February 17th

Ugh. Somewhere very shortly after my last post, I got sucked into a school/exhaustion vortex that didn't spit me out until yesterday at approximately 11:00 am. And of course I'm headed back down the rabbit hole tomorrow, but the good news is that we have only 9 weeks of school left, and only two weeks until spring break!

The bummer news (not really bad, but not totally good either) is that I'm stuck at home for spring break, and I'll be beginning my new job at BREW Pub & Kitchen. My new co-workers and I did a team building yesterday and had an awesome time, and it is so incredibly rewarding to see this brewery be created from the ground up. On the other hand, it's a new line of work for me, and being a server is a scary prospect when your entire work experience for the past six years has revolved around medicine!

I'm DEFINITELY not doing so great food- and exercise-wise, but at least my grades are awesome! Still trying to search for that elusive balance between school, work, and health that I know has to exist somewhere.

Right now I'm enjoying toast with peanut butter, banana, and cinnamon, a cup of diesel fuel black coffee, and waiting for my boyfriend to drive home from his overnight shift so we can go watch skijoring in Silverton! (Here's a skijoring video for the uninitiated). It is quite possible that a few rum drinks will be had as well :)

Sunday Full-Body Weight Circuit

3x10 weighted squats (I did 30# - 15# per side)

3x10 deadlifts (20# total, 10# per side - ready to level up to 15# per side)

3x10 chest press (30# - had to split the last set into 2x5 or I wouldn't have finished!)

3x10 tricep dips (despite being body weight only, these are the best tricep exercise ever)

3x10 bicep curl/shoulder press combo (I did 12# bumbbells and I think I can level up to 12.5#)

3x1 minute planks (ouch - keep it up!)

4x25 crunches on stability ball

Full body stretch

40 minutes total with 5 min treadmill warm-up. What a great start to this beautiful Sunday!

xo
amanda