Bootcamp rocks

Have I told you that I love Bootcamp?? I love my Bootcamp family and I love the support we all show for each other, even when we are dying and can barely move, we still cheer each other on and encourage each other to keep going. It makes me happy!

Today was good. Loved the workout at Bootcamp and I also went to the gym with my friend Sheryl. It was tons of fun. Katrina gave us a good workout and we had a good time. 

So tired, so sore. Glad that tomorrow I only have one workout. My back is kind of hurting. It is in a place that is hard to stretch. Maybe I need to put a heat pad or something on it. I don't know. I do know that ibuprofen is on the diet today!! 

I have been doing really good in regards to eating healthy. I have stayed away from the cookies and candy and have eaten so much healthier. I refuse to give up my hot chocolate. It's gettin cold!!! 

My weight has started coming down again (I know, surprise!!) or not....it's all about the eating!!! 

So that is today's post. Hope you all have a fabulous evening. :)

Gonna feel it in the morning

Today is endurance leg day. I endured it. Twice. 

Killer workout and if I wasn't a glutton for punishment, I would have walked out the door before the 9amers showed up.......ahem.....well one of them anyway. Alas I stayed and did the workout with the pt that showed up. 

Sitting in class tonight was fine, until I had to move. Then I didn't like it so much. 

I LOVE BOOTCAMP!!!!!

Here is the most recent picture of me. Hope you are all well. Thanks for all the great support!!

Veterans Day

To the men and women who have willingly put their lives on the line to protect my freedom and this great country, I say to you 

I am so blessed to be surrounded by so many good friends and family who have willingly served this country. I would feel very ungrateful if I didn't say Thank you. 

Today was good. I felt good and my knee held up pretty well. I was able to run at a 5.0 today. I'm hoping this is the beginning of better knee days. My shoulder was having trouble, but is survived. Pretty sure there is a storm coming in. It tends to act up when that happens. I've been trying to do better with my eating again. I got a little lax and allowed myself to eat things that are not necessarily bad, but also not on the diet. I have maintained my weight but not lost. The inches are still coming off though!! 

Tomorrow is a new day. :) I am so thankful for  the people in my life who have helped me to change. Thank you all for the support!!

Fourth and accountability <---yes I did just make a football joke

I start my forth session tomorrow. Fourth!! When I began my journey, I had no intentions of staying with it this long. My measurements keep going down and I am having to buy new clothes just to keep them on my body. I have been blessed with several gifts that have helped me to get some clothes that fit. I have some very awesome friends and family. 

I bought a couple nice shirts this weekend thanks to a gift from a friend.  Both shirts were the most expensive clothing items I have ever bought in my life. I bought them from the regular women's section, not the "big" section. I love them. 

I feel different. I feel happier, healthier, and stronger. Bootcamp has made a huge difference in my life. It has changed my life for the better. I know that without Bootcamp, I never would have done it or still be doing it. Yes the song from WICKED "For Good" is going through my head. (My life is a song)

I have recently been going to a trainer to use up some training sessions I have been paying for at my old gym. I have stuck with her for several weeks and I know that has helped as well. She is awesome!!

 I have lost 23 inches around my stomach now. When I think about how big that is, it is crazy. Seriously that is one inch short of 2 feet!! I was watching a video of one of my voice recitals and I couldn't believe how big I was!!! Insanity!!!  Maybe I will post it for you to see. Just don't judge me for my vocal skills.

I am truly looking forward to starting this new session and kicking it into gear!! I'm going to start blogging every day again to keep myself accountable. Instructor Thomas, I give you permission to drop me if I don't stay accountable.

Thanks for being such awesome supportive people. You are all the best ever!!!

http://youtu.be/9w4bAJS1u5Q <------link to see how big I was. That was not my biggest, but it gives you an idea. Those clothes are way too big on me now!!!

Two Weeks! Oops!

Well, I just realized that I didn't blog last week. Shameful. I should drop for that. Maybe later.

I hope you are all doing well. I am excited to tell you all about the last few days.

Today was the last day of my 16th week. 16 weeks! And I haven't missed a Friday, yet! I am doing really well, with the exception of my knee being hurt. I go to the doctor in two weeks. If I can just nurse it along until then, I will be good. Some days are worse than others with it. Take today for example. I had to improvise a lot today. Yesterday, hardly at all. So day by day I figure things out and change things up to do them and still keep going.

Yesterday and one other day a few weeks ago, I had the wonderful (Cough, cough) opportunity to train by myself at bootcamp. I was the only one to show up, Again. It was a hard workout too! He really kicked my behind yesterday. I was sore by the time I got home! I felt it today too. Crazy hard workout. So all you awesome PT's that are supposed to be coming to boot camp, You all missed out! You should all be jealous! OH, and Get your behinds back to UTAH! I need you! :) Missed you all yesterday, if you couldn't tell.

