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!

IT'S ON!!!!!

Okay. Saturday was the BIG weigh in. The before picture thing is over. Thank you Jesus for helping me get through. Cari helped a lot, too. She was able to distract me from the fact that I was standing there, in my sports bra and shorts, that this photo was going to be post on the world wide web, and that people that I know (and don't know) will be able to see more of me than my husband has seen in a long time. But, now that it's all out there for everyone to see, it makes me more determined to make a change. I have to work hard to change it. In the beginning, it was more about being healthy. That picture changes things a little. I found out a friend showed it to another friend in Walmart! How embarrassing is that. I have people showing other people! (thanks Amie and thanks Lizz for reminding me how easily accessible the internet is from cell phones these days!) I guess that's what I signed up for.The pressure is on! By making those healthy choices, everything else will fall into place. Cari, LJ, and Joe were all great, and fun to talk with. They are just as funny in person, as they are on the radio. ;) You know what else, they go through the same stuff us non-radio people go through.

We met our trainer on Saturday afternoon. He was great. We got a lot of good info from him. We would get more on our personal session. Which for me was Monday. I have to say my butt got kicked! Who knew 30 mins. on a treadmill could hurt so much? I did 45 mins. on Sunday, so when Mike said I would do 30 I thought....piece of cake!!! WRONG!!!! Evidently, I didn't do it right. I thought I might die a little over half way through. But, I pushed on! And I made it!! I did have to hold on to the treadmill, but I kept going. The floor exercises also, kicked my butt. I haven't done most of them since high school. Some of them I couldn't do at all. Some I was unable to do as many as Mike would have liked for me to. The others were all challenging. I was given the number of calories I should be eating in a day. It doesn't sound like much, but when you have to eat every 2-3 hours, I had to make myself eat at first. Now, I want to eat when it's time. My body is telling me I need to refuel. I used to be able to go until dinner, or when my kids came home from school to eat, sometimes. I couldn't imagine that now. That was part of my problem.

I was sore on Tuesday. Only in my legs though. I think it was the lunges:D I have to say I was glad it was my day off. I think we are the only team that is taking some time off. I have the tendency to go all out when I try to lose weight. My trainer says that is not a good idea. So I am sticking to his schedule. I'm pretty sure he knows what he's doing. I also want this to be something I stick with. Don't want to burn out and have nothing left, when it gets tough.

Today I had my 2nd workout. I have to say it was easier than Monday. I didn't hold on to the treadmill at all, except to check my heart rate, twice. I didn't cheat on my 60 and 30 seconds. When it came to the floor exercises, I was able to do most of them, as many times as I should have. It was hard, but I am determined! I left the gym feeling quite good. Tomorrow my be a different story.....We will see. It will be just cardio, so I think I will be fine. Maybe I will try jogging on the treadmill. I don't know if I am ready for that or not. I tend to be a little clumsy when it comes to that kind of thing.

Something I still need to work on ....drinking more water!!!!