The Kitchen Wench

I’m seriously considering selling cupcakes!

It’s just going to start out as cupcakes for now. I’m really good at baking decorating and my cake decorating is good, but I think it could use some work before I start selling those for monies. 

Thoughts?

I am in so much pain!

To the point where I am literally in tears. It’s terrible. Like I said before I started going to the trainer. Well, I went on Monday, and today my husband didn’t get back in time this morning so I went this evening. On Monday, with the trainer we did all lower body. I’ve done all this before (like when I was in high school, playing softball), so the routines we were doing were nothing new to me, but since it’s been quite a while since I’ve done any of this my muscle tone has basically gone to shit. So, I did all my assigned exercises no problem and figured in the morning I would have some soreness. 

Some soreness would be quite an understatement. Last night it started to hurt, which I expected. However, when I woke up this morning, I could barely walk, so I was ok with the fact that Eric didn’t make it home in time. I stretched out yesterday and since I was hurting today, I stretched some more. Apparently, that doesn’t make much difference at this point because it seemed like the more I stretch, the more pain I felt. So, I didn’t do anything for the rest of the day and since I had plans to go to the gym with someone, I kept them since I was feeling so much better.

I spent a total of 30 minutes at the gym. I did about 10 minutes walking on the treadmill and then 20 minutes on the bike and then stretched some more. I went home and got straight into a really nice, hot shower. From that point on I was in so much pain. Eric tried to massage my legs and stretch them out and anything he could think of that he knew would help but I ended up staying on the couch until I decided to just muster up the will to get into my bed. 

It’s just so painful I don’t know what I’m going to do! It’s hurting just to be sitting and it’s awful. The worst part is, is that it’s not even my thighs like it usually is, but my calves so walking is just so freaking hard.

If anyone has any thing to offer that might help make my legs feel better, I’m willing to try anything!! Any offers?

Gym time!!!

Well almost. I have to wait until I get my car back.

I went yesterday, it was my first day with my trainer and it was lower body day, and can I just say that there is an immense amount of pain in my calves. It’s been so long since I’ve had to do anything like that and no matter how much water you drink, and how much you stretch after, if you don’t work out in forever and then jump right in with a trainer there is going to be so much pain it isn’t funny. 

So, I was supposed to go again this morning, but Eric took my car again this morning and didn’t make it home in time so now I have to wait until he gets back which is I don’t even know. It really irks me when he’s like “yea don’t even worry, I’ll have your car back to you in time.” and then never comes home in time for me to do what I want/ need.

But I’m really excited because I used to be fairly toned and everything and my trainer said she doesn’t think it will take much to get me toned again and that I should lose weight quicker than the other people she is working with which is really good! And she said that I set reasonable goals which is also good! 

I might not be ready for “bikini season” but I know as long as I stay on the track I started yesterday, this time next year I damn sure will be! And, I’m ok with that.