I love being sore!

So I restarted weights yesterday. As I stated in a post a few days ago - its the only thing I wasnt doing that I did last time. So while Im at the same weight as before, my body is definately NOT where it was before.

Im a free weight and barbell kind of girl. I love heading over to the "guy" section, taking a bench and giving it all I have. Its a great feeling. And the soreness the next day, reminding me of how well I did... is AWESOME!

Yesterday I did 20 min of interval runs on the treadmill to warm up then headed over to weights. Did two different exercises for bis, tris, shoulders, chest, back. Then went to the mats and did squats, lunges and jump ups. Then did some ab and core work. I had to rush a bit because I only had 30 min for weights yesterday. But it was a good workout.

On there news - my 5 year old passed the swim test at the gym! So so so proud of him! He cant wait to start using the water slides!

Vacations over - back to life...

We had a FABULOUS time with my husabands family at the beach. The weather was gorgous. The house was AMAZING. And it was so good to be with family.

We lucked out and had sunny warm days every day but one. Granted vacationing with a babt isnt exactly relaxing but still - much needed time off with my family.

Its time to get back to reality though. My fingers feel like swollen sausages... the amount of sodium I took in must have been insane. I did get my runs in but eating and drinking was not on par.

Now its just time to get back with the flow - I need LOTS and LOTS of water the next few days to flush my system. I need to get back to tracking my food.

I have my first half marathon in less than a week. Im not 100% sure Im ready for it but too late now. I have some heel pain like I stepped on something I think :(

I also did a bit of thinking before we left for vaca - Im pretty much at the same weight I was at before Bre but my body is COMPLETELY different and Im two sizes bigger. My arms and shoulders are different. Everything is different. Yes I know I had a baby and they do that to you but I got to thinking that the other thing Im not doing that I was - weight training. So Im readding that to the mix this week too.

HORRIBLE RUN

Its amazing how different runs can feel. Todays 8 miler felt HORRIBLE. Every step was uncomfortable. I have a pain in my right foot from stepping on something at the beach. My legs felt like lead. Yet not even a week ago 6 miles felt AWESOME. Two weeks ago 12 miles on a freaking treadmill felt better than this run.

Why? Not a huge surprise. Im on vacation. I have stayed up late every day. Bre is teething so we havent been sleeping well at night. I have eaten JUNK and have been drinking like a fish... the margaritaville frozen drink maker is freaking awesome.  Today the sun was beating down. There was no breeze.

So of course my run sucked.