The Boot Camp Burn!

Sooooooooooo, it’s about 9:45, which is dangerously close to my bed time. Yes, I am that much of a grandmother. It’s been a busy day, and I was contemplating putting off my blog until tomorrow, but according to Barrett, “that would set a bad precedent.” (Insert mocking tone of voice here). So I’m going to make this bad boy short and sweet so I can drag my tired hiney to bed. Down another pound, and I’m bound and determined to hit the 20 pound milestone by next blog! It’s going to be LEGENDARY! I mean, think about it! Carrying those extra pounds on me is like carrying a two year old child around with me ALL THE TIME. I’ve almost officially lost a toddler. I mean, not literally, but you get where I’m going with this.  It’s been a looooong and slooooooow road to get to this landmark, but I have to be proud of myself because I’ve stuck with it. And as evidenced by my boxes of half completed hobbies in the garage, I’m not always the best at sticking to things.

So this week brought on a brand new challenge in the form of BOOT CAMP.  A friend of mine signed us up for a weekly boot camp challenge where we pay to get our asses kicked. It sounds vaguely like a dominatrix type deal, but I’m pretty sure those ladies charge more than $10 an hour. Or so I’ve heard.  So it was a long, torturous hour and a half proving how few jumping jacks and sprints I could actually do. And this was just the fitness assessment! What happens this week when it’s the actual workout!?!?!?! I’m going to have my ass handed to me. The instructor is good; I actually kind of wish she was a bitch, because then I would have felt better about the evil vibes I was sending her way while trying to crab walk across the park. But the truth is she pushed me hard without being a North Korean style dictator. I’m kind of, sort of, just a little bit looking forward to this week’s work out. (Especially the part where I get to hook a high tech strap around “the girls” so it can keep track of my heart rate).

As for my 6 week Lint challenge, I’ve officially eliminated the soda and have done well. The desserts??? I miiiiiiiiiiight have had a small setback or two this week. My weakness is cupcakes, and the german chocolate one in the staff room was calling me. I was powerless to stop it! But I’ll forgive myself a slip up and get back on the horse. I haven’t missed the sweets as much as I thought I would, and I’ve been replacing desserts with fruits, especially mangoes. A mango a day is my newfound OBSESSION. Call me crazy, but they just might be as good as cupcakes. No, no, I take that back. But they ARE good. So what am I giving up this week? I wanted to give up shaving my legs, but Barrett says that would be pointless because I’ve pretty much given up on that since we started dating. I thought about giving up the snooze button so I could be more alert and energized, but then I decided that energy and more time in the morning is overrated. So I’ve decided to give up red meat for the next four weeks because I think I’d pick sleep over a steak any day of the week. (If I could, I would sleep 10-11 hours a night and still take a nap when I got home). So I’ve eliminated desserts, soda, and now red meat from my diet for the next four weeks. Bye bye Outback Steakhouse, I’ll see you in four weeks! And I’ll see the rest of you next Monday ~ have a glorious week!