Why on earth would anyone want to get up at 5:30 am when they don't have to? Oh..that's right, because I need to. This challenge has officially started for me. I went to my first team get-together and met most of my team members. That experience has made this whole experience real.
Sitting here tonight, my abs are sore and I am already thinking of excuses to get out of tomorrow's workout. Maybe I will "accidentally" oversleep. Maybe I will wake up sick...coughing and nauseated, too weak to move from my bed. Or maybe the kids...what if one of them were sick? I surely couldn't go exercise if they were sick, right? I mean, what kind of mother would I be?
But then I refocus my thoughts and try to ignore the soreness. No more excuses. I can not and will not let my body beat me at this.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
This is it...
Well, tomorrow is almost here. I am nervous and excited...and even a little sick to my stomach (or is that the donuts and raspberry bar I had for dessert??). I can not believe that I am going to be part of a weight loss team. Each of us held accountable for our part in winning. No more excuses. No more donuts. Uh. I need to do everything in my power to start new habits. I can no longer allow food to control my life.
Time to get the water bottle back out. Drag out the scale. Dust off my workout clothes and GET MOVIN!!!!
Time to get the water bottle back out. Drag out the scale. Dust off my workout clothes and GET MOVIN!!!!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
A New Year
What is it about the New Year that makes everyone so excited about bettering them selves and starting fresh? In reality, New Years Day is just the day after New Years Eve. Nothing changes. If you had bills that needed paid, dishes in the sink, or any other "daily" thing on the 31st...it will still be there on the 1st.
But regardless of what I think, the tradition continues and the world continues to make promises to themselves that they rarely keep.
I, on the other hand, make several attempts to "get healthy" throughout the year. This past year was the closet I have been to almost making a change! From July until October I had lost a total of 30 pounds! It felt great! I bought new jeans and wore clothes that had not fit me in years.
However, life took hold, once again and the unhealthy choices I was making to loose that weight was no longer plausible. Within 2 months the weight returned and my new clothes were shoved back into the dark corners of my closet.
Depressed and ashamed I made excuse after excuse to myself and to my friends and family on why the weight returned, unwilling to face the truth. New Years came and went with me refusing to join the world in making any sort of resolutions.
And then it happened. I looked in the mirror and could see those 30 pounds back on my body.
"What in the heck am I doing?" I thought.
So it begins again. I began looking around for help. This time I will not do it alone! AND I will NOT do it unhealthy! I signed up for the Treasure Valley Weight Loss competition and am on a team with Nampa Fit Studios! I am sooo excited to start this new chapter in life!!!
A guess a part of me can't help but join the rest of the world...but just a few days late :)
But regardless of what I think, the tradition continues and the world continues to make promises to themselves that they rarely keep.
I, on the other hand, make several attempts to "get healthy" throughout the year. This past year was the closet I have been to almost making a change! From July until October I had lost a total of 30 pounds! It felt great! I bought new jeans and wore clothes that had not fit me in years.
However, life took hold, once again and the unhealthy choices I was making to loose that weight was no longer plausible. Within 2 months the weight returned and my new clothes were shoved back into the dark corners of my closet.
Depressed and ashamed I made excuse after excuse to myself and to my friends and family on why the weight returned, unwilling to face the truth. New Years came and went with me refusing to join the world in making any sort of resolutions.
And then it happened. I looked in the mirror and could see those 30 pounds back on my body.
"What in the heck am I doing?" I thought.
So it begins again. I began looking around for help. This time I will not do it alone! AND I will NOT do it unhealthy! I signed up for the Treasure Valley Weight Loss competition and am on a team with Nampa Fit Studios! I am sooo excited to start this new chapter in life!!!
A guess a part of me can't help but join the rest of the world...but just a few days late :)
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