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<\/a><\/p>\nThe reason I am sore is because I stopped doing my Hip Strengthening exercise for almost 2 weeks. I was dealing with the “injuries” that put me in a boot and I stopped doing the exercises.<\/p>\n
Check me out! No boot!<\/p>\n Gym Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n Time: 1:22 Calories: 512<\/strong><\/p>\n Michael picked up a pizza from Papa Murphy’s.\u00a0 We got the deLite meat pizza and I had 3 slices at 190 calories each slice. I had worked up an appetite.<\/p>\n Now for the part I’ve been dreading…progress photos. I’ve been postponing sharing the “Before” photos but it’s time to just suck it up and do it.<\/p>\n This first photo was taken at the beginning of September when I decided to start my weight lifting challenge.<\/p>\n SEPTEMBER 2010<\/p><\/div>\n I cringe at the sight. I know I’ve made a lot of progress since I was 250 pounds but….it’s still hard to see how doughy I was.<\/p>\n Now for the update on how the weight training has been going. This photo was taken last night:<\/p>\n<\/a>Since I was finally out of the boot on Tuesday I started the exercises back up. Wednesday I woke up with a sore butt! If I ever doubted if those strengthening exercises worked or not, I now have evidence that they do.<\/p>\n<\/a>Plus, I gave the treadmill a try. After two weeks of no jogging or running I ran 1.5 miles on the treadmill with no incident.<\/p>\n<\/a>That means today I’m also sore from that. But it’s a good sore. After my run I lifted weights focusing on my shoulders, chest and biceps. I took it easy on the back last night.<\/p>\n<\/a>After I was done doing my weight lifting I spent some extra time stretching and using my Foam Roller<\/a>. If you’ve never tried it, I really recommend getting one.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>It was a good workout and I was so happy when I got home. What a huge difference a run makes on my mood! It was like the bad stuff that had happened in the last few weeks were gone from my mind. Now if only I could REALLY run…<\/p>\n<\/a>It was delicious and a good compromise because Michael gets his pizza and I don’t go nuts with my calories. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<\/a>Yesterday I received a bunch of comments and questions about the onion hamburger buns we use. Here is the brand:<\/p>\n<\/a>Country Oven buns and they are only 190 calories each. I bought them at Fred Meyer (Kroger).<\/p>\n<\/a>