Strip Day, Friday, 5k

Yep I totally rhyme. I am a poet, read the title!

First things first, I experienced my first Strip day. Let me just say this. HOLY CRAP! It was hard. I loved every second of it, well except the part that hurt. Which was everything. I am still so sore. I am pretty sure that the soreness from this is worse than the soreness of wearing the vest for a week. INSANE. Will I show up for it again? You bet! It is nice to finally feel my muscles again. :)

This morning was bootcamp at the park, just like every Friday. There were no new PT's so we all did a really hard workout. Okay, it might not have been hard for everyone, but for me, it was. I didn't stop though, I pushed through and I kept going and I made it. It was a fun workout. It was nice to do something different.

Tomorrow I am running the COLOR ME RAD race in Orem. I am excited. I picked up my shirt and stuff today. It will be tons of fun. My mom and my friend are running with me. We are team RUNNING ON EMPTY. My husband was supposed to bring the kids, but he ended up having to work tomorrow and so the kids are going to bring their scooters and "RUN" with me. It will be good for them. :) No worries, I got permission and filled out waivers for them.

On another note, today marks the end of my 12th week 12!!!Can you believe it?? It is super crazy that it has gone by that fast. I can't wait to start week 13 on Monday. Thank you Jesse for putting up with me for so long! I love my Bootcamp Family! 

So this has been a crazy week but I have had a fun time. I'm sore. It is a good sore. :) Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!!!

What Day IS IT???

Today is what day???

That's right it is HUMP DAY!




So this week has been a tough one, but it is half way through. I can make it!

I am running a second 5k on Saturday and I am getting excited about it. :) It will be fun. Rain or shine! IT is the Color me Rad race in Orem at UVU. I think this time will be easier and harder. I know how long 5k's is now and I am prepared for that, however I know that UVU campus is very HILLY. On the bright side, I get to do it with people I love. My mom is coming and doing it and my friend Kelli is doing it as well.

Today was my daughters 6th birthday. I threw a party for her and her friends. They had a lot of fun. I am so lucky to have her. I am glad I am taking steps to be around longer for my kids. It is the best decision I have made. I run with them more now than I did before, they love to race and I sometimes egg it on.

They are looking forward to going to Lagoon next year. I know that may seem like a silly goal to you, but I promised them I would be healthy and skinny enough to go with them next year. That is how I am getting them to support me! It works! Now when I am tempted they tell me that they will be sad if they can't go to Lagoon. Good motivation for me!

So things are hard, but I know I will figure out what I am doing wrong and I will feel better about it when I can fix it. I was pretty frustrated this morning, as I am sure Instructor Thomas could tell, but I am better this afternoon.

Well I hope you all have a happy HUMP day! Enjoy your evening and I am off to help make a birthday dinner. Only my children would choose, brown rice, grilled chicken and carrots for their birthday! Gotta love them  :D

It's Been a while

Well, as you can see, it has been a while since I last posted. Sorry for the lengthy break of time.

I have been doing well. I am loving bootcamp, today was probably the hardest day I have had in a while. I am not doing well on the weight loss. I am doing my best to eat the way I have been, I am just stuck. I know that instructor Thomas wants 3 pounds a week, but it isn't happening. I am still losing, I can tell in my clothes and in the way I feel that I am doing better. I am trying not to be too frustrated. I feel like I am working out ALL. OF. THE. TIME. anymore. Is it possible to exercise too much?? Maybe I am not eating enough. I just don't know. I have been drinking my water. Maybe I need to increase my water intake. I just don't know. I don't!

All in all, I feel so much better, I know that my inches are still getting better. I just hope this Plateau is going to go away soon.

So this is the 12th week of boot camp. I have lost 41 pounds so far and a lot of inches. I feel like a different person. I have a bit more confidence, although I would love to have more. I don't feel depressed as much as I used to. I do have my days, sometimes weeks. Anyway it is all good.

I ran a 5k on Friday. The Electric Run. It was super fun and super hard. I pushed myself harder than I have ever done and it was worth it. The feeling of accomplishment was well worth the work. I will be running the COLOR ME RAD race this coming Saturday. Wish me luck!!!

Hope you all are doing well. Here is a little video for you to enjoy.
PT Miller

41 pounds and counting!!!

Well well, if today isn't just amazing! I hit 41 pounds lost today!! It has been tough, but dang!!! 40 pounds!!! That is beyond amazing to me. I honestly didn't believe I would ever lose this much this quickly. 

