So the week ends out on a very positive high!! - in spite of the 1/2 pound I gained back!!! - nothing detrimental... everything is fine.... and I am ready to rock going forward!! Goal #2 look out!!!
Before and After Pics
So the week ends out on a very positive high!! - in spite of the 1/2 pound I gained back!!! - nothing detrimental... everything is fine.... and I am ready to rock going forward!! Goal #2 look out!!!
BUMMER
My friends were making fun of me on the weekend for saying bummer – well not really ‘making fun’ of me but laughing at it, or me… whatever!! Either way it was all good! I chose it for the title of this post because it makes me laugh and somehow it has worked it’s way into my every day vocabulary – but also because its seems to directly apply to me this week. I am having a bad week. **pout pout pout** I debated on writing this post actually, because you remember that saying – “if you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say anything at all.” Ha ha ha!! THAT’S ME. Then I thought – no, I should write SOMETHING. Writing has been helping me work through shit so there’s one good reason – plus for all the readers out there it’s important for you to know that real life will always interfere in one way or another with your master plan. To know that I am not all sunshine and roses all of the time – and I honestly don’t believe anyone can be and be healthy in the head at the same time. One theory is maybe challenges are set forth to see how well you will deal with them. To specifically challenge your new resolve and your new problem solving skills. I don’t like being challenged or tested so I don’t know if I believe that theory at all. It’s one I use when I don’t really have an explanation. Some times for some reason I need an explanation other than “everything happens for a reason”. I’m SURE there’s a reason… I just don’t care what it is right now! Ha ha ha! I want an explanation dammit.
My first issue popped up Friday evening. Remember how I ended my last post saying “nothing can kill this buzz!”… well apparently that was a challenge to the Universe. Something did. Noting major AT ALL but my car got smashed while he was parked on the street totally minding his own kitty business (his name is Garfield
The thing I am most disappointed about is that I skipped my work out last night. The first one I have missed. I felt it more necessary to ice my ass and tail bone, and have a good stiff drink. I have also been eating too much this week. I didn’t give in to my wants of total crap, the food I’m eating is still good stuff, its just more than it should be. It’s making me realize I am indeed an emotional eater. I do find comfort in it (eating that is) and it seems the worse the food the more the comfort there is available. It’s a good lesson for me…. To see that in myself, and feel it, and best of all recognize it for what it is. AND to YET AGAIN not allow myself to slip too far, and to make excuses, and to get caught up in this funky mood. It’s too easy to get caught in and I have worked too hard to give up now! It’s just funny how detrimental my thinking can go in such a short period of time.
So this morning brought an ass that is not quite as sore as yesterday (although it stills kills!! Ha ha! Gawd) and a slightly renewed attitude. Missing one workout is not going to end me. It won’t stunt my progress, its ok. I think my panic mostly comes from the thought that if I miss one workout, then I’m going to get caught up in skipping workouts and eventually fail myself like I have in the past. Not this time. This time I know is different! I have so many people rooting for me that it renews my drive daily. I owe it to myself to fight through all of this crap and be like Nike and “Just do it”. Just do it. Simple. So, the moral here I guess is that you’re not always going to be perfect. Nobody is. Even the Elaine Murray’s and Jillian Michaels of the world have a hot fudge sundae once in awhile…. At least I sure like to think that they do! You’ll slip and slide and maybe even fall right on your ass but the important part will be how fast you hop back up! – my new theory is that I was given the physical pain in the ass to make me realize the actual pain in the ass I was being. Well not ME… Flo of course. Sometimes I think it is just that simple. Probably Garfield
Win or Lose
It dawned on me for a moment that I should think - only for an instant - about the minuscule chance that I may not win this challenge. Reason being, my past has proven that disappointment can take me down. The theory about leveraging the universe that I have touched on before, does not leave room for doubt - you are to believe 100% in and out that you have already achieved your goal and your ideal result. I DO feel that! I find it easier to believe that wholly and put my faith into it, and me, if I have a cushy plan B. Nothing wrong with a plan B I always say!! - actually I don't... that's a lie... I usually have 100% faith in Plan A and it always works out BUT in this case I just want to be absolutely clear that I am not doubting myself!! I just want to make sure that 'if' (the tiniest 'if' possible) the tide doesn't turn my way this time I will NOT be discouraged!! It's more of a change of focus from Goal #1 - on to Goal #2. I am SO PROUD of what I have accomplished. I don't want my focus on the prize to take away from that. My success has been absolutely unbelievable. I have found strength I never knew I had, and I can see my old self creeping back in. Not that I had REALLY 'changed' per say, but I had got to a point where I wasn't quite myself anymore. Now I'm full of beans again and I'm loving it!!!! I challenged Dion to our first wrestling match in - oh god - I don't even know how long... I lost miserably of course!!! But at least I was up and about and full of business! That's more 'me'.... opposed to the me that continued to increase the size of the butt hole on my couch.
