August 4th kicked off the Fall 90 Day Challenge. I was pretty excited to have a rejuvinated commitment, and had some health and fitness goals I wanted to tackle. By 24th of August, my enthusiasm had waivered. Mentally I tried to recommit with the new month of September, but the Labor Day weekend wasn't exactly conducive to my efforts.
My 90 day goal was to cut about 18 pounds, and I was down 7 at one point, but then back up a few. So technically, I still lost 4 spare pounds in the 90 Day Challenge effort; but I was not attacking my goals as previously planned.
While in a session with a favorite client and coworker (a personal trainer), the topic of her 10 Day Body Blast Training Group came up. 10 days straight. 6:30am High Intensity Circut style workouts. Could this be the accountability and assistance I needed?
One of my struggles in staying compliant to my goals, is trouble getting my rear out of bed and in gear. I can flex and mold my work schedule, so I found myself being lazy in the morning, getting distracted, and not getting to the gym until the last minute. Which was fine; but was not helping the intensity or quality of my workouts.
I can tell you, after 2 mornings of Body Blast....this is exactly what I needed. Accountability to get out of bed, and get to the gym. To push myself, or be pushed by a trainer, in oh, so fun speed/agility/plyometric workouts. Along with setting a physical (weight loss) goal, we set a nutritional behavior change goal. Respectively, my goals are to cut 5lbs of FBM, and to return to portion and time controlled meals. Oh, and to stop seeking out the deliciously evil cruncy peanut butter when I have a hankering for a snack.
Getting up early, getting to the gym, to workout with a small group, an awesome trainer has caused my energy to sky rocket. It is a tad(pole) like eating the frog.
Eat That Frog
30 second intervals bear crawling, speed ladder'ing, and push up claps will be, without a doubt, the toughest tasks of my day. And at 7:00am, they are behind me. Thats a great feeling. Not to mention, the jump start I have on my list of administrative tasks to do here at work, AND pumping out a blog. That always makes this girl happy! Oh, and did I mention that I get to see my favorite little people today?!?
Ella Jane turned 2 last Saturday, and Nolan will be ONE tomorrow. So we will be venturing to WI and celebrating a little with them this evening. Excited to see, snuggle, and love on them.
I'll update ya'll throughout the next 9 days, and remaining 8 days of Body Blast. 'Til then...forget kissing frogs...get to eating YOUR frog.
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