Lesson Learned

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for my absence this week. On Monday I was home sick and I still follow the rule: "If you’re too sick to go to school (work in this case) then you’re too sick to do anything fun"- including blogging. Then Tuesday and Wednesday I was busy catching up on work and getting ready for my first show with the Sacramento Valley Chorus, coming up this Saturday.  In spite of being sick and super busy I’m still learning fitness and nutrition lessons daily. What lesson did I learn today you might ask?
Don’t Work out on an Empty Stomach! 

So this how my morning went…….

Alarm goes off, I hit snooze
Alarm goes off, I hit snooze
Alarm goes off, I actually look at the clock and I’m running ten minutes late already
Laid in and bed and contemplated not going to boot camp, then told myself to get my lazy butt out of bed or I was really going to be late.
Scrounged around for clean workout clothes, searched for my tennis shoes
Feed and watered the cats
Brushed hair and teeth
Collected my cell phone and accessories
Couldn’t find my car key
Searched for my car keys in my purse
Searched for my car keys in my bedroom
Searched for my car keys in my bathroom
Searched for my car keys in the kitchen
Searched for my car keys in my purse again, oddly find spare keys in my purse
Looked at the clock now running 15 minutes
Ran out to my car and left
Didn’t Realize until I pulled up to Boot Camp that I didn’t eat anything…..opps

Man did I pay for that opps! We had a really intense power workout with lot of cardio and sprinting. I was basically nauseous the whole time and then afterwards I was dizzy and little disorientated. The night before I had a small dinner at 6 then choir rehearsal till 10pm….home at 11pm and I went straight to bed, so I’m sure my blood sugar was really low after boot camp this morning. Not only can you feel crappy if you work out on an empty stomach, but it also can cause your body to go into starvation mode, where your body shifts into preservation mode and stop burning calories as efficiently, which is counter porductive to working out. So I learned my leason, won't happen again.....at least not in the near future :)