Happy Tuesday! The sun is shining, the temp has dropped like 20 degrees so I'm sitting outside to write this. I needed the excuse to test out the new lounge chair I got. My recent time on the West Coast has taught me that I definitely needed the Vitamin D so I told myself I would make an effort this summer to get outside more often. I also left the West Coast with horrendous tan lines and I need to make those go away before I go to Jamaica at the end of August. So here I am!
Today was another gym day. Workout was:
7x1 overhead squats, slow on the way down
then...
3 rounds for time
10 stone to shoulder
100' + 100' farmer carry each arm with a kettlebell
100 jump rope
2:00 rest
Wasn't feeling too bad today! My quads were a little tired from yesterday but they held up pretty well. I ended up using 95# for the overhead squats. Kind of makes sense since my snatch 1 rep is 95 pounds so I'm pretty on par with that.
The conditioning part was fun. It's been a hot minute since I did stones in a workout so it was cool to pick those up again. We were told to use a moderate weight, which I tried the stone that I would have thought would be "moderate" and determined there was no way I'd be picking that up 30 times so I went down in weight. Overall I felt good. Finished in 14:26. Really my biggest goal right now is not to be a speed demon or anything like that. I just want to be moving, finish the workouts and maybe keep up with a couple people in my class. I'm not too picky right now since it's a step above me sleeping in. Pickiness can come later since it's still a struggle just to get myself up at an ungodly hour.
After the workout, I came home and kind of forced myself to go back to sleep. I start a string of 8 nights in a row tonight (yes, 8) so I wanted to start off on the right foot. I bought myself some blackout curtains so I turned my room into a bat cave and got another couple hours of sleep in.
Working nights has me nervous honestly. Because 1) I finally feel like I'm coming up with a routine that works and here it is already getting screwed up, 2) I really struggle to sleep during the day so usually by 3-4 nights in my body is done because I'm just exhausted, 3) I have to figure out a gym schedule around it because I get out too late to hit up the 5AM and 4) the off shift is a huge trigger for me. I basically end up eating to stay awake, the crunchier the better, because what else is there to do during that 4AM lull.
I'm hoping the blackout curtains make a difference with #2 so maybe I've already inadvertently solved that one. I'll let you know my findings with that experiment. It's either that or I take some Zyrtec, which will put me in a coma for a few hours. With #3 I luckily have a couple advantageous days off. Yesterday and today I didn't work so I hit up the gym to get 2 days done. That just leaves me having to suck it up and get my ass to an afternoon class either Thursday or Friday. Then next Monday and Tuesday I get out at 4AM so I'll just get myself home and hop in the car with Matt. It's gonna suck to work out after being up all night, but I think it's for the best. Then the hell streak ends so by the end of the week I should be back on a normal schedule. You know you've changed when you're horrified at the thought of going to any class other than 5AM simply because you know the people. They know me, I know them, we all get along, they know I'm riding the struggle bus. Not that the other classes don't have amazing people - I just don't know them. It's ridiculous, I know. But this is what happens when you work out in a group setting.
#1 and #4 are going to be where the real struggle comes in. It feels a little early in my journey to be throwing a huge wrench like this into the mix, but there's not really anything I can do about it. So I have to just deal and hope I can stay strong. I bought some healthy snacks already. I got myself some deli chicken slices and mozzarella along with yogurt that I can mix with some granola and PB2. I think we also have some cucumbers I can bring for a crunchy snack. I haven't put all this stuff into MyFitnessPal yet so I don't even know if it'll fit into the plan, so that might be a big wrench. Maybe I should just play it super safe and leave my credit cards at home....
The thing is, I'm actually excited for these snacks so I think they'll keep me on the straight and narrow. I have this granola that I discovered in Hawaii called Anahola Granola and oh my God it is amazing. All natural, no additives or things I've never heard about. It has all the usual oats and stuff along with dried pineapple, guava and mango. Ugh, so good. I mix it with plain yogurt and a little bit of honey as sweetener. I kind of want some right now but I have to be careful today since I'm not sleeping half the day away so I'm kind of holding myself back so I don't get stuck without any macros while I'm at work. Tomorrow hopefully it won't be so bad since I'll sleep through basically breakfast and lunch and then be on a night eating schedule officially.
Either way, my previous record for a night shift streak is 4, so I'm hoping I never have to do this again. Part of it is my fault, but at the same time it doesn't feel that way. I was scheduled for 4 in a row, 1 off, then 3 in a row. I saw there was an open shift on the night I had off so I decided to take it because at the end of the day, I'm still working nights until next Tuesday and why would I stay home for one night in the middle of it and get all kinds of even more screwed up. Just didn't make sense to me.
With me luck friends, this is about to be a massive suckfest. I'll probably check in on my next gym day :)
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