The diary of the last 6 days...

May 22nd:
I'll admit, even after just the stretching with the trainer and the 30 minutes on the treadmill yesterday, I'm sore. It doesn't matter though, Today was truck day for me at my job. Unloading 6 pallets of merchandise, by hand...piece by piece. It's about an hour and a half of constant movement and lifting and stacking cases of retail merchandise. Then the fun part, putting it on shelves. So, that's my exercise for today. Tomorrow, I work out with my trainer for the first time. Wish me luck.

May 23rd:
Okay, here is today's update...35 minutes on treadmill, walked 2 miles on an incline of 8 and burned 520 calories25 minutes on the bike. Pedaled 6 miles, and burned 225 calories....then I worked out with the trainer for an hour. Who knows what I burned there? But, I was sweating for most of it.

May 24th:
Sunday's update...Mowed the Yard. It may not be time in the gym, but it's already 90 degrees in Texas, so it counts as a workout.

May 25th:
30 minutes of a Power Sculpt Weightlifting class...That was tough.
30 minutes of a Bike Spin class.
So an hour of working out today. The soreness is going away, the pounds aren't. It will take time.

May 26th:
Today, I worked on the treadmill for 35 minutes, walked and ran 2.5 miles and burned 600 calories. My goal is an hour for 1000 calories burned and 5 miles.
Also spent time on a stationary bike for 25 minutes to put in an even hour.

May 27th:
Today, I worked on the treadmill for 40 minutes, then spent an hour with my trainer. He kicked my ass for a little while, and now...now I am sore for the first time in a few days.

May 28th:

I worked a 10 hour day today, and decided that I needed a break from the gym. I was really anxious after a rough day for me and some of the mebers of my family so I decided to take a walk instead of just lay in front of the TV. Our block is .8 miles, so I decided to walk the block once. Well, once I got started I decided to jog the last 1/4 of the block. Well, once became twice, jogging the last 1/4 became jogging the 2nd and last quarter. Finally, twice became three times.

It may not seem like a big deal, but it is to me. I didn't plan to exercise today, but ended up doing almost 2.5 miles in 35 minutes.