Week 3 Updates

I’m going to write a longer post on how my goals are going so far, but for now here are some thoughts from week 3.

Now that we’ve lost some of the initial excitement of the beginning of the challenge, I’ve been really trying to focus on making healthy eating and exercising as part of my routine so that this becomes the norm.

This week presented me with a lot of temptations. I had to attend a couple of events where they had free food, and it is definitely hard turning away delicious food, especially when it’s free. I also had to plan better because I didn’t have time to go home before bootcamp, so I had to bring my clothes and drive straight there. One day I didn’t think I would make it one time which stressed me out...and I am one of those people that is constantly late. But when it’s something I really care about, I feel terrible being late. That shows how important bootcamp and this challenge is to me.

I feel like I’m getting the hang of the exercises and I’m trying to push to do harder levels. It’s still hard because even though I’ve advanced in the past weeks, I still feel weak and tired sometimes. I do love the structure of the workouts, though, because being in a group and seeing Maia and the other coaches on stage, and the other test group members around me fosters solidarity. I know if they’re doing it and pushing hard, I can do it too.

While I’m eating at more regular hours now than before we started, I feel like I need to be eating more sometimes. I could definitely use more protein and portion out what I need to eat for the week. What I might eat every day changes since I usually don’t have a lot of leftovers, so I think that cooking at least my veggies to be ready to go for the week would be very useful.

Goals update and future goals to come!