Now, on day 32, with almost 5 weeks in the rear view mirror...Bootcamp is routine. I don't feel the need to call my Bootcamp partner every 2 minutes.
The focus changed from Bootcamp being the hardest thing ever to how much time we have left.
It really is just a matter of time...waiting.
Today, I looked at the pizza my co-worker ordered for everyone and I seriously almost grabbed it and took a bite. It looked soooo good.
Pizza does not rule me! Grrrr...
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Feelings on Day 17
Wanting to quit because I cannot relax and have a drink on a Friday night.
SO excited that I am losing weight and my body is going to look better than ever.
Healthy because I haven't been eating fast food and soda, which makes me so bloated.
Balanced because I am exercising my mind, body and spirit everyday.
Accomplished because I have 17 days of hard, hard, hard Bootcamp under my belt.
Sad sometimes that I am missing out on fun times with friends.
Frustrated that there are reality shows that I reallly want to watch but can't.
Shocked that I am actually a nicer person without trying anymore!
Stoked for September 24th when I'll be on a plane to Bootcamp Completion vacation looking and feeling incredible!!!!
SO excited that I am losing weight and my body is going to look better than ever.
Healthy because I haven't been eating fast food and soda, which makes me so bloated.
Balanced because I am exercising my mind, body and spirit everyday.
Accomplished because I have 17 days of hard, hard, hard Bootcamp under my belt.
Sad sometimes that I am missing out on fun times with friends.
Frustrated that there are reality shows that I reallly want to watch but can't.
Shocked that I am actually a nicer person without trying anymore!
Stoked for September 24th when I'll be on a plane to Bootcamp Completion vacation looking and feeling incredible!!!!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
It's that quality you can't explain...
I came downstairs to a certain woman (relation remains anonymous) flexing her arms at me.
She works out for 20 minutes, maybe 3 times a week. To anyone that works out, that's pathetic.
I'm not going to lie, her arms looked nicer than mine. I am extremely happy for her and I hope she keeps it up.
I walked away feeling like everything I was doing - resisting the fast food, eating healthy, not eating after 8 p.m., and working out like crazy - was a waste. Why am I even doing this, I thought to myself.
I was on my way out to our patio to do my daily Bootcamp readings. I sat down, put my feet up, opened my Bible and it hit me.
Principle 1- Bootcamp is guaranteed.
There is not the slightest possiblity that my body will not be at its healthiest and most fit point its ever been at the end of 2 months. I WILL look GOOD. So many people that want to look good get discouraged after 1 or 2 weeks and then quit...I won't be that person. Just because I didn't see it at day 6 doesn't mean anything...
ONE DAY AT A TIME.
Principle 2- Bootcamp is more than working out.
That person flexing her arms at me is working out and seeing results and that is great! BUT, what I'm doing is a little different...
Because when she is filling her mind and spirit with reality TV, I'm reading my Bible. When she comes home from a long day at work complaining about her job, I'm reading stories on how to be successful doing what you love. When she is getting stressed in traffic and her blood pressure and risk of heart attack and stroke increases while her immune system decreases, I'll be calm and healthy. When she is cussing out the person who was rude to her at the store and being the opposite of compassionate, I'll be the one standing there NOT looking like white trash while making more enimies for myself.
SO, thanks Life Enrichment Bootcmap. Because of you I'll have that quality people have that you can't always explain...always likable, always getting the job, always beating the competitor, always making the good impression as a well-rounded woman.
O! WHILE looking good...but I guess that's just the icing on the cake. ;-)
She works out for 20 minutes, maybe 3 times a week. To anyone that works out, that's pathetic.
I'm not going to lie, her arms looked nicer than mine. I am extremely happy for her and I hope she keeps it up.
I walked away feeling like everything I was doing - resisting the fast food, eating healthy, not eating after 8 p.m., and working out like crazy - was a waste. Why am I even doing this, I thought to myself.
