One Week Down

Week one is officially finished.  Now I would LOVE to tell you it went smooth.  That it was a wonderful and easy to do.  Sadly that would be lying to the point of damning myself to eternal hell.  But I have achieved some good progress and reached some goals.

1) I have achieved the ability to last 15 minutes on the tread mill with almost 10 of those being interval cardio.  For those who aren't sure what that is, I run for 30 seconds and then walk for 90.  And I don't go into cardiac arrest which is always a good thing.

2) I have managed to last 5 minutes on the elliptical.  If you have read some of my other posts, you will know that I LOATHE this machine.  It is the thorne in my existence.  So this is huge!!

3) I went to the gym today and I kind of lost track of time.  I was so into it that an hour had gone by.  I honestly wasn't done with my workout.  There were a few more exercises I wanted to do but thought I'd better get home or mom will think I died at the gym.

And last but not least:

4) I have lost 7 lbs. since the last time I weighed myself.  PROGRESS!!

But the best thing about the week happened this week.  In fact it was today at the gym.  I had almost skipped going because it was soooo cold out and I just wanted to stay where it was warm.  But I forced myself to go.  I was a little over half way through my workout when I noticed this young man come in and start walking on the treadmill not far from me.  He was maybe a little younger then me.  It was as he got on the treadmill I noticed that he was missing a leg.  He had a prosthetic.  As I continued my workout, I couldn't help but watch him as he did his workout.  I was humbled and inspired.  Here I am, whining about how hard exercising is for me when he has even a bigger challenge to working out.  Enough feeling sorry for myself.  Suck it up and do what you need to do.

God knew I needed to see that man today.  I needed the kick in the butt.  It always amazes me how He always knows what we need when we need it.