I had a great workout with Terri last night. I was sweating so much! I am proud to say I did 60 pushups last night….woo hoooo….GO ME!! Without Terri there I don’t think I would ever push myself that hard. Its great to know how far I can really go without giving up and if she wasn’t there telling me to keep going I am sure I would have stopped at 20..lol.
Every session I am noticing a few more reps being snuck in there..lol…and Terri acts like its nothing so I play along. Last night she said to do a 100 crunches so I played it off as no big deal. Meanwhile, I have never even attempted a 100 crunches on my own :-). It wasn’t the worst thing ever but definitely not a vacation. I have never felt a burning like that in my stomach before. I know it will be, and already is, worth all the pain to realize how far my body can go. 100 crunches for the first time was definitely a new kind of pain!!!!!
I fell off the band wagon this weekend. And my punishment was an extra set of push ups. Sounds easy enough but really its torture. I was really doing good until a graduation party on Saturday. One piece of graduation cake and I was ready to eat everything. But I can’t get too crazy about it. One slip up and then I have to move on with it. Last night at Terri’s studio I felt better about the whole weekend binge and was ready again to move forward and to make a decision that I can stick with this and that I don’t need to eat everything to have a good time…lol. I am trying to fight the Italian in me. I have it engraved in me that wherever you go there has to be food food food!
I realized those munchos, although tasted yummy going down, were so not worth me busting my ass over.
I just finished my tenth session with Terri and I am feeling much stronger than when I had started. I feel my energy level increasing as the weeks progress. I am very proud with the way I have been eating too. My mind hasn’t been stuck on when is the next time I can eat. I have been making choices that fuel my body for longer periods of time. Terri says I looked like I am sliming down, which is great to hear. The total body combos have been kicking my butt! I am definitely looking forward to next weeks workouts.
Tuesday night was my ninth session with Terri and we started doing total body workouts. It was a great work out as always, but now I have to do legs in every session..ewww. Lowerbody makes me want to throw up!
On my way to Terri’s studio I felt crappy and thought there was no way I could even do one push up that night. And to my surprise I felt great through out the whole workout. I can definitely feel that I am getting stronger. I still dread those push ups everytime though. Not sure if that feeling will ever end haha.
Tonight is my tenth session and I can’t believe how fast it has gone by already. I can’t wait to get a great workout in and just focus on me for an hour.
So I am trying to realize that bread isn’t the enemy! Terri had told me to try and cut back on carbs for a little while such as potatoes, pasta, rice and I interpreted that as NO CARBS whatsoever!!! Result being, ready to pass out at her workout sessions. I have to stop going with the all or nothing approach and realize I am not going to lose 20 lbs by August. I am trying to be more conscious of the things that fuel my body to be more active and satisfied then obsessing over “WHAT AND WHEN CAN I EAT”.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean I can sit down and stuff my face with bread :-)~. But if I want a sandwich instead of a salad then I shouldn’t obsess and be guilty that I ate two slices of wheat bread.
I am hoping by the end of my training that I will have a better relationship with food. I want to feel healthy and fuel my body for the rest of my life without obsessing over it.
I just finished my sixth session with Terri and I am starting to realize things are progressively getting harder….lol. I really enjoyed the workout today even though I thought I was going to pass out :). She really knows how to push you to your limits and beyond. By far the best lower body workout I have had!!!! I felt great afterward!!!