There was one person who did though. That was Jesse Thomas. He believed in me when I didn't believe in myself. I am so glad I reconnected with him when I did. He has helped change my life for the better. Seriously, I had no confidence and really low self esteem. I didn't believe I could ever lose weight and I had resigned myself to being overweight for the rest of my life. He changed that. He helped me see that I can be confident and have good self esteem and I can lose weight and feel better. I still have a long way to go, but I'm getting there. Working hard and eating healthy and having a good support system is what is working. 

You have all been so great and helpful. I love seeing the comments of encouraging words and seeing that you are being inspired to get out there and do the same. It does my heart good to hear someone say that they are trying to be healthier just because they read my blog, or saw my picture on Facebook. It truly helps me keep going. So thank you all!

Here it is, my transformation picture so far. I started week 11 today (missed yesterday because the kids were really sick). Here is to 40 more pounds!!! Wish me luck!!!

Happy Friday!

Well clearly you can see that I missed yesterdays post. Sorry about that. Yesterdays workout was a killer one. I asked if I could wear the vest and he told me no. I know I am a glutton for punishment, you don't have to tell me. Anyway, I am really glad he told me no. It was a tough tough tough workout.

Today was pretty good, with the exception of the run around the park, I did really well. It was killer though. It rained most of the workout. It sure felt good on my face while we were laying at the top of the hill though. I love going on Fridays, it is a fun challenge.

I have been paying for a trainer at Golds Gym because I am on a contract with them, so I decided to use my sessions I had built up. I have been going every week for the last 3 weeks and I have been getting my butt kicked by Katrina. She is great. She called me a Kick Ass today after the workout. I just laughed. She is so good though. She loves instructor Thomas because she bought her Precor treadmill from him.

Anyway, my child has been sick for the last two days. I suppose I should go take care of her and make sure she is ok.

Here is a picture of me at my highest weight ever. 367 pounds. Crazy to think. I have a hard time thinking about it sometimes. I hope I never get there again. I am starting to feel so much better and I have more confidence and I just overall feel great. I know I will continue to feel better. Enjoy, and remember if I can do it, ANYONE can!!!

9/11/2001

Today is Wednesday (Hump day, Yeah). Workout was tough, but good. My mom left me a really nice surprise at bootcamp. It was a brand new pair of shoes (which I desperately needed) accompanied by new socks, a new water bottle, shoe inserts and some fun shoelaces. I truly have the greatest mother in the world! I know you are all jealous!

On a more serious note, today is 9/11. 12 years have passed since that day and I still remember very vividly what I was doing when I found out what had happened. That morning I sent my husband and his brother off to the school for classes and work. About twenty minutes later as I was cleaning out my closet in my bedroom, they came home. I looked at them and asked them why they were there. They told me that some people hijacked some airplanes and they crashed them into the world trade center buildings. They kept trying to get me to believe this crazy story and I didn't believe them. Finally after begging them to stop telling me stories, they looked a me and turned on the television. I remember watching in horror as they showed the footage of the plane crashing into the building. Then as we watched the live coverage, the first tower began to collapse. I remember wondering how our country would get through all of this. Then things got worse, the second tower fell and a plane crashed into the pentagon and another plane went down in Pennsylvania. It was insane. I felt helpless, I felt scared. I was pregnant with my first child and I remember wondering how I would raise a child in a war torn world.

12 years later I still feel those feelings as vividly as I did then. I will never forget. I will always remember that day and I will always be proud to be an American. I love my country and the freedoms we have here. It is something worth fighting for. I am so proud of the soldiers, police officers, firefighters, and many other people who risk their lives to keep me safe and to keep our country safe. I hope I can live up to them and do a good job. I hope we never forget the day our lives changed.

Peace be with you all on this day.

PT Miller

Leg day zombie

So today was another tough day. Surprise! Only kidding on the surprise. I have been super tired lately. I need more sleep. Anyway, I did my workout without my knee brace today. It was ok. It wasn't any more painful than when I wear it. I'm thinking I will take it a day at a time. We will see how it feels in the morning.

Today, although hard, was fun. I really love all the great people in my Bootcamp family. It is always a party at 0800!

Have I mentioned how much I Loathe (LOVE) endurance leg day? I mean seriously if I could miss (never miss) a day that would (would not) be the day to do it! Well, it has been a few days since I last blogged, so I thought I would get back on that.

Have a great night!

