When something good turns out horrible...

I'm talking about the gym of course.

Since my husband is in the middle of joining the Navy, its only natural that he tries to get in the best shape that he can. This means that I must work out as well. Which is okay, because it means that he can motivate me and I can motivate him!

Well Monday we went to the gym and I ran a little bit, lifted a few weights.. I didn't push myself. Thought maybe I'd ease into it. Tuesday I felt great. We went back Tuesday night... and "ease" didn't happen.

I started out slow. Did a couple dumbbell curls (I really like toning my arms), and then I found the exercise ball. That damn ball.

I asked my husband how to do sit ups on it like I always see on TV and he showed me. Sit ups have always been real easy for me. In high school I had the highest record for girls in my gym class for doing the most sit ups in a minute. So he bet me that I couldn't do 50 non stop take a small break and then do another 50. Well, honestly.. I hadn't done a sit up or a crunch in a very long time. Probably since high school to be honest. I don't know why I'm not 300 lbs.

So I did the 50 sit ups on the ball non stop. Took a little break and then did 75 more. At that moment I didn't feel the burn in my core, only my legs because they were holding me up on the ball. 

The next day my core felt tight and I felt great! Then Thursday came.. the middle of the night this sharp pain in my abs. All day long it was like that. I couldn't move without it hurting. I would get in a comfortable position then I would have to get up and it would hurt so bad. Thursday night at home sucked. It kept getting worse. I couldn't find a comfortable position to lay in bed because if I stood up straight or laid straight on my back it would kill me. So I am walking around hunched over. I usually fall asleep on my stomach, its my favorite, but that was out of the question last night. I finally fell asleep but every little move would wake me up. Even when my husband turned over it would hurt so bad.

Its Friday and I'm still in a lot of pain. Probably more than yesterday. I am going to start taking advil and hopefully that will help. But I cannot have another restless night. I can't believe those 125 sit ups did this to me. I shouldn't have pushed myself that hard.