So, its been a while since i've updated my blog. Mainly because i haven't really had any large running undertakings. Here's a rundown since the marathon:
I took a month off to rest Elvis--i never got to find a specialist so currently i am still living with Elvis (My sports hernia)
I played soccer last summer and outdoor soccer in the fall and spring 11/12.
I trained for the Long Branch half marathon in May 2012, but because of some unforseen medical condition, i was unable to actually run the race. I found out that i needed to take some time off from running on April 24th, so at least i had gotten my longest run (12 miles) in already. So even though i couldn't run the actually race, i knew i was ready. I knew i could! Now at this point, i was up a few lb's because of said medical reason. Rather discouraging and i really didn't like the way i looked. Since i had to take off the end of april and all of may, the scale kept going up and up and upppppp. Noooo good! I decided something needed to change. Enter: BOOTCAMP!! :-)
In June 2012, i found EZE Fit Bootcamp classes (thanks to my friend Christine!). This bootcamp seemingly was my calling! I love the trainers, i love the motivation, i love the workouts and boxing, i love it all. And all summer, i loved it 8 classes a week :-) I had a lot of work to do, and i was really good at tracking myself. I took all my inches (neck, chest, each arm, ribs, waist, abdomen, each thigh, each above knee, and each calf). After doing Boot from June 13th to Aug 21st, i love over 30 inches--5.5 inches on my abdomen alone!! Ironically enough though, i only lost 4 pounds though it all. But my clothes fit again!!
Now, what does all of this mean?! Well, a few times a year, Jemand (Eze Fit Bootcamp founder/trainer and all around awesome guy!) runs fitness/weight loss challenges. I don't even know what the prizes are, but when he announced his 5 week "Fall back into fitness" challenge, i knew i wanted to compete! Jemand gives you a food/meal/diet plan and also a cardio plan as well. I am in a wedding in 4 weeks from the start of the challenge and noooooo one wants to be the "big" bridesmaid, so i decided to take the plunge and sign up!
On the first day (monday 9-10-12) we had to weigh in. Eek! I weighed in at 1**.6! Haaaa if ya'll thought i was going to divulge that--you're nuts!! I mean, its just a starting point and hopefully will only go down from there :-) We weigh in each week on monday, so there is accountability.
Since i knew i was starting this challenge i went to the store on sunday night, bought many of the foods on the list and got to the kitchen. Yes you can all stop laughing now, i actually cooked! And not only did i cook, but i used the food i bought to prepare SIX dinners! I put them in the freezer for me to just grab and reheat after i get home from coaching. Like i said, no more excuses!
Since i'm a little late in starting the blog back up, it is wednesday. I'm proud to say, i haven't even cheated on the meal plan yet! Not for a lack of trying though :-) I went to Dunkin to get coffee for a coworker and thought mmMmmMmm hot chocolate! I caved and ordered--don't you know the machine was broken! Talk about a divine intervention!! Thanks to whatever power kept me on track.
So i attended bootcamp class on monday and tuesday (you must go to at least 3 classes in a week to participate in the challenge) and then today (wednesday) was my first day of the CardioBlast workout! I haven't run since before April 24th (except for maybe twice) so you can imagine how hard that was!
Okay, this was a quick update of whats been going on, and a little background into the challenge. I'll be updating about it as often as i can! But sadly, the blog title is still "The Road to DC...". I didn't have the heart to change it!
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