Friday's workout was KILLER!

Well I wasn't sure how I'd go today -- after Monday's workout KILLED my abs, and I couldn't even do a single sit-up on Wednesday's workout, I was initially very glad that today's workout with the trainer focused a lot on the upper body.  We did much more boxing exercises (with jogging spurts in between) than Monday's workout, so my arms are very tired right now.  I imagine they'll be sore tomorrow!  So we're like 40 minutes into the workout and I'm thinking wow, I might get away with no ab work!  Silly me.  LOL

You know what though??  I did it!  I mean -- not as much as everyone else, but I did it.  This time we paired up and sat with our feet together and passed an object back and forth each time we came up for our sit-ups.  I thought, no way in hell will I get up, I tried Wednesday and even yesterday and couldn't do even one due to Monday's workout.  Nope, not gonna happen.  OK he wants me to try, so I'll assume the position and just get up as high as I can and try to grab the damned thing from him but I'm telling you it ain't gonna ... hey!  I got up!  And again!  And again!  I probably did about 10 this time, and I know it wasn't perfect form but I did them.  He was saying to be sure to use your abs, not your hip flexors.  Hell, whatever gets me up is what I'm using right now.  I'll worry about that later.

OK -- finished those -- doubt I'll be able to do a second set.  What's that?  You want us to twist right then left when we're about half-way up to target our obliques?  Yeah right, I laughed, I'll give it a try.  Well -- I was past the half way point when I twisted right and left, but at least I did it.  I was really proud of myself for getting through everything today.  Obviously I modified again on the burpees and also on the plank, which was new for me this week.  I did do it from my toes for about 20 seconds or so, then dropped my knees down.  But I made sure to keep my knees way back, not right under my hips, so it was still pretty hard.  And I made it almost all the way, collapsing about 10 seconds before he told everyone to stop.

So now I'm home, showered, and finished with dinner.  Right now I feel fabulous.  But tomorrow -- well, we'll see.  And tomorrow is weigh-in day as well.  Not sure what to expect, as they did say I might initially gain weight because of gaining muscle.  Not sure if that would happen after only a week, but in any case, I'm going to try not to worry too much about the number on the scale right now.  In fact, he didn't even want me to weigh at all in these first few weeks, but I'm a bit of a scale junkie.  In any case, I'm feeling absolutely fabulous, so I'm not about to let some number on a scale change that.  Hope you all have a great weekend.