Yes, ya'll, lamb is eaten much more in other parts of the world. My mom ( a Norwegian) served chops once a week, and leg roasts at Christmas and Easter. I think it is the Norske's influence, why realcdn's seeing it so much at the grocer's this holiday. It IS yummy, Willie. Tender and sweet at the same time. I like it with Garlic Gravy, roasted potatoes, some asparagus... - oh, my...
Yesterday's HIIT was spiffy. I planned my run and then didn't, really.
I planned to do the intervals I read on some thread or other here: 20/10 seconds fast /slow. THAT felt like hamster business on a very small wheel, so I ended up doing 50/70 seconds fast/slow, X 5 with a 10 minute warm-up and a 10 minute easy run afterward. Took about 35 minutes, and I was drenched, even though the weather was GORGEOUS: 60*, light breeze. How anyone can choose NOT to live here is beyond me. (I'll post garden photos soon, and y'all be drooling.)
I joined the Y today, only for a week. (It's too expensive to join for any longer - until they do their summer special thingy when the tourists go home in late May. Til then I'll be winging it at home with a week at the Y now and again, when I feel rich. So, yeah. Rarely.)
I am so very surprised at how much heavier I can lift when I use the bar! Why is that?!?
Today:
Warm-up on the TM for 5 minutes; 4.3- 5.0.
Squats: 3/10 @ 65
S Row: 3/10 @ 90
P/Ups: 3/10 FLAT ON THE GROUND
('bout vibrated my chin off, I was struggling so. Left sweaty palm and nose prints on their prissy blue mat! BOOya, I did BIY push-ups already!)
Step-up:
Their step was 18", about 6" higher, so I used 12# db's to see if my form was gonna be OK; it was,
pretty much - 3/10,
and I was huffing.
Jacknife: Couldn't go up. Their ball was a bit bigger than mine, and my wrists were already KILLING me from the P/ups. 3/10. Tough.
All in all a pretty good go, but the old guys ogling me bothered me about as much as the young ones not.
Food has been decent, considering DH's family visiting. (Yes, they are all of Amish descent, and I am NOT. nutbar's goats got NOTHING on me! Goats, chickens, bunnies and tons of FISH.)
Got this computer back from the geek hospital today, (Yeah! paid $35 to find out the plug wasn't in right!?!) so I can see if anyone has responded to my whiny thread about calorie tracking. (I resent having to do this!) But, I will. For a few weeks. Just to see if I am on or not.
Muscle Mom: Mangos rule my world starting about May 1. I planted 3 trees a few years back and they're finally starting to produce. I love them like kids-gone-for-the night sex; when you sit on the back steps in the noonday sun with a bucket full of fresh-picked mangos and a paring knife, and the juice gets to running down your arms... that beats runner's high or ANY street-drug euphoria HANDS DOWN.
I need one now.
