Reward your body, don't punish it

If there's one thing I've learned from fitness, it's NEVER get comfortable. Once something starts becoming easy, it's time to step it up and man did I step it up today. I've not been to the gym in 4 years and I did more there today then when I had a membership. After a really rough week for me and a stressful one for my bff, I felt like we needed to get together and just work out all of the stress... From June 25-June 30th I have 2 grandparent death anniversaries and a deceased grandparents birthday plus the burial days... It's just not a good week for me. My typical workouts at home consist of dance fitness, which is a total body workout and cardio on the treadmill or walking/jogging around my high school. I recently added stairs to my workout and for the first time today I worked on arms and chest and 100 squats. I've been doing squats for a while, well, over a year, but not in the reps my bff does them. I learned a lot from her today. I have all of this inspiration, my head is spinning with all these ideas and there's not enough time in the day for me to workout as much as I'd like. It's very addicting and time consuming. Learning discipline is hard for me. That's what I'm focusing on now and self control. I watched a video this week about a girl who was socially awkward at the gym... she would compare herself to others and she kept saying just one more and then I can have a taco. It's like running a marathon and going out and eating a whole sheet cake. Yuck!!! Part of my weight loss growth comes from watching and learning from other peoples mistakes. Running a mile just so you can have a whole bowl of chocolate ice cream or a banana split is not worth it and you're running for NOTHING!! If you don't have the right frame of mind and giving it 110% you aren't going to lose weight, you're going to maintain it. The point is to trick your body, challenge it daily except for your rest day. You'll see the results, but it won't be overnight, maybe not for 6 weeks, but you might after 2 or 3 weeks. Everybody is made differently, so many body types and every person adapts to things differently. You have to work to your braking point and say "ok GOD, I've given it all I've got, it's all you from here on out". I'm not talking about overexertion, I'm talking about that 110%. Instead of giving up, get up and get away from the tv, the computer, the phone, put down the cake, the ice cream or junk food of choice and get moving, it's called JUNK food for a reason.

Just a little bit stronger

I've had some set backs this week, but I've also lost 3lbs. I've changed my workouts again, and I've really been watching my binging. Seeing other peoples progress has lit a fire in me. I started following a girl on you tube about a year ago, she does dance fitness classes in Knoxville. She got an offer to make a dvd and her workouts have just blown up social media. This girl inspires me so much, the workouts are so much fun and the music she uses is today's rap/pop music. I love her morals, and the VERY personal way she does her videos. If you're looking for a fun new way to workout and don't want to be embarrassed at a local zumba class, you should check out dance fitness with Jessica on facebook. I've been able to go from a 30 minute workout to a 45 minute workout. I've tried pushing my self to reach 1 hour, but I always feel like I'm going to pass out. I've learned over the years to listen to my body and not over do it. I usually do 30 minutes of the dance videos and 15 minutes of running the treadmill and a variety of crunches. I still haven't used the juicer I bought last year.... *goal for the weekend: Make my first homemade juice.