RESULTS RESULTS RESULTS!



Boot camp was super great on Tuesday.  We started a new six-week session and I am fired up because I'm not a newbie anymore.  It was nice being able to guide some of the new folks through the exercises and cheer them on.  I can tell my trainer is challenging me, too, because he often divides the group up into different skill levels, and he put me in the "advanced" group this time.  I was the slowest, but I was going the entire time!  I think the weather not reaching "sweltering" levels definitely helps too.  Hopefully by the time next summer comes along I'll be more fit and able to deal with the heat better.

I get so much energy from my fellow campers!  Our trainer designs our workouts to be cooperative, not competitive, so even though we're getting all hot and sweaty, we're doing it together.  At certain points during the workout when we're flagging, our trainer will call out the three initials of the boot camp and we'll yell back "results, results, results!"  It helps us keep focused, and makes us feel like a big family.  I can't describe the positive vibes that flow through the group without sounding all woo-woo, but let's just say this is the best boot camp ever and I'm inspired to do and be better every time I go.

I am actually tracking my food for the first time in a while because now that I'm a full member (was on a Groupon for the first six weeks) I'm accountable to my trainer and it's definitely been scaring me into eating better, at least for now.  Which is a little silly, because my trainer is the exact opposite of scary, but it is eye-opening to be tracking again.  I went to Sprinkles and had a cupcake yesterday after lunch, and when I went to add it into my calorie counter I wished I'd stayed ignorant of how many calories one cupcake could really have.  :-O

My goal for this six weeks at boot camp is to do what the graphic says up there--try hard every day.  I know I can push myself further.  I know I can be faster.  I know I can finally conquer running!  And I'm going to get a little bit closer during this six weeks.

Dance class tonight!  My goal is to dance A LOT and stretch properly before and after.  Boot camp has taught me my limits aren't where I think they are, and I'll keep going until I can't go any more!