It's been a while, with good reason tho

I did it!

So last week was normal. Training on Monday and Wednesday, Muay Thai on Tuesday, and Jits on Wednesday. I skipped training on Friday because on Saturday I got up early and we headed out to DC to participate in the Run or Dye 5k. We waited for about an hour in the start queue. Finally it was our turn and we brought up the rear. It was pretty neat to get hit with the powder. And I lasted fairly well. I didn't really start feeling it til I had gone a mile. If we hadn't had to wait forever just to start, I think I would have done a lot better. But I pushed through. Took three water breaks and finished the 5k in just under an hour and a half. I was shocked. Very happy to have completed it. My entire body was incredibly sore. But at the finish flags my husband and daughter took jumping pictures and well I had to do it too! I didn't want to regret not doing it. Funny cause after we got done we saw a lot of other people doing it too.  That day I got 14,760 steps on my fitbit, total of 6.45 miles.

Easy my ass!

Got my first stripe!

Which brings me to the week of hell! My knees and ankles were all sorts of painful. My ankles were swollen for a few days and I just really felt like crap. Getting up after sitting down for more than an hour would make my right knee scream. I would have to limp around for a few minutes til I could manage to stand upright all the way. I skipped training on Monday and Wednesday. Skipped Muay Thai on Tuesday. Wednesday I told my coach that I wasn't up for class. She said it would be easy and I should still come just to see what's going on and I wouldn't have to do much. Reluctantly I went. Very happy I did, even tho class was *not* easy! I got my very first stripe!!!

Thursday I took a rest day as now my hips were aching. It's a weird feeling having your hips hurt. Today I went to my training, but he took it easy on me. We worked on my upper body/arms. It was dreadful. But I managed to get through it. I'm looking forward to getting back on track next week.

What's 10 inches and 7 pounds?

That's how much I've lost from May 7th when I started my personal training to today. I know I have been doing better and definitely got over a hump with my physical issues. Things are getting easier, I'm getting stronger, and my body is adjusting. Had my training session today and honestly it's been a rough week foodwise so getting measured was really helpful. It was a confirmation that yes, I am shrinking. It's going to be a slow process, but I'll get there eventually. I didn't get this way overnight. The workout today was really hard, but I'm not hurting. I'm a little sore, but nothing bothersome. I sweat a lot today, felt like I was crying because it was just rolling down my face. It's been an awesome day, even if the weigh in today is bad, I did really good. It'll just be a speed bump on the road to good health. *** Update! Weigh in was awesome, down another 2.6 lbs!

Friday's workout

So I had a good session on Friday. We worked my arms and shoulders. They turned to jello. Lifting light weights became a struggle! It's crazy. But Saturday I was fine. The back of my right thigh is just now recovering from the last leg workout. Afterwards I must have been out of my mind because I signed up for a year of sessions :) I think the lack of oxygen got to me! Another workout tomorrow and I should get my new measurements to see if I've lost anything anywhere. We shall see. Still feeling good.

Still going strong.

I didn't train on Friday. Saturday I did a really long bike ride. Almost 12 miles. It was brutal. My butt was sore for days, literally. Sunday we had a long BBQ for the holiday weekend and Monday I stayed home. It was quite relaxing. So needless to day Tuesday was a kick butt day! I got in my swimming in the afternoon and then did Muay Thai that night. Class was rough. We did our warm up then walking drills and then 15 minutes of non stop kicking! Phew. I thought a bug was crawling on my arm but it was a huge bead of sweat rolling down it. Gross. Seriously gross.

Today I did my personal training session. It was brutal. I can't remember everything but we started with weighted squats and did some step ups, moved to leg presses @ 270 lbs!!!, more squats, leg lifts, kicking the heavy bag.. it was brutal. We hit another machine or two. The last machine was the worst. It was for abs and of course by this time I have had about a liter of water- I did my first lift up and poof I peed my pants. It was horrible. I left quickly and cleaned up. Spending the rest of the day in my swim trunks. Thankfully they were in the car! What a day. Skipping jits tonite as I just can't make it home and to class in that short amt of time. Tomorrow is another day.

