Just polished off a bacon cheese burger with fries...

How my day began...
I woke up at 430 on the nose to get ready for bootcamp. Wednesdays are run/walk days. I dressed and was headed out the door with mp3 player in hand. I made it to the site with 5 minutes to spare. When my instructor saw me, she gave me a big ol hug. I had been MIA for 3 sessions. After the warm up we ran/walked our route. I improved since the last time. This time I jogged more, Im not sure if it was the music or what. Im due to come on my cycle next week, so im feeling very sluggish, but was kinda proud of myself. Oh yeah, and my workout partner decided to stay in so I felt kinda really good about going out by myself too.

The dress I decided to wear today is the epitome (thank you merriam-webster.com) of a summer dress, and I have on platform sandles, AND my toes are polshed a candy colored pink! I think they're cute. My dress makes me look preggo, but im cool with that.

I decided to go to Weight Watchers on my lunch break, hoping for at least a 5 pound loss since Im moderatly working out and putting some effort into what I eat.... Instead I have a 3.8 gain. I hate how the woman who took my weight didn't look at me in the face while maintaining a nervous cheerful tone. When I walked in she made me feel like a movie star, when she handed me my 3.8 gain, I felt kinda like a werido. I stayed for the meeting that focused on tracking. Exactly what I needed! The leader of meeting talked in a weird circus voice. I hated her voice. She also had call and response sayings that everyone knew and seemed to loved. I wouldn't be suprised if she really use to work for the circus. When I left out the meeting, I went and got me a bacon cheeseburger with fries from Soho. I feel a little victory that I didn't stop off at the vendor outside and get a oatmeal cream pie. Those things are fantastic to me. My mind set is that I will start tomorrow with tracking and doing a "on purpose good effort".

Stay tuned for "I Love My Belly and NO, Im not pregnant!"

Beautiful Cool Down

I made it through one week of Bootcamp! I signed up for three days a week and dragged myself out of bed three mornings.  Wednesday was Run Day. So we ran for 40 minutes. I walked at a semi-rapid pace... I'll do better next time.  Today we worked our arms - I did pretty good with my 10 pounds weights. The most beautiful part of the workout was the cool down.  Have you ever watched an artist take a brush, apply several colors and then paint perfect petals on roses, alpines on mountains, or clouds in the sky?? As we all lay on the cold sidewalk reaching for our toes in order to get a good shoulder and calf stretch (i'm still working on reaching my toes) you couldn't help but focus your eyes on the magnificent art work in the sky. They sky is so amazingly beautiful as the sun begins to rise in the morning. I immediately began to speak to the artist and thank him for such a beautiful sight. Amongst other things swirling around my mind, reflecting during the cool down really made me want to push myself more. The pain or struggle we endure for the 50 minutes of intense workout is a memory when we're cooling down and able to gaze upon such beauty. And the stretch means so much more when you've put your all into... I could totally turn that reflection into another very meaningful parallel, BUUTTT ill save that for another day.  When I got home I prepared my protein breakfast as I got ready to head out to the office. I don't know if it was the brown plate or the fact that I haven't had spinach in a while but my breakfast looked very appetizing in a healthy sort of way.

This week of bootcamp was: GOOD FOR ME!

i don't do it for the man... man never notice.

Today was the first day of BOOTCAMP. 530AM BOOTCAMP! I survived. To prepare I started back on Fish Oil capsules last week, and I can feel the difference! No painful knees. Today our fitness levels were assessed via push-up, planks, and sprints. The sprints I think i did pretty well - 31 seconds was my best lap. The push-ups & planks were medicore. I came home boiled me three eggs and ate the whites along with some chicken breast. When I came into the office I got me a poptart... I can't lie. Ill work on eliminating that poptart business very soon. Im very sleepy now and its only 10am, but im not in my usual pain. That is fantastic. I look forward to going for the gusto this month, and then again till I see some major results. My lunch will be a salad, since I didn't get my vegetable this morning. It was a nice brisk moring. I really enjoyed myself and the ladies are very refreshing in the morning with their wit. Three days a week, here I come!

This morning's bootcamp experience was: REFRESHING!