Week 3: Muscle is heavier than fat?

I don't know what to say. I had a lot of energy for this morning's session. I was actually craving exercise yesterday. I rocked the crunches and jogged farther than I thought I could. But when I came home for my weekly weigh-in, I was disappointed.

August 11: 237 - up another pound

I know I wasn't 100% good with the diet this week. Especially the Wendy's Baconator on the weekend but I was expecting a drop. I need some encouragement and I will have to be hard on myself this week. I need to see myself below 230 by the end of the 4 weeks or I will be disappointed. So, 14 more days to lose 7 pounds. I know I can do it.

Day 4 and 5: Back into it.

Thursday my leg was feeling better and I was able to keep up better. We did a lot more work with the weights and I love that. It's something I can actually do at least as good as the girls. Cardio not so much but I can lift.

I can tell already that I'm getting stronger. My core/abs workouts don't leave me in a sweaty heap on the grass anymore and I can jog farther than before. Halfway through and I can tell the changes already. We'll see what the next two weeks bring.

I don't know if I'll sign up again. The returning student rate is a little better. It works out to $7.50/hr but that's still a lot of money we don't have right now. Maybe I'll just start going out for a jog in the mornings by myself. I know I won't be able to push myself as hard as the trainer does but some physical activity is better than nothing.

Day 3: Sick

Wednesday I woke up early with my two-year old. He had fallen asleep before supper and was up at 4:30 and wouldn't go back to sleep.

I was feeling ill - I think we had a flu going around the house and I decided to skip workout. I did however play a bunch of Wii with the boys, including about 6 boxing matches which got a good sweat going. So I guess a little exercise is better than nothing.

Day 2: OUCH!

Yes, I'm posting these late. I tried to figure out how to change the date in Blogger but it's been so long since I posted here, things have changed and I can't remember. So just pretend this was from Tuesday.

Today we had a new guy in the class. This young, buff stud is in the evening class but since it's only 3 days a week, he will be joining us on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The trainer took this opportunity to push us hard to try to impress the muscleman.

We started out with running and my left calf started hurting right away. It felt like somebody had punched me in the leg. I toughed through it but as we were running up the hill - BACKWARDS! - my quad started cramping up too. So my left leg was fighting me for most of the hour and I couldn't stretch it out.

I was exhausted and in pain on the way back to the van. The trainer admitted that he was trying to put on a good show for the new guy and reassured me that I needn't try to keep up. Just challenge myself to my own levels.

Week 2: Day One

Aug 4: 236 and lucky

I gained a pound back. Or so. The scale is getting tired and the needle kinda wiggles so I'm thinking I'm up a bit from a week ago. But I'm lucky that's it. I haven't been eating so well. A few slurpees and some takeout. But I'm feeling better.

First day of working out and I'm doing fine. I feel stronger, healthier, and able to jog a little further. Actually, I don't notice my body jiggling as much when I jog now so that's a good thing. :)

I got a lot of sleep before going out today. Last night I went to bed around 10, so I got like 2 hours more sleep than last week. I could tell in my energy levels. Here's hoping this week is better.

Day 4 and 5: So tired

I was surviving on about 5 hours of sleep a night this week and I felt it today. I just had no energy. We did a lot of cardio and a lot of pushups but I made it.

5 days in a row of getting up at 5am and working my body to its limits. I know I could have done more if I had been getting more sleep and since I'm off at 9 next week, I can test my theory.

So, this message is short but good news. I'm feeling aching and sore and tired but each day is getting better.

I'll weigh myself on Monday morning. Please be good to me.