A Smidjin at a time

Who knew that so much would happen in my life in 6 months. I mean seriously. January I went on my first solo vacation. Me, Miss Social. traveling alone, staying alone when I got there. But God so blessed that time, I got to know an amazing family while I was down in Hawaii. They welcomed me into their home on multiple occasions and I got to go to church with them. And Dave even took the boys for a night so Monica could take me out for my birthday. And it's not everyday you completely stop your diet and still LOSE weight on vacation. It wasn't a lot, but it wasn't a gain. I think it's cause I DIDN'T lay on the beach the whole vacation. I did a lot of walking, and hiking, I hiked a lot. And it was just so nice and there was a path near the place I rented. I went out for a lot of walks before getting the day started. Pearl Harbor involved a LOT of walking. All through Pearl, the Battleship Missouri (had a lot of stairs), Submarine Bowfin (even more stairs).  ...

Guess what I did today? What you can't. I decided to finally make it to one of my friends impromptu bootcamps. Charles is pretty awesome, I have been working out with him regularly for the last several months, but that has been at fit club, where we watch workout videos and try to keep up. And generally we are capable of it. But see Charles is a workout beast, like literally he does a video series called "body beast".  And he is a certified trainer. So the idea of actually doing a workout created by him was how shall I say this...SCARY. But today I did it. Like I did it..NO EXCUSES. Mind you, until today the only one of those 4 exercises I had actually done before was the kettlebell swings. The tire flips and tire jumps were definitely not something I had ever attempted before, pretty much hadn't even really wanted to do them before either. Trista and I took turns conquering the 200 pound 16 inches while laying on it's side tire we have now named "Pip...

I'm Back!!! Totally refocused and re-energized and re-motivated...and I am sure many other re's. For the last month I have been a part of a challenge group and one of the assignments was creating a Priority Clarity Statement. Having to put it all in writing was very helpful as I hadn't done it in a while. So there it is. My goal for May is to re-lose those 10 pounds that I have let creep back on. 

Bet you all thought I gave up. Gave up on blogging, or gave up on weight-loss. Doesn't matter, cause the answer is NO, I have not given up. In fact I am probably more motivated and set than I have been in a while.  And there are several reasons behind here, here are just a few highlights. 1. I had to go to my favorite doctor back in December cause I was having this constant feeling that my heart was racing. It has since calmed down and not been a problem. But while I was there as he was clicking through my profile on their EMR he turned the computer screen and showed me my weight graph since I started seeing him just before I started this whole journey. It was totally awesome to see 58 pounds of weight loss on a graph! 2. Mac Fit Club! Twice a week my friend hosts a free community workout using some of the systems designed by BeachBody. So the P90X, Insanity, Combat. You know, those things we all see the infomercials for but can't bring ourselves to order cause either they ...