My arms are getting bigger! Like, muscly bigger! Also I lost two pounds, which hopefully means I lost more than that because I gained some muscle at the same time.
I've worked my way up to cardio twice a week - elliptical or treadmill. This is about the fifth time in my life I've tried to start running (or even jogging!) and I always hurt myself by pushing too far, too fast. I am going to religiously follow the Couch to 5k guide this time. It'll take me longer than 9 weeks, because I am only planning on running 2x a week. If I can tolerate more, I'll do 3x a week, but I have got to allow myself time to heal. I am no spring chicken ;)
And I have officially moved up to the "big boy" weights. The big bar that you see people stacking plates on actually weighs 45 lbs, so I wanted to get to where I could lift about 60 lbs before I tried to use the big bar. My gym has two racks of "small bars" with weights permanently attached, ranging from 20 to 100 lbs. I am not particularly ashamed to admit I started squatting with the 20 lb barbell - because yesterday I squatted 70!
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