Discipline
>> Thursday, May 28, 2009
Yesterday was a much needed rest day and I made the most of it-
came home from work, ate dinner, took the pup for a walk and then crashed. It was early when I went to bed but you know, sometimes it's just gotta happen.
Tonight I headed to the gym for the WOD which called for 7 rounds of a 1-rep max of a Thruster.
With a thruster, you hold the bar as if you're going to do squats. You squat down, but when you come up, you "thrust" the bar over your head with your upper body.
So it's a squat and a press in one motion.
I really had no idea what I would be able to do as my one rep max. The only other time I've done "thrusters" was when a workout called for 2 rounds of 20 reps. I really wasn't sure.
Here's how I did:
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
On a financial related note, I sent $1,200 to my student loan today and as soon as our tenants pay their rent, I'll be sending in another payment over $1,000. I'll draw attention to the debt payoff bar once it happens. =)
After a strong April budget, I have to say I'm disappointed in our May activity overall. At the end of the day, it came down discipline, and we just didn't have it this month.
First, we bought a laptop when it wasn't budgeted. Regardless of whether we could "afford" it or not, it wasn't budgeted, so we should have waited. We can't go back but I can honestly see how that one action triggered others. It was as if we told ourselves, "Well, our budget is already shot for the month, what's this $5 going to hurt?"
The lack of discipline affected our budget and our areas of our life. We spent money at Dairy Queen eating ice cream, 7-Eleven for slurpees, crap here and crap there... it was just foolish.
And I'm disappointed in myself because I don't usually make foolish decisions. Argh.
On the bright side? We sent $3,300 to our debt in May so obviously, it wasn't ALL bad. I realize that. I know for sure that number could have been higher had we been more careful and disciplined in our decisions.
So, we're going to enter June that much more intense with our budgeting and our path to eliminating this debt by the end of the year.
Until tomorrow,
Kelsalynn
4 comments:
Great job on the thrusters- souds tough!
You guys have made such amazing progress on the debt pay off - don't sweat one "bad" month (which wasn't even that bad at all!) You've inspired me and I'm sure everyone else to get their debt paid off. Thank you!
To answer your question from a few days ago about what a brick workout is- Techinically I think it is any two things done in quick succession. Bike + Run is the most common but it's a good idea to practice the swim + bike transition too. Generally you do it in the order you'll be doing the tri (swim, bike, run) but I think you can mix that up if you need. It is fun! :)
Have a great weekend!
I wouldn't be too hard on yourself for splurging on the occassional ice cream cone or slurpee. Those are pretty minor indulgences.
If you have a lack of discipline than I am spiriling out of control. What i mean to say is, don't beat yourself up kid. You're doing just fine.
And your workouts continue to scare the crap out of me.
I must say that I paid for the slurpees with my cash, so they were budgetted. So there...
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