Work out capri tights

Now that it's colder, I sometimes want to wear something longer than my short shorts at the gym.  I like capris but my issue with the ones I have are they get stretched out in the calf area and end up looking a little strange.  Hard to explain but perhaps I'll have to take a pic of the ones I have to show what I mean.  I have a pair of adidas capris that were amazing at first and the dreaded stretched calf area happened.

If I ever find a good deal on them, I want to try under armor capris.  I have a few tops I bought when I was at their outlets in the US and they are fantastic.  Feel great, hold up well in the wash and look stylish.  Maybe on boxing day.

Workout of the day - Check

I was able to get a 30 minute run out of the way this morning.  Surprisingly found it tiring though I've been working out consistently.  I even had a breakfast and normally I like to work out on an empty stomach.  Wonder why?

Body Pump

Today marks the 8th straight day I've gone to the gym!  I don't know how much longer I can keep this up because I see the days getting closer and closer to family parties, socializing with friends and basically enjoying life without worrying about what I am eating.

I did the Body Pump class this morning & I increased my chest & triceps weight.  Yay me!  I am still pretty weak compared to where I would like to be at but any small increase is an achievement for me.  When I first started, I couldn't even finish the chest & triceps tracks without taking a break.  Now I can actually finish them & felt strong enough to increase the weight a bit.  Back & biceps, you're next!

eek! Signed up for a half marathon this summer!

I am planning on following this schedule so I'll be ready by May.  Crossing my fingers, I don't injure myself in the process and get fit!

Went to the gym for a class

that was cancelled but I still managed to stay there and workout for an hour!  When I am getting back into the habit of going to the gym, I need my classes.  Why?  Because it forces me to work out for an hour or else I quit way too early.  Well today I rushed to the gym to make an 8:30am class to find out when I get there that it's cancelled.  Somehow I changed into my gym gear and forced myself to work out for 30mins which turned into an hour!  That's my little win for the day.

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Dexter Season 6

Has anybody else been dissapointed by this season?  I am going to rant about Dexter even though I've watched every single episode this season.  The thing is Dexters has had 5 amazing seasons in my book and I feel like I need to stand by as the writers learn their lesson and go back to its roots.  Like when parents let their children do dumb things because they know in the long run it will teach them a lesson.  Well that's kinda how I feel about this season of Dexter.

1. This might be silly but every time I see Tom Hanks son on screen, all I can think about is Tom Hanks (not in that way....he just pops into my head and takes away from the immersion into the story)
2. The big twist this season wasn't much of a twist.  I think lots of people including myself saw it coming from the start.
3. Quinn --> Annoying
4. Debroah --> Annoying
5. Sgt. Laguerda --> Annoying
6. That intern dude --> Annoying
7. Basically anybody aside from Dexter and Mos Def I don't care for this season.  P.S. they got rid of Mos Def too early in the season
8. The religious theme of this season isn't my thing
9. His 'struggles' with maintaining family life.  Yeah they made it way too easy with the baby sitter.  I liked previous seasons where we saw him actually struggle to maintain his family life with the kids.
10. There's more but I'll end the list with that random episode with his brother.  I get why they put it in there but really a whole episode on that?  And why not have him interweaved through out the whole season?