Kristine-
Are you taking any l-glutamine? It helps so much w/ muscle soreness!

Affirmative, but I'm not taking enough. I made the mistake of buying pills. So I take 'em anyway, and once they're gone (and payday comes around) I'll get a bucket o' powder. The other day, I took about six of them by putting them through the cheese grater into my shake. That worked. (It's only 500 mg per dose.)

Today was cardio day. One problem I'm running into is that it's hard for me to get to a level 6 or higher intensity without jumping around and hurting muscles that are already sore from the previous day's WO. Not a problem on days after an UBWO, but tricky after LBWO. I'm trying to find ways of getting that intensity without straining muscles.

I guess I'm in better cardio shape than I thought I was.

LBWO today. My calves were a little sore, but not bad.

Yay me! I used to use "drinking the night before" as an excuse to not exercise, do household chores, etc. "I should go easy on myself. Don't want to make myself sick. Need to recover." Well, I had a few last night and felt a bit hung over this morning, but I drank lots of water and did my cardio anyway, and I feel great!

No more excuses!

I had a good UBWO today. When I was finished, I could hardly lift the water cup to my face. Off to the shower now. My rule of "no computer until finished exercise" is working nicely.

Cardio day. I think I've got a good routine worked out. Other than my shoulder, chest and abs being a tad sore from yesterday, I feel really good!

Note to self: try to find one of those head band things that keep your glasses from sliding down your nose.

LB day. Today was nice because I was up before the b/f, so I got breakfast n' coffee all ready to go and did my WO while he was in the shower. Nice to get it out of the way early.

Cardio day. I really didn't feel like doing it, but I did, of course. Once I was going, it felt good. I'm going to see my relatives at the end of the month, so I want to be in good shape for the pool party. That's a little extra motivation.

UB day. Nothing special, just checking in.

I feel rather "blah" today, so I'm taking a free exercise day. It won't be a free eating day, though. And I'm still going for a walk to the store today.

Okay, I lied - it was a free eating day. I had some <small>cookies</small> and pizza later on. Stayed in control, though. Had a good dinner of baked fish and vegetables. My calorie count at the end of the day was 2000-ish, so that's okay.

Continued on with my LBWO today. I'll probably go for a walk later.

Cardio day, even though I had a hard time getting "into it." I feel like I have two left feet today. Something cool happened, though: just as I was almost finished and about to hit that last high interval, there was a knock at the door downstairs. My b/f had a CO2 tank delivered for his smoke machine (don't ask. ) So I sat it on its side and carefully pushed it up the stairs - that's 14 stairs - and got myself good and winded. Timing is everything.

UB day. Damn, how does that glass of water get so heavy?

Cardio day. I woke up with a bit of a "hangover". I made two dumb mistakes yesterday. I take an ephedrine "stack" once or twice a week if I'm particularly tired in the morning. So I took one yesterday, but then had a protein shake. This particular brand, "ToDietFor," has cola nut and guarana added to it. That's major c-a-f-f-e-i-n-e. By the afternoon, I was bouncing off the walls. The other dumb mistake was putting a whole tablespoon of psyllium into aforementioned shake. The result? I'm pretty dehydrated.

...but this is the second time that I've done cardio with a mild headache and it feels *great*. I feel 100% better afterward. Go figure.