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So then EA Sports came out with this work out ‘game’ for the Wii called Active. I had actually received a spam email about it. And I usually delete those type of emails instantly but for some reason I opened that one and was instantly obsessed. I had the date that I came out written in my planner and I had to have it! The day it came out I went straight to the store and bought it! It has three different intensity levels low, medium, and high. You can do a 30 day challenge, workout to one of the games preset workouts, or create a custom workout. You can workout on your own or with a friend. I first started on the medium intensity, and man it kicked my butt! I loved it! It was just what I needed. So after a month of the 30 day challenge I checked my weight…. nothing changed. How? Why? I’m working out!? I’m burning calories!? I feel better!? I have more energy?! What’s going on?! Well, I was still eating the same CRAP I had always eaten! Something had to give. So okay, I have to get my eating under control. So I downloaded an iPhone app to help me track my daily food intake and my caloric intake. So from there I made some adjustments in the way I was eating and realized that I could eat more, if I ate healthy. But if I wanted a glass of wine or a bowl of ice cream, I would have to sacrifice elsewhere in my diet.
While I was starting to become conscious of my eating habits I continued working out with the Wii Active and during my second 30 day challenge I turned up the intensity to high. AND then I started to see the weight come off!!!!! It was amazing! My friends were noticing a difference. My co-workers were noticing. I was noticing a difference. My mom even noticed! After my third or forth month on the Wii Active and the eating change I was able to bring out all those clothes that I had packed up and put in the attic!!!! I was feeling great! But I wasn’t there yet…. I had gotten the bug, the work out bug, and I liked it. I loved waking up every morning and actually wanting to workout. I was good at it! I liked doing it! And I wanted more. I had lost all the weight that I wanted to lose, but I still needed to tone up in some places….
So a friend of mine was telling me about a workout program that she was doing, and that I had heard of before, but thought that it was WAY too intense for me! It was a Boot Camp program. But along with the exercise there is also a eating regimen. Of which, when she told me about it I thought was coo-coo-cachoo! The rules: No Alcohol, No Bread, No Sugar! And it’s not just white granulated sugar, it ALL forms of sugar! Same with bread too, no pasta, no crackers, nothing….
But I was still very intrigued by this Boot Camp program. So I decided to give it a try. I had the confidence in my abilities that I felt I could handle it. So I signed up for what’s called a Mini-Boot Camp session. One hour of cardio and strength training in the gym two days a week, four days a week of a 45 min fat burn at home, and the eating plan for a month. And I decided to go along with the eating plan, because if I’m gonna do something I’m gonna do it right, no half-assing it for me! The first week was great! I had sat down and planned out my meals for the week, went to the store and bought all the food I needed for the program and really stuck with it very well. The second week was a little more difficult because I didn’t plan a head so I ended up eating a lot of the same things everyday… by the third week I really had a hang out it and it was starting to become like second nature. And the time in the gym was great, it was very similar to what I had been doing at home but longer, more reps, and better all around. We would concentrate on certain muscle groups and work it until it was ‘on fire.’ I was feeling it but I loved it!
So, at the beginning and at the end of the Boot Camp month you have the option of doing a weigh-in and getting measurements taken. They weigh you, take measurements or your shoulders, chest, waist, hips, thighs, upper arms, and calves, and calculate your body fat percentage and your BMI. Well I knew my weight and my BMI, but was excited about finding out my body fat percentage. 17.4%!!!!! at the beginning of boot camp! I was floored! That is amazing! Especially since I had achieved that on my own. Super super excited to see what my results would be at the end, I came to the last class early to get weighed-in and measured…. Didn’t lose but 1 single lonely pound!…. But I lost 3 inched around my waist! And two inches around each thigh! Gained an inch in my butt too! And I lost some in all the other places too. So what about that body fat percentage? That’s what I really wanted to see improve…. 17.4%…. Really? Nothing? I didn’t lose any? How can I lose a total of 9.5 inches and not lose body fat? I followed the eating plan for a month? I did the workouts? I did the fat burns at home? Really? How disappointing…. But really?
Should I be so concerned with the numbers? All of my clothes are too big for me. I need to buy all new pants because I do not have a single pair that fit me….? I am buying small and extra small shirts for the first time in my life…? I even need to buy new work out clothes and pajamas because none of mine fit me anymore! So shouldn’t I just be happy with the results that I have achieved? Well, in a way, yes I should be happy and proud of myself and I can say that I am happy with the way that I look and I am proud of myself for setting goals and achieving them. However, on the other hand I feel that if I start patting myself on the back them I’m going to end up getting lazy again and slacking up on my eating and exercising. I feel like I’ve come so far and achieve goals no matter how large or small are a cause for feeling pride. After accomplishing making myself like working out, I feel like I can accomplish damn near anything thrown at me! But I refuse to let myself give up and go back to where I was. I was not at a happy place. And I do not wish to go back to that place of unhappiness and unhealthiness.
So I continue to get up every morning and workout at home sometimes with the Wii and sometimes on my own. I have also developed a home workout incorporating a lot of ballet techniques. I continue to eat really well, no bread, no sugar, no alcohol (except on my one ‘treat day’ per week). And I refuse to give up! I am proud that I have come as far as I have and can’t wait to continue to feel great and look great!
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