Christy

Today was Day 2 of Boot Camp. I love it. Burst training is awesome and my trainer is even more awesome. I seriously love her. You might be hearing from her on the Sisterhood soon too, as I’m chatting her up about posting here!! More on that later.

Also, if  you missed it, I posted my before pictures and stats for Boot Camp! I’m hoping to make major strides with it!

So this is the final weigh-in for the Down & Dirty in 30 Challenge. I feel like I finally got back into a groove this month. I had been stagnating for so long, and while I hadn’t given up, I’d kinda gotten a little down on myself. This week I had a tiny gain, and I know I’ll have those weeks, but I was hoping to end with another loss and continue my streak. It is what it is, and I know that Boot Camp coupled with my 1/2 marathon training will keep me on the right path. Also, this intuitive eating thing is working for me. I’ve done well with it. I’ve listened to my body, and I eat when I’m hungry. I also know when to stop, and have mostly been successful with it, but I need to work on it some more.

Here are my numbers:

Challenge Start: 142

Last week: 138.4

Challenge End: 138.6

Change: -3.4

It’s not the 5 pounds I’d hoped for, but it’s a loss and I’ll take it! Onward and Downward!!!!

It’s time to step into the confessional at the Sisterhood. I have only positive things to confess this week!!

1. Yesterday I started Boot Camp. I posted a before picture and all of my stats here. Check it out!
2. Melissa and I have been working so hard on our next challenge. It’s going to be awesome, and we’re going to have an amazing line-up of prizes for the winners. Seriously, I could SQUEAL!!!
3. This past week eating mindfully has been working for me. I eat when I’m hungry and I stop when I’m content.
4. I’ve been drinking tons of water.
5. I’ve also been drinking a lot of coffee, one particular brand that we’ll be reviewing at the Sisterhood soon. It’s awesome!
6. I made my son a Nutella and marshmallow cream sandwich for lunch today. I know my status of Coolest Mom on the Planet will be secured when he opens his lunchbox. SCORE!
7. I cannot wait until my next date with Boot Camp tomorrow! WOOT!

So that’s it!!

Today was my first day of Boot Camp. I had no idea I would be doing this Boot Camp thing. Heck, I really didn’t know what Boot Camp was. Sure, I’ve heard people talk about it on Twitter and blogs, but I’d never really thought much of it since I didn’t have access to any such program.

Until now.

One of my son’s classmates’ mom is a Personal Trainer. She moved out to the middle of nowhere, and had pretty much retired from her Personal Training job, until she realized she missed it. Then she devised this diabolical plan to whip the women of the Divide School into shape, and here we are.

She will meet with us on M-W-F at the school, and it started today. She gave us a run-down of the program, took our measurements, and laughed manically as she told he how she was going to torture us. Okay, so I made that last part up, but I could see it in her eyes. I know what she’s planning, and I know that she can’t promise the results she did without putting us through the ringer. We also got a sampling of her method, called “Burst Training.” It’s basically 1-2 minutes of doing a move as intensely as you can handle – pushing yourself beyond your limits – with a 2-4 rest period between moves.

Here are my “Before Wende Whips My Ass Into Shape” photos:

Here are my before stats:

Height: 5’3″

Weight: 138.6

Body Fat: 32.6%

Shoulders: 40″

Chest: 35″

Breast: 36 3/4″

Bicep: 11 1/4″

Waist (at belly button): 32 1/2″

Hips: 37 3/4″

Thigh (6″ from knee): 19 1/2″

Thigh (9″ from knee): 22 1/2″

Calf: 14 1/2″

Push-up Test (modified): 30 (this was as many as I could do without stopping)

Crunch Test: 50 in 60 seconds

So over the next 12 weeks, she’ll put us through “Burst Training.” I’ll be doing it on Wednesdays and Fridays, and she’ll give me homework since she won’t be able to torture me in person on Mondays. In addition to this Boot Camp, I’ll also be training to run the San Antonio Rock N Roll 1/2 Marathon in November.

It seems my workout schedule has gotten very full all of a sudden. Hopefully this means I’ll be losing inches and pounds and getting myself into the best shape of my life. I do turn 35 on September 25th, and nothing would make me happier than to do it in the best shape of my life.

