Jello Legs

So I know I'm way out of shape and expected even the simple walk/run program to be a bit challenging and it was. This was the first day of the first week. It was like 18 degrees today and getting colder as the day went on. My parking lot is ice and I can just imagine that the park, even if I braved the cold, would still have been not safe. I decided I had to go to the dreaded rec. Because I have a plan and I'm sticking to it, no matter how bad I didn't want to go. I also found out today that not only do we have to pay rec fees of $300 bucks in our tuition, regardless of if we use it or not, they also make you have a parking pass between the hours of 7am-4pm, super lame. I was going to go earlier and just park at a meter but my headphones broke so I had to go to Wal-Mart to get some. I needed my headphones, my music helps me drown out my worries about going to the gym and all the crazy things I think people are going to think about some fat kid coming to work out. I finally made it out around 7pm and it was still packed with people. My friend told me to go around 8 or 9 when it kind of calms down but I couldn't wait any longer. So I found a treadmill with no problems, which was a relief, and just looked at it very confused. All treadmills or any machine are different from other gyms and it took me like 5 mins to figure out what buttons I needed to push to get my 21 mins on the screen and to get going. Today I am starting the first week of the walk/run program, like I mentioned earlier, and I'm glad I'm starting out small. All I have to do this week is walk 6 mins and run 1 min and repeat that three times. The first minute wasn't bad at all except for the fact that my pants would not stay up! So annoying! HAHA! I was worried about my apparel because I just want to be like Biggest Loser and wear and huge shirt and my spandex capri pants...I think that's what I'm going to have to do now since my pants are all the same and wont stay up and I don't want to deal with that. The second minute that I ran was a little more challenging and I could definitely feel how out of shape I was. I wasn't sweating very bad but my heart rate was very high and I knew I was working my body pretty hard for my level of performance. The last minute was something that I dreaded but knew I had to do it because if I didn't do it then I'd let myself slip or cheat on it again, I cannot let the happen. I was very elated that I was done and proud of myself for getting the first session over with. I also wanted to go lift after but there was no room. Huge guys, who look super juiced up, were crowding any space that was available. It's like they were protecting their weights...haha! My legs felt like Jello when I stepped off the treadmill and I was hoping if I took it slow I wouldn't fall or my knees wouldn't go out when I went back to the machine to wipe it down. I was successful at not looking like an idiot. Speaking of knees, my knee was totally fine. I could feel where it hurt and when I ran I could feel something was wrong with it but it didn't hurt when I ran or after so I'm very happy with that. It's still bruised and I'm going to ice it after I get done with this post but I'm just so glad I was able to run through the hurt.

Tomorrow's Day 2 and I'm really looking forward to the end of the week when this gets a bit easier.