IN ANY CASE - I will know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if I am not the one that wins this challenge - the person that beat me worked their FREAKIN butt off and absolutely deserves the win!
Today marked the end of the 8 week challenge. I am very pleased to say that out of that 8 weeks I only ever missed 1 walk. I got in every work out. GOOD JOB T!!! Because of this I was able to knock off 21 pounds!! - just awesome. It averages out to about 2.6 pounds a week which is perfect for me right now I think.. 1 - 2 pounds/week they say is the very best way to lose weight to ensure that it does not come back. So I'm a little over, but I think on a great track!! - I have also deducted 3 minutes and 3 seconds off of my fitness test time. Fitness test = 40 Squats, 30 Crunches, 20 Push-Ups, 10 burpies AND after a 30 second break I hold the plank position for as long as I can, my starting time for that was 21 seconds and I increased that to 52!! An extra 31 seconds!! - I was aiming for a minute (cause I know I can do better than a minute but after the fitness test everything is harder!! ha ha ha!) and I'm telling you it felt like 26 minutes! VAST improvement none the less. The best part... the inches.... can I get a drum roll!!???? **you'll have to improvise this yourself because I have no idea how to type that....
TWENTY EIGHT!!!!!!! 28 motha fuckin inches!!!! I earned every damned one those!
Isn't that something??? I don't even know what to say about that. WAY TO GO. JUST a-freakin-mazing. Pride doesn't cover it right now. And nnooowwwwwww we shall see if it holds up!! I will know if I am the winner next Friday! - A week to wait!! A week to focus on my next goal... Under 200 for Christmas! I can just feel it now!! ooooOOoooooo baby!! YES PLEASE!! Its been SO LONG since I've seen the #1 in the first position on that scale... I am seriously gonna FREAK OUT - and I wasn't joking about running around naked... I'm SO doin it... for a whole week... I may throw something on for work - but otherwise... naked. Yuppers! Honestly - the way I feel right now with this first milestone achieved in such a fabulous fashion - nothing can kill this buzz.
IN ANY CASE - I will know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if I am not the one that wins this challenge - the person that beat me worked their FREAKIN butt off and absolutely deserves the win!
Today marked the end of the 8 week challenge. I am very pleased to say that out of that 8 weeks I only ever missed 1 walk. I got in every work out. GOOD JOB T!!! Because of this I was able to knock off 21 pounds!! - just awesome. It averages out to about 2.6 pounds a week which is perfect for me right now I think.. 1 - 2 pounds/week they say is the very best way to lose weight to ensure that it does not come back. So I'm a little over, but I think on a great track!! - I have also deducted 3 minutes and 3 seconds off of my fitness test time. Fitness test = 40 Squats, 30 Crunches, 20 Push-Ups, 10 burpies AND after a 30 second break I hold the plank position for as long as I can, my starting time for that was 21 seconds and I increased that to 52!! An extra 31 seconds!! - I was aiming for a minute (cause I know I can do better than a minute but after the fitness test everything is harder!! ha ha ha!) and I'm telling you it felt like 26 minutes! VAST improvement none the less. The best part... the inches.... can I get a drum roll!!???? **you'll have to improvise this yourself because I have no idea how to type that....
TWENTY EIGHT!!!!!!! 28 motha fuckin inches!!!! I earned every damned one those!
Isn't that something??? I don't even know what to say about that. WAY TO GO. JUST a-freakin-mazing. Pride doesn't cover it right now. And nnooowwwwwww we shall see if it holds up!! I will know if I am the winner next Friday! - A week to wait!! A week to focus on my next goal... Under 200 for Christmas! I can just feel it now!! ooooOOoooooo baby!! YES PLEASE!! Its been SO LONG since I've seen the #1 in the first position on that scale... I am seriously gonna FREAK OUT - and I wasn't joking about running around naked... I'm SO doin it... for a whole week... I may throw something on for work - but otherwise... naked. Yuppers! Honestly - the way I feel right now with this first milestone achieved in such a fabulous fashion - nothing can kill this buzz.
