Feelin' It

This morning I was thinking, I may have to tell Mike I need to step it up a notch. I wasn't feeling anything. All that hard work and no pain. I have to say I was a little disappointed. I had some things to do this morning at my kids school, but I knew I had to go to the gym today. It wouldn't be a problem to go after.



Well, needless to say once 11am came, I didn't feel much like going to the gym. The teachers were coming in and out of the staff room, so Teri and I would talk to them as they were coming and going. Motivation was NOT there. Noon came around and I knew I had to get moving or there would be no time to go before my kids got home. Then it would be even more difficult to go.



I came home and checked something online for my husband. In looking at the emails, there was one from Missy that had 'in shape challenge' in the subject line. So I clicked on it. It was just what I needed to get me motivated again. The Lord works in mysterious ways. Even through email! So I got ready to go to the gym, and headed out. Rocked out to Kduv on the drive over. Joe was talking about who you don't want to "be" at the gym. You know the one that needs to make an entrance, or the one who doesn't just grunt he yells, the one who skips the deodorant. I haven't seen anyone at In Shape that fits into any of "those" people. Everyone is just there doing their thing.

So after checking in, it's straight to the treadmill in the women's area upstairs. If it was a possibility that I might try to jog today, I wouldn't want to fall off in front of that many people. So I hop on and get started. About 10 mins. into it I'm thinking, no jogging today. Then the half way point comes and you think, I can do this. With 10 mins. to go the treadmill decides to stop raising the incline. It's now stuck on 3.5! I tried to change it a couple more times. It wasn't working . Instead of stopping and changing treadmills I decided to stick with it, since it was close to the end. I just sped it up a little when it was supposed to increase in incline to keep my heart rate up. It was working. On a whim I tried to increase the incline and it worked, so I resumed the switching back and forth. Let me tell you, if anyone was next to me they might have thought I was one of those people Joe had talked about earlier. The sweat was dripping off of me, my face was red. My butt was kicked again!! I got in my car and turned the air on! While driving on the freeway, my stomach muscles started burning. Wow! I was feeling it!



You won't hear me saying I'm not feeling a workout again!