BFL – Day Two
The old cliché goes like this:
“No pain, no gain”
Yeah. I can understand the pain part. This morning I woke up and couldn’t move my arms. Trying to raise my morning cuppa tea to my lips was like trying to push two positive ends of a pair of magnets together. It’s amusing at first, but then when you actually want the full functions your limbs were created for, the amusement wears off pretty quickly. I can’t recall being this sore before, but then again I’ve never done any bench press exercises before either.
So this morning I somehow drove myself back to the gym (torture chamber is a more appropriate name at this point) to do my 20 minute cardio workout. It actually didn’t go too badly – I suppose because I was only working my legs on the stationary bike. There was somebody using the rowing machine, which was a blessing because that might just have been a bridge too far for me. I got 9.4kms on the bike in the allotted 20 minutes, alternating between level 5 and level 8 resistance. Not too bad considering I am only half a person right now!
But enough of the complaining! I am really glad I am doing this and barring any unforeseen contingencies I will press on harder and harder through the 12 weeks. I keep myself motivated by drawing visions in my head of a perfectly sculpted me wandering around on those tropical beaches in the Caribbean with hordes of adoring super-models in tow. 
The nutrition aspect of the program is actually proving a lot easier for me to follow than I had originally thought would be the case. I’m having Jungle Oats and a slice of whole wheat toast with peanut butter for breakfast, then the mid-morning snack is a USN meal replacement shake. For lunch today I steamed baby potatoes and broccoli and then covered them with a healthy dollop of low fat cottage cheese. Nice! 3.30pm in the afternoon I had another shake and then for dinner it was mince bolognaise with whole wheat pasta and grated carrots. All very small portions for each meal and I have not felt hungry at all in these first two days. Only 2.5 hours until the pre-bedtime snack. I could get used to this.
Tomorrow is day 3 and another weight training session with Kyle at Muscle Fitness. Apparently we’re doing shoulders and back. I said to him today that I might not be able to lift anything. He says we work through the pain. There’s that word again…
