Day 132-138 Get Fit Challenge...Oh the PAIN!

Monday

Morning lifting did not go well today. Being leg day it's never going to be an easy day, but something went really wrong today and I'm not really sure how. Leg day always starts with squats and since they were getting to be a bit easy it was time to step it up so I added five pounds to each side...no big deal right? Well apparently I was wrong. I got through my 4 sets no problem, but then halfway through my superset of leg press and buddha squats my legs started to get a bit shaky. I just figured it was because of it being Monday and the start of the week so I pushed through and finished the superset and moved on to the next superset which I struggled through as well. Leg day finishes with 100 walking lunges. However my legs were shaking so bad I couldn't even attempt to do one as my knees were ready to give out so I decided to skip it and just do my hour of cardio. 

That night when mom and I went in to do the HIT workout I was really feeling the morning leg work out but I got through it and another 30 minutes of cardio hoping that it would help stretch things out and I wouldn't be so sore tomorrow.

Tuesday

I woke up so sore that it took me a good 2-3 minutes to physically get myself out of bed. I have not been this sore since my first week of working out on this program. I spent the day between sitting in the hot tub, stretching, and trying to get comfortable. 

Wednesday

I did not sleep well last night as my legs were just so sore I couldn't get comfortable. The majority of the day was spent in the hot tub and stretching to try to be able to move more like a normal person instead of a 100 year old in need of new knees. However this was not good enough for my mother so that night we went to the gym and lifted and I walked on the treadmill for 40 minutes. While chest day was fine to get through as my upper body was not sore, walking on the treadmill killed me. 

Thursday

Did not sleep well again tonight because of sore legs and I woke up to them not feeling any better. More stretching and hot tub time during the day then went to the gym this evening for back day with mom. I ended up doing an hour on the bike with no resistance which felt pretty good. For good measure I sat in the hot tub when we got home to hopefully speed things along as I am really just done with all of the leg pain.

Friday

Finally today the legs are feeling a bit better I guess the bike was the ticket to help getting them stretched out. Not wanting to push my luck any I did not do a morning workout and instead went to the gym in the evening with mom for bicep and tricep day but we only got 30 minutes of cardio in because the gym closes at 8pm on Fridays.  I am hoping that tomorrow my legs feel really good because I have the trial for wedding hair and makeup and really don't want to feel uncomfortable while having to sit for both of those so fingers crossed for more improvement.

Saturday

I can finally move around today like a semi normal person, and while my legs are still sore it feels more like a normal sore than an oh-my-god-i-think-i-broke-my-body kind of sore. No workout today as the whole day was spend running around doing wedding stuff. 

Sunday

My legs are finally feeling normal though they still hurt when they are grabbed, bumped, or smacked but I can walk without cringing so that's a win. Spent most of the day running errands in town with Blair but we did take Max on a walk around the lake to get some cardio in for the day since it was so nice outside.

Days 125-131 Get Fit Challenge...Minor Set Backs

This week was a bit rough and pretty busy. As there are only about 3 weeks left until the wedding there have been more and more things to run around and take care of and with Blair being gone all week it's been kind of hard to fit in everything that he needs to be a part of. Needless to say the working out has suffered this week. 

Monday and Tuesday I did HIT in the morning as mom has decided she wants to start lifting again at night. 

Wednesday I lifted in the morning as I had a hair appointment that night. 

Thursday Aunt Flo thought it would be a good day to visit and I was so miserable I didn't workout in the morning. That night I went to the nail salon for a trial for the wedding day since I never get my nails done as they chip after the first day. 

Friday Blair had the day off so we ran around all day trying to get some errands done like the wedding license, a hair cut for him, and a bit of clothes shopping before we went to Des Moines to pick my brother up from the airport. Saturday we drove to Illinois for a wedding of a family friend. They had the perfect day for a wedding and it was very nice to catch up with everyone even though it felt like I was attending a preview of our upcoming wedding as a lot of the music and decor was exactly what we are doing. It kind of stressed me out because then I started to think well maybe we should change all of these things but at this point there just isn't the time. 

Sunday we got back home around 9pm and with all of the non-diet food I ate over the weekend I was not feeling well. I felt sluggish and really fat and maybe a little bit of that is hormones but mostly I think it was the food. This makes me really nervous for how my life will need to adapt after the intense diet is over and I go back to working and having to work around a schedule again. Hopefully I can figure it all out without going backwards.