Week two of C25k is OVAH!

(Whenever I say "over" in real life, I always say it like the announcer on the old Japanese Iron Chef. "And Battle Pufferfish is OVAH!")

Anyway, I just finished up week 2 of the Couch to 5k. My legs feel great, I'm not even going to wrap and ice them.

Lifting is going well - squats at 75, bench at 75, deadlifts at 90 (!!!), rows at 80, military presses at 60. We won't talk about pullups. They're really hard and I'm gamely giving them my all, but my all is not very much.

I bought a bunch of whey protein from True Protein, so I'm actually getting enough protein now! I got the unflavored stuff because I hate all artificial sweeteners (and stevia) with the passion of a thousand suns. I just add about a tsp of sugar or honey and it's totally drinkable.

I feel awesome!

It's working!

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!