correction/update

I've had a couple of my friends asking me for clarification on my last blog.  I was in such a hurry to get it posted that I left out some info.

My workout schedule when I first started the challenge in January was M-W-F for an hour with my trainer, doing mostly weights with a little cardio mixed in.  Then on Tues. and Thursday, I have done my running/walking spurts on the treadmill, a workout DVD, or a walk at the park across from my house. A couple of weeks ago though, I added in an Insanity workout, which is 6 days a week, and I took out my Tues-Thurs morning workouts. I loved the Insanity workouts that first week with those gals! We met at a friends house in the afternoon and just went for it! It is so helpful to have someone encouraging you along the way. After the first several workouts, I kept having to miss whether it was my babysitting job, or piano lessons, or just family stuff.  I was so torn, and felt so bad, but it was just too much for me in the middle of the day with everything going on. You really do have to find what works for you and make it happen. That's what my friends are doing, and that's what I am doing.  I realized that if I miss my morning workout, my day is just off, even though I workout later in the day. Morning is definitely my fave workout time, and I am just  too attached to my day time schedule to fit in a workout then:(

My family and I have been involved in the play "Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat" for the last 4 months. It has been super fun, but pretty exhausting as well. And I haven't even had time to get on my FB account but maybe 2 times a week or so for quick 5-10 min spurts.(one of my favorite past times)  But it's over now, our performances were this last weekend and we're done! It really was a ton of fun, and I feel like we all get our lives back to "normal" now which is a good thing. :)

I still am finding it tricky getting in all my calories.  I went to Women's conference a couple weeks ago and so I didn't get my workouts, but I still ate well during the day. I did eat at P.F Chang's with my cute sisters, and even though I did okay on the main meal, we did all share the chocolate cake after din.  Oh my! That was so yummy. I told my sisters as I was eating it, "Don't even try to stop me! lol  Oh, and I ate a chocolate mint brownie that everyone kept raving about. (also very delish) but I'm guessing it was prob. 400+ cals. UGH! When I got home I was surprised to see that I had lost 2 lbs in the 2&1/2 days I was gone.  I'm sure it was probably on it's way off before then with all the working out I was doing, but I kind of wonder if I may not have been eating quite enough before then.... Who knows! I am excited to weigh myself tomorrow and see what the scale has to say for my efforts this past week.

I can't believe that come Saturday this challenge will be over! It's been four amazing months of extreme growth and learning.  I am such a different girl than I was going into this!  I am a bit overwhelmed still by the journey ahead of me because I do have quite a ways to go, but I am much better equipped now to handle the trip successfully and stay on the right track.

I had an epiphany the other day as I was sweating and panting at the gym.  "Working out hides a multitude of inadequacies"  I find it so wonderful that I can go to the gym stressed, or overwhelmed, or feeling really rotten about my progress and then not even half way through the workout I am feeling skinnier, and stronger, and worth it! I feel like a new girl every time I leave that place!  Love, love, love that I can actually enjoy something I once hated so badly!  Thank you to Travis, for helping me see how strong I am, and for pushing me hard enough that I could actually find out for myself!

I will be doing my final weigh in and measurements this Thurs with Jeanine in Preston at the Groll Family Fitness Ctr.  I will let you know how it goes in my final blog:) along with before and after pics:)