Wussy dumbbells, biking, and mental health days

That's right, go ahead and laugh. Those are baby blue 3 lb weights... and they've been kicking my arse. One of the things I've been uber self conscious about is my lack of arm strength lately. It's not that I want to look like a body builder, but when I point at things, my triceps should NOT jiggle. Ever. I realize that weak upper body strength is one of those things that girls are just saddled with compared to men, but it doesn't mean that I have to accept it... and that's how I ended up with this wussy looking dumbbells. I'm hoping to move up to the 5 lb one soon; at least they are purple.

Anyway, this week has been a banner week, not only for myself, but for Parrish too. Here's what we've done:

Monday

Parrish has been riding a mile in the morning and a mile in the evening after I get home. I'm pretty proud of him! We went to a park that is relatively close to my house and biked around their 1/3 mile path. I ended up doing 2 miles and I get extra credit for getting whistled at while doing it. And for not running over the walkers - they do NOT like to get out of the way.

Tuesday

Parrish did 2 1-mile bike rides and he's feeling pretty good about that. I had my usual running date with Sonja and we walked the entire 2.5 miles loop. What can I say, we had some stuff to talk about.

Wednesday

Parrish went riding with a friend of his and ended up doing a 5-mile loop. My legs hurt just thinking about it. I took the day off because really - I exercise to live, not live to exercise.

Thursday

This morning I decided to jump on the treadmill with the wussy blue 3 lb dumbbells and did my interval walking workout. I was going to be good and do three sets of 10 curls while I was walking but I spaced out and I ended up just doing as many curls as I could in the first 15 mins. My arms are killing me but hopefully that will pay off eventually.

The best part of this week is that I took today & tomorrow off of work, and I'm hoping to get some more riding time in. And go to the beach. And do some shopping. Just having a couple of mental health days makes me feel so much LESS stressed out it's unbelievable. The great news is that yes, I woke up at 530 am today but it wasn't because I was dwelling about work. I really want to carry that throughout the rest of my weekend - keep your fingers crossed.