Catching up

So I figured I would catch everyone up to speed with my progress and what I have been doing at the gym.

Day 1: I worked out with my husband he showed me all the equipment. We didn't get to do much just cardio but it was enough to show me that I am pissed completely out of shape.

Day 2: Again I worked out with my hubby. Only we did a full body workout and did cardio on the bikes and boy did I feel the burn. We started with arms and I could feel it in my shoulders. Now mind you I do work in retail so I am constantly lifting something and didn't think I would be so sore. Half way through our arms work out I felt like my arms were gonna fall off my body. We did core next. We laid on the exercise balls and did crunches. Then we laid on our backs with the balls under our legs and did crunches again only pulling the ball close to us when we came up. That is a challenge for someone that can't do two things at once. Then we moved onto legs. We did calves and thighs and I felt it but it was an easy workout for me seeing as how I haven't done it in 8 years. Lastly we did the bikes for 15 minutes and I managed to do the whole thing without stopping except to change bikes. The one I was on the peddles were really stiff.

Day 3: I worked out with with a personal trainer. I got a free Fitness Evaluation for joining and this is when I seen with my own two eyes the truth I had known but wasn't willing to face. I am 5'7.5" tall and weigh 153 lbs with 24.4% body fat. When I hit my goal weight of 130 I will have the perfect bmi of 15%. Fast forward to the workout. We did arms and core. First he had me do incline push ups then get under the barbell and do pull ups. Next I did a half disc workout. And what that is you hold the disc over your head bend over and put it on the floor and jump so your legs extend behind you. Then you jump so you bring your legs back under you and jump as you stand and bring the disc back over your head. I did 16 of those. Thought I was gonna die after eight. Then we moved on to chest presses with free weights 20 lbs did 16. Next came over the head presses 16 followed by behind the head presses 16. I ran a few laps around the indoor track and then we moved to the core workout. It was 20 seconds of workout followed by 10 seconds to cool down. Now forgive me because I don't know technical terms but I will describe what we did the best I can. We laid on our backs and put our feet in the air bent at the knees and did crunches, followed by working out the obliques. That was side to side feet on the floor trying to touch our toes. Then we put our feet back in the air and climbed a rope so to speak. The last one we did was roll over forearms flat on the ground and hold ourselves up for 20 secs. After all of that I could hardly move my arms.

Day 4: I worked out my legs. I did leg presses, calf presses, and then hip abductors inside hip and outside hip. I followed that up with 30 minutes of cardio on the treadmill.

Day 5: I worked out with a personal trainer on legs. She nearly killed me. I walked sideways around the track with a band around both feet leading with my left foot halfway around I switched to lead with the right. Then we did squats. I did 16 then had a band around my foot and kicked forward and switched and did the same with the other foot. 16 more squats and did the same thing only I kicked backward this time. 16 more squats no weights just bar and did the same thing only kicked side to side. Did 12 of them each leg all three rotations. She then had me run and my legs were so weak I thought I was going to fall. Next we stood half on the step and half off and raised up on my toes 15 times. Then we stood all the way on the steps and pointed our toes in and did 15 and then toes out and did 15. Then I had to sprint the steps and walk back down them. Yea this chick about fell flat of her face. We followed that up with more running then a 30 second wall sit. Next came calf raises with 40 pounds and I did 16 of those. Then we stretched and I was done for the day.

Here I am getting ready to go today and I can hardly walk. I had a softball coach once that said pain is weakness leaving the body. So I guess he was right in retrospect. I am going to work through the pain today and do arms and core and I may even walk on the treadmill some. I am ready to obtain my goals and make it count. I can't wait to get back in shape for ME and for my family.

My husband has been an awesome motivator and helper the past few days. He says to me everyday that I can do it! I know I can but the pain is overwhelming at times and I would rather sit and recoup then workout but I'm not gonna do that.

My diet I haven't been following closely. I can tell ya I have been eating the same as always and I intend on making some drastic changes. I don't eat bad but I don't eat as healthy as I should either. I have some vices that I need to let go of. First and foremost is smoking followed by caffeine and coffee. Rome wasn't built in a day and I will too work on my diet and eating habits.

I will post again after working out and tell ya what all I did today.

Thanks for reading.