Days 17-20….Killed Jill!

Days 17-20….Killed Jill!  Dang…..It’s been 4 days since I last blogged and I feel like I have missed so much! Obviously, with 4 days having gone by I have a lot to share…but I will try not to drag on too much.  My last blog I shared all about my bad attitude and how it was affecting my workouts….I am happy to report that the evil attitude bug quickly left and I had an awesome

 Day 17 (Thursday).  Thursday night was my Jills Kills class at RSF and I was pretty pumped! This class was going to incorporate the workout that was scheduled for me via this challenge, with a few additional fun spurts of cardio.  I am blessed constantly with the partnership of SKB during many of my workouts and really I don’t think there is anyone that can push me more than her …however, there was a different sense of motivation and encouragement on Thursday for me.  Being surrounded by these amazing athletes that constantly inspire me and now being able to share my workout with them and to be involved in class rather than just leading it……It was very uplifting and just what I needed to get rid of my bad attitude! KILLER WORKOUT! 

Friday, Day 18…..I WANTED TO DIE! Yep…you know what that means….Thiriza and LEGS! Met up with Thiriza, Karrin and Lane at the gym on Friday to tackle an insane leg workout.  I knew it would be bad when Thiriza said “You are stuck doing my leg work out tonight my love”….ya she says it all sweet which totally means ‘you are going to hate me after this’! Karrin and Lane dominated their own leg workout while T and I did the workout outlined for her in Week 5 of this challenge.  Let me tell you…..one of the exercises was 120 walking lunges WITH WEIGHT!!! Thiriza told me that at the beginning of our workout and I think we both kept deferring that particular exercise because we knew it was going to be challenging for us.  We finally looked at eachother and said lets do it! We struggled together and finished it together ….and that was a pretty awesome feeling.  I know that if she hadn’t been by my side, I would have shorted myself in the workout. I will admit that.  And Thiriza said the same thing.  Once again another example of how powerful a partner is with this challenge.  Her and I are developing such a cool bond because we are going thru this process together, experiencing feelings that others can’t quite understand because they aren’t facing quite the same challenges that we are.  Not that I think we are doing something more advanced than other people do, but that we are battling mental and physical challenges while going thru this program and able to relate to each other every day. 

Saturday and Sunday – Days 19 & 20 (Also known as SUPERBOWL WEEKEND!)Going into the weekend, not only did my a$$ hurt from all those lunges and I knew that would cause me to be a bit lazier than usual, but I also had quite a few things planned that I knew would cause me to face the demons of ‘not so healthy food’.  I tend to be a bit hard on myself so I was pre-beating myself up knowing that I had events to attend that would challenge my mental strength.  I was setting myself up for failure even before I had the opportunity to fail.  So, as I arrived at my first ‘temptation challenge’ LOL, boom….there it was…platters of delicious looking food that I couldn’t touch.  Although I had some strength to avoid due to the 3 weeks of success I have already had, I was miserable being surrounded with all these foods that I couldn’t eat.  Sharing my misery were my favorite ladies…K & T.  The three of us having been working so hard and successful at avoiding temptations but this time we all three seemed to be struggling.  So….you know what we did….we cheated….AND WE LOVED IT! Hahaha.  We all gave ourselves the OK to make a plate.  We didn’t do anything extreme like inhale a pizza or anything, but we treated ourselves to some goodies that were not on our strict meal plans.  And to my surprise….the world didn’t come crashing down on me! It was all ok.  I had built up some many harsh consequences that I considered probable if I cheated and none of them happened.  This may not seem like a big deal to anyone else, but for me, this small unimportant experience really bonded me with these girls and this experience.  I am not a robot and still facing real life’s situations that take me outside the barriers of this structured challenge.  But it doesn’t mean that I have failed, just that I am real and capable of continuing forward even when I stray a bit off my path.   Sunday was the completion of week 3 and I am ready to tackle week 4…the last week of Phase 1! BRING IT ON!  So, you can’t see extreme changes in my body quite yet, however I was excited to see that I have a few little muscles poppin out. LOL