Today was light workout day
I did 20 minutes of hill sprints. This is SO KICK ASS.
3x15 hanging leg raises
2x15 v-ups
There are so many days that I give thanks for all of you on this board. Today is one of those days. I really did not have a ton of motivation to push myself. On the first hill sprint about 1/4 of the way up my shoulders ached. This is a leftover from last night's workout. In fact I woke myself up from pain last night in the shoulders. (Def ice next time) At that pain I wanted to quit but I kept going telling myself that it would go away. Then my quads started to fire at the 3/4 mark and again I talked myself into pushing upwards. I made the to the top of the hill and gasping for air I turned around walked down. At the bottom of the hill I turned around and burned back up. I did this 7 more times in the next 20 minutes. I swear the only thing that kept me going was the thought that when I finished I would log this in my journal and someday look back and be proud of how motivated I was.
The walk back to the house felt good because I had completed the job I set out to do.
When I came in and looked in the mirror my body was actually pumped. I saw all kinds of muscles that I have not seen before. In my legs I saw new definition in my quads and my back and shoulders too are finally starting to grow up. I still have a roll of fat across my belly but I no longer look so out of whack with a big roll there and totally skinny everywhere else. I am starting to look strong.
I am doing exceptionally well with the diet. I no longer am an under-eater and am comfortable with eating large volumes of food every day. My macros are getting very fine tuned. I have added flax oil to my daily diet and am having no problems getting my 20% fat anymore. I have also added gainers to my diet so am also getting my 2400 kcals a day now. I have been able to maintain my weight over the past week and a half so things are trending well. I suspect that over time I will be able to wean off the gainers and go to all whole food. For now and for today I am exceptionally happy with the small progress I made and proud of the way my body is reacting to all of this.
It is so empowering to know that I can have the body I want. But like all great accomplishments in my life it cannot be done alone. Thanks to all of you who visit my log, answer all my qustions and who post your own journeys.
