Heat Wave

Is the heat & humidity ever going to end? Here I am bitching about the heat when Jon's in 130 degree heat overseas, lol. It's been between 95-105 here the past week & I'm ready for it to cool down already! You know what that kind of humidity can bring too.....STORMS. Our satellite is out now and I'm hoping the power doesn't fail while I type this. I hope it doesn't hail like the news said it's supposed to. Hail damage SUCKS.

About the Barlean's Flax Oil- I purchased it after reading on Skwigg's site that taking the capsules is pretty much worthless. You have to take 14 capsules to equal the amount in 1Tbsp of the oil. I compared it to my bottle when I got it and, yup, 14 capsules! So I've started taking 1Tbsp early in the day. The first day I tried putting it in my shake. NASTY. I could taste it the entire time and for at least 4hrs afterwards, I was burping it. BLECH! I dreaded taking it again! I tried again the next morning, but this time I just plugged my nose & took it straight from the spoon...tried not to breathe...and chugged a ton of water. Then I immediately started in on my protein shake. Problem solved! Couldn't taste it afterwards & no burpies. I think it's helping curb my cravings, but who knows, I might just be hoping it's having that effect. I'd thought about taking another Tbsp with lunch, but realized that my $20 bottle only contains 31 servings. One month. That's a little expensive for me, especially when you consider the other supplements.

I had a mild freak-out last week when I stepped on the scale and it had jumped up 5lbs. Now I'm not trying to bulk up here so I about shit myself when I saw that # on the scale. I know where my weight generally hangs out at, and I hadn't seen this # on the scale since C1. DAMN. The wheels started turning and I realized I had started taking Betagen again, and that had to be the reason. I'd never experienced this before while taking it, so I didn't understand the gain. I started thinking about it and was wondering why I was taking it now anyway? I just want to lean down for the trip. I think I just really liked how fast I recovered from workouts while on it. Anyway, I stopped it and will resume that later.....AFTER the trip. I really hope the scale goes back down. It stayed up for about a week which I don't understand (even after free days or cheats I've always managed to get it back down after 1-2days of clean eating), but I think it's finally moving in the downward direction. I think I've hit a plateau in my workouts too, it was time for a change. So on Saturday I did a full-body lifting routine and it kicked my ass!! Today I hit the gym (avoided the 100 degree heat!) and had a pretty good workout, & was dripping in sweat!

jump rope- 300jumps
treadmill 15%incline- 10min
jump rope- 300jumps
treadmill 15%incline- 10min
jump rope- 300 jumps
upright bike- 10min
jump rope- 200 jumps

Pull-ups
Abs

I was in a bit of a time crunch today as I only had about 50min of childcare. It felt great and I'm hoping that by changing up my cardio a bit, I can bust through this plateau. I have 3wks until Aiden & I leave to drive down to TN, and just under 4wks until Jon gets home. I'm also running in a 5K on July 29th so I can't cut out my running altogether. The course is on a big ass hill so I'm nervous about my goal of 26min. I'm hoping the race day adrenaline will carry me through it.