Busted

Today, I walked into the karate studio and KJN Gary looks at me with his most serious, "I'm-going-to-kick-your-ass" face and asks me, "I hear you're going to be missing my black belt training."
I looked at him like he had two heads. "Wha? No. I'm not missing anything." I am feeling like I just got busted by my dad for something big and I have no idea what that something is.
He asked, "you're not missing Thursday and Friday for something?" HA! It dawns on me that he's talking about Tough Mudder.... And he's messing with me. And it was working. Aaaargh.  I gotta get used to having a KJN in my face. Pretty hard to win a  stare down with  a 7th degree black belt. This is my biggest challenge. In class, he calls me out on my Life Skills memorization, points his finger at me like I'm totally busted and asks me to recite line 1 of the logo. Luckily, I know it but when he puts me under the gun, I choke. I HATE that. I need a strategy.
Class went well. We are studying sticks. Many of us have old habits that are difficult to break. We practice over and over and over. I make ONE mistake, and KJN is all over me. Really? I did five perfect disarms and the one I screw up is the one he hones in on. Moral of that story is don't make mistakes, ever, not in class anyway. As soon as you start to falter, he calls you out.  I feel like it's a game. He's doing his KJN best to find and push my buttons, and I'm doing my candidate best to not give him anything. I do a pretty good job sometimes but boy, when I screw up, he's ready to take advantage. So, it's more push ups, more pull ups, more stretching, more DVD watching and more practicing. I want it perfect. I will make it perfect.....as soon as I figure out what perfect looks like. LOL!
Feeling tired today. I've been putting in long hours. Yesterday, I did my 25 kicks with ankle weights (25 front kicks each leg, 25 side kicks each leg, 25 back kicks each leg & 25 roundhouse kicks each leg) along with my 200 wall kicks. I'm laying low today. Fish tacos for dinner tonight with a spinach smoothie. Sticking to my no sugar rule and "cheating" with a banana and peanut butter. My body wants sugar. I want chocolate. Expensive chocolate. The $7 chocolate Chuao Firecracker bar at Whole Foods.... I'm drinking water instead.