I’ll be chronicling my journey through Boot Camp here, so be sure to check back. Sometime this week I’ll have a very specific outline of my goals, and I can’t wait to share them with you!

Wish me luck!

Could I really be on a roll? I’ve lost every single week for the past 5 weeks. Seriously. That’s so big for me. I haven’t been counting my WW points, and my exercise has been spotty at best, but I have been listening to my body. When I indulge, which I do from time to time, I reign myself in and get back on track. I’m drinking plenty of water, too. It’s working for me, so I’m going to continue.

A bit of good news is that I’m back to running! I ventured out over the weekend to test out my ankle, which is fine, and ended up logging 5.6 miles. So exciting!! In other news, I’m about to start a boot camp of sorts. One of the ladies at my son’s school is a certified personal trainer and has ordered that we’ll all show up on the 30th for boot camp initiation. She didn’t ask, she told. WOW. How can I argue with that? Here’s an excerpt from her email:

I hope to see you on Monday, August 30th at 8:30 am for our first day of bootcamp.  On this day, I will perform fitness assessments including body fat composition, strength, endurance and flexibility testing.  We will also do some goal setting and I will introduce you to my method of training so you will know what to expect.  Please wear your workout clothes, good shoes and bring plenty of water because you will get your first “mini” workout as well.  Please send this to anyone you know who might be interested.  I have had great results with hundreds of clients over the past 18 years and I am excited to get to do this with my new Divide friends.

It is so important for us, as moms to take care of ourselves so that we can be the best moms we can be!

HOLLA! I am getting down, down, down with this dirty little challenge, yo!

Challenge start: 142
Last week: 140
This week: 139.4 <———-WHOA! Do you see that? A new decade!
Loss this challenge: 2.6 pounds

I am so proud of myself for having consistent losses these past few weeks. I really feel like I’m in the right place to finally finish this damn journey. I’m officially less than 10 pounds from my original goal weight, 130, and honestly, that freaks me out a little. I mean WHAT do I do when I get there? Whoa, Nelly. There I go putting the horse before the cart. Or is it the cart before the horse? Whatever.

There are so many ups and downs when you’re losing a significant amount of weight. Hell, there are ups and downs when you’re trying to lose 5 pounds. Let’s face it, this is hard. It’s not easy. And once I get to goal, it’s not like all of my cares are going to magically disappear. This is something I’m going to have to think about for the rest of my life. I wasn’t born obese, I got that way because I didn’t take care of myself. Because there were issues that I let rule my life, my mind and my body. So now as I near the end of the loss part of the journey, I need to start considering where I’ll go next. How will I switch gears from shrinking to staying the same. Will I be able to handle it?

Yeah, I’m a planner. With a touch of OCD, maaaaaaaaybe.

For now, I’m going to enjoy this moment. This 139.4 pound moment.

p.s. I’m still not running. Coach Joe recommended I take another week off, and possibly see a doctor about my turned ankle. Honestly, it feels fine unless I move it a certain way. I was able to #tworkout last night without pain, so I’m hoping that a few more days of rest will be all I need!

Lisa’s been here this week visiting. And when I have visitors, I normally do NOT lose weight. Hell, I don’t usually maintain. Why? Because I get lazy. I don’t count points, I don’t mind my portions, I eat when I’m not hungry. You know all about it. It’s a big fat excuse to do whatever I want and be lazy. This summer has been full of those big fat opportunities. Traveling hither and yon, more visitors than I can keep count of. Going, going, going. Excuse, excuse, excuse.

Something has changed though. Something in my mind. Something in my heart. I’m in this. Again. Yes, I’ve been to this place before. I’ve been ‘gung-ho’ and ‘feeling it’ and “balls to the wall” (if you will). And I’m here again. I’m ready to finally get to my goal, and experience the powerful feeling of being in maintenance mode.

I’m ready to get Down & Dirty!

Challenge Start: 142
Today: 140
Change: MINUS 2

Go Hot Sauce Demolition Ninjas! That’s the awesome name me and my team came up with for this Down & Dirty Challenge!!

Yesterday we fired the starting gun for the Down & Dirty challenge here at the Sisterhood. This challenge is down & dirty because it’s only 30 days, and we’ve formed teams and there’s no doubt there will be some trash talk going around. Down & Dirty!

