night on the recumbent bike. This is a new trick of mine when I’m traveling. I take my iPad with me and catch up on all my favorite blogs while I’m biking about 11 mph. Brilliant, right? 30 minutes is gone in NO time!

Afterward, I work my way over to the treadmill to walk and listen to music/watch TV for the next 30 minutes. And, tonight was the night I had planned on doing my VERY FIRST OFFICIAL Couch to 5K workout.

I walked my first 5 minutes and ran my first 60 seconds. Then, when I brought myself to a stop. SOMETHING WAS PINCHING. OUCH. SOMETHING WAS OH-SO-HURTING in the hip area. What the heck? I continued walking until I got to 10 minutes on the timer and then I had to stop.

Walking hurt, let alone running. My first injury.

I did what any girl would do in my position, I text my besties with the news. Angela immediately text back with stretching suggestions and even called me to walk me through the most amazing of stretches that “hurt-so-good.” A gymnastics coach, she’s got experience helping the wounded… she diagnosed me as having an issue with my hip flexor. Honestly, I didn’t even know I had one.

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I took my ibuprofen, completed my stretching, and received my scolding for not stretching pre-workout. I actually got that scolding from multiple people + the promise of stretching workouts that I should use in the future. Good times.

Thankfully, I woke up this morning amazed that the pain had lessened (Thanks, Ang!) but knowing that it could NOT be a workout day today. This pain must heal so I don’t have other problems. And, I’ve got to learn these new stretches that the ladies recommend.

Now, today has been tough. Knowing fully that I was NOT going to workout tonight, I’ve felt so guilty about extra bites of food. Example: I had 2 potstickers in the concierge lounge tonight and a square o’ cheese and an apple and I couldn’t resist a sugar-free hot chocolate. Normally, I wouldn’t even stress on that due to working out adding more calories into my daily allowance. Today, not a good idea (especially with a weigh-in looming.)

I’m hoping to be all back to normal by tomorrow. Sigh.

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