Jane Fonda Here I Come!

Ha! Yeaaaa right! BUT, today is Wednesday and Wednesday=weigh day for me. Obviously I know that gaining weight comes with the territory and it's well worth it, but it's still not easy seeing that number creep up. It was easier when food didn't sound good and I was forcing myself to eat to stay healthy. Now nearly everything sounds good! Even chicken is slowly but surely making a slight comeback. It's much more tempting to eat lots of good foods right now and my self control isn't the best-although luckily my portions are still a little on the smaller side. So after weighing in this morning I packed my bag with workout clothes to change into after work and hit the trail. Mat and I have been trying to walk the trail occasionally, but we always take the dogs so it's a pretty slow pace. Today it was just me and my ipod. Nothing to slow me down, right? Wrong! I underestimated the small cantaloupe growing inside me. The endurance wasn't the problem...it was just if I got my pace going too fast some strange muscle was sure to cramp up and cause me to slow it down a bit. Then there was the swelling. My fingers looked like Vienna Sausages by the time I was done. Weird! Anyhow, I did a 30 minute walk and jammed to some good music so all in all I felt good about it. Now, consistency is the key! As the weather begins to cool down I think the after-work walk will sound better and better. After all, I want to eat cottage cheese-not begin to look like it. :)