the Road to Skinny Jeans: great gym day yesterday

Yesterday was an awesome gym day. We did chest, shoulders and triceps. I can reeeeally feel it today too. I pushed extremely hard because I really wanted to make up for the day before when I couldn't finish. After lifting, I did another 5K on my old friend, the treadmill. I was able to keep a steady and constant pace just about the whole time which is new and different for me. I always try to go faster than my body will allow, then slow it down because I'm so worn out from the fastness. I discovered that my happy medium is 3.5. At that rate, it takes me 52 minutes for the whole 5K. As I get into better shape and lose more weight, I hope that time goes way down. Eventually (like, waaaaay down the road) I'd like to do 5 miles in an hour. But that's a goal for a looooong time from now.

After the gym, I went down to my BFF Rachel's salon in Tacoma to get my bangs trimmed and my brows done. It was good to have a quick visit with her. And it's good to have rockin' hair and eyebrows again!

Later on, we went to the Seattle Thunderbirds hockey game with Will, Liz, Adam, Jenny and Mike. We had a GREAT time! It was my first game and definitely not my last. I had no idea how fun hockey games can be. The only down side was that I drank quite a few delicious beers which definitely lowered my good decision making skills. After the game, we went to the Ram for dinner and since I was under the wonderful influence of some rockin' beer, I stupidly ordered a bacon cheeseburger with waffle fries. And finished the whole thing of course. Ugh!! I knew I shouldn't, but it was so dang delicious. Willpower is something I really need to get the hang of.

I have horrrrrible blisters on my feet from all that treadmill stuff lately, plus trying to break in my new shoes. So needless to say, I didn't go to the gym today. They're so bad, I can hardly walk. Yuck...it's gross and annoying.

Here are some pics from the game last night: