Strength training kicking my behind

I've been focusing on my lifting more weights this week and it's definitely running a toll on my body. Recover is slow, my body is trying to get used to it. I've only exercised 4 times this week, I had to skip Wed and Frid because I was either sore, tired, or too busy at work. I did my usual run on the road this morning and I was struggling. Maybe it was because I went later than usual or maybe my body was tired and wasted from all of the training I've been doing.
My friend (Travis) from work joined me at the gym on Thursday and it was awesome training with him.

Gaining some weight

I gained 1 lb over the weekend. Hopefully I'm gaining muscle and not fat :-) Man it felt good running today. My recovery is better than last week, I'm not so out of breath now. I've never felt better in my life. It's always good to see the people in the 100 day heart challenge working out at the gym.

Greatful for the 100-day heart challenge

I woke up this morning and I was not in the mood to go running. I was sooo tired. My body was saying "you're tired and body needs the rest", but my mind was saying, "you've got to do it for the heart challenge." I immediately got out of bed and I went running. It felt soooo good afterwards and I'm glad I did it. I've lost 8 lbs so far and I don't want to loose anymore. I would like to work on gaining muscle now.

BYU-Hawaii Samoan Pool Party

It was great seeing our friends we attended college with at the pools yesturday. I counted the 3 hours of playing in the pools with the kids as my exercise. We didn't have our usually polynesian BBQ (Ribs, chicken, sausages, mac salad, rice, coconut buns, and the list goes on) and I don't think I could have resisted. Instead, we had pizza, fried chicken, pineapple custod pies, Otai (mixture of milk, watermelon, and pineapple) - good stuff, chips, and berry salad (which I didn't get any). I took the advice of some of my fellow teams mates and only took a little of everything to try except when it came to the Otai, I took two bigs cups it. The only thing bad about the Otai was that it was high in sugar.

Worked out with Trainer (Aaron)

Worked out for about 35 mins yesterday with my trainer. I'm hurting today. Imagine if I worked out for an hour, I don't think I'd get out of bed today. Would've chucked a sicky. Glad to finally meet my trainer and to start doing some real exercises.

Went camping and first time at the GYM

We went camping over the weekend and my wife made sure that we stocked up on the junk food. She was very nice to buy a lot fruits for me and changed the receipes around to cater for my needs. My wife is the greatest.
I counted hiking as my exercise while we were camping. At one of our hikes the kids got tired and I had to carry two of them back to our campsite. One on my shoulders and one in the front carry-on.
I finally made it to the gym and I lifted for 30 mins. It felt good and I'm meeting my trainer for the first time this Thursday. I can't wait to see what I'll have to do to reach my goals.

I cheated

Lots of delicious foods all around me. On Saturday we had a neighborhood BBQ, I gave in and had a big fat juicy burger.
Then today, I went over my alloted amount of carbohydrates for the day and ended it off with a donunt.
First mistake, I forgot to keep track of my food intake.
Second mistake, felt that I deserved it. I worked hard on the yard on both of the days and I gave in to my hearts desire.