Bet you thought I quit already with most of the rest of the population…?! Nope, here I am! It took a little bit for me to get started but I did my first workout last night. I also tried some new foods yesterday.

I found myself in a salad restaurant yesterday for a nice lunch with my soon to be sister in law and two of the other bridal party members. I didn’t know what “Sweet Tomatoes” was when they suggested it… Imagine my surprise as a “salad hater” when I walk in to a 30 foot salad bar chock full of raw veggies. Eager to “fit in” (silly right?) I put a little bit of the pre-made Caesar salad on my plate, a few raw spinach leaves, and a sprinkle of fresh mushrooms.

Then alas…. I see on the board they also have soup, whew!!

I felt weird telling these two girls I had just met about my salad aversion while they were piling up their custom creations. Anyone that knows me knows that I don’t do “rabbit food”. I sit down and taste the Caesar… eh not so great. Very sour/lemon to me so no go.

The spinach leaves I didn’t even get to flavor because of the texture- sort of fuzzy. I mean they didn’t feel fuzzy, but they just had this weird feeling in my mouth that I was glad to be rid of. I sat there for a few minutes and finally said “alright I gave it a shot I will be back in a minute!” I ended up finding a nice soup that was turkey with wheat pasta and I would have never guessed it was wheat. I tried wheat spaghetti noodles and it just didn’t work for me. So yay in soup I guess that cooked all day you can’t really tell. Kudos on a new healthy “like”!

Fast forward a few hours and it was time to do my first kettle bell workout. I brought Jillian Michaels to me! I only made it halfway through the workout before I had to stop because it is fast paced cardio and strength in one with the way the kettle bell is. I had lots of lower back pain so I decided to stop then so I can stay on schedule instead of over exerting myself and not being able to workout for days. I kept going a few minutes past the point that I wanted to stop, so that is good.

I LOVED the kettle bell workout! I felt like it was so much more useful than push ups and jumping jacks. I’m so glad that we tried this one. I got the Jillian kettle bells in 5,10,15 pounds so I started with the 5lb. (When picking them up it seems I could use a 10 but like I said slow and steady is what is going to win this race. I would rather start low and move up than kill myself day one and quit!)

I got up today with a little bit of tingling in my thighs still and the tops of my shoulders and the area above my collar bone are pretty sore- I must be weak there because that part screams at me no matter what I do! But I don’t feel depleted. I am going to keep up with this workout for awhile until I master level 1 & 2 and then who knows what’s next!!!