I spent the morning studying for my personal trainer certification. As an advertising and public relations major, I haven’t taken a science class since my freshman year of college (and that was a basic pre-requisite class), so a lot of the science terminology (osteoblasts, what!?) goes right over my head.
I want to take my time with each chapter, take notes, create a personal study guide and absorb the information. Every chapter is taking me a lot longer to get through than I initially anticipated, but that also makes me feel better about the certification I chose since it seems very comprehensive and detailed. You better believe I repeated this morning’s “determination now or regret later” mantra in my head when I found my mind wandering.
Lunch
Lunch was a welcome break this afternoon and I reheated a bowl of chili leftover from Sunday night’s dinner.
The chili was essentially my simple summer chili, but with cannellini beans instead of the kidney beans and broccoli florets and carrots added to the mix.
Flavorful and filling!
Coming up in August
Whenever a new month hits, I peek ahead at my calendar and check out everything I have on the agenda for that month. Inevitably something jumps out at me and gets me excited for the month ahead!
This month I have quite a few things planned that I’m really looking forward to, noted in chronological order below:
- Indoor triathlon
- Beauty and the Beast musical with my mom and sister
- Crafty day with Laurel
- Katy’s baby shower
- Taste of the Nation in Orlando (You can use the code ONEDAY get 25 percent off your ticket if you care to attend! I had the best time last year and cannot wait to go again this year. If you live in Orlando, love food and want to help raise money for the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida and Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida – they get every dollar raised – feel free to use the coupon code, valid today only, and join me!)
- Leah’s bachelorette party in New Orleans
August should be a fun one around here!
P.S. The July Book Club post will be up soon!
Question of the Afternoon
- What are you most looking forward to in August?
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I’m looking forward to going back to college and seeing all my friends that I didn’t get to see over the summer! For sure not looking forward to the school part though. Annndd I may begin crossfit!
My birthday and wedding anniversary are in August! This year is our 10th anniversary.
Hey Julie. Brittany over at ittybitsofbalance.com got certified through NASM in personal training. You should definitely go check out her blog and maybe ask her for some pointers! She detailed doing the same thing as you… going through each chapter and taking notes. She may be of some help to you!
August is one full month for me! A bridal shower, a beach weekend, a music festival, a bachelorette party, a wedding, and then my bday on the 31st! Woot.
I am looking forward to going back to College and also getting my booty back in shape!!!! I love all of your advice and your workouts!!! 🙂 Such an inspiration!! 🙂
I’m so excited to start my first full time job! I’ve spent the last six years of my life struggling to get by while getting my bachelor’s in psychology and my master of social work and it’s finally going to start paying off! Onward and upward 🙂
Also, my long distance boyfriend is moving here and moving in with me. It’s going to be amazing!
If it helps you any, I always remembered it like this:
OsteoBlasts Build and OsteoClasts Carve. 🙂
I’m looking forward to a trip with friends before the kiddos go back to school.