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Core, Fitness, Shoulders

Eating as an Athlete Versus Eating as a Coach Potato

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Today my 43 showed progress over the past couple of weeks!!!  I did a plank hold and brought my knees to my elbows at a nice slow pace (no jumping!).

start
start
Right knee to right elbow
Right knee to right elbow
back to plank
back to plank
Left knee to left elbow
Left knee to left elbow

Not gonna lie – this was a challenge for me today!!  Amazing how quickly you lose strength and endurance!!  Anyway, I made it through – I counted a right knee in +  a left knee in as 1 rep so it was 43 with each leg.

Part of the reason I could do this today is I’m wearing the awful compression stockings.Kim - Compression StockingsAnd, yes, I did the pictures today after I showered – and I do pretty much wear workout stuff all the time.  Wearing a running skirt when I can’t run makes me feel like a runner still!!!Screen shot 2013-05-08 at 4.26.23 PM

So, while the eCard above isn’t completely true (I already have the perfect guy!!), there might be some truth about the eating!!!

I don’t talk a lot about what I eat, how often I eat or any of that on here and for the most part I’m fine with my body (shape, weight, etc.).  However, things change when you can’t workout!!!

Normally, while I try to be mindful of what I eat and not overindulge, I don’t get to bothered by food.  Many nights at dinner I eat more than Chris (don’t judge!!).  I’m an athlete (except for right now when I’m not)!!!Screen shot 2013-05-09 at 7.53.46 AM

Between working out (usually 1-2 hours a day) fairly intensely and all of my normal daily activityScreen shot 2013-05-09 at 7.54.08 AM

I don’t have to stress to0 much about my intake.  (We do try to eat healthy most of the time!!)  I’m not a fan of diets or dieting (for myself) but there are times I have to make some changes – like now!!

When you take away the workouts and most of the activity – this is what you are left with:Screen shot 2013-05-09 at 7.54.47 AM

As a (temporary!!) coach potato, I’m having to be MUCH more careful about what I eat and how much I eat – I don’t want to end up looking like this guy in a couple of weeks!!!Screen shot 2013-05-09 at 7.59.36 AMWhat about you – do you eat differently based on your activity or do your eating habits stay the same regardless of the situation?

Gotta get a move on – I’m babysitting a 10-month old this morning and covering 3rd grade recess at lunch time (Teacher Appreciation again).  Not sure that I’m following the DRs plan today but plenty of time this afternoon and evening for Screen shot 2013-05-09 at 8.04.33 AM

Oh – I mean elevating my feet (sort-of the same thing, though!!).

Happy Thursday!!

Kim

Back, Fitness

How do you Define Yourself?

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For my 43 today I did a bent over lateral raise/row combo.  Even though it is still fairly basic, I’m happy that I incorporated multiple muscle groups today!!

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I just used 5 pound dumbbells for the 43 – I usually try to go heavier on rows but lateral raises are challenging for me so I picked a weight that I could complete them all without just swinging my arms like a crazy woman!!!

I’m still not working out – hopefully later this week I will be able to ease back in!!!

Since I’ve had a some hours of free time the past few days I’ve done a lot of thinking about things.  One of the subjects I’ve thought about is how I define myself.  There are lots of words I could use:

  • wife
  • mom
  • runner
  • athlete
  • sister
  • twin
  • teacher
  • coach
  • reader
  • wine drinker
  • friend

At every stage of my life, I have had different words that seem applicable.  The summer I wasScreen shot 2013-04-28 at 5.55.32 PM

my parents got a divorce and my mom and the 4 of us kids moved to Abilene, TX.  8th grade had been a rough year for me (3 different middle schools) and moving to a new place for 9th grade was no easier.  I was very quiet and shy (hard to believe now!!).  I went through most of high school being referred to as Tim’s sister:

twins
twins

Thankfully, I also started running in HS and actually turned out to be pretty good at it so I was also a cross country and long distance runner in high school!

I went to college separate from Tim so all of a sudden I had a new identity.  However, I quickly formed a very close friendship with Lara.  Other then the fact that I ran cross country and track and she didn’t, we were together all of the time.  People didn’t call me Kim or her Lara we were:

Kim and Lara

Lara and Kim

Also, I had long hair that I kept curly with a spiral perm – classy!!.  I always pulled it back in a ponytail using these clips:Screen shot 2013-04-28 at 7.22.05 PM

So I also earned the name – Bowhead.

I went to grad school in southern Alabama and spent a year being called Kim from Texas!!

After grad school, I spent 2 years coaching cross country and track at the same University where I had run.  During that time I’m not sure I had a true definition of myself – because I was single and a coach lots of people assumed things about me that weren’t true.  Those are the years that I realized that even workout wear could be cute and accessorized!  Screen shot 2013-04-28 at 7.29.24 PM

I spent a year teaching and also met Chris (he was in pilot training in TX at the time) – I was either Miss Griffin (umm – that is my mom) or Chris’s girlfriend.

After we got married, we moved to Kansas and because I wasn’t from here and Chris was – I spent the year as Chris’ wife.

We moved back to TX for a couple of years and I taught and coached again.  This time I was Mrs. Turner  or Coach Turner – loved my new name/identity!!!

Then we had Jordan and my definition of myself changed again  – I became Jordan’s mom and later Hunter’s mom.  Since I spent about 9 years as a SAHM I struggled a lot with my identity.

I became involved in numerous activities and tried to figure out exactly how I fit into all of the different areas of life.  It was difficult at times because I didn’t have a “real” job to help define me.

After both boys were in school full-time, I took a job at their school working in the office – my new identity became secretary.  I think the 5 years I spent in that job helped me realize that a job isn’t what defines you – you have to figure that out on your on!!

 I did the job of a secretary but there is so much more that makes up who I am including all of the experiences and jobs that I had up to that point.

Now, I am once again a SAHM but there are so many other parts of me!

I’m a blogger – http://day-with-kt.com/

I’m still a runner!!  I’m also a weight-lifting, daily activity getting fitness buff!

I’m a personal trainer – Screen shot 2013-04-28 at 7.42.59 PM

I’m a wife:

welcome home!
welcome home!

I’m a mom:

Jordan meeting his little brother
Jordan meeting his little brother

I’m a sister:

siblings
siblings

I’m a huge reader:Screen shot 2013-04-28 at 7.50.56 PM

I’m a wine and martini drinker:

one more reason to RUN!!!
one more reason to RUN!!!
Texas Martini Glass
Texas Martini Glass

I’m a beach lover:Beach I’m a Texan!Screen shot 2013-04-28 at 7.54.19 PMI’m a friend:Screen shot 2013-04-28 at 7.55.54 PM

Above all of the titles and roles in my life, I can truly say that I’m a happy, strong, independent woman!  And, tomorrow or next week, parts of my definition of myself might change once again – it is ever evolving as I continue on my journey through life!!!

How do you define yourself?

Happy Monday!!

Kim