Un-Lent Challenge & New Luna Bars

Hey guys!

Just by the look of the ”no more fast food!” and “no more booze ’til Easter” status updates taking over Facebook, I can see a lot of people in my circle are observing lent both for its religious significance and as a chance to challenge themselves to step outside out of their comfort zones (and break bad habits!).

Well, while Lent has no religious significance for me, I need nothing more than a challenge right now. Ok, I’m lying. I’m juggling like 10 thousand challenges right now, so let me rephrase…I need nothing more than a kick in the ass to get on the whole exercise wagon again (and a way to publicly shame myself if I fall off it again).

You see — once I hit my goal weight of 128 pounds, all sorts of weird things started happening. If you look back at my posts around then, there was a lot of “so what?” and “what now?” sentiments being thrown around. Then, life got crazier than usual and I got comfortable.

There’s nothing wrong with getting comfortable in and of itself. I like to get comfortable before I watch a movie, get comfortable before I tackle an essay, etc. But getting comfortable in that I’m just going to sit on my rear and make excuses for not moving is just not acceptable. I need to practice what I preach (I always preach, “Oh there’s ALWAYS time for exercise!” “Exercise is just as vital to your well-being as eating and you’re not gonna stop doing that, are you?!”).

When I got sick with the flu recently I realized I had been taking my physical health for granted. My body was absolutely zapped of strength and I’m still recovering. Mentally, well before I got the flu (let’s be real!), I was missing that feeling of self-awareness that comes when I work-out regularly. Now that I’m feeling better and almost back to “normal” , I really want to work on one thing…

I want to be a bad ass.

And by “bad ass,” I mean strong and in charge of my health again. A few months ago I was logging my weight, calories and exercises for the world to see (see here, for example). What the hell happened?

For an entire month, I plan on working out, deliberately, at least 5 days a week for a total of 5 hours (which I’m allowing myself to split up however I need to between the 5 days). In an ideal world, I’d plan to work out for 7 days/week, but, for now, I’m giving myself the leeway to start with 5 and hopefully increase to more after this month challenge (ends Friday, 3/19).

Every Monday I will do a re-cap of what sort of activities I completed throughout the prior week and whether I notice any improvements in strength, time, etc. I will not be weighing myself because a) I killed my scale and b) I’m most interested right now in being a bad-ass and bad-asses typically don’t care about weight, but care about strength! (See the adorable Mizbadass herself) ;)

I also want to give a shout-out to my mom and sister-in-law who have been waking up at 5 in the morning to go for hour-long walks. Talk about commitment!

So who’s with me?! Who wants to work out 5 days a week with me and get buffified (yes, I  made up that word…).

New Product News

Luna has introduced a new protein bar in three different flavors: chocolate cherry almond, chocolate peanut butter and cookie dough. Each bar has 12 g of protein, 3 g of fiber and 180-190 calories. If it weren’t for the whey protein, they’d be vegan (lame!). They look like a good option for all you non-vegans out there! Check ‘em out here.

Have any of you seen these on shelves yet?

<3,

The Cranky One

Tags: exercise, Luna Bars, protein bars