Step It Up

by Natalie on September 2, 2010

Hey hey hey :)

This morning I rolled over with the intent of turning the alarm off and sleeping another hour.  For some reason, though, my conscience got the best of me and told me to get my buns out of bed.  Thank goodness I listened because I barely had enough time to cram in everything I needed to do today! 

I really wanted to run today but it was threatening rain and I was partnerless again (COME BACK LAUREN!!).  I knew I couldn’t muster up the energy to run on the dreadmill for the second time this week, so I decided on a Body Step class instead.  Boy, am I glad that I did!  The music was fun, the class was full of energy, and the instructor was amazing.  It was definitely a two towel class ;)

After class I stayed to take a PT test required before I can start training and it was so much harder than I thought it was going to be.  Uggh..think fill in the blanks and short answer instead of multiple choice and true false.  I was a little worried that I didn’t do so hot, but found out later in the afternoon that I passed!  Due to the greater-than-anticipated degree of difficulty, it took me longer than I thought it would and I ended up racing home to change clothes quickly, grab my lunch (in my favorite lunch sack, thanks mama!), and head to the Rec to coach boot camp.

I had every intention of taking a picture of my recruits in action today, but totally forgot to pull out the camera.  Luckily there are five more weeks to capture!  It was everything you would expect a good boot camp to be, lots of sweat, grunts, and death stares :)

After boot camp I headed to the lab to put in a few hours before going to class.  I was assigned a task of re-writing all the testing protocols so that should keep me busy for a while.  Unfortunately there were no tests going on this afternoon, so it was mostly busywork and data entry.

It’s official.  Advanced Nutrition is still my favorite class.  My prof. adds fun clips and news stories so the three-hours are not simply lecture, so the time goes quickly.  Tonight he showed some clips of Brian Regan doing stand-up comedy on the topic of food.  You should definitely check this out, it’s hilarious!  I was literally in tears.

Food Labels
Pop Tarts

I hope you have a great night.  Catch up with you tomorrow!

*TIP TIME*
Laughing not only burns calories, it also releases endorphins similar to those you get when you exercise.  Take a few minutes each day to laugh and you’ll not only tighten your abs, you’ll also improve your mood!

Question:  What’s your favorite joke?

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