It never gets easier, you just get better.

I feel like I fell down 8 flights of stairs and hit every muscle grouping on the way down. Ouch.

Yesterday was my first day back at the gym in over 6 months and my body is definitely making up for lost time. I decided to go to Bodycombat at Goodlife which is a resistance and weight training class. On a scale from 1-10 on challenge, I would rate this class an 11. I left the class completely unable to walk down the stairs to the subway without the assistance of a railing.  I was also trembling whenever I bent my knees or arms.
I'm pretty sure that in the world of fitness that constitutes a good workout. Masochists.

Last night i got in pretty late (9:30pm) so I didn't want to eat anything with too much fat or carbs in it. I opted for a salad, grilled red peppers and mushrooms with a few baked sweet potato "fries". My protein was a low-fat sol veggie burger sans bun. When I went to the grocery store to grab my salad, I was shocked to learn that an average hamburger bun has 300 calories. That's half of my entire meal in a bun! The condiments in this meal are low fat Catalina dressing on my salad, ketchup(i had to), a tiny bit of dijon mustard instead of vegan mayo on my burger and I put about a teaspoon of daiya cheddar on top of the veg burger.

This dinner was about 411 calories. And has 22g of protein.

I am proud of myself because I am feeling that i'm finally getting some control over my eating. Manny (my finacee) maid an oriental stirfy last night with one cup having about 1200mg of sodium and 800 calories. As tempting as it was, I realized that it just wasn't worth it.

Tonight is recovery night, tomorrow is Bodycombat at Goodlife and on Sunday I'll be doing yoga at Lululemon. Yoga is my absolute favorite workout.

As much pain as I'm currently in, I really believe wholeheartedly that I can do this.


xo
Breton