& I WORKED MY BUTT OFF FOR THIS???

Starting Fresh last Saturday seems to have done the trick! I had a GREAT week OP... stayed w/in my points ... ate mostly healthy foods... exercised daily...earning 23 APs so far (including taking a new class @ 5:30am on Thursday morning... BASIC TRAINING... SEE DESCRIPTION BELOW... that basically KILLED me!!! LOL! Leaving me w/ legs so sore that I still can't go up & down stairs w/out screeching outloud! LOL!!)

& what did the scale say for all of this effort???

UP 1.8 lbs!!! UGH!

I know... before I stepped on the scale I told the receptionist that I had worked out hard on Thursday & was still feeling it BIG TIME & knew that my thighs were still full of lactic acid & even thought I had a fabulous week, I wasn't sure what the scale would do... now I know!! :o)

No, I'm okay... I know that it's just temporary & I know that all of this exercise is GREAT for me... the Basic Training class I took on Thursday is exactly what I need to be doing right now... what I should've been doing all along & I'm just needing to get my muscles back to the place that they were last fall before I stopped weight training & then I'll be fine. Mucsles burn fat continuously... THAT is the benefit I'm looking for... not the immediate feedback from the scale.

Would it have been nice?? OF COURSE it would have... but I know enough to not expect it. I know I'm doing the right thing... I'm just SO ready for that scale to start moving downward!!!

So... squats, lunges & other active stretching DAILY... that's what I need to be doing & that's what will keep me from feeling like THIS two days after a workout!! :o)

Onward from here :o)


Julie



BASIC TRAINING... described as:
This is a simple, easy-to-follow, yet demanding class that not only tones every major body part, but will also get your heart rate going! Equipment options for this class may include: the step, hand-held weights and/or tubing, bands or bars used with controlled and slow movements to tone and strengthen. As the members will attest, one try and you’re hooked!