Debit card charged. Running shoes tied. Water bottle, non existent.

About three weeks ago I found a link for the Terrio 5 Ton Challenge and have been obsessing over the "Add to Cart" button. Do I do it or do I not do it? It took a lot of convincing and strategic money planning but I finally decided to sign up today. Today was the first day of the challenge, so it's safe to say that I really tried to not do it and come up with an excuse. There are no more excuses because it's paid for and one cannot waste money by skipping classes. (insert mild groan and slight frown here)

So here are the Day 1 details and believe me, I feel like things are dismal at this point.


Weight: Exactly 5 pounds more than my weight this morning. Ok, not a good start. How do you gain five pounds between 7AM and 7PM? Right... the dinner my husband made was Chili Beans and Sausage. BTW, not a good pre workout dinner.

Number of Situps in 1 minute: 15
Number of Pushups in 1 minute: 18 (modified, knees on the floor)
Number of "Laps" in the parking lot in 7 minutes: 15
Number of minutes of straight running before I needed to walk: 4 minutes (half of what I do at home with the dog. Hello? Legs and Lungs? What gives?)

There are some frustrations here because there are people twice my age doing 45 situps and/or pushups in a minute and I'm totally not at that point. It's like my core just decided to give up on me today. I know, I know. It's day one and I can't be hard on myself. I kind of have to focus on the fact that I completed the work out and had enough strength to make the 40 minute drive home and type this blog post.

One day down, 29 workouts and 10 more weeks to go.