Amy - Week 2

I was excited to jump back into workouts on Monday after a relaxing weekend in Flagstaff. I may have pushed myself a little too hard, however, because I ended up with a pulled muscle during our last sprint. I tried to rest it as much as possible while going to classes all day on Monday, and was a little apprehensive to work out this morning, but it didn't bother me much at all. We'll see how it does tomorrow in our "endurance/conditioning run." Yay?

I actually am pretty excited for tomorrow. More for the feeling after the run is over than how the run itself will feel.

I started the SRC online nutrition program this week as well. It's pretty cool, and a lot of fun to play around with. You can create personal meal plans to count calories and make sure you're getting all the nutrition needed for the amount of physical activity you do during a week, or you can pick other perfectly balanced meal plans that have been created by other users. As a student living on campus it's been easier to create my own meal plans.

My muscles are sore, and I can feel the difference in my body since beginning Fall Shape Up, but I am really looking forward to seeing some of the differences as well. I have to keep reminding myself that permanent changes take time to be put in place, and my ultimate goal is that these changes for a more healthy life would be permanent.

So we'll keep taking baby steps. Or... deep lunges around the track.