Try it, you may like it!
Happy Thursday! Tomorrow is TGIF. What a busy but great week this has been. Sorry I missed you last night. I totally crashed from exhaustion. I did get in a very quick but intense shoulder workout, so I didn’t miss a beat on that.
I spent the evening last night making lovely living foods before I hit the wall. I closed a house this morning—yay!!! And my clients are such lovely people that have become dear friends that I wanted to give them something special, so I made a Pumpkin Roll (recipe on Defiant Recipes! page) for them. And all the pecans that I am using right now are fresh-harvested from the trees on my family’s farm in Georgia. We picked over 30 pounds of pecans on Thanksgiving afternoon alone. So there is a lot of love, as well as nutrition, that is going into my pecan-containing recipes right now!
The shoulder workout from yesterday:
- Warmup on elliptical machine with arm motion to target the shoulders
- Overhead press on machine, wide grip, graduated weights
- 3 Giant sets of: Full dumbbell overhead presses, lateral dumbbell raises, and ‘pulses’ (like an overhead dembbell press, but a very limited range of motion keeping arms at a 90-degree angle and intensely targeting the shoulders)
- Front dumbbell raises supersetted with close-neutral-grip overhead press
I did that whole workout in about 20 minutes with very little rest between sets. My shoulders were on fire during the giant sets! And I definitely felt it today when Michael and I did a chest and tricep workout.
Today’s workout routine:
- Incline barbell press, warmup with 55 lbs 1 set, pyramid up to 75 lbs over 3 sets
- Flyes on machine, 3 sets, increasing weights from 55 to 70 lbs
- Incline Dumbbell presses, 25 lb bells, 3 sets
- Pushups with feet elevated on exercise ball, 2 sets of 15 reps and 1 set of struggling to get 12 reps
- Tricep pushdowns on dip-simulation machine, 90 lbs, 12 reps, 3 sets
- Overhead tricep extensions with straight bar, 30 lbs, 12 reps, 3 sets
- One-armed reverse-grip tricep extensions, 7.5 lbs, 12 reps, 3 sets each arm
I made my weekly grocery shopping trip to 14 Carrot Whole Foods today. They have 30% off all produce on Thursdays, and I am so there! That saves me at least $30-$50, since produce is about all I eat! I go every Thursday. I love that store, since it’s locally owned with awesome knowledgeable employees, and all organic produce with a great selection. I always try any exotic fruit they get in. Today I tried eggfruit. Interesting–it has the consistency of the yolk of a hard-boiled egg. It tastes good, but I have never been able to stand egg yolks. I always ate only the whites when I used to eat eggs, except I did eat the yolks when they are scrambled in the whites, so I didn’t like the texture of the eggfruit very much.
I love trying exotic new foods. Sometimes it backfires, but often it’s an incredible experience. For example, the Delicioso Monstera is amazing, and I am in love with Mamey (Sapote). I will try just about anything, as long as it’s a fruit or vegetable. No way I would eat a bug like on Fear Factor! So I didn’t like the eggfruit…..what’s the loss? Where’s the damage? Tomorrow I will try to mix one in a smoothie to see how that works. I don’t want to waste the other two I bought!
Defy your fears–try something new! If you don’t like it, so what? What have you lost? A couple of bucks maybe, if you throw out some food. Why is it people are so hesitant to try new foods? What is the worst that can happen? Even if it tastes disgusting to you, it’s not like the taste will be in your mouth forever and ever, or your tongue will fall out. Worst-case scenario is you need to drink something or eat something else to get rid of the taste. Big deal. Why in the world is this even an issue? I know plenty of people that just won’t try a new food. For the life of me, I cannot understand that mentality. It’s like they are going to die if they don’t like the taste. Come on, give me a break. There’s just no real risk at all. It’s not like you are trying cliffdiving to see if you like it!
I saw a funny quote today that said “If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving isn’t for you.” Now that’s risk. Unless you have some sort of deadly allergy to a food, trying a new food or eating in a different style is very, very low risk. Don’t let ridiculous fears keep you from enjoying amazing experiences that can enrich your life in so many ways. Open your mind and your heart, and new worlds will open up to you!
Defy your fears! Courage is feeling the fear and doing it anyway! Be bold, fierce, daring and adventuresome. Embrace who you are, and what you can become. A mind is like a parachute, it works best when it’s open!
I want to share a quote with you. I love Totally Unique Thoughts (www.tut.com) and their Notes from the Universe. I highly recommend these fun motivational daily quotes. They are addressed from ‘The Universe’ to you, personally. The one sent out yesterday addresses this issue:
Sometimes, when you’re feeling your lowest, the real you is summoned.
And you understand, maybe for the first time ever, how grand you are, because you discover that vulnerable doesn’t mean powerless, scared doesn’t mean lacking in beauty, and uncertainty doesn’t mean that you’re lost.
Don’t disguise your tears, don’t hide your sadness, don’t be afraid to find out who you really are. Because in those fleeting moments you’ll summon such beauty and strength that, in no time at all, you’ll fully grasp exactly why you’re so powerful.
These realizations alone will set you on a journey that will take you far beyond what you used to think of as extraordinary.
There is always a bright side.
The Universe
Be Defiant, you superhero you!
Christy
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