The results were..
right arm: 9 1/2 in.
right thigh: 16 3/4 in.
waist: 25 in.
hips: 34 1/4 in.
weight: 117 lbs.
body fat: 25.7%
The suggested goal within eight weeks is to decrease to 20-21% body fat! Steph said that what I measured at is in the healthy range... but I guess I never thought that I was really obese or unhealthy or anything crazy?! I just know that I can be more fit than I am right now! So.. I have been going back and forth on whether I wanted to add "progress photos" to this blog or not. I have come to the conclusion that if you are reading this right now it is not because you hate me or what to judge me... and if it is well than you suck! =) But I'm assuming if you are on my blog you are rooting for me and are interested in my journey toward fitness.... so here they are.. =)
They aren't the best quality, but there they are! =)
Tuesday at boot camp we had "buddy day"! We got paired up and had a list of exercises to perform and while we were doing each for one minute our buddy counted and recorded how many we were able to do! At the end we all counted up our total number and the top guy and top girl each earned a free bootcamp session (Steph is awesome!). I didn't win.. but I was pretty pleased with my number! I ended at 366. I think there were 13 exercises total which included things like jumping rope, kettlebell swings, some crazy toe touch on the bosu ball, some trx stuff, squat stuff with a medicine ball and dumbbells, burpees... and some other fun stuff! =) I felt really good after that workout! I was sore, but not so sore that I couldn't even walk like the first boot camp I went to! Oh yes.. I can't forget to mention the 45 burpees we did during the warm up for a lady named Laurie's birthday! She is on vacation somewhere tropical and beautiful, but she told Steph that she was doing her birthday burpees there and she wanted everyone to do them at boot camp for her too! (Thanks Laurie! ;) ) I can't wait to make everyone do 23 burpees in June ;)
Saturday we did stations.! Around halfway through I got that terrible dizzy/shaky/tunnel-vision/about-to-pass-out feeling =/ I went and sat down for the minute I was suppose to be running in the band and drank a shit ton of water while I tried to compose myself. I think that the lack of hydration and the heat in the building just took a toll on me for a brief moment! I went to my next station and Lela and Steph came and asked if I was alright and I was starting to feel better already, but Lela said she would open the big garage door to let some air in for me! (Thanks Lela!) I felt perfect again and continued on with my sweaty workout! The battle ropes above the head while squatting thing is torturous! I don't even know why! Squats normally don't bug me and I don't think that the rope is even that heavy! Both times I have done them they are kicked my ass though! Maybe because holding the weight in that position is new to me?!? I'm used to just squatting with dumbbells or a bar! I also learned that I have a weak lower back.=( When I was at one of the TRX stations in a bridge position I thought I was going to die! I could barely hold my ass off the ground after a few seconds! Oh well.. another goal I need to work toward!
I felt amazing when I was leaving boot camp, so I came home and went for my first outdoor run of the year! =) It may have been a bit early.. by the time I got home my shoes and pants were filled with mud and soaking wet! It was a little chilly, but it felt great! I don't know how far I ran.. I try not to pay attention to distance because I get fixated on it and if I set a specific distance when I head out for a run it is like I convince myself that I have to stop at that point even if my body says to keep going. It was probably between two and three miles?!
Today I am sore! All of last night I felt perfectly fine and kept telling myself that I should have pushed harder, because I wasn't feeling it. Newsflash this morning! My hamstrings and my triceps are feeling it the most! I love being sore =D Especially in my tris since those need a whole lot of work!
So the Figarelle Fitness clan is doing a transformation challenge, but I joined after it started so I'm not involved in it =( I think that I am going to ask for some details on it though and just silently participate.. or full force jump in and just forget about the fact that I am six weeks behind in points =) Anyway.. this weekend they got a new bonus challenge! For the rest of the time (until May 30th) they are not to weigh themselves at all!!! Steph asked them to focus on how their clothes are fitting them rather than numbers on the scale. She said to dig out a pair of jeans that they haven't been able to fit in for awhile. If they don't have any they are to go buy the sexiest pair they can find in the size that they want to fit into! Each week they have to post a photo of themselves in those jeans!! I absolutely adore this challenge! This inspired me to try on my "dream" pants this morning!! I got them on my 18th birthday when I was at my absolute smallest! I brought them back to Alaska with me after my last time going home because I decided that they would be my motivation! Here is a photo of me wearing them back then...