I absolutely love Boot camp! It makes me happy. Seriously! I still hate getting out of bed every morning, I still hate driving all the way to Murray every day, but I am happy to be doing it. My life has changed a lot. I used to get out of breath walking up the stairs to my condo every day. Now I can walk up and feel fine. Half the time I race my kids up the stairs now. It is fun. Another thing, I RUN with my kids! I do! It is fun to run with them and not be walking behind them. I can do more things that I would have never dared do before. I sleep better, I feel better, I am not sick as much as I used to be. I often get the urge to go walking or running now. These things have so changed my life.

I have run 3...count them 1- Electric Run, 2- Color me Rad, and 3-Autumn Rush, 5k's. That is correct. I have run 3. Crazy! I don't even think I could have Walked one before I did boot camp. I keep seeing 5k races being posted on facebook and I wonder when I will be crazy enough to do another. My kids like the 5k's too. Every time I sign up for one they ask if they can come too. They love that I can do more with them than I used to.

I don't spend as much time sitting around as I used to either. I can't stand to sit for very long....school is about killing me in that regard. I do love school though. I am learning a ton and moving along quickly.

Anyway, What I am getting at is this: I FEEL AWESOME!

I can see the difference in my body, I can tell when things fit better, I can feel the difference, and I know you have all been able to see the difference too. I don't know if you can tell if my energy is different or not, but I can tell it is.

I couldn't have done any of this without all of you. I have been so blessed to have so many people watching me change. It has been nice to have people to be accountable to. I haven't lost a lot this go around, but I am losing inches and gaining muscle. I hope to keep hearing feedback from all of you.

If you ever feel like you can't do it. Please know that you can! I did! If I can do it, ANYONE CAN!!

PT Miller

Plateau frustrations

Holy cow, I have been frustrated with this stupid weight loss plateau. Today I got measured at the gym. I have lost 3 1/4 more inches around my waist, and  an inch around my arms. 2 inches around my thigh and .2 inches around my calf. That was in a month.

In just two weeks (because I had this stuff measured on 9/27/2013), my body fat % went down from 46.8 to 45.6. My Lean body mass % went from 53.2 to 54.4. My Fat mass went from 132.4 pounds to 128.5 pounds. My lean body mass went from 150.55 pounds to 153.4 pounds. That is right folks, I gained 3 pounds of Muscle in two weeks. Crazy eh?? I feel a little better, but seriously, it is still frustrating when the scale doesn't move, right??

Well this week was hard! Monday was a killer workout and I'm pretty sure by Thursday everyone was burned out and that is why I found myself as the only one to show up! Made for a great workout. I got a one on one session with instructor Thomas. It was so hard! It seriously kicked my butt. I hope he knows how much I love that he cares enough to kick my butt. I haven't done a workout that hard in a long time.

I went to bootcamp this morning. SOOOOOO COLD!!! The grass was all frosty and it was hard to not slip and fall on the hill. It was good though, instructor Thomas spiced things up and changed the workout this week. It was fun. I enjoyed it a lot more. It was still hard with this stupid knee injury, but I survived it.

I'm so sorry I haven't been blogging as much. School work is taking all my reading time and my blogging seems to take a back seat. I promise to at least write once or twice a week though. I will not leave this blog and let it get lost in the internet world.

I hope you all know how wonderful I think you are. You are all so amazing and I just love you all! Thanks so much for the continuing support!

PT Miller

Avoidance

Admission. I have been avoiding blogging.

There I said it. I just was not into it this week. SO, I am back now. :)

HUMP DAY!!
Today is Wednesday! YAY! I have been using the new rowing machine at Bootcamp. I honestly really like it. my back doesn't though. It is super sore, but I know as I keep using it, my back will get stronger and it won't hurt anymore. I love trying to get 4 miles in on it. It takes me about an hour to reach 4 miles, but if I push myself I can get pretty far, pretty quickly. It was funny when Instructor Thomas tried to increase the difficulty and it was already as far up as it could go. He just stuck his tongue out at me....it was funny. The workout was really good today. We got a little messed up, but we figured it all out, it wasn't a big deal....it was actually pretty funny.

Anyway, yesterday was competition leg day. Talk about killer work out!! Holy cow, it was so much fun too. I love competition leg days. It is always fun to see how much more you can do than the last time. I am pretty sure I was able to do a whole lot more than I used to be able to do. OF COURSE, the last competition leg day was during my 3rd or 4th week and it was against Charlie company. I KNOW I did better than I did then. :)

Monday was chest day. I noticed that there was a new bench at the chest press and asked instructor Thomas about it. He told me I was observant. Ha.

I injured my knee, but after massaging it today, I think it is getting a little better, it is not quite as bad as it was yesterday and this morning. I am hoping it is just a little bit of inflammation and I will be able to get back to my normal working out self soon.

Well I hope you are all well. I have greatly appreciated the support of those who watch my daughter in the morning and take her to the bus stop so I can keep going. I am so thankful to all of your kind words and all the wonderful support you have all given me. I could not have done this without all of you! You have greatly increased my chances of succeeding in my journey and I can not express my gratitude enough.

Hope you all have a wonderful day. :)

PT Miller