"Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion, or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle, when the sun comes up you'd better be running." Author Unknown

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Running Muscles

It has been two weeks since my last confession....**oops** I mean run! That terrible streak ended yesterday with a 20 min run on the tready. Let me tell you, it hurt. The muscles in my legs screamed at me after the first lap.... My body felt like a classic car trying to be started after 20 years of sitting in a garage. I was coughing and sputtering, wheezing and whimpering. BUT... I finished with that glorious feeling of triumph. I was drenched from head to toe in sweat and I felt oh-so good!

So good that I continued to do my P90X Chest and Back, a medicine ball routine and some extra sit ups for good measure.


Now I am freakin' sore. In a very good way. I'm back baby! I was 100% on food yesterday, my workout rocked and today is not going to be any different. I took those pics that I promised and let me just say ewwwwwwwwww! I haven't done before and after pics in over a year, and it shows. I can definitely see a lot of areas that need some attention.. like my back, arms and tummy! So, I hate putting this pics on here, but it is good for me to have an idea of what my body looks like now so that I can change it to what I want it to look like in my 'later' pics.


NOW




Update: Mom lost 5 lbs at her WW weigh in last night! She has 17 lbs to go before reaching her goal weight. GO MOM!!!!

4 comments:

Carlos said...

good for your mom and good for you getting back to it.

Ripx180 said...

sounds like you had a great day yesterday... always a good feeling to be hitting it 100%. Keep it going!!!

Hanlie said...

Yay you! And yay mom!

Fatinah said...

you are looking great!

how exciting for your mom - please pass on my congrats!!