Survived the first week

First week of serious diet and exercise... Wednesday was the first session with a personal trainer... oh my! there are two major things I learned during this workout....
1. I am so much stronger than I ever would have imagined.
2. I can exercise and not hurt myself!

Don't get me wrong I hurt I have muscles screaming at me that I did not even know I had. and those I knew about are angry angry angry! however there is a very big difference between sore and hurt! or better way to say it is between hurt and Injured. I hurt but am not injured. I did not know if that was possible. What I learned is that lots more was possible then I ever would have believed possible. for example... I did 50 push ups! yes that is not a typo I did 50 (fifty) push ups! I did 60 crunches, 50 squats with while lifting a 10 pound weight over my head! and more! I was totally amazed! Then as we are finishing our first session she tells us that she wants us in the gym 3 times a week outside of our two sessions a week and when we are there she wants us to do interval training on the treadmill. 50 minutes worth of interval training. 2 minutes at 3 then 1 minute at 1 then 2 minutes at 3 and then 1 minute at 1 and so on until we have done that for 50 minutes! I thought Ya, right! four weeks ago I could barely make it around the block at a moderate pace! but guess what I did tonight!!!!! you got it 50 minutes on the treadmill doing interval training! Now don't get me wrong... I know I can do nothing but by the power of God. I know that It is in my weakness that His stregnth is made perfect! I get that I know it is Him... All Him! but man oh man how amazing is this! that He is using my body to do this. Me! that is so very very amazing!!! What an adventure this journey is!

Blessings everyone I am off to find the ibuprophen!