Excuse me, what's my motivation?????

"Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." -Jim Rohn

Hmm, so I found this quote quite profound when relating it to my Bootcamp Test Group experience.  I'm 7 weeks in and I'm feeling more like this is slowly becoming normal day life.  I tend to gravitate towards the better food choices or putting the effort in to work out.  However,  I have not totally perfected this journey but I'm making a conscious effort to ensure that make healthier choices. I remember how motivated I was to start this journey and must daily remind myself of that to ensure I keep up the hard work and dedication.  I also think of how I enjoy the positive feedback that I've received from my family and friends.  Regardless of all the praise, I have to remember to push myself because it's up to me and no one else. I often think about how I will raise my future kids and will teach them healthy choices. I also was excited to have a friend join me for class.  He's currently starting his own personal Project Healthy, so I was glad to introduce him to Bootcamp at th
 e Underground.  He's supposed to come back next week for more!

Last week, I came up with a "healthy" spaghetti.  The week prior, I'd made a soup that used low sodium V-8 juice, so I had some leftover in my refrigerator.  My old self would put sugar and ketchup in my spaghetti sauce.  However, this time I added V-8 and some hot sauce.  Sounds nasty but actually was really good.  I also used 4 different colors of peppers: green, orange, yellow, and red; along with ground turkey meat.  This turned out to be a wonderful meal and the cayenne gave it a nice kick which caused me to not eat as much in one setting.  One night I found myself a little hungry so I ate a couple pieces of grilled chicken with salsa on top!  Never in a million years would I have pictured myself attempting this things, but now I enjoy them instead of turning my face up at them.

Body-It's quite weird to me that as I lose more weight, at times my body feels heavier.  There were quite a few days last week where I felt like my legs weighed a ton. We had some tough workouts but I pushed and attempted to give it my best each and every time.  My knees were giving me a fit, so I did the modified workouts.  I guess I need to be more careful and continue to focus on my form so I don't injure myself. I was able to get a few extra workout

Learning-The biggest thing I learned last week was to listen to my body.  Even though I wanted to try to do a second class last week, my body said it needed rest, so I had to listen.  I'm also working to trying to do some of the exercises not modified when my body allows.  The last thing I want to do is to injure myself and prohibit myself from being able to work out.

Goals- This week, I'm going to make sure I get at least 2 extra workouts in.  I'm going to focus more on my eating choices and ensure I don't use food as a stress reliever.  I'm going to continue to push beyond the break to ensure that I get the most of my workouts.

"EXERCISE IS MY THERAPY!"