Ok I'm sorry to keep posting my gym stuff, but I can't help it. I'm very freaking happy right now.
So, for the past month, and at least the past 3 weeks, I've been only hitting the treadmill and elliptical on my non-trainer non-class solo cardio days (which is 2 days a week). However there was no class on Friday so I had to make up something for today's gym session.
I hadn't hit the stairmaster in a while, so I thought I would give it a try. It had been a month, so I was curious to see how it felt again.
Previously, when I hit the stairmaster, I would run out of breath very quickly, my feet would ache like crazy, and I was stopping every 2.5 minutes to 5 minutes (if I really pushed myself). I would often lower my level from a 6 to a 4 or even 3, and more often than not, I would stop. Because my legs ached I thought going faster would help, so I set myself at a level 10 for a minute or so and that was too much. It was a nightmare.
Now. Today. I get on. After a month. Non-stop 20 minutes, at a level 6, with no ache and a huge fucking smile on my face as I tap the beat out to Notorious BIG - Big poppa on the handle bars.
Night and fucking day.
Oh and the scale at the gym tells me I lost yet another 2 lbs and I'm no longer in the 190s.
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/lu/lurkerpatrol/2011/07/30/victory_1_.jpg
I can't wait to see what the next month holds.