A lot has happened since my last post. First, I've been doing the weigh station for 10 weeks and I'm close to reaching my goal weight. Per my scale I'm only 7lbs away. I've lost a total of 24lbs in 10 weeks, for a total of 57lbs GONE!
Now that I feel I can do things physically I decided to get back into soccer. I played rec co-ed soccer from 91-96. I was 13 the last time I played. OMG that was 15 years ago! I found an all women's league forming in my county and decided I wanted to join. I told my Mom all about it and to my surprise she wanted to play too!! We went shopping last week for cleats, shin guards, cones and a soccer ball. We showed up this past saturday morning for our 2 hour practice. I got to go with the 30 and under experienced crowd and Mom went with the "spectator, never touched a soccer ball" crowd. At the end of practice the 30 and over and 30 and under experienced scrimmaged each other. I use to play fullback in the 90's so decided that's where I wanted to start. The first time the women came hauling tail down the field all the excitement came back and I actually got full body chills. It was awesome! I've missed this so much! I didn't really think I would be in pain after just 2 hours but oh my gosh, I started feeling it in my thighs that night and by the next morning was sore from my knees to my ribs.
Second day of practice sore or not here we go! We did some drills and then incorporated the no experience with the experienced and scrimmaged. This time I landed wrong on my ankle and pulled something. I continued to play and didn't want to stop. Had a blast playing once again!
Monday morning when I rolled over I was reminded of my activities this weekend. Oh WOW! This better get easier, now it's time to take it easy and get this ankle better before my next two days of practice this weekend!
I'm so glad my Mom is doing this with me, it will be good for us to do together to keep in shape. Lovin me some soccer!
