Day 5 / Week 1

Holy moley, I have worked out 5 mornings straight! I have 1 week of this 12 week program under my belt - a belt that hopefully I can latch tighter soon enough!

Yesterday I described my great workout and some friends have let me know that they too may try it. I learned an extra step to the routine today that I must share with you before you set out and walk 1000 steps...

I woke up this morning with one sore calf. Just the one. The other one was fine. This seemed odd because when you are as out of shape as I am, if you have two of something, they get sore at the same time like clock work.

I learned that I was supposed to alternate my lead foot at the beginning of each new set! So 100 steps leading with the right foot, 100 steps leading with the left foot, 100 steps leading with the right foot...

I'm not positive that plan would have worked all that great for me anyway as I'm prone to get a little dizzy on steps so if I'm trying to lead from the unnatural (to me) side, my brain would have been confused. However, to avoid a lone sore calf in the future, I will cope with the potential for dizzy and switch off - make sure you do the same.

Today, I hopped on the treadmill and I was actually feeling strong enough to hold my frame up while I ran. Since I straight up don't like to run (or jump or do anything that requires work), I don't think I have EVER possessed the capacity to have that positive body language during a run. It felt so much better!

I also took the speed up a bit on those intervals. To think that keeping a 6 mph pace on the treadmill and not almost flying off the back was NOT in my vocabulary a week ago...

We weigh in on Mondays so I have no idea if I have made any progress yet. I feel great and I have been working my butt off (quite literally) so I'm feeling confident. But I have 2 days "off" in front of me, a full tank of gas in my car, and loads of stops where I love to eat. I've worked too dang hard to pee it away on junk this weekend - so I am hopeful.

I can't wait to weigh in on Monday - can't wait.