Contrary to popular belief... the world is not watching you - a story of the closet joggers
When I first was telling Elaine about how I was starting to jog in spurts, and how I felt a little silly doing my interval training - which is a sprint - walk combination designed for optimal fat burn - she shared a story with me about when she first started running. Her and her sisters would only go out after dark. They called themselves 'closet joggers' which totally cracked me up, and actually made me feel better. Knowing that others out there are worried about being seen doing something embarrassing, and ultimately, being judged I think.
Every time I am out running or jogging or walk-sprinting or walking or weeding the flowers even, I feel like I'm being watched. Not on that creepy kind of sense where someone is stalking me or about to attack me - but in the sense that someone can see my butt crack when I'm bent over, or someone is watching me from their window as I jog by, maybe making fun of me or cracking a joke to their friends. When I meet up with someone on the path I'm embarrassed to go from walking to jogging, or from jogging to walking... which is OK when you're jogging because it helps extend the work out, but when I'm walking I gotta keep that heart rate up! It is JUST ridiculous!! I tell myself... "Ter, everyone is out here for the same reasons - they are getting exercise too and walking their dogs and doin their thing... why would you think they're critiquing you?" I don't know... I honestly don't have an answer for that - but judging by the 'closet joggers' its not just me. For some reason we have this feeling deep inside that we need to be fit to exercise and work out, we need to have it right immediately. Which is HILARIOUS because how do we think the fit people get fit in the first place. On the Biggest Loser this season I am noticing a lot of comments from the trainers around not be afraid to go to the gym, and I can relate with that one too. At the gym EVERYONE is watching you of course.. *insert sarcasm here* but am I right or am I wrong in that feeling??? That's what I always thought... I felt watched and judged all the time when I'd go to a gym. "Oh god my fat is hanging out"... "should I be sweating THIS Much?" ... "am i doing it right?".... "ugh how embarrassing, everyone is going twice as fast as me - i can't do this... who am I kidding" My stays were never very long - I'd go for a couple weeks then that was it. A visit to excuse world and I'd be done. A gym is no place for a fat girl.
Total bullshit right??? RIGHT. Despite what we have learned through the media and maybe our peers in school when we used to get teased. People are generally good. The average person wants to do good things and be a good person, and tries just as hard at everything as we do. You know what I think when I see someone of a larger stature out and about walking or jogging? I think "Good for them! - they're fricken doin it! Right on!" So why wouldn't others think that about me?? This isn't elementary school anymore... we're not on the playground. I'm out there playing with other grown ups, who may or mat not share in my insecurities, but we have a common goal and I like to think the last thing they would do is judge me. So that's how I'm changing this one around. I am going to assume everyone is thinking the very best of me all of the time!! If they are peaking at me out their windows - they thinking "right on... look at her... she's doin it!" ... when I pass people on the pathway their gonna be "holy! look how far she's come! good for her" .. I even received a compliment once and I think my head was in the negative space at the time so I took it wrong. I was hoofin' er up a pretty good freakin hill and the older gentleman was on his bike and as he went by he said "You're keeping a darn good pace up that hill!" - which is nothing but a nice thing to say right? Well for whatever reason I took it as him being patronizing and choose to be upset about it. DUH... But I guess it solidified in my head that people are indeed watching me!! But SWEET JESUS I sometimes follow people too... do i look at them?? YES.... its not that I'm watching them... they're just in my view.... and I only ever think good things about those people.
I am beginning to see now how silly it is to be SO consumed by those thoughts! This week (my last week of the challenge BTW) my interval training has been bumped up to where I have to maintain my 'sprint' for 20 seconds. So on Sunday I had to get out there and give 'er in broad daylight. A 20 second sprint covers a good bit of ground so it was impossible NOT to run into anyone... and it was also impossible to sustain that sprint for any longer than the 20 seconds so I got a good lesson in not caring what anyone else was thinking!!! Even if I was right beside them the timer would go and I'd slow to my walk and I'm sure make some sort of expression of my exhaustion! ha ha ha! I bet they appreciated it in their own right! I just have to keep the focus on me, cause in the long run - I'm the only one who is suffering by entertaining any of these thoughts I make up. Who has the time for it? Really?