Saturday we did stations.! Around halfway through I got that terrible dizzy/shaky/tunnel-vision/about-to-pass-out feeling =/ I went and sat down for the minute I was suppose to be running in the band and drank a shit ton of water while I tried to compose myself. I think that the lack of hydration and the heat in the building just took a toll on me for a brief moment! I went to my next station and Lela and Steph came and asked if I was alright and I was starting to feel better already, but Lela said she would open the big garage door to let some air in for me! (Thanks Lela!) I felt perfect again and continued on with my sweaty workout! The battle ropes above the head while squatting thing is torturous! I don't even know why! Squats normally don't bug me and I don't think that the rope is even that heavy! Both times I have done them they are kicked my ass though! Maybe because holding the weight in that position is new to me?!? I'm used to just squatting with dumbbells or a bar! I also learned that I have a weak lower back.=( When I was at one of the TRX stations in a bridge position I thought I was going to die! I could barely hold my ass off the ground after a few seconds! Oh well.. another goal I need to work toward!
I felt amazing when I was leaving boot camp, so I came home and went for my first outdoor run of the year! =) It may have been a bit early.. by the time I got home my shoes and pants were filled with mud and soaking wet! It was a little chilly, but it felt great! I don't know how far I ran.. I try not to pay attention to distance because I get fixated on it and if I set a specific distance when I head out for a run it is like I convince myself that I have to stop at that point even if my body says to keep going. It was probably between two and three miles?!
Today I am sore! All of last night I felt perfectly fine and kept telling myself that I should have pushed harder, because I wasn't feeling it. Newsflash this morning! My hamstrings and my triceps are feeling it the most! I love being sore =D Especially in my tris since those need a whole lot of work!
So the Figarelle Fitness clan is doing a transformation challenge, but I joined after it started so I'm not involved in it =( I think that I am going to ask for some details on it though and just silently participate.. or full force jump in and just forget about the fact that I am six weeks behind in points =) Anyway.. this weekend they got a new bonus challenge! For the rest of the time (until May 30th) they are not to weigh themselves at all!!! Steph asked them to focus on how their clothes are fitting them rather than numbers on the scale. She said to dig out a pair of jeans that they haven't been able to fit in for awhile. If they don't have any they are to go buy the sexiest pair they can find in the size that they want to fit into! Each week they have to post a photo of themselves in those jeans!! I absolutely adore this challenge! This inspired me to try on my "dream" pants this morning!! I got them on my 18th birthday when I was at my absolute smallest! I brought them back to Alaska with me after my last time going home because I decided that they would be my motivation! Here is a photo of me wearing them back then...
(I'm on the right.. my friend Amanda is on the left<3) I know this doesn't show the jeans that well... but I could bend down without exploding out of them and everything =) So here is the photo of me with them on this morning... =)
Woah!!! I was pretty shocked and impressed!! I tried these on in January and my muffin top was hanging out all over the place and I could hardly button them!! I still have a little bit of a love handle.. but I could actually wear these comfortably now! So now I am trying to decide if I should just keep using these as my progress/motivation jeans or go buy a new pair that is smaller! I suppose I will decide by the end of the week. I am so so happy that Figarelle Fitness has given me my motivation back and pulled me out of a rut!
My eating habits have been pretty good.. I'm still practically drowning myself in water every day and peeing like a race horse! I can't seem to break my addiction to s'mores though =P I literally eat a s'more almost every day. It actually was every day until recently... but I am trying!! It's 10:50 p.m. and I'm still going strong without one today! hah. I am going to do some research and try to make a meal plan for the rest of the month tomorrow! I want to start incorporating healthy things that I have been scared to try in the past! I will update my my successfulness with that one =)
Alright.. until next time.!
xox.
My eating habits have been pretty good.. I'm still practically drowning myself in water every day and peeing like a race horse! I can't seem to break my addiction to s'mores though =P I literally eat a s'more almost every day. It actually was every day until recently... but I am trying!! It's 10:50 p.m. and I'm still going strong without one today! hah. I am going to do some research and try to make a meal plan for the rest of the month tomorrow! I want to start incorporating healthy things that I have been scared to try in the past! I will update my my successfulness with that one =)
Alright.. until next time.!
xox.
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