Day 2: Can You Feel It???

VALERIE: Yes, we can DEFINITELY feel it! Every time we move, we feel another muscle letting us know how displeased it is to find its resting state disturbed.


To try to keep a consistent schedule, we have made the decision to get up at 6:30am to do our Power 90 in the morning before work. Not as big of a struggle for Jeff, but Valerie is NOT a morning person at all. Egad! Here we go!


Or, maybe not . . . forgetting to reset my alarm to 6:30am led to an oversleep on our very first am workout! DOH! The previous evening's Oktoberfest 5-course Meal and Beer Tasting did NOT help, either. Oh, it was a tough morning. But, we did get our carcasses moving to do the workout. Better late than never.


Day 2 was Sweat Cardio 1-2 and the Ab Ripper 100


And they aren't kidding about the sweat OR the rip! Still taking it slow, learning the moves, and trying not to die.


Exercise:


We were both a hot sweaty mess within the first several minutes of the Sweat Cardio routine. I think the Power Yoga is supposed to be a warm up. I had difficulty just getting my body into even a close approximation to the prescribed poses! I guess that means its working? Let's just say I have looooonnnng way to go. Jeff fared much better than I, but I was glad to see him struggle a time or two. (Don't hate, I just feel less of a TOTAL loser knowing I am not the onnly one to find it a challenge!)



As for the Ab Ripper, well, Ripper is a great name for it. I felt as if Jack, himself, were having a go at my mid-section. I still feel the burn.






Diet:


Ummm, yeah, not any better in the dietary department today. Had a really bad lunch (craving greasy food as a result of having enjoyed last night's beer tasting a little too much) and then for dinner, I have a date with some friends to celebrate the grand opening of the Mellow Mushroom. Sigh. I am going to have to make some changes if I am going to get this train on its track.


Supplements:


Still no decision here.





On the whole, we feel pretty good about our progress so far, even though it is only Day 2. Today was a really tough day, and we had so many good reasons to go punkarella. But, we stuck to our plan (mostly) and feel all the better for it.



2 down, 88 to go!