Every time I am out running or jogging or walk-sprinting or walking or weeding the flowers even, I feel like I'm being watched. Not on that creepy kind of sense where someone is stalking me or about to attack me - but in the sense that someone can see my butt crack when I'm bent over, or someone is watching me from their window as I jog by, maybe making fun of me or cracking a joke to their friends. When I meet up with someone on the path I'm embarrassed to go from walking to jogging, or from jogging to walking... which is OK when you're jogging because it helps extend the work out, but when I'm walking I gotta keep that heart rate up! It is JUST ridiculous!! I tell myself... "Ter, everyone is out here for the same reasons - they are getting exercise too and walking their dogs and doin their thing... why would you think they're critiquing you?" I don't know... I honestly don't have an answer for that - but judging by the 'closet joggers' its not just me. For some reason we have this feeling deep inside that we need to be fit to exercise and work out, we need to have it right immediately. Which is HILARIOUS because how do we think the fit people get fit in the first place. On the Biggest Loser this season I am noticing a lot of comments from the trainers around not be afraid to go to the gym, and I can relate with that one too. At the gym EVERYONE is watching you of course.. *insert sarcasm here* but am I right or am I wrong in that feeling??? That's what I always thought... I felt watched and judged all the time when I'd go to a gym. "Oh god my fat is hanging out"... "should I be sweating THIS Much?" ... "am i doing it right?".... "ugh how embarrassing, everyone is going twice as fast as me - i can't do this... who am I kidding" My stays were never very long - I'd go for a couple weeks then that was it. A visit to excuse world and I'd be done. A gym is no place for a fat girl.
Total bullshit right??? RIGHT. Despite what we have learned through the media and maybe our peers in school when we used to get teased. People are generally good. The average person wants to do good things and be a good person, and tries just as hard at everything as we do. You know what I think when I see someone of a larger stature out and about walking or jogging? I think "Good for them! - they're fricken doin it! Right on!" So why wouldn't others think that about me?? This isn't elementary school anymore... we're not on the playground. I'm out there playing with other grown ups, who may or mat not share in my insecurities, but we have a common goal and I like to think the last thing they would do is judge me. So that's how I'm changing this one around. I am going to assume everyone is thinking the very best of me all of the time!! If they are peaking at me out their windows - they thinking "right on... look at her... she's doin it!" ... when I pass people on the pathway their gonna be "holy! look how far she's come! good for her" .. I even received a compliment once and I think my head was in the negative space at the time so I took it wrong. I was hoofin' er up a pretty good freakin hill and the older gentleman was on his bike and as he went by he said "You're keeping a darn good pace up that hill!" - which is nothing but a nice thing to say right? Well for whatever reason I took it as him being patronizing and choose to be upset about it. DUH... But I guess it solidified in my head that people are indeed watching me!! But SWEET JESUS I sometimes follow people too... do i look at them?? YES.... its not that I'm watching them... they're just in my view.... and I only ever think good things about those people.
I am beginning to see now how silly it is to be SO consumed by those thoughts! This week (my last week of the challenge BTW) my interval training has been bumped up to where I have to maintain my 'sprint' for 20 seconds. So on Sunday I had to get out there and give 'er in broad daylight. A 20 second sprint covers a good bit of ground so it was impossible NOT to run into anyone... and it was also impossible to sustain that sprint for any longer than the 20 seconds so I got a good lesson in not caring what anyone else was thinking!!! Even if I was right beside them the timer would go and I'd slow to my walk and I'm sure make some sort of expression of my exhaustion! ha ha ha! I bet they appreciated it in their own right! I just have to keep the focus on me, cause in the long run - I'm the only one who is suffering by entertaining any of these thoughts I make up. Who has the time for it? Really?
Flo
In my last post I made reference to my 'inner drill sargent'. I've decided that she is relevant enough to have a name. I thought this name should have some significance in my world so I chose Flo. Why is that name significant you ask?? Well I will tell you.... Florence is actually my Grandmas first name. She never uses it mind you, she has always gone by Miriam which is her middle name... but I like it and its a part of her - which is a part of me. I like it for another reason and that is of course its short form - Flo... Flo cracks me up!!! If anyone can recall that first restaurant scene from Dumb and Dumber you will know why. Now put on your best Jim Carrey impression.. "Pardon me..... Flo..?". *giggles* ... "What is the soup de jour?"..... Flo: "It's the soup of the day" .... "MMmmmm that sounds good.... think I'll have that..."
