Day 4 - Getting Sore

Yes I finally did it - opened the ominous doors to the gym. No thunderbolts or lightning - not even a bell rang! As part of this one year committment to change my lifestyle - I did commit to 3 and a half hours per week. Okay I'll admit that it really isn't that much time out of my life and it will only provide a lot of benefit to my health. One hour done - 2 and a half to go!



I really hate sweating in front of people (and the gym is full of them), so l like to go early in the morning or mid afternoon. My plan is to

1. warm up for 5 mins on a treadmill or bike


2. then 30 minutes on the machines and


3. back to the treadmill or bike for 20 mins of cardio


4. 5 more minutes of stretching

I plan to work on upper body machines one day followed by lower the next and a combination on the third - followed by repeat, repeat, repeat until I get fit and love doing this (not there yet!)

I did my upper body exercises and really struggled with last few repititions. My motivation to fininsh was the Biggest Loser Show. All I had to do was think about those people with 8 hours of this a day and Gillian and Bob screaming at them.

Yes I am sore - but grateful that only the upper half of my body is aching. Tomorrow I will do the lower body and look forward to the total body ache! Hurts so good.

The nutrition part of this endeavour is my favourite part. Yesterday I made Hakuna Fritatta for breakfast and Loin King for dinner. The breakfast was amazing and it tasted so good that I really felt like I was cheating badly. The Loin King was a marinated pork roast that turned out amazing. We added salad, brocolli and corn on the cob. So good - I will do this one again!!

My husband Mike and I always joke about me roasting a pork loin on Sundays. Ususally it is during football season and he never makes it home in time to enjoy it - the last game airs at 8pm. Last night he said that he won't be missing any more pork roast Sundays if this is the menu!