Pinterest and Tumblr have lied to me: Plenty of things feel as good as sore muscles. Like stubbing your toe on a wooden table. Or stepping on a vicious Lego.
I am sore. I am a physical wreck. But I am doing it.
I'm trying to be much more active. That's the goal, isn't it? To get slim while getting to really live life? Yeah, I'm not so sure about that. Yes, I have more energy, but holy hot dang! Every inch of me is sore. I think even my hair hurts! jk it doesn't but my legs want to shrivel and die.
I've been doing a lot of walking with my three year old. We take different routes to the park; longer, more interesting walks, but she tires on the way back and I end up carrying her. At 25lbs, she is quite petite... but to the jelly filled mass of unused muscle that are my arms, she may as well weigh ten times that.
Today she took her Radio Flyer trike on our park excursion. She needed the practice and I thought it would be fun. And it was, for about five minutes when she decided she wanted to walk instead. So I ended up having to pull her trike along the whole way there and back, meaning I was bent over most of the time. My lumbar hates me tonight.
I did calf raises last night and am still feeling the sting tonight. I have yoga in the morning, so hopefully that helps loosen up these tight muscles, but all I can say is dear lord what did I get myself into?!
On the plus side, my family seems to be enjoying the food. :)