On A Roll
This morning when I woke up, my thighs were sore. It wasn't one of those ?OMG this sucks? kinds of sore, though—more like a feeling of strength, a good kind of sore. I still don?t think I overdid it. It felt good. It still does.
I was pretty much chained to my desk today, since today was my day to help answer the phones, so I couldn't get up and wander aboot and stretch my legs as much as I wanted. I think my hamstrings would be less sore right now if I could have taken a few extra bathroom breaks today and walked around. Ah, well. I can stretch now, anyway.
This evening, before dinner but after Aaron had left for work, I worked my upper body with 5lb weights. Afterward, I wrote down what exercises I'd done today and yesterday—not for public consumption, just for my own personal edification, so I can remember what kicked my ass and what works what muscles more and what I need to do more of.
Oh, but first things first. Before I even started my workout this evening, I got out the digital camera and took a front and side Before Picture. Again, these are not for public consumption. Not yet, anyway; not until there's a sufficient After Picture to go with them. :-) I wish I'd taken a Way Before Picture, back in 2003 when Aaron and I first started Atkins. I mean, I can look at my face in pictures and go 'eek!' but I can't really see the rest of me in all its OMFG glory. Heh... maybe that's a good thing.
Three days o' working out in a row. How many days does it take to make a habit, do they say? Ten? Thirty? Either way, I've got a good start.
2008 Diana M. Schnuth.
sheryls says...
Fri 4 Feb 2005 | 8:22AMYAY! that's so great that you're getting into it!!!!!!!! *omg hugs*
how many days? that depends. on my old program i did not work out every day. you need rest days. i used to do a monday/tuesday, then wed. off, then thurs/fri - then the weekend was pretty much up in the air.
and. not trying to push you but - if you do not include some cardio, you will not see the results you want to. :/ it's a harsh truth and it sucks, but it's true. i know it's too cold for outdoor cardio, but you could... run in place, do tae-bo (i can loan you my tapes if you dont have them) or any aeorbic workous, run up and down your stairs (a great and difficult workout - i used to run up and down stairs for 2 minutes, then jump rope for 2 minutes, repeat 5 times), or jump on your little workout trampoline...to name a few things you could around the house.
they reccomend 30 minutes of cardio *every day*, but that's a little steep for starting out.