Flo used to be a bitch. She wasn't from the get go, but somewhere along the line she became bitter and jaded and pissed off. I have touched on this topic before but I feel that it may need some more attention as it has come up at the same time both in the book I'm reading and by Portia DeGeneres and her new book. Portia was extremely candid with sharing the horrid things her inner voice used to say to her. When I mentioned a couple of the nasty's Flo used to say to me, I received comments about how nobody has shared quite like that before so of course I immediately related. It takes a LOT to get those out there. Isn't it a horrible thought to think that the things our inner selves are telling us are TOO horrible and nasty to even say out loud? It's like the abused woman who will tell her friends she fell down the stairs to explain away bruises. Just instead of bruises, we will carry around too much extra weight, or in Portias' case no weight at all..... or have a drug addiction or become dependant on alcohol... or even become abusive to others. Lots of time the biggest bullies are only like that because they are currently being bullied themselves. Its a learned behavior. We need to air these voices. Call them out for what they really are, and help them to change.
I have been working on Flo for quite some time now! I have to say she has made amazing progress and now thoroughly enjoys being my drill Sargent! A Drill Sargent might sound mean, but you have to remember that their job is to make you the very best you can be, and push you to challenge your limits. I also like labelling Flo as a drill Sargent because when I'm out walk-jogging she says things like "DID WE COME ALL THIS WAY TO QUIT NOW?".... "PICK UP THOSE FEET SOLDIER AND GET MOVIN!" .... and it too makes me laugh and laughing makes everything better! She also can now tell when the drill Sargent approach isn't going to work and she can say "Come on T.... you got his kiddo..... you're over half way there - just make it to the park bench and you can walk for a bit"....**WOW- I'm just realizing that i may just look like a crazy person when I'm out walking! Yikes, I hope my lips don't actually move.... I'm pretty sure there's no sound coming out... oh boy! ha ha ha!!**.... Anyhoo, we have come a LONG way and just like any BFF we have had it out, we've laughed, we've cried, we've accused... and best of all we've forgiven. And the best part??? When she's in a bitchy mood and having a down day and gets a little cunty with me - I say "Fuck off Flo, come back when you have something good to say".. and she does.
Flo used to be a bitch. She wasn't from the get go, but somewhere along the line she became bitter and jaded and pissed off. I have touched on this topic before but I feel that it may need some more attention as it has come up at the same time both in the book I'm reading and by Portia DeGeneres and her new book. Portia was extremely candid with sharing the horrid things her inner voice used to say to her. When I mentioned a couple of the nasty's Flo used to say to me, I received comments about how nobody has shared quite like that before so of course I immediately related. It takes a LOT to get those out there. Isn't it a horrible thought to think that the things our inner selves are telling us are TOO horrible and nasty to even say out loud? It's like the abused woman who will tell her friends she fell down the stairs to explain away bruises. Just instead of bruises, we will carry around too much extra weight, or in Portias' case no weight at all..... or have a drug addiction or become dependant on alcohol... or even become abusive to others. Lots of time the biggest bullies are only like that because they are currently being bullied themselves. Its a learned behavior. We need to air these voices. Call them out for what they really are, and help them to change.
I have been working on Flo for quite some time now! I have to say she has made amazing progress and now thoroughly enjoys being my drill Sargent! A Drill Sargent might sound mean, but you have to remember that their job is to make you the very best you can be, and push you to challenge your limits. I also like labelling Flo as a drill Sargent because when I'm out walk-jogging she says things like "DID WE COME ALL THIS WAY TO QUIT NOW?".... "PICK UP THOSE FEET SOLDIER AND GET MOVIN!" .... and it too makes me laugh and laughing makes everything better! She also can now tell when the drill Sargent approach isn't going to work and she can say "Come on T.... you got his kiddo..... you're over half way there - just make it to the park bench and you can walk for a bit"....**WOW- I'm just realizing that i may just look like a crazy person when I'm out walking! Yikes, I hope my lips don't actually move.... I'm pretty sure there's no sound coming out... oh boy! ha ha ha!!**.... Anyhoo, we have come a LONG way and just like any BFF we have had it out, we've laughed, we've cried, we've accused... and best of all we've forgiven. And the best part??? When she's in a bitchy mood and having a down day and gets a little cunty with me - I say "Fuck off Flo, come back when you have something good to say".. and she does.
