Workout #3 - Did You Say Jumping Jacks?

As in workouts #1 & #2, our trainer kicked our butts again this morning. The man, he loves the jumping jacks. One of the girls in my group said, "Can you believe we used to think these were fun when we were kids?" I, for one, never thought they were fun, but I used to get in trouble for reading too much when I was a kid. I've never been the active sort except for a few months scattered here and there at the gym as an adult. I'm hoping the fact that this competition lasts 12 weeks will help me cement these new workout habits.

The good news is that I was not as sore heading into this morning's workout as I was on Wednesday. The bad news is that I was t-i-r-e-d. During all of the jumping up & down we did to warm up, I felt like my feet were full of rocks. I think I'm just not a cardio girl, because once we moved inside for the strength circuit I did a lot better. Push ups and lower ab moves are still not really working for me, but I keep trying so I'll get there someday. Hopefully it will be someday soon, because I would feel like such the rock star pounding out dozens of push ups.

Today is technically my planned day off, since I'm heading to a party tonight. So far I've eaten on target though. We went out to lunch for a coworker's farewell and I had a burger. The bun was more carbs than I'd normally eat and I put a little mayo on the burger, but nothing too bad. The reins really let go tonight because I am going to drink as much as I want. So there.

The big news today is that we had our weekly check in. They took our weight, measurements, and body fat percentage. Apparently they lied at the first meeting because they ended up using the dreaded calipers for the body fat measurements instead of the electronic gizmo you just hold. They pinched my arm, my waist, and the front of my thigh. I won't know the percentage until Monday after they do the calculations though. As for the measurements, I can't tell you much there either because they did them in centimeters. That leaves us with the magic number: weight. What did the scale say today? 204.4 lbs. I've lost 3 pounds since Monday! 1.4% of my body weight. And that's in spite of being weighed first thing Monday morning and midday today. So hoowah! (A la Al Pacino.)

How's that for ending on a good note? I don't have internet at home, so have a lovely weekend and I'll be back again on Monday posting about how my trainer kicked my butt again.