4 month goal update 3

I finally got myself doing squats with the ball against the wall... and those squats really hurt. My knees were weak for probably 8 hours after my workout, but they felt fine the next day, so thats a good sign, I am gaining strength where I need it most, in my knees.

I've been pretty consistently doing 30-40 minutes of cardio, each time i go to the gym. This week I took Wednesday off to go to the farmer's market to stock up on veggies and fruits, and then yesterday off, even though I wanted to go to the gym. I am taking today off from the gym, but going walking later this evening when it cools off. My husband hurt his back somehow today and is having muscle spasms, but I think it will be fine tomorrow so I will wait and go with him tomorrow, and that will make 4x this week! My goal is to go to the gym 5x per week and walk at least once on one of the days I don't make it to the gym. I figured that I'll probably take Wednesdays off to go to the farmer's market, or get any other random things done after work.

I would *really* like to be going to the gym in the mornings though, my only roadblock is Brian, my husband, actually making himself get up to go with me. I am trying to support him in getting back into shape, and quitting drinking (for both of us) so we are sticking together to go to the gym.

Hopefully we can transition to mornings in the next few weeks, and then I can go M-F, and just do walks on the weekends.

As of today, I have lost 6.3lbs! Part of my reasoning for skipping the gym today was that I didn't want to do too much too soon, and then not be able to get over a plateau that is inevitably coming, probably when I've lost 20lbs. I can add a day at the gym then, or increase my time on the cardio side, and try to get over the bump. I know its almost inevitable and unavoidable, that I will hit a wall at some point, so I don't want to work to 100% capacity now and not be able to go anywhere when I need to.