Challenge starting weight: 142
Challenge goal: LOSE 5 POUNDS.

Yeah, I set a goal for myself because I never do and I’m really tired of seeing the same weight on the scale. It’s so dumb.

So my goal is to weight 137 pounds at the end of this challenge. Hold me to it okay?

In other news, this morning I started training for the San Antonio Rock & Roll 1/2 Marathon. The race is on November 14th, and it will either be 87 degrees that day, or 35. Seriously. This is Texas and Texas weather’s kinda unpredictable like that. So anyway, this morning I woke up and it was 67 at 7:00 a.m. SIXTY-SEVEN. Unheard of in July in Texas. So I ran quickly out the door (because Lisa is visiting me and I can totally do that when she’s here without worry of CPS showing up at my door because I left my kids alone in the house), without drinking any coffee and .33 miles into my run I turned my damn ankle. Then I sat on the ground and cried because A.) I realized I had about 1/2 mile to walk back home. B.) I didn’t know if my ankle was broken, because it hurt like a bitch and I was crying like one. C.) I wondered if, before I even started really training, I had just taken myself out of the running for the SA RnR 1/2. So I got up, limped home, and sat on the porch drinking coffee with Lisa while I iced my ankle. Keep your fingers crossed that I’m better soon, okay. And if you have any experience with turning your ankle while running, fill me in okay?

The end.

These past few weeks have been yo-yo hell. I get back on track and I’m down. Then I get off track, and DAMMIT I’m up. And then I get back on track and hellz to the yeah I’m down.

Well I’m hear to say that I am fully back on track. As a matter of fact, I have mentally super-glued my wheels to the damn track this time around! Wait, now they’re not going to turn right? Damn.

I’ve been more active, not in the running way (although I did run 5 miles on Saturday!), but by being outside and doing fun things. And not so fun things like hours and hours of yard work.

I plan to keep up the activity, and I’m actually on my way to the gym for a date with the treadmill and some other torture devices right now!

This week: 142.2
Loss since last week: 1.8
Next week: I WILL BE DOWN AND NOT UP.

It’s True Confessions Tuesday!! Woot! This week I’m happy to report that most of my confessions are positive

• I have been faithfully tracking my Weight Watchers POINTS online.
• I have been more active in the form of running, yard work, and shredding.
• I have been kind to myself.
• I have planned meals, and actually stuck with the plan!
• I did have a chicken fried steak on Sunday, but I ordered the kids’ size meal.
• We ordered nachos as an appetizer on Sunday, and I only had 1!
• We also ordered a family dessert on Sunday (amazing brownie), and I had 2 small bites.

I feel like I’m regaining control of myself. Like I can enjoy those treats, but not go overboard with them. My hope is that I can continue on this path.

Good morning everyone I’m sure you probably didn’t notice, but I didn’t weigh-in last week. Why you might ask? Because I was up and I was embarrassed. Seriously. After have a loss the week before, and proclaiming that I was back on the WW wagon, I blew it and gained 1.4 pounds. Not cute at all.

So this week, or at least the latter half of this week, I really put the pedal to the medal. While I didn’t religiously track my WW points, I did get in LOTS of activity, which my body has sorely been missing (and now my body is just sore). What kind of activity? MOWING. Yep, good old fashioned push mowing. We have 6 acres, and normally we mow a portion of our ‘yard’ with a riding mower, but it’s out of commission right now, so we had to mow with a push mower. As is ‘not-self-propelled-omg-I-think-I-might die’. Also, our yard is hilly (think Texas Hill Country), yo.

I proclaim that mowing a hilly yard with a push mower in the Texas heat for HOURS upon hours burns approximately 10,000 calories. Or maybe not. But it felt like it.

I also ran this weekend. A little over 4 miles. Hey, I’m easing back in

And last night, in addition to the amazing Tworkout that April hosted (you were there right? Don’t be lazy), I also Shredded. At 9:30, because I’m totally awesome like that. You know what? I felt so good when I was done. So good about moving and sweating. So good about myself.

This morning the scales reflected my efforts this week.

Challenge start: 140.2
Last weigh-in: 143
This week: 142

Keep in mind, that week I was 144.4, and I was too embarrassed to tell you. Maybe I’ll make it back to my challenge starting weight before the challenge ends. That would be nice. (stupid vacation).