YEA!!!!!!!

Happy Friday....... well, I got through today's camp by a frog's hair.  Although, I definitely had to modify some of the upper body exercises.  Hopefully the breathing will get easier as I believe I sound like heaving hippo with asthma.

And I have to say, the rest of the day was actually pain free, including the gimp arm,  and,  except for the near death exhaustion.....it was not the "hell" as in the previous posts.

Smile!!!!

I'm a Slug!!!!

Yes,  I admit,  I blew off Wednesday's camp.  But, I did so because all the pain I described yesterday decided to relocate into my left arm and teach me a lesson.   I am way to competitive.....I actually thought that I could keep up with the those who are 20+ years younger and in way better shape.  I was not going to be the one who held the others back and made them wait until the old lady crawled her way back to the group panting and rasping for breath.

And,  in doing so,  I caused an injury so painful that I lost the use of my arm for 2 days.  But,  I am back  and ready for the next session.  So, tomorrow morning I will slither in hoping know will notice and will get through camp without stupidity.

So until then,  live, love and as always, laugh..........

The NEXT Day.......

I think I'm awake, but, it's still really dark in here and I know there is daylight, wait my eyes were still closed.  OHHHH, OUCH,  what the......my eyelids hurt!!!!  How is that possible??  This boot camp worked muscles that I never knew existed in the human body.  Rolling over is now an Olympic event and I should get the gold medal for the "cry out in pain" segment.  Now where did  I put that Hoyer Lift??? 

Yesterday, the pain moved in and set up house not long after boot camp ended which actually was really kind of fast.  I thought, ok, I can handle this, not too bad.  A little stiff here and there, but, not too bad.  Fast forward 24 hours later and HELLO!!!!   I found that the 1-inch drop in my walk-in shower has now become a whooping 6 inches as my screaming thigh muscles refused to bend and I fell in.  Not to mention that lifting my arms to wash my hair catapulted my pain riddled body into contortions that even Ripley's would be impressed. 

So, as I move slowly though my day, trying not to resemble a character from Michael Jackson's Thriller video,  I am reminded that in less than 24 hours I will return to "hell" and do it all over again.

Peace

Bootcamp (day 1)

4:45am......my brave, but, oh so loving husband slowly wakes the bear to start the first day of boot camp.  I'm totally exhausted even though I made every attempt to get in bed early.  Thank goodness I prepared my gym bag last night with my new hand weights, towel, yoga mat, & water, since mornings and I have an extreme love-hate relationship.  It was all I could do to navigate myself to the bathroom and find the toothpaste.  So here I am,  excited to start my new healthy lifestyle,  I eat a piece of fruit, drink a big glass of water to get that hydration and off I go.   Wow, it's really dark out at this time of the morning...no, stop it, move forward, you can't go back to bed.   

OK, so, I get to my destination called "hell", because that is where my body will be sending me when this hour is done.  Meet and greet the other boot campers, and realize, hmmmm,  I really have my work cut out for me.  How thin and pretty and super fit they were, ( forget that they have youth and months and /or years of doing this form of torture) ,  along with the happy, energetic instructor.  REALLY??????  Who gets that happy this early?????  Well,  I'll tell ya Haas, people who get off the sofa and refuse to be sucked into mind-altering shows like Jersey Shore or Housewives of 'who cares " where they're from.  Yes, I am a victim of this and I will freely admit it.  Which is why I have come by this awesome figure so naturally.  

So, jumping jacks, crunches, lunges, interval/obstacle course, running/walking, etc,etc,etc......have now replaced my old life of lounging.

Anyway,  what a nice surprise to find a group of women who were very nice and welcoming, since I had visions of rock hard bodies with eyes of fire waiting to unleash their wrath of distaste towards the aging, overweight newcomer who obviously won't be able to keep up. 

So I welcome those, who choose to do so, to follow along with me on my journey to turn back the hands of time with hard work and sarcastic humor.  Because you're not really living unless you're laughing.......