Yoo 263 - Overtraining and a bit of EASST

Here are some "classic" signs you might have overdone it in your workout the prior day:

• You instinctively start massaging your glutes as you walk down the hallway at work only to, seconds later, realize you're MASSAGING YOUR GLUTES WHILE WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY AT WORK. <-- no one saw that, right?
• You wince every time you stand up, sit down, lean to the left, lean to the right, walk forwards, walk backwards, open a door, close a door, bend over, chew, or see stairs.
• Just looking at your foam roller makes you cry.
• Your scheduled 6 mile fartlek of jog-sprint-jog becomes 4 miles of hobble-hobble faster-hobble.
• Once fired up and hobbling straight, you find it necessary to give your muscles 5 minutes notice when a change of direction will be required.

I mean, I'm just surmising...if I ever pushed too hard...that might be how I felt the next day.

Ha.  Ha.

If I ever used the phrase "I could beat so-and-so any day!"...today might have been the day I was proven wrong.

But moving on.  Want to hear a funny story?

It starts with this horribly awkward flying picture:

And ends with this horribly swollen finger picture:

(notice the difference in size between my right middle finger and left...and try to pretend I'm not flipping you the bird, also).

I was traveling the east coast with the Alishafriend on our epic EASST adventure last spring and one day realized we were pretty close to the birthplace of flight.  And I thought, "How cool is this??!"  So we had to stop.  And I wanted an amazing picture of me "flying" in front of the statue.  I got all ready, Alisha got situated to snap the shot, she said go, and I jumped as high as I could, spread my wings, looked straight at the camera, and gave it my best smile.  For a little too long.  The ground came up faster than I was expecting and I completely ate it.  My poor finger took the brunt of the fall, popped, and instantly started swelling up.  It hurt so bad!!

When we got back in the car and started driving again, general conference was on.  Specifically, Elder Kent F. Richards was delivering his talk titled "The Atonement Covers All Pain".  Which really hit home to me right then, with a THROBBING middle finger and all.

That poor finger took months to heal and hasn't been the same since.

Want to know the worst part?  You're looking at it above.  The picture of me is all awkward!  It was after my beautiful airplane pose!  Want to see the glorious picture I snapped of Alisha?

Perfect.  But I'm not bitter...

In other news, my birthday week at work has been a great success so far.  Breakfast tacos and cookies last Friday.  Breakfast casserole and cookies on Monday.  And more breakfast casserole, an apple pie, and cake today.  Granted, the cake was for another birthday, but I still got to eat it.  I love it when people love me and bring me food!

And yes, I shamelessly celebrate my birthday for at least a week at work.  Everyone gets real excited for it too and thanks me for having a birthday. (they like the food). (but it's like they're thanking me for being born!).  Isn't that the way it should be??

Also, I tried coconut water.  And I do not hate it.  Though I think it kind of tasted like the plastic bottle.

Have a great day :-)