Jarred's Slice of Heaven

After this week's dance classes, my body decided it was time to change which muscle groups got sore.  While my thighs chose to scream the first week and then my knees and thighs decided to team up to complain (less intensely) the second week, my upper arms and lower back decided to take over this week.  In fact, I was totally surprised hen I did something on Wednesday and my left arm put up a mild protest.

Fortunately, the aches and pains are becoming less pronounced as each week goes buy.  The first Wednesday night after class, my thighs tightened up to the point where I had to struggle to stand and move around until my muscles started relaxing again.  Now, everything's a mild ache that usually isn't even noticeable unless I'm actively doing something.  And then, it's as if the muscles involved are simply whining, "Hey, didn't you already make us do enough work for one week?"

Of course, I also think I can now notice that I'm starting to build some tone.  This morning as I got out of bed, I rested my hand along the outside of my thigh.  As I stood, I could actually feel the outline of the muscle as it tightened and shifted under my hand.  I just blinked and stared for a moment, thinking that was pretty cool.  Of course, I'm still pretty fluffy in the midsection.  But I've always known that's going to take a considerable amount of time to change.  Though I think I'm already seeing miniscule progress.  Belinda said something about me shrinking last weekend.  One can only hope.  I just need to keep reminding myself that this is a long term goal.