Last night, after cooking some chicken till about 10:30pm and tying up some loose ends, I realized that it was almost midnight when I was going to bed. I had to be up at 5:30... just 5.5 short hours away. See getting up that early and getting a workout in isn't a big deal if you get to bed early enough. However, if you don't.... torture. But thankfully, the thing that helped me get up?
Commitment. Not to myself, but to a friend. I knew that she was going to be there, so I better get my behind there as well. I can't stress how important it is to have supporters along the way.
I have been doing this for (pause while I count on my fingers) 9 months now and have had a few different partners in crime (besides my awesome Trainer). Jill, my sister-in-law to get me started. It helps to have someone who really cares about you while your on the first leg of your journey. This way, when you look like a fool (which is really inevitable), you'll be loved no matter what. Then my friend Stephanie took over for Jill (who became pregnant! :)...) and that was just the thing I needed to keep it fresh. It was great being able to be the one to encourage someone else. And now I've picked up a few more friends along the way, Amy, Desha... You see, fitness, though generally individual, is that much more enjoyable when you have someone to endure the ups and downs with. Just sayin'.
And now for highs and lows:
High: Again I'm going to have to default to clothes shopping. I purchased a size Small in a top on Saturday. Crazy.
Low: That freakin' chocolate chip cookie that seems to find me. I swear they have radar or something. (It was one of the goodies at the conference I went to last weekend) Lately, I just have a really hard time saying "No" to them.
And here is where I say, that even though you may do everything right (I stayed good with the eating (ok well minus the cookie), got my miles in)... you can gain. I did. At one point this week I was 153.7. The final result of the week: 154.5. (a gain of .8) I am attributing it to a changed food plan and a gain in muscle mass. (Or at least that's what my trainer says and I believe him) So it looks like the 100lb. mark is just a little further away. So in reality, I lost 1.1 from last Wednesday... and I'm ok with that.
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