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Today was a good day. My food intake was generally good and I did a good workout considering my shins are giving me hell. The weather was beautiful but I spent a lot of the day inside, mainly because my shins were hurting so much it's painful to walk. So I had to get creative and come up with a workout that wouldn't involve impact on my lower legs but still be a killer workout, getting my heart rate up and getting me all nice and sweaty.

Work out by me (i clearly have a death wish)

Work out:
Push ups
Sit ups
Squats
Tricep dips

Reps:
50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 9, 8, 7 ,6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Time: 26.19

This was a really good workout, I was literally dripping with sweat by the end. I contemplating adding rests after each round, e.g. 50 second rest after the 50 round, 40 second rest after the 40 round, but I decided to go all out and just try and smash it without a rest which was definitely the right decision. I don't think the rest would have actually helped to be honest. The killer was the tricep dips, it was almost as if after the first 50 my triceps just ceased to function. I'm pretty sure it ended up being the rest of body pulling itself up for the tricep dips because my triceps were just not happening. But the pushups and squats were surprisingly easy, although I did do lady pushups so I'll definitely aim to be able to do more and more consecutive man pushups as I get fitter. The sit ups were an effort but that's to be expected. I got through them which was achievement enough! I worked out that all up I did 195 reps of each movement so I'm pretty happy with that.
Definitely deserved the jump in the pool after that workout!

Food intake:
Oats with honey and skim milk
1 pear
1 bowl of chicken soup
2 mini time-outs
handful of almonds
4 pieces of teriyaki chicken sushi
4 mini pieces of tuna sushi

It was really interesting today because I  have been drinking so much water all week and today I barely drank any, which made me feel instantly dehydrated. I had head aches, my mouth felt dry, and I could tell the workout was harder because I hadn't drank enough water that day. It goes to show that even something that you might think is not a big deal like your water intake, plays such a massive part in your mental and physical state all day.
It's going to be really challenging keeping on going with these bloody shin splints but I am determined to keep working at it.