I work out!

Things are getting harder to keep up with. My initial momentum is lacking, and I have found it easy to slip back into old habits. Several times I have found myself thinking, "just this once, I'll be better later". Granted, you are always (well i am always) going to have a not great meal or make a bad choice at some point, it is just doing it in moderation. I am still eating way better, but several bad decisions in a row did make me feel guilty!

I have been working with a personal trainer for the past few weeks. Trying to work past my plateau. I really like it. We do arms one day and legs the other. I much prefer arm day! Last week, after our first leg day, I did not walk normal again until at least 4 days later. I have never been so sore in my entire life. Yes, its a good feeling, but I could barely move. Everyone at work was laughing as I would try to hobble around the store. The giant stairwell in my house was amusing as well. We did legs again today, and I'm already able to tell I will be sore tomorrow, but hopefully a little less :/.

The personal trainer gave me a diet to follow. He wants me to eat the EXACT same thing every single day for two weeks. That really isn't happening.... I'm following it pretty well, but am making some substitutions of things with similar calories etc...

I do enjoy learning what to do at the gym. He's teaching me how to do the machines and the kind of workouts I should be doing. It makes me more confident in the gym and I feel better about getting a total body workout.

He had me buy a protein shake mix. I always laughed at those giant tubs that muscle guys drink. So, I gave in and bought one in a chocolate flavor and the first day I just shook it up with milk. GROSS! I could barely get that thing down. It was nasty. I did some research and chatted with others who drink them and decided I needed to make it more of a smoothie. So for day two, I blended it with ice and peanut butter and it was really quite tasty. No milkshake, but definitely drinkable.

This weekend we have a house party to attend, and a graduation party on Sunday. Busy busy! My friend Whitney is coming in to visit from LA next week, so I am really looking forward to seeing her!

Okay well I am an old lady and it is past my bedtime. Goodnight all!