Day Four- Wow I am Rusty!!!!

So I finally got to go the the YMCA and start my exercise journey to weight loss and I will tell you what, I am so out of shape!!!

I decided to start my new exercise regimen by starting with cardio. It was swimming day!!! I was so ready. You know that feeling you get when you start to work out. It is like the first day of school. When the week or two before you get your school supplies. Normally you think it is nothing exciting, but something about the new notebooks & folders, pens & pencils, it gives you that little internal excitement. That was how I felt with all of my swimming stuff.

So I took the kids to school and headed straight for the gym. Had my gym bag with all of my work clothes, toiletries, hair dryer & shoes all folder nice and neat, everything in it's place, with my padlock in hand. Unloaded my things into my locker and off to the pool. And when I first stepped onto that pool deck I felt so much at home.

It was 10 years ago when I first started working at the YMCA as a camp counselor/lifeguard and for almost 4 1/2 years I lifeguarded and taught water aerobics and swim lessons. One of the benefits of working at the YMCA was the free membership. And after every shift, I would spend another hour at work exercising, mainly in the pool. I was on the swim team in high school, so I felt so comfortable in the water. And the last time I did swimming, you know the lap kind, not the float on the noodle & splash the kids was when I last worked at the YMCA.

Man, was I rusty. I started to swim & I felt like my heart was going to pound out of my chest. So I took it slow and easy, not pushing myself to hard. I always had a tendency when I would work out, too push to hard that I would burn myself out and give up. This time I made sure not to, and it turned out pretty good. And even though it had been a long time since I swam, this nice older man complimented me on how I was swimming and said that he wished he could swim like that. It felt really nice to get a compliment.

The rest of the day, I got a little bit sore, but I felt great. My attitude was better, I joked around and laughed. I think I even did better with my meals. Thanks endorphins!!

So here is my food journal entry for today:
Breakfast
Breakfast Burrito (they are so good!!)
Coffee
Lunch
Grilled Chicken Breast Panini w/ grilled onions
1 serving of Cheetos
Coke
Dinner
2 small slices of pepperoni pizza
Water
Evening Snack
Celery sticks w/ peanut butter
4 boneless buffalo wings (My hubby was eating a huge plate of them in front of me & I snuck 4 when he wasn't looking!)

Tomorrow is weight and I have to go through orientation because the weights at the YMCA are called FitLink and they have to get you set up on them before you can use them. I am excited, but hope I don't get too sore tomorrow. Talk to everyone then!!