That's not my Name! #fitnessfriday

I am sure in the 50’s I would have been fine accepting of being one of those women who were called Mrs. (Insert Husband’s Name). But it is not 1950 and I don’t like that.  I also don’t like being called any other thing that you associate me with.  Why?  I don’t know, I have issues, I guess.  Anyway, last weekend – we headed back to Idaho – where I am from and where my individuality complex started.  When I first moved there, my family owned the pizza place in town and I was always referred to as “Kelly’s Daughter” then when I switched high schools I was “the girl from Cd’A” then I started dating Brady and  I was always referred to as “Brady’s Girlfriend” then when we got married I became “Brady’s Wife”.    We also went to one of Brady’s family reunion where I was continually introduced as “Brady’s Wife” as the point of reference to extended family.  I prefer to be introduced as Sarah.

Anyway, being in Idaho gave me a lot of chances to work out and blow off the steam of annoyance of people not calling me by my name.

What I did this week

• I hiked and hiked and hiked some more…From early am walks with my daughter along the river front to watch the sunrise to hiking through the woods and climing rocks – it was my perfect type of exercise!
• I did cardio – ran a 8 minute mile on the treadmill and elliptical’d until I was bored.
• I did targeted weight training at the gym and around the house mixed in with my real life
• I cleaned.  Yes, I will say it – cleaning is hard work.  Ok I don’t do the hard work part of cleaning, but I pick up after the kids and run the stuff up and down the stairs

Songs from this week

When I am feeling like I don’t want to be at the gym and need to get in a bit of a sassy mood – I play  Ting Ting’s “Thats not my Name”  in my ipod when walking up the stairs to take my place on the gym floor.  No other song can grasp me in quite the same sassy, bit%#y mood and make me feel like I want to kick a** now and take names later.  And while I know the premise behind the song is totally different than my name complex, I still like it and after my multiple introductions as “Brady’s Wife” there was no doubt that this week that was my song of the week.

Sampling of my playlist this week

Other than the Ting Ting’s – played homage to being back in Idaho…

• Ting Tings – That’s not my Name
• Sell Out – Reel Big Fish
• Toadies – Possum Kingdom
• G Funk Intro – Snoop Dog
• No Doubt – 16
• No Doubt – I’m just a Girl
• Pearl Jam – Jeremy
• White Zombie – More Human than Human