Patience
Definition of PATIENT
: bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint
: manifesting forbearance under provocation or strain
: not hasty or impetuous
: steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, or adversity
Definition of VIRTUE
a : conformity to a standard of right : morality b : a particular moral excellence
plural : an order of angels — see celestial hierarchy
: a beneficial quality or power of a thing
: manly strength or courage : valor
: a commendable quality or trait : merit
: a capacity to act : potency
"Patience is a virtue" - I wish I had a nickel for every time I have said that. I have no idea where I got that from. I've learned this morning that it seems to be somewhat of a christian saying which is a stretch for me and my upbringing for sure - so WHO KNOWS where I latched on to that from! I sure have used it to nag though! Especially to Jen!! - she used to have to worst road rage I have ever seen!! ha ha! Then she used to nag me for nagging her about that! aaahhhhh.... good times.... ! Too funny... anyways I realize that I wasn't really certain what that phrase even meant - so I thought I'd check that out first, and based on the above I have designed a new phrase that I like much better - and brings the interpretation closer to me in my life right now. "Be steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, or adversity with manly strength and courage" if the "manly" part bothers you, you can switch it out for another adjective that you see fit - but me, I have never been a feminist. "Open the damn door for me ya prick - I need to talk to your mother!!!" ha ha ha! Naaahhhhh I'm not that extreme the other way either - I just think ANYONE should hold the door open for ANYONE else.
So often, when we try to teach, show or lead by example the hardest part ends up being taking our own advice. I wonder why that is... you would think we talk about it so much and preach it so much that we would HAVE to live by it. I'm admitting to this very thing. I've been writing this blog for a few weeks now and there is some great advice in it, but I've been having to remind myself again and again to take it!! My most recent example is from Friday - which marked 6 weeks of competition. I knew well ahead of time that at the 6 week mark we would be re-doing the fitness test and doing a full set of measurements ect... As per my usually routine, I weighed myself in the am before I headed out to work. 2 pounds down. "Dammit!" I thought.... "Why why why ONLY 2 pounds???? - what did I do? What did I NOT do??? This weight is never going to come off...." TERRI!!! for fuck sakes knock it off!!! (that's the voice I have started calling my inner drill Sargent, shes nice and supportive but can also really whip my ass). That voice brought me into check. "what am I thinking? 2 pounds is freakin wicked awesome!!! That's only one week.. that's 2 very good well earned pounds that will never ever return... nice work Ter... good job!! Look at you go..." PHEW... I recovered quickly from that one - but make no mistake that the battle continued on all throughout the day. It is constant effort to battle these thoughts. My biggest problem is when I was on that Sureslim diet I lost 28 pounds in one month. That told me that it was possible, and I thought I was being healthy at the time so it stuck in my head as the results one SHOULD be getting.... and you know... I remember thinking during that time that I was losing some of my muscle. I had that thought!!! SHOOT - you'd think I could have caught on that maybe it was BAD for me??? NO WONDER I lost 28 pounds in a month, I was losing some fat but I was losing muscle too! Now I'm finally getting some of that muscle back, so of course the pounds will not go down as quickly because I'm putting pounds of muscle back where it belongs! That battle will continue I'm sure, but I am gaining on it!! That immediate negative reaction will not exist forever. Its more important to be aware of those thoughts and turn them around instantly. They will become fewer and farther between until they do not exist at all anymore!
The icing on the cake of winning battle #4,365,674?? Elaine comes for our session and we realized that I have lost 19.5 inches since the start of the challenge. Six tiny little weeks... and NINETEEN and a half inches!!!! Its CRAZY ridiculous!!! I was actually in shock for a moment, and writing this now I fight back a tear. I am SO proud.. and so grateful!! - PLUS!! - I took 2 mins and 53 seconds off of my fitness test time!!! And increased the amount of time I can hold a good plank position by 18 seconds. PHENOMENAL. AANNDDDD - I still have 2 weeks to best that!!!! Fricken right on! GO TEAM!! ha ha!!
"Be steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, or adversity with manly strength and courage"
The icing on the cake of winning battle #4,365,674?? Elaine comes for our session and we realized that I have lost 19.5 inches since the start of the challenge. Six tiny little weeks... and NINETEEN and a half inches!!!! Its CRAZY ridiculous!!! I was actually in shock for a moment, and writing this now I fight back a tear. I am SO proud.. and so grateful!! - PLUS!! - I took 2 mins and 53 seconds off of my fitness test time!!! And increased the amount of time I can hold a good plank position by 18 seconds. PHENOMENAL. AANNDDDD - I still have 2 weeks to best that!!!! Fricken right on! GO TEAM!! ha ha!!
"Be steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, or adversity with manly strength and courage"
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