Day 5 of My Journey- 3/19/2010

Another great day. I went to the gym for my workout and I even managed to do the exercises in the proper sequence this time!! I did much better with the workout than I did on Monday, but don't get me wrong, it was still very challenging and I promptly took a nap when I got home. I was able to increase the weight by 5 lbs. on a few of the arm exercises and I increased by 10 lbs. on the legs. I also practiced the proper form on the lunges and this made a huge difference. My knees weren't screaming at me this time.

I was very proud of myself for doing 3 sets of 5 reps on the ab crunch machine. Last time I was only able to do 1 set of 5 reps. I still did not add any weight to the machine. That will come later. I was just so excited to be able to do 15 reps- three times more than last time! Also, I can feel my confidence is growing each day. I realized that I was not concerned about who was watching me or looking at me when I was exercising. I didn't even care that my butt was facing the big, giant mirror while doing the back extensions- now that's progress!