Another week down.

So it's amazing how the more I do stuff, the better my body starts responding. Now don't get me wrong, I definitely have my good and bad days, but overall I'm just sore where I feel like I got a good workout as opposed to barely able to move-dying on the inside. I'm very impressed with my progress. And while I may look the same to almost everyone, I feel different. And this is the first time I've felt different in a long, long time. I love my personal trainer. I absolutely love how he works with me and pushes me and is a dick, but not too much of a dick. He's got this way about him that is awesome. The progress in the last few weeks has been amazing. I'm swimming, biking, doing Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu, and my personal training and while it's a lot, it's good. I'm keeping busy and active.

Let me recap my week. Friday I was sore from head to toe so I had my personal training at lunch and barely made it through that. Then when I got home, I decided it would be a great idea to mow the yard. Man that is hard work. Sunday I spent 7 hours trimming one of my trees in the front yard. It was grueling work. Amazingly I thought I would be hurting on Monday but I felt great. It was the first day I can remember feeling really good in a long time. I spent my lunch break swimming laps.  Tuesday we took the heavier branches to the dump. Amazingly it only took about 10 minutes to clear the bed of the truck. That night I went to Muay Thai. It was pretty rough as it was very hot and my body just didn't want to do anything. We focused on kicking. And my thighs felt it. Wednesday I had my personal training session and we did upper body. My arms felt weak from the get go. After work I went straight to Jits class. Warm up was pretty rough again tho the class itself was good. I'm getting better with working with people. It's hard especially because I know moves have to be altered to work with my big body.

Today is an off day for me. I was going to go swimming but then opted out. Spent some quality time with my friend during lunch for a change. Tomorrow is another personal training day. He said we'd be working on arms again. That is scary!

Bicycling, Personal Training, WMT, & WBJJ = P A I N !

So I'm going to be backwards because it's been so long since an update. Today we did a crazy bike ride to eat dinner at Potbelly. It was almost three miles each way and there were uphill sections that were killer. But it only took a half hour each way. That's not bad for old out of shape me! Yesterday I did legs with my personal trainer. Started out with three sets of leg presses at 180 lbs. Towards the end my trainer would push on it to add weight. Crazy. Then we moved onto weighted squats. With every squat I held 5 lb weights in each hand and had to raise them up and out. It's crazy. First set was 50. Took a break kicking the a heavy bag 50 times. Then I got to take another "break" doing step ups onto a twelve inch high platform. After my first set of 25 each leg I got to sit down only to start doing my first set of 100 leg lifts! It was like one torture replaced with another. And it never ended!!! Rinse, repeat. It was brutal and my thighs were burning. To make it even more awesome, the day before that I did upper body with my trainer. My shoulders, chest, biceps, all jello-y with soreness. Did I mention That I also did my Muay Thai class after the arm day and Jits after my leg day??? So can you see why taking a bike ride today was nutzos?!?!?!  So that's been my past couple of weeks.. swimming, training, bike riding, classes... My body is a mess. But it's a good mess. My new rx seems to be less of an issue. I'm down 11 lbs so far since I got back on track. I'm hoping I keep going in this direction. It's a good pain :) 

My Bike during a pit stop on the way home. Beautiful sunset even if I was huffing and puffing!

WBJJ & Biking + 100th Post!

Well BJJ wasn't a full class. The girls are presenting what we do at a seminar so we discussed that and what moves would be easy to demonstrate. So since class wasn't very strenuous, I got home and pulled out my bike. Rode around the neighborhood 8 times. My butt is super sore. No stopping this time. Used Map My Bike for the first time. Pretty nifty. Tomorrow I have my fitness evaluation at the gym. Should be interesting. I'm happy to get an idea of where I'm at.

In unrelated news, this is my 100th post! Yay! I'm shocked I've kept it up fairly well. I think I've just about hit my 1 yr mark too.