Progress

   It is noon and I am exhausted! I am not sure if it because I just didn't sleep well last night or from the pretty intense workout yesterday evening.  Either way I will be back in the gym this evening. I took the day off from running yesterday to give my hip a rest. I will be running today.  I missed it. 

   So I know this blog post is going to be a little unorganized but I just feel like rambling so hang in there lol.  Yesterday I was looking at my favorite instagrammers feed and I was just amazed at her progress.  I was even more impressed with her courage to post pictures of her progress. I haven't Realllllllly taken progress pictures of my body. They are just painful to look at. But I did it. Then my daughter told me to post the back picture on Instagram that the difference in just two months were impressive :) 

     As much as we like to deny it we all like to hear that they can see the results of our hard work. It is so hard to see the results ourselves partly because progress is slow and partly because of our poor self esteem that has come from years of telling ourselves that we are disgusting and not worthy of attention. 

    When looking at that Instagram picture I do see a difference and I do see that the  10-12+ hours I spend in the gym, giving up soda, and passing up amazing food, has paid off.  If these are the results I get within two months I cannot wait to see the next picture. 

Left mid October.        Right 12/28/13

The pain is real!

     I woke up and the first thing I noticed is I am SORE! Woo hoooo!  You here a lot of people say they do not want to work out because they do not want to hurt the next day.  You should WANT to be sore the next day.  It shows what you are doing is working! 

     Do you want to know how it works? When you work out little tiny tips in your muscles occur. Yep and that is why you are sore. When they repair more muscle. 

     If I could give you any type of advice to ease this it would be pay attention to your diet and make sure you are getting enough protein. Make sure you are getting enough sleep.  Also allow your body time to heal. Now I do cardio almost everyday. I love it but I do allow a few days in between working a particular muscle group with weights. I also take a multi vitamin oak everyday. If you are extremely sore heat and ice work. There has also been a few instances with my hip since I started running that I've had to take ibprophen. I prefer to take that because it helps with inflammation.  I would not recommend you take it unless you honestly need it. It takes an affect on your liver if you take too much. 

     I prefer to just enjoy the soreness and allow it to remind me that I got off my behind and took another step closer to my goal. Trust me it isn't easy to get up everyday and go to the gym. But I finally realize I'm worth it. 

Welcome welcome!!!!

   

 So I installed this app onto my phone so I could actually use this blog. I have been horrible about it so far. So hopefully I get into the swinger of things. 

     Now if you are looking for a formal blog with perfect grammar, may I suggest you please proceed to the X located in the upper right hand corner. 

     Sometimes I will write a formal post and then sometimes I will just get on here and bitch about something that pissed me off that day. But hey if you want to read that's awesome. If you don't, that's cool too.  

    However, it is time for this lady to take her rear end to bed but welcome to my blog.  ❤️

Soapbox and stuff.

      Wow has it been a while since I have written on here.  I really need to write more. My issue is when I do sit down I look around the house and find things that need to be done.  I have been in this house now for over two and a half months and I am still unpacking boxes and getting pictures hung.  Hopefully by summer I will be settled in lol.  No seriously I am not even sure how long I am going to be in this house.  It is small and OLD.  I called to find out the average electric bill and was told $150, which isn't too bad.  Then a few days I ago I received a bill for 373$ for one month. Um WHAT? I wish our area had more than one choice for an electric company.  Here it is a monopoly and they can charge whatever the heck they want and trust me they take EVERY opportunity to hike the rates.  The bills are getting more and more expensive and pay rates aren't keeping up.  Gotta love it.

     So anyway I will very lightly step down off my soap box.  LOL, running hasn't been very easy on my left hip muscles and tendons.  If you haven't gotten a chance to watch that video I will post it below.  I got over my mental block and am now running.  I use an app. called C25K.  I love it.  It eases you into it.  The first days hip discomfort was pretty painful but manageable.  The second, I barely felt it.  Then I took two days off and went back to run (yesterday) and by the end my hip was on fire!  I limped around the rest of the day.  I ended up buying a few Cold & Hot medicated patches to see if that helped.  It is a little less tender this morning but I do not think it would be a good idea to try to run today and trust me it is KILLING ME. I will see how I am feeling later today and go from there.   I LOVE that work out.  I am definitely a cardio girl. 

     If you are interested in running go get that app.  It is free and IDC if you are 150 or 250 pounds.  You can do it. I have learned that weight loss is more mental than physical.  You do have to push through. 

  Well that is it for now.  Say a prayer for me that my hip will allow me to run.

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