Day 8 Body for Life -- And a little more

So now it is day 8 on “Body for Life” and I can see a noticeable change in my energy level as well as the ‘snugness’ of my clothing. When I look in the mirror I do not see any changes yet, but that is probably because they are such little changes and I look at myself naked in the mirror every day (not for hours on end or anything, c’mon).

So last week, on day 5 I worked my lower body and let me tell you, my body was not used to it!! I have not done squats or lunges for about 3 years (I found the sheet that told me how much weight I was doing at the time and I decided to just pick right up where I left off – big f***ing mistake!). I could hardly walk on Friday and Saturday, not to mention I could not workout. Yesterday was day 7 and my first “free day” (you get a single free day where you don’t have to follow eating and workout schedule quite as rigorously) and I thought since I am obviously a couple days behind on workouts, I did 30 minutes on the treadmill at a pretty brisk pace and ate pretty much right along with the plan. I did eat some cheesy-beer-bread with chili last night – after no soda pop and very little (refined) sugar all week, it was very good, but I felt bad afterwards.

This morning I was looking forward to starting the program with my best friends’ wife, it is an exercise boot camp but they actually started last week and the guy said wait till Wednesday to make sure there is room in the program. It really is ok though, this morning I had to take my eldest dog (Casey) to the vet because over the weekend we found another cancerous tumor on his leg (different leg than last time). He stayed at the vet to have surgery on his right front leg. I will be off to pick him up in a few hours but I am hoping that everything goes ok and that I can squeeze in a workout around lunch time (upper body today).

Till the next update, here is to healthy eating, working out and getting in shape!