Sincerely, Michelle

I've asked Michelle to detail her experiences during this journey. I received her entry this morning.

Thursday 3/1/2012

I pulled in to the parking-lot @ 4:30PM, ready to work! It had been raining throughout the day, so I came in layers…which I totally regreted once we started working out! I told Nicole that I really didn’t feel sore from the previous workout, and she was determined to send me home sore this time!

Michelle (far left).

I found that my arms felt more in control than before…but not perfect yet by ANY means! Readers will learn this quick: I’m a perfectionist! 

Oooh! The arm warm-ups burned!

Nicole transferred me onto a chair…sturdy w/back, no arms. My abdominal muscles are definitely getting stronger and I LOVE the feeling of sore stomach muscles! Makes me feel like I’m doing something right! I can’t remember all of the different exercises Nicole put me through, but I do remember that my arms were on fire!

At one point during the work-out, Nicole asked me where I saw myself in ten years. It’s funny, but I think I took a moment to answer her…1) because I was out of breath from working so hard, and 2) because it was the first time in looooooong time anyone had asked me that. I answered with the only answer I knew I wanted for sure…”I’ll be walking.”

At the end of our session I was exhausted! Ready for bed…Good job, Nicole!