PT Miller

Friday

Today was a good day. I finally, after 9 weeks of Bootcamp, ran the full distance without walking or resting!! I am very impressed with myself. Sherbon ran with me and kept me going. Not only that but I made the whole workout without giving up at anything. Yes it sucked and yes it was hard, but it was sooooo worth it!!!

I put on a pair of pants this week that I pretty much have always squeezed into and they fit with room to spare!! Also, my Levi's are getting loose as well. I am still losing inches everywhere. I also put on some shorts that I wear at bedtime that were too tight and now they fit with room to spare too!! The only problem with this is I can't afford new clothes!! #bootcampproblems

Hope you have a great weekend!!

PT Miller

Leg day

Oh my goodness, today was hard, it didn't help that I was completely exhausted today. I didn't go to sleep until after midnight last night. 20 minutes later, my husband woke up and was sick. He finally went back to bed and 20 minutes later my oldest child was standing next to my bed in tears. She had woken up and couldn't fall back to sleep. I told her to get her pillow and blanket and come lay down on the floor by my bed. I finally get back to sleep, I woke up to turn over and I couldn't move my feet. They were stuck under two more children who had climbed into my bed and fallen asleep. I can't move the no matter how hard I try, so I give up and just go back to sleep. 20 minutes later.........my alarm goes off!!! So I'm running on about Maybe an hour and a half of sleep.

I did finally get about a 20 minute nap before the children woke me up asking for help on their homework. Needless to say,I was pretty tired this morning.

Today was hard. Leg and shoulders. I was out of breath ALOT!!! I know I got yelled at for not moving a lot today too. Oh well. I'm sure I will feel it tomorrow anyway. I'm so sore.

Time to take the boy to karate. Hiya!!

A dream of blues

P.s. after yesterday's workout my arms hurt so bad that I couldn't type, so you didn't get to hear about it. I'll tell you a little bit about it though. I worked hard during the workout. The weight on most of the exercises was increased. A lot!! I even did 40's on the bent over row! Playing with the big boys now!! Well I'm tired, I am going to try and sleep.

The ROOM OF DOOM!

So, today was a good day, went to Bootcamp this morning and did THE ROOM OF DOOM, but not before laughing a lot!!

Instructor Thomas kept telling us he was sore and I told him I was crying a big ol' alligator tear for him. He couldn't see it though.....ok, so maybe I was just giggling. So he goes to show us what exercises we have to do and he does a squat and he says it hurts his butt. Yeah, the whole room burst into laughter as Someone is screaming at him that there is no crying in the army. Oh we laughed, and we had fun.

Then came THE ROOM OF DOOM! It wasn't as hard as I thought, but I learned not to say the words, I can't. Yeah I had to do push-ups today. Not my greatest moment, but I did do them on my feet!! Which was a good moment. We did a lot of constant exercising. It was a good thing. I quite enjoyed it. I might be exaggerating a little bit, but, I finished!!

I felt accomplished today. It was a good day. I also got my car fixed. The crack in the radiator was 5 inches long and was getting worse. I love love love spending money on my car. The car I absolutely loathe. At least I have a car, I should be grateful for that. I'm really glad I don't have to keep asking for rides though. It will be so much easier.

Thank you so much to all of my awesome friends who drove me everywhere this last week. I have greatly appreciated your kindness and help. It may be nothing to you, but it means so much to me.

Have a good evening!

HiLo

Today I experienced HILO. It is pretty much awesome!! It was Like Richard Simmons meets bootcamp,on crack!! I quite enjoyed it and I will definitely sign up again next time. It was a lot of fun, it was also hard, but I did it.

Seeing the Instructor in spandex shorts was interesting.....lol....but the whole class was awesome. We did 20 extra minutes of workout too! I guess we all just love being in pain!! :D

I have to say I have amazing friends. If it weren't for them, I would not have been able to make it to several sessions of Bootcamp. I am so thankful to all of you. You know who you are. My car should be fixed tomorrow. I hope.

Also, I got this nice little note from my Bootcamp buddy today.....so sweet!

So I just have to share a thought I had today at HILo class. It was toward the end when we were about to die, sweatin' like dogs and you and I high fived each other. As we walked to our stations I thought, "Miller is Rockin' this HiLo class. She can do anything she sets her mind to do." You're amazing PT Miller. So proud of you and all the progress you are making. Woo Hoo!  ~PT Kelly

I am so glad to have such a great support system. Thank you all!!

A dream of blues