Good day!!! Good good good day!!! Waaay better than yesterday (or the day before). As far as eating goes, fairly good. For dinner, we had grilled burgers, gravy, noodles, and mixed vegetables. Balanced, healthy, and, of course, yummy! I think my parents finally realized the importance of being healthy because they've started really paying attention to what we have to dinner and what we snack on. It's nice to see people who really have an impact starting to take charge. After a healthy dinner, we let our food settle, then went downstairs and started out workout. This time my mom and my sister joined me.
At the beginning, it didn't seem like we were going to do very well. Not even two minutes into the workout, my sister went upstairs to get her tennis shoes so she could do the treadmill. My mom stayed with me and did what she could because her knee was hurting her when she jumped. Anyway, we went through a couple videos, including two yoga videos, another Insanity video, and then finally settled on an ab video. My mom had to stop in the middle so she just sat there coaching me. It really pushed me to go harder.

That pretty much sums it up.

Something that I haven't yet mastered is moving with my core. When I'm doing some of the ab exercises, my legs hurt, and I don't really feel it where it's supposed to hurt. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I'll get to the bottom of it eventually. Then, when the ab video finished, I wasn't satisfied, so I went to get my tennis shoes on, and ran on the treadmill. I was so proud of myself. I was on the treadmill for a total of about 23 minutes. I only walked for about 10 minutes, but the rest I ran at a jogging pace. I can't believe I did that. I ran for at least 4 minutes straight at one point. I think what helped a lot this time was music. Pandora is genius, by the way. Did you know there's a workout genre station that has all upbeat music? Before, I kept telling myself, ok, I'm going to make a workout playlist. Then, I was like I don't want to go through all those songs so I never did. Thankfully Pandora already did that for me! So I kind of sang along to the music as I ran. I was genuinely having fun with my workout! I was smiling while I ran! I HATE running! It was totally new!
"Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do." -Shaquille O'Neal. Today went well, really well, but I have to get better. I have to get into the habit of doing well. This quote is to push me to do better, to repeat what happened today and heighten the intensity. Let's go. ~Emily B.