Pain is Just Weakness Leaving the Body....

SMALL CHANGES FOR FEBRUARY 4TH

.....OW, OW, OW....My buns hurt, my thighs hurt, my arms hurt... Hubs was proud of me for doing the buns workout, but quite annoyed with my "OWs" every time I took a step! "Pain is just weakness leaving the body," he reminds me, and that quote really does make me feel better even if it...OW...hurts to think about it!

"Did you stretch before and after?" he asks me.
"Well, uh...no..." I say back. "I only had ten minutes!"
"There's your problem right there,"  he tells me. "You have to make time to stretch! It is worth taking a few extra minutes before and after."

He goes on to tell me I have to get the blood flowing to the muscles to warm them up, loosen them up, and get things moving.  He said it also helps prevent injury. Stretching after helps to increase your flexibility while your muscles are still warm. I mean, I know this...I've heard this...why don't I practice this?? I'm going to count this as one of my changes...to go from not listening to the experts and jumping right into a workout without stretching...
INSTEAD...I will be stretching before AND after each workout I complete until it becomes a habit!

I ran home between visits and ate lunch instead of eating out. (I think this one is slowly becoming a habit).

When I got home about 4:00 and it was too early for dinner, I decided to have a snack. We have english muffins so I put one in and normally I would have put margarine and jelly or just the margarine on it. I figured I probably really wouldn't miss the margarine so...
INSTEAD I just put the jelly on it and tried it that way. I'm not going to lie...I missed the margarine! So I might not be doing that one anymore, but at least I gave it a shot!

See you tomorrow...it's weigh in day!!!!!!!