My Entire Body is Sore

It hurts to move. My entire body is sore. I've been on the move nonstop this week. Hubby decided that he wants us to jog together every night. This is wonderful as I've been trying to get him to do this for years. And, once I'm in the habit, I really enjoy jogging outdoors. The first night we went Boo was actually with my mom. So that made it pretty easy. Last night we took him with us. We have a jogging stroller that hubby found. He fixed a side that was broken so that it's usable. But it veers to the right. So I'm constantly pushing harder with my right arm than with my left. No fun. But oh well, it's better than nothing. So I'm just happy we have it. Boo seemed to enjoy the jog. When we got back he kept saying "bike." He went into the garage and started trying to pull his bike trailer out of the garage. It was so cute that we then went on a short bike ride. Supper was way late, so I'm going to have to figure out how to fit dinner in at a reasonable hour with our jogging. And just when I had a great evening routine down! I'm actually so thrilled about this though. I think hubby's actually pretty serious about this, which is great. But, oh my goodness, I need new running shoes. Mine are probably about 4 or 5 years old and have no support. I can feel the shin splints wanting to start up. So hopefully I can splurge on some new running shoes soon.

I've also been working on digging out an area for our garden. I don't know - it is middle of May after all. Hmmmm.....really need to get those veggies in the ground! We had a tiny garden last year. This year we're relocating it and we're expanding. And guess who's done all of the digging so far - ME! That's not hubby's fault - he's just working a lot of hours and completing his EMT course. Also, on Monday I dug out my resistance bands and did some toning exercises with those. I'm hoping to keep that up. It's been so long since I've used them though that I need to find some exercise instructions for them. Right now I want to focus on upper body. Remember the previous post about the "Cherrington arms"? Yep - trying to combat that one. I even did a couple sets of push ups. Fun.

So anyways, between the jogging, biking, digging, and resistance workouts I'm pooped. My body is so sore. Kids are down for nap right now and I just gave myself a foot bath. That felt great. I have some of that pepperminty foot lotion and spray. That was wonderful. I need to take time to pamper myself more. Granted, the only reason I took the time for it was because my feet were filthy from digging in the garden while the kiddos played this morning. So they needed washed anyways. But it really made a difference as they're super sore from all I've asked them to do this week.

I did get back on track with eating as of Monday. And I've done well since then. I wonder how much those first two days will hurt me. Perhaps with all of this killing myself working out, I'll end up losing nothing because of two lousy days of eating poorly. Oh well - I'm still getting healthier and becoming more fit. And even if the numbers don't show that this week, it's still worth it to get up and get moving!