I know it’s meant to be a good thing, but DAMN!  My legs are in a world of pain after 3 days of exercise.  I have no idea how I’m going to do any sort of leg exercises today, it’s challenge enough walking up the stairs at the moment.  I’m stretching regularly, keep moving so they don’t seize up, took some magnesium… Here’s hoping that it’s like skiing, the 3rd day is always the worst and after that your body seems to get in the swing of things again.

I realise that exercise is supposed to hurt a bit, that means my muscles are actually doing something.  Providing of course that it’s just that “good” pain of muscle burn, not that “bad” pain of joints being asked to do things they don’t want to yet.  I’ve had a few clicks and things from knees, but it always seems to be when I get sloppy on the exercises and am not doing them properly, back to proper form and the clicking goes away – phew!  But really, knowing that it’s going to hurt, that it’s supposed to hurt, doesn’t really help when it IS hurting – like now.  Especially when I know that todays exercise includes squats in the first set…

So while the exercise is painful, I know it will get easier and I know I will like the results.  In the meantime though, there is NOTHING painful about eating meals like this:

Thai fishcakes and salad