new milestones...

so today was my third day of working out...my legs and arms/shoulders hurt nearly all the time unless i'm eating, during which i'm not thinking about how much my body hurts :)

on first day of working out i just rode the bike for 20 minutes and then did some calf raises, push-ups, and sit-ups. i also weighed myself on the 'official' scale. i was able to ride for the full twenty minutes, but i was pretty gassed afterwards. i tried one of the elliptical machines, but couldn't really figure it out and felt like a rhino trying to run on a mouse wheel..so i gave up

yesterday i rode the 'random hill' bike program for 20 minutes and set it at level 12, thinking that it would be fine. well, i ended up adjusting the level several times because it made me feel like i wanted to quit...i know i'm kind of a wuss. i also worked on a bunch of the machines for my arms/shoulders, it actually felt good to do some curls, incline press, and lat pull downs. i decided to try a different elliptical machine at the very end of my work out and although i felt more comfortable on this one, i could only get after it for about 4 minutes...whew!

today was better, i hit a couple of new milestones which i am actually a little bit proud of. i was able to ride the bike for 20 minutes on level 12 (i wasn't gonna let that thing beat me) without changing the level. i immediately went to the elliptical that i ran on yesterday and set the timer for 10 minutes on the 'fat burn' program, after all that is what i'm getting up before dawn to do. i was able to run the entire 10 minutes on the elliptical and keep it movin the whole time. baby steps when you're as out of shape as I am....

in more exciting things - it has rained here for almost 36 hours. i'm getting real tired of it. i'd really like to go out and run the dogs on some pigeons tonight, but i think that mother nature probably won't allow it...if i get stuck at home, i'll probably red box 'i love you, man' because i've been hearing some funny lines from it and need to see it

yesterday we celebrated my mother's birthday - she is an awesome lady and one of the MOST caring people that i know...she cares about people in a way that i hope to be able to even comprehend someday - here's to 51 more years, mom :)

i'm getting kinda pissed that i haven't seen any pics a good friend's little baby girl too...Taylor Joby Allen was born yesterday to Thomas and Kathryn Allen. Thomas has a huge uni-brow...i'm really hoping that Taylor doesn't have one too...if she does then i could see why there would be a 20 hour delay in getting pictures sent out...that is the only logical explanation to me - babies probably can't get their eyebrows waxed until they are at least 24 hours old???