Workout buddy!

Got up for Bootcamp today and man that was hard! Didn't get much sleep last night only about 4 hours, but I knew I had to get up and go after having the weekend off. I was excited also because Nicole was coming to join me today and make the commitment to sign up for this month. Its even more motivating to get up and go when you have friends who can push you and work along side you, towards the same goal. So I want to give props to Nicole because I know it was difficult to get up can go this morning and I look forward to motivating each other this next month to get closer to hitting our goals. I am definitely feeling a difference in my energy and the way my clothes feel, and thats even more motivation to get my butt into gear! Looking forward to my weigh in and doing my measurements this week to see more of the progress I have made :)

Work it!

Man, Bootcamp was brutal this morning! Adam is really upping the workouts these last couple of sessions! But as they say no pain, no gain! Its getting a little easier to get up at 5 am and drag my butt (slightly smaller butt) to bootcamp 4 days a week and its really paying off to be consistent! After hanging out with my dad last night his Sgt. said that they should be opening up for applicants again very soon, and I really want to be ready! My goal is that I will have an academy day by the time we get married this year, which will make for a  full year of celebration :) Gotta keep the goals in mind, at 5 am when I would rather sleep in!

Woops!

So had a wonderful weekend off, camping out in Arizona. It was difficult to stick to my diet while roughing it out in the desert, and I am not going to lie I totally slipped, but I have to get back to it! Its ok to have slip ups here and there, but its most important to get back on board and hop right back into the workout and diet routine. I think thats where a lot of people fail because they slip and figure "Well I already had that cheeseburger might as well top it off with a shake". The tough part is stopping once you slip and getting back on track, you shouldn't feel deprived but there should be guidelines to stick to or else where does it stop?

Definately a day for the legs!

Hit Bootcamp this morning and Adam had a tough workout in store for us, we focused on legs and glutes and I am already sore! This definitely beats going to the gym, no way I could push myself like this on my own! I am up to holding a plank for a full minute and thats a HUGE accomplishment for me (tough move)! I am excited to have a workout buddy now, because Caytie just jumped on board with me on the way to getting in shape! Its an extra little push at 530 in the morning when I feel like getting back into my warm bed (next to my hubby to be) and throwing in the towel. Although, I only lost one additional pound this week I am excited to see how week 4 goes :)

Keep it coming!

Still trying to get over this cold, its going on FOREVER! It hasn't stopped me from going to bootcamp tho :)  I actually upped the intensity this week and added another day of bootcamp and a night of yoga (Thank you Sarah!). I am a little bummed because after all the hard work this week I am only down one additional pound :( But I am at a crossroads because usually this is where I (and most people) would call it quits. Working so hard this 3rd week back and only seeing an additional pound most people would throw in the towel, but not this time! I intend to continue the hard work and see what the 4th week has in store for me :)

Excuses, Excuses.....

Got to Bootcamp this morning and saw the class only about half full and I thought about excuses everyone else let themselves succumb to this morning: "I am sick" "I am so Sore!" "I am so tired, I will go Wednesday" and I think that is a big mountain we have to climb on the journey to any goal. We make several excuses as to why we can't be consistent in our journeys, why we will just skip today and start back on it tomorrow....but tomorrow never comes because another day brings new excuses. Yet we expect to see results from our inconsistent attempts??  I got to the point when I just got sick and tired of hearing all my excuses, and I am pretty sure my friends got sick and tired of hearing them too! So first step to achieving your goal, leave all excuses at the door!

Nothing Tastes as Good as Thin Feels :)

So I did my first weigh in since last week and I have lost 5 pounds! The workout was really hard this morning since I am getting over this sickness going around, but to see that re-energizes me for the day!! One of the ladies from Fit Body Bootcamp was telling me her success story and said she started her weight loss journey with Weight Watchers and that the saying that stuck in her head from Weight Watchers was "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels" and it is so true! I was thinking back on the last time I dropped a pant size and thought about how many people I called to tell them (some of you can speak to that) and how I talked about it for days, and thinking back on it.....I have never tasted something so good that I had to call my mom and best friend just to tell them about it. Thats a saying I think I am going to take to use when I am thinking I can slip just today and start back on it tomorrow or next meal. I have come to the realization that even at my goal weight I am going to always have to watch what I put in my mouth, this is not to be a temporary change but a monumental life change :)