2:34 AM

I'm having some trouble sleeping...what better time to write a blog?

I'm kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop. How horrible is that? Life is so good right now that I can't believe it's this good! While work isn't the greatest, I'm taking some steps to establish myself and pursue my dreams. And I'm okay with that. Friends are unbelievable. I've finally found a few ladies I can call my friends. I hang out with them on a regular basis and enjoy their company. They are unbelievably beautiful and strong women who add value to my life in a many ways. The reason this makes me so happy is that for a while I felt really lost here, which is easy to do in a city like DC. Constantly changing, people seem to move here and leave quickly. However, during the last year, I also evaluated the people I had in my life and those who were no longer positive influences or toxic in any way, I let slip away. It's very hard for me to let people go, but it has definitely gotten easier as time passed (and as I've gotten older).

Finally, I'm getting into a groove with the work outs. I try to go to a majority of the workouts during the week and it's much easier to get them done. I was sick (again) this past weekend, but I'm starting to see changes in my body (-5 lbs in 2 weeks...woohoo!) and it is definitely motivating. I definitely need to "use" the team as support during this whole experience. I feel like I will miss out on a lot if I don't. One thing I'm definitely finding hard to do is give up my social life buttttt I can always replace outings with hang outs and just find healthier ways of spending time with friends. This week is recovery week and I plan on doing every single workout. I'll add a couple of miles to my run tomorrow because I missed the long run. I might even do an extra spin on Tuesday (but that might be a little ambitious :p).

So yeah. It's 2:47 am now and I think I'll go to sleep.
Happy Monday!

Le Sick

Again. Wtf? I don't know what is going on. This is the second time in 2.5 months.

~Rohini

Recovery Week...Yay!

This week's workouts are limited and light. Tomorrow morning I'm gonna go for a 40 minute run and then hopefully get in a swim after work.

Not much else to say.

~Rohini

Counting Sheep

I haven't slept a full night in 4 days now and I'm a zombie. Today wasn't a bad day but I am just so tired so needless to say I'm going to bed, didn't work out, and had chocolate cake after dinner.

:-) Goodnight.

Ro

Do I still have 10 fingers and toes?

I spent almost 2.5 hours outside last night for my workouts. Yes, I said workouts. I had track practice that smoothly transitioned into a bootcamp session led by two of my teammates.

Track sucked. It was so cold that my lungs felt constricted and I ended up using my inhaler. (I prefer to to run inside when it's below 32 for this exact reason, but I didn't want to skip out on bootcamp because I know I would have just gone home after I completed my run.) The inhaler didn't help all that much so I ended up just doing what I could on the track...I think I maybe did 2 miles?

Bootcamp was smoother. I was warmed up and ready to go. There were a lot of power moves (burpies, squats to jump extensions, skaters, bunny hops) similar to those I did on the crew team. It definitely took me back to those 5 AM practices in Skibo Gym and I loved it. It felt so good to be working out in a group like that and when we did supermans, it reminded me of how much I loved the crew team.

I had a few ladies over for dessert last night after working out and my friend Ru inspired me to "Live for the Story" this year as much as I can and I plan on it!

I woke up exhausted but happy this morning.
Ro

My ears are blocked...

with water from my swim! booyah! I'm not really sure how many yards I swam but I worked on my technique with our coach a little bit so that was good. I gotta get my lift back on. Bootcamp tomorrow after a session at the track.

I realized I'm inherently lazy. I'm not saying I AM lazy, however, I am naturally inclined to just sit on my bum and watch TV after work. It takes soooo much effort to get up and do something in the evenings. Well at any time for that matter. Weekends, mornings, afternoons...it's quite a disconnect because I'm driven, but lazy. Weird.

Off to watch the new season of Biggest Loser....why why why am I addicted to reality television?

Happy working out!
Ro