I am so impressed with people who can blog every day.  My intent is to blog every other day but as you can tell, it doesn’t get done.  I took a self-defense class this past Friday with Tim Larkin (Target Focus Training) - http://www.targetfocustraining.com  Every woman should take this class.  I didn’t realize what I needed to do to protect myself.  I knew I would not be able to physically fight off an attacker so I had no idea of what I had to do.  Tim makes the class easy giving you target areas that will put someone down.  I HIGHLY recommend his class.

I have kicked up my kettlebell training.  I have been working out at lunch three times per week then will do more swings at the end of the day.  Today I did swings and snatches for 45 minutes.

I had to change my diet.  I was eating all raw for three weeks, which was just what my body needed at that time, but my energy started to lag.  I have been doing the Jay Robb Fat Burning Diet which alternates high protein one day and high carb the next day(still lots of raw vegies).  For this moment in time my body is responding well.  I never know what I will be doing three weeks from now as I just pay attention to what my body is asking for. My main goal with my diet is to keep my energy high.  I have a busy chiropractic practice and I need to keep my ketttlebell training up. 

Pavel Tsatouline is in the most recent Oxygen magazine.  The article is about stretching.  If you have every seen Pavel in person, he is unbelievably flexible.  Check out this article.  If you want more on his stretching technique check out his DVD Relax Into Stretch.  And if you don’t know who Pavel is you need to read my website

I found out that Top Foods has Rice Dream “Ice Cream” in many flavors. Very dangerous.  I bought chocolate mint this weekend and ate the whole pint.  I didn’t fel very good on Monday so I was back to raw.  I ate every meal raw and felt much better.  Lots of green vegies.  I just finished Victoria Boutenko’s book 12 Steps to Raw Foods.  I am going to start making green smoothies as she makes a good case for them.  Making the smoothie instead of juicing is much easier plus the fiber isn’t taken out.  I haven’t been eating any fruit for the past 1 1/2 years but will start slowly adding some to the smoothies.  My favorite raw dish right now is shredded beets and shredded carrots with sunflower seeds.

My kettlebell workout hasn’t been very regular lately.  I have been so busy that I haven’t been able to work out at lunch.  I have tried to get a 15-20 minute workout prior to class.  I have been doing lots of swings with the 24kg and snatches with the 20kg.  If I have only a short period of time to workout I need to get the most out of it and heavy snatches and swings do it for me. 

I am still riding high from this weekend seminar.  I came home last night and my husband said he has the next seminar scheduled.  It is tentatively scheduled for March 30, 2008.  I wanted to have the seminar in Olympia but because we will be working with Discover U in Seattle he chose Tacoma again.  The topic of this seminar will be Relationships and the Law of Attraction.  Stay tuned.  

I wasn’t able to work out Monday night so I did the same routine my students did tonight.  I started warming up with two handed swings, 80 with the 20kg and 80 with the 24kg.  I then did four sets of the following:  5 each side of swing-clean-snatch, 5 each side clean-squat-press, 20 alternating swings, and 10 swing-catch-squats.  I then finished with 200 swings varying between two handed, one handed and alternating. 

I didn’t do very well with my eating today.  I went way to long without eating anything.  I had a bowl of vegies (cucumber, red bell pepper and avocado) for breakfast then nothing until after my workout, which was 7:15 pm.  I had a protein drink mixed with a green drink about 15 minutes after my workout.  When I got home I had a bowl of cabbage, shredded carrots, shredded beets and sunflower seeds.  I also had two small raw “ravioli”  I need to be more proactive on the days where I don’t take a lunch.  Luckily I didn’t have any nuts at work or I would have eaten them all.  Nuts are just too fattening.