Sore, but worth it

This week will mark 4 weeks since I have started to take control of my life, namely my health. On any given day, I have a new muscle that is screaming at me and painful to move. I’m literally constantly sore, but know that all this pain will be worth it. I started doing week 4 of the couch to 5k running program. I thought I wouldn’t be able to do it, I thought three minutes was hard, there was going to be no way I’d be able to run for five minutes straight – but guess what? I DID IT!! It hurt, I felt like I was dying, but I kept pushing myself to keep going till it was time to walk again. I kept having to tell myself Come on Christy, just a little further! You can do it! Guess I make a pretty good cheerleader, because I kept pressing on even when my legs were telling me to stop.

I’ve been dealing with a mild sinus infection, well maybe it’s not so mild because I keep running a low grade fever. But I am determined that unless I am literally physically unable to do it, I will get my workout in each day. I worked out yesterday at Dana’s house. It ended up just being me that showed up, so I had my own boxing session. So we worked on a whole cardio boxing time, then we worked on doing push ups correctly. My arms are killing me today, just like I knew they would. LOL! But again, this will so be worth it. I am starting to see small changes in my shape and that is encouraging. I am forgoing using my scale right now, just going to focus on working out and getting my body used to this new idea of moving when and where I want it. Some days coordination and working out just don’t go together.