And we're off!!

Day 3 and I am sore as hell.  I know the challenge started so we are stepping it up a bit but wow.  Had pilates after my weigh in Sunday morning and was already feeling it in my arms and abs by that night.  Then yesterday Jami and I decided to do cardio outside since it was somewhat bearable (although the wind was insane!) and ended up walking a very hilly 6.6 miles.  Ugh!  Felt awesome but man am I beat!  This morning was training with Aaron, and then I did a couple miles on the treadmill (just an easy walk).  Training today was great!  We are doing PT now 2x a week, then pilates on the weekend, which was my old schedule with Mandy (when I won the 90 day before heehee:)  so it feels SO awesome to be back in that routine.  It was definitely an overcoming fears kind of day.  First time doing box jumps (and by 'box' at this point I mean the step platform with no raisers...not even a box yet LOL but I'll get there!), and then some new core stuff with the ball and those little platforms on wheels.  Not easy.  But it feels good to be challenging myself and taking it up a notch. 

Weigh-in was great.  I had to try to not let the weight on that scale freak me out because it was a lot higher than I thought it would be.  It's obviously a different scale that I haven't weighed on before so I know it could already be off from what I have at home.  I did have breakfast and some water before I went in (it's the initial kick-off weigh-in, why not right?) and while I normally weigh in at home with nothing on, obviously I was dressed at the gym (now THAT would be weird! haha) so I know that all makes a difference too.  And....like I said, I wasn't too strict on my diet last week.  So at the gym I weighed in at 226.6.  I weighed several times before I left the house, with and without clothes/water and got variations between 218 and 221.  I wanted to have a measure at home so I could see where I was to start... SOOO that's where I am for the beginning of the contest!  This morning I was at 215.8.  The last couple of days I've been crazy strict with my food and drank lots and lots of water so I'm not surprised to be shedding some water weight.  I will probably weigh myself a little more often during these 90 days just to try to keep focused and stay on track.  I'm so excited for this competition.  I had Jami take new pics of me so I could see my exact starting point...I know my pics in 3 months from now will look so different!  Very excited to push myself.  Feels good to finally be in control of something!