a hitch in my giddy-up

every morning i think about what i'm going to say, in my blog, on that particular day. well i have to tell you that what your about to read is not what i had planned for today. i guess the first clue that something was amiss was the fact that i was wide awake from 2:00 am until 3:15 am. a little distressing because my alarm goes off at 4:30 am, and go off it did. like the dutiful soldier i am, i got up and started my day.

at this point in my prep we are working more of a higher rep training scheme. so we started off with 20 reps of stiffs. i had been experiencing some back discomfort from a couple of vertabrae that were misaligned. so i was none too suprised when, after my first set i noticed, a slight pain in an area just a few inches away from my spine. oddly enough i didnt feel any pain or discomfort while doing the exercise but at the conclusion of each set, and each exercise to follow, it hurt.

later while eating my post workout meal i started to notice that i was shaking more than usual. i noted it but i wasn't alarmed. on my way to work i felt really tired but as i usually don't sleep as poorly as i had the night before, i didn't make too much of it. by the time i got to work i was pretty sure something wasn't right. i felt really tired and quite dizzy. my 10:00 o'clock meal did not make me feel any better and by 11:30 am i was getting pretty concerned.

i gave my coach a call and he suggested that i eat again. we discussed the fact that i am not currently eating red meat all the while still training pretty hard. i've haven't been told to stop eating red meat nor have i become a vegetarian. its just that through the years that i have been living this lifestyle i have come to enjoy red meat less and less. i am at the point where i always choose chicken and am at a loss should there be no poultry on the menu.

my next meal did nothing to rectify the dizziness, so i wandered down to a nearby natural foods store and picked up a liquid iron supplement. i'd have to say about a half an hour after later i started to feel a definite improvement. training for saturday is off. it will be the first workout i will have missed since i started my show prep january 4th!

i got a couple of emails from some friends who have been reading my blog. what i read brought me a lot of joy. lately i've had cause to wonder if i was lousy judge of character. i guess maybe i just don't always pick the best people to trust. but i'm happy to report that along with the bad i've also made some really good choices. those emails could not have come at a better time and what they said meant alot. thank you!

i also spent some time yesterday talking to a friend who is currently going through a very difficult time. a situation that makes anything that i am currently going through seem like club med. i hope what i said made sense and i hope my friend continues to fight and doesn't give up.

fight the power friend... there is nothing that you can't handle and remember i'm always here should you need me.

peace