Ohhhh. There you are. I was wondering.

So, as you know I joined the gym. I love the gym. I go three times a week, I'm usually there about 6:15 (that's AM I might add) and I do 30 minutes on the treadmill. I love the treadmill. Well, other than yesterday. My MP3 player needed charging and I forgot to charge it. Walking on the treadmill is very boring without music blasting. So yesterday I only did 20 minutes. And then I do about a 25 minute circuit on the weights. I just love it. (Cripes, do you get the feeling that I like the gym?)

But I haven't really been sore. Well, other than my heel, but I think that can be cured by a better quality pair of runners. I was thinking that I should be feeling the muscles that I've been working so hard on for the past 4 weeks. They should be a little tender. And they haven't been. I mean, I know I've worked them, and I'm not looking for that "crap, why can't I get out of bed" kind of feeling, just a "wooo, yes girl!, you worked it!!" kinda feeling.

So with my 20 minute treadmill workout yesterday I had a little more time to concentrate on the weights. There are 9 machines that are part of the structured workout, however you can add more. Which I had already done. One for the chest area and one for the butt area. Gotta bring back up what gravity has pulled down, if you know what I mean.

But I also increased the weight that I was lifting. I figured I needed to increase the weight in order to feel the feeling that I was looking for. So I did. To all 11 machines. And yes, I was working. I was sweating. I was feeling the feeling!!

And it turns that what I was doing worked. I was working harder and lifting more and feeling the feeling!! And today it all paid off. Oh sure, I got out of bed and really didn't feel anything. But, once I got to work, well, things started to happen. Things started to feel like they had been used. Been worked out if you will.

Then IT happened. During a hilarious conversation with my co-workers, I laughed. Laughed until I was almost crying. And I felt it.

You have no idea how thrilled I was to discover that I had an Ab. Yes, an actual abdominal muscle. I really didn't think that this body had any, let alone one! And I was feeling it.

I cannot WAIT to get back to the gym tomorrow! Work it girl, work it!!