That's right. I'm still at the beginning stages of this transformation and it's been pretty tough on me so far. Although I've only done 3 sessions with the trainer so far, I've also had to do cardio exercises on other days with a 500kcal target (although I don't always hit the target but I try to come as close as possible). Of course when my body is stronger, this target will slowly increase to 700kcal or 1000kcal a day.
Anyways, going through the journey so far (about 2 weeks since I signed up), I realized that I may not have been able to push myself this hard without a trainer. I wouldn't have known how to create a program that would work to achieve my goals and having that kind of assistance definitely helps.
Last nite we did a weigh in and I've already gone down about 1.2kg which was surprising considering my clothes seems to fit tighter. The trainer says it's cos muscle is building up and adding some bulk but it will go down as the fat layers gets burnt off. Last night was floor exercises. 2 sets of 2 minutes step (if you've never tried step, do not underestimate it). Next I did bicep curls (1 set of 20-25 reps). Then there's this exercise where you stand up and then bend down to start walking your body with your hands and back to standing position again. I did 2 sets of 15 reps. Since I was struggling with the reps, I put a little too much weight on the soles of my feet and had to rest for awhile before continuing with 2 sets of 15 reps modified push ups. Man do I hate push ups. It's even worse with sore arms (from the workout the night before). I was supposed to do another set of push ups but I had to tell the trainer I wasn't up for it because I was so close to puking on the mat. My stomach juices were stinging me on the inside and I could feel the acidity.
The whole day yesterday I was having gastric problems right from the time I woke up in the morning (my Koko Krunch breakfast helped a wee bit) til my late lunch (had work to do in the office -- so bad for me -- plus I just didn't know what to eat cos my apetite is waning). I was supposed to continue to cardio after that to burn another 400kcal for the day (burnt 100kcal during warm ups) but in my condition I asked the trainer if I could do it tomorrow on my own and he says OK.
Now it's "tomorrow" and I woke up with my whole upper body aching. Yup. Muscle sore. I feel it even more today than I did yesterday. Yesterday I woke up uncomfortable and a bit sore and took some extra effort to raise my arms. Hilarious. Today I woke up barely able to extend my arm without feeling my muscle tightening. Been trying to move my limbs a bit more to loosen it up a little so it's easier to move and honestly, it's still painful.
I asked Kadazan Bonita on twitter if she knew how to alleviate muscle sore, and her advice was to move around a bit to let the blood flow and then if it's still painful, to rest the gym for the day. You know what, I think I just might take that advice and skip the gym today. The last thing I want to do is to overstress my muscles (not good) and lose out on workouts next week. Woohoo. We might be doing abs by the end of next week.
As for my gastric pain last night and the whole I-wanna-throw-up episode, I grabbed a can of 100 Plus (as advised by my doctor time and time again) and it subsided. So so glad that it did. I hate throwing up. I don't understand people who would want to do it on purpose. Ah, but that will be another post.
Til my next post!
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