The first couple of days .......

The past few weeks my self esteem has been getting the best of me. Running around naked in the house, looking in the mirror and getting on the scale isn't so sexy anymore. = / Everyone that knows me, knows I love to cook. My husband and I share a love for food and it's so hard to balance eating and staying fit. Dieting has never been in the cards for me.

There had to be some kind of breaking point, but when? I have to put a stop to it somehow.

Lately, shopping hasn't be as fun because I'm not the same size I use to be. I went shopping last Friday. There are so many cute clothes out for the upcoming season and I just had to try the new spring collections. I went into the dressing room with about 7 or 8 articles of clothing. Dresses, pants, rompers...etc. Dresses weren't looking too great on me, I think I made a whole new definition for "muffin tops" when I tried the jeans on, and rompers.... we DON'T want to go there! Have you heard of the phrase "camel toe?" In the dressing room, looking straight into that mirror, I had seen an overweight, unfit, unhealthy, out of shape girl. It was then, I knew I had to make a change.

I went online and researched some different programs locally I could join and came across one I was interested in.

The weekend had gone by and I had allowed myself to eat whatever I wanted this weekend because I knew Monday was going to be my very first day of BOOT CAMP. You know, chicken parmigiana, a whole row of the 100th anniversary birthday cake flavor oreos,  spinach artichoke dip at T.G.I.FRIDAYS, pizza, white wings from Las Casas(which is a huge staple in this area. If you don't know what they are, google it. You'll either hate me or thank me) etc.... the list can go on.

my first weigh in: 117lbs.........Ugh.... bleh...

Mind you, I'm 5ft and that is definitely over what I'm suppose to weigh for my heighth.

MONDAY-Not gonna lie, yesterday kicked my butt. I went into knowing I would be smoked, but didn't realize that I would work other areas of my body that wasn't really focused on. We mainly worked on arms.

Because I was new and it was my first week there. I was able to modify the workouts:

Warm up :
100 jumping jacks
100 jump ropes
100 squat thrusts
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15 each of:
Push ups
Wide push ups
Close hand push ups
Run 400m
2nd set:
Floppy push ups
Clap push ups
Leg push ups
And the run again 400 m
AND THEN REPEAT as much as you can in 30mins.

Can you imagine this doubled? It'll be interesting to see in the following weeks or months that I'll be able to double these workouts. It almost sounds impossible, but I have to be optimistic and know that I CAN DO IT and will make it happen.

Photo courtesy of Absolute Self Defense and Fitness in Killeen, TX

TUESDAY-  My legs and arms are like jello today. My sweet husband rubbed my arms and shoulders when I got home last night. I had stretched all day and still feel like a bulldozer ran over me. My abs even hurt. We didn't even do any situps or anything abdominal related. Coach said because of all the pushups we did, we used alot of our core and in the process were tightening it and  actually using them without even noticing. I'm sure you are shaking your head reading this. But hey! I'm new to all of this and I have A WHOLE LOT TO LEARN. HERE'S TO NEW BEGINNINGS!!!

We got a FULL BODY WORKOUT TODAY: