Week ending August 28th

Hello all!

I started out having a rough week. I was sore from my PT session from the previous Saturday (the 21st) which I expected. On Monday night, I slept crooked and woke up with a horrible pain in my neck and shoulders (mainly my left one). Tuesday, I could barely move my neck. Wednesday evening it started to feel better. Because of this, I decided to take an easy and I didn't go to the gym. I guess I could have done cardio..

Anyway, I went to my training session on the 28th feeling better. So, I worked out and afterwards, I felt elated! This is why: when she was doing the plan for our workout that day (Kyra usually comes with me, but she was still getting ready to move) Lori (my trainer) knew Kyra could do it, but wasn't sure if I could, so she was thinking of ways to tweak it. Well, turns out, I didn't need any tweaking! I have a hard time doing things that require me to hold my body weight up and have my butt up, for lack of a better description. I was in push up like position and then had to use sliders to spread my legs out to either side. Well, I did those work outs without having to pause! I felt really confident as I continued to finish the exercises with more ease than I had been. I still can't do crunches, but I sure tried! We did an exercise involving a weighted ball and 4 step crunches. It went over my head, touch my tummy, over my knees (I couldn't get up like to do a crunch, but it was enough movement that I was sore the next day haha).

Anyways, I think I almost shocked myself with how strong I am getting! Lori said she was proud of me and that I was making excellent progress! And THAT feels great! Not only was Lori proud of me, I was proud of myself for keeping with it. I am proud of myself for what I have done. It was such a confidence booster to do things that I couldn't have done a few months ago. And to do them well without too much of a struggle! I'm not saying it was really easy, but I didn't look at the clock wondering if we were almost done. I have those days. However, this was a day that I was actually sad that our session was over. I was so pumped I probably could have gone another 15 minutes. However, it's probably good I didn't. I was sore enough on Sunday and helped Kyra move that day. I count that as a day at the gym. I actually thought that would make me more sore (moving) because I was moving stuff as I was sore, but I woke up this morning in better condition than I thought I would be.

So, that was my week! I didn't lose any weight, but I am hoping to lose at least one pound this week. I am now about 13 pounds from my goal weight. I would like to get to between 135-140. I weigh 148 right now, so I've actually gained a few pounds. But that won't stop me! Especially after the weekend I had!

We'll see how this next week goes and my next training session goes.

Thanks for reading!

Jen