gym membership...check
trainer...check
sore muscles so bad that I waddle when I walk...check, check, check
cardio....

...ok I suck at cardio. I hate it. I have no problems working with a trainer, lifting weights being sore, but the cardio is all on my own. I work out on Tues and Thurs mornings before work and on Saturday mornings, so on the work days I am rushing off. Sorry, Chris, no time for cardio now!! Saturday I was forced by shame to stay and do some cardio but after killer walking lunges with weights...I was hanging on the treadmill and/or elliptical for dear life. Then I went to dinner with some friends from Stroller Strides that I haven't seen in quite a while. I was shocked to see one of them walk in looking fabulous and buff. Apparently, the Striders have picked up the pace and some of them have started running. Those bitches. Damn...now I have to run. One problem--I am so not a runner. I'm the girl in high school when everyone was training for the track team joined up because...well, who knows what the hell I was thinking. I've never been athletic. Anyway, I recall one practice where we had gotten about 4oo yards away from the high school and I thought I was dying from cramps. My loyal friend, Lisa, went back to the coach with me and explained the problem. HE said (sort of sheepishly), " I totally understand." Suddenly I realized he thought we mean period cramps. I wanted out of it so badly I went along with it. "Yes, menstrual cycle....cramping...very painful...must stop running...forever." I ended up as the co-stats girl along with Jenny, who later fainted when I didn't show up to a track meet. Literally. Sorry, Jenn. I was not about to stand out in that cold, rainy weather. I'm sure I had very important (boys) things going on.

I am determined to make this exercising thing count. I was pretty successful at losing weight over the course of a year after Mikaela was born. I've gained about 9ish lbs since March (argh, fudge), so that plus the extra 25 I still wanted to lose...well, I've got some work ahead of me. Let's-go-car-di-o.

I borrowed Kyle's Nike+ iPod thing and have myself all set up. I found the couch to 5k website and a very cool podcast from podrunner with intervals. I'm all set. All I have to do is...do it. Tomorrow is day 1--will I make it? Will I get up early enough to get a cooler run in (not really cool with the humidity around here lately)? Will this sore throat that has suddenly come on (for real) go away? Will I ever lose the 30ish lbs? Tune in to find out...and kick my ass if I don't--you have my permission.