Day 2: I actually like jumproping. Who knew.

Workout

Workout for Day 2 is in the books! And I like jumproping.*

* I suspect that as the Project progresses, I will develop a love-hate relationship with Ye Olde Jumprope, as I hear tell that there is a lot--and I mean a loooooot--of jumproping required. But for now, I totally love it.

Getting started today, it took me a few rounds of 2-3 skips at a time before I found my rhythm again, but once I did, I was cranking off 30+ jumps in a row before I'd falter. I also managed to thwap my own ponytail with the rope a few times. So apparently whatever rhythm my body and the rope fall into is not the same as the rhythm at which my hair bounces. It's like... physics meets hairstyling.

I'm noticing other PCPers reference doing pushups without having to go to their knees, so I'm just going to put it out there--I do the push-ups on my knees. It's where I'm at with them right now. I aspire to crank out sets of them without having to do them that way, but I'm not there yet, and I'm okay with that. But just in case anyone else out there has to do modified style, just know I'm right there with you!

Food

I don't usually eat very consistently. I would normally eat a small breakfast once every few days, pretty much always skip lunch, and then have some dinner. When I'm not eating, I don't think about food and I don't really notice being hungry (which is why lunchtime always goes blowing by--I just don't get hungry).

Acknowledging that not eating is not a particularly sustainable or wise route to wellness, I've been mindful about eating more regularly for the past couple/few weeks (before PCP started). But what I've noticed is that I actually feel hungrier when I am eating than when I'm not. It doesn't take much food to stop the hunger--and I don't eat until I'm "full" because that feels uncomfortable for me--but I do get the hunger feeling more frequently when I'm eating regularly than if I'm fasting all day.

So eating half-portions hasn't really been much of an issue for me... I don't need much food anyway. But what's really got my attention and interest is noticing how the feeling of hunger and the desire to eat appears more regularly when I'm eating a little bit here and there throughout the day, as opposed to eating just one meal each day.

I don't have any big conclusions or epiphanies around all of that--just noticing.

Emotions & Celebrations

So far, I'm feeling happy. Proud of myself of showing up for two days (celebrations are important, even the little ones!). Happy to discover that I really like jumproping. Happy that my legs weren't sore today though I thought they would be. Happy that my jumprope did not break mid-jump again today!

As Nickety mentioned, I too slept soundly last night, and I forgot how much working out contributed to good sleep. And good sleep is always worth a cheer.

I've told a couple of my closest friends about being involved with the Project. Being "public" about my participation is terrifying for me (for the reasons I mentioned in my Day -1 post). I'm going to be sharing my participation with my brother and sister-in-law today. So that will be four people I've told about it--which is four more than I thought I'd tell, and that's a big step for me right now. So I'm acknowledging that too, and giving myself a cheer for that.

The shopping list

Patrick sent our shopping lists, and there was one item on there that made me panic--a pull-up bar. I'm physically not capable of anything even approaching a pull-up right now. And since one of my biggest fears about the Project is not being able to do what's instructed because of my body, I'm nervous for the workout that has pullups as one of the exercises. I'm scared of having to "fail" at a workout because I can't do that particular activity.

(And yes, I know that I'm now forecasting out and getting nervous about something that isn't even here yet, but there we go. I'm scared of The Fail. And it's not like I can say, "Well, maybe in a couple of weeks I'll be able to do that..." because, let's be honest, my journey to Able To Do Pullups is much longer journey than just a couple of weeks. Ack. Okay. I'm stopping with the anticipation of possible failure. For now, anyway.)

Suffice to say, that part of the shopping list has me worried. The rest of it, I've got.

See you tomorrow...