Day 2

My eyes opened at 4:50am this morning and Day 2 was officially underway! I can't imagine this "get up before the alarm sounds" thing will last considering how early I have to get up for this program, but a gal can give it her best shot. I much prefer waking up without the alarm suddenly whipping you awake.

I decided after I did the remote start on my vehicle to leave this morning that I should probably NOT do that anymore as part of my routine. I don't know if this is the norm, but the remote start on my vehicle rolls out like this: BEEP! BEEP! Varooom... At 5:30am, beep beep is a highly un-neighborly move.

Had to park on the road again at the gym because as I mentioned yesterday, this is the place to be pre-6am around here. Since it was my second day I felt a little less naked standing around pre-class. I hopped on a treadmill and got started.

I went to start my heart rate monitor and discovered I never turned OFF the last workout. So the watch credits me with a 23 hours and 59 minute workout yesterday. Sigh. When you know better you do better, as my girl Oprah would say.

I was less intimidated with the heart rate monitor today. I no longer fear pushing the wrong button and causing it to explode (or worse, not give me credit for every last calorie burned). I ended up burning about 665 calories today - NICE!

At today's workout, the trainer hauled out a tractor tire and I thought - oh brother. Then he handed us a giant sledge hammer to swing around and land on the tire. I decided in that moment that I could never be a firefighter as the ax would be too much to maneuver. 

I'm finding the most miserable exercise of all is the one I like the most. It's called Intervals. Bear with me if you have already heard of it - it's a totally new concept for this formally-a-non-exerciser. Sprinting for 20 seconds and rest for 10 seconds. Ironically, the 20 seconds feels like an hour and the 10 seconds feels like a blink. 

I met someone at the gym this morning who is on week 9 of this 12 week program. Week. 9. Pretty impressive when you are the girl who is on Day. 2.

Another cool thing has emerged from this new routine. I am down to 2 cups of coffee per day. For the record, I will never quit coffee. I know you should refrain from using the terms "always" and "never", but I'm quite sure on this one. I like coffee. I just drink far too much of it. Now I don't have my first cup until at least 8am which was around the time of my 4th cup before. It's the little things.

Overall, Day 2 has been a win. Bring on Day 3...