Halfway Through!!

Okay - week two down. Yeah!! I have to say I really have a love/hate relationship with this whole thing. I love how encouraging the trainer is, how much better I feel this second week, and the way my body is challenged like never before. On the other hand I hate the pain, the feeling like my heart will rupture if I walk or run one more lap, or the feeling like I need to vomit.
Thankfully the vomiting feeling is rare and I am learning the hard way what to eat, but also what to stay away from.
Doing intense (again, for me) exercise like this requires different things from my body. I have read some on what to eat and not eat to increase the benefit - and replenish what is lost. If I dare to drink a milkshake or have milk products before exercise (around lunch) then I am dying about 20 min into the workout - but I have also found that after a workout and reward of low fat chocolate milk is like heaven!
I have lost four pounds!! Yeah!
The bad news is that I have done something to my ankle. It hurts to walk on and is swollen - Yesterday I pressed through anyway - but now I am paying. I need prayer for immediate healing - I can't stop this now!! I am fearful I would never start back! That would be horrible!!!!
I definitely feel better and am carrying myself better - I wonder if it is because of the exercises strengthening everything - or just because I am so internally proud that I have come this far! (probably both :D )
This is Easter weekend - a time for new growth, new beginnings, forgiveness, love, and family. I pray that I can continue with the new growth (in the right direction) and continue to accept the forgiveness God gives so freely when I mess up - and that I will not sink back into destructive patterns when around bio family - you know - like eating out of habit, or even out of frustration :D
I am so thrilled to have the ability to go to this Boot Camp! I thank God for the blessing and it is by His strength I am able to finish each day!
Philippians 4:13