I was on my way out to our patio to do my daily Bootcamp readings. I sat down, put my feet up, opened my Bible and it hit me.
Principle 1- Bootcamp is guaranteed.
There is not the slightest possiblity that my body will not be at its healthiest and most fit point its ever been at the end of 2 months. I WILL look GOOD. So many people that want to look good get discouraged after 1 or 2 weeks and then quit...I won't be that person. Just because I didn't see it at day 6 doesn't mean anything...
ONE DAY AT A TIME.
Principle 2- Bootcamp is more than working out.
That person flexing her arms at me is working out and seeing results and that is great! BUT, what I'm doing is a little different...
Because when she is filling her mind and spirit with reality TV, I'm reading my Bible. When she comes home from a long day at work complaining about her job, I'm reading stories on how to be successful doing what you love. When she is getting stressed in traffic and her blood pressure and risk of heart attack and stroke increases while her immune system decreases, I'll be calm and healthy. When she is cussing out the person who was rude to her at the store and being the opposite of compassionate, I'll be the one standing there NOT looking like white trash while making more enimies for myself.
SO, thanks Life Enrichment Bootcmap. Because of you I'll have that quality people have that you can't always explain...always likable, always getting the job, always beating the competitor, always making the good impression as a well-rounded woman.
O! WHILE looking good...but I guess that's just the icing on the cake. ;-)
Day 12
A breakthrough occured today.
It was easier to not get mad at the person in front of me going 10 mph under the speed limit.
I realized it and was shocked.
Success.
It was easier to not get mad at the person in front of me going 10 mph under the speed limit.
I realized it and was shocked.
Success.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
PUMPED
I just realized I haven't been optimizing this bootcamp.
I looked at my trip to NY (as far as bootcamp goes) as extremely stressful...no drinking and dealing with traffic, missing my bus, dealing with horrible customer service, waiting for people everywhere I went, etc...
My trip to NY...I did something I never thought I could do. I had a freakin' blast with no alcohol, no drugs, no sex, no cussing, being nice to people and no partying. INSTEAD, we went to 2 Christian concerts (which were honestly SO much fun, hard Christian rock bands), prayed together, walked around NYC, read the Bible and ate really good food.
This bootcamp is contagious and we are doing something extraordinary...and that's exactly what I'll be when it's over.
I looked at my trip to NY (as far as bootcamp goes) as extremely stressful...no drinking and dealing with traffic, missing my bus, dealing with horrible customer service, waiting for people everywhere I went, etc...
My trip to NY...I did something I never thought I could do. I had a freakin' blast with no alcohol, no drugs, no sex, no cussing, being nice to people and no partying. INSTEAD, we went to 2 Christian concerts (which were honestly SO much fun, hard Christian rock bands), prayed together, walked around NYC, read the Bible and ate really good food.
This bootcamp is contagious and we are doing something extraordinary...and that's exactly what I'll be when it's over.
OMG!
Alllll day I've been bragging about how I'm eating healthier than everyone at the office, right.....well I've been sipping on this HUGE Full Throttle all day long, not even thinking about what I'm putting into my body.
For breakfast I had Special K and a granola bar, lunch I had tuna (no mayo), an apple and a water, and then I just had a yogurt as a snack. At lunch, I was getting on everyone for having mayo on their tuna and eating badly.
Welllll as I'm sipping on the POISON, my co-worker/soulmate/"husband" (D-WADE) pointed out the nutrition facts of Full Throttle!!!!
OK- 57 GRAMS OF SUGAR! 220 CALORIES! 160 MG SODIUM!
Now, the laugh is on me! We were all cracking up because I was actually the one feeding my body with the bad stuff as I was getting on everyone else. Lol
I called my nutritionist and he said my whole day actually is not ruined, THANK GOD! Sugar just makes you retain water and have that puffy look, which still isn't good. He said my day just wasn't optimized, which is exactly what I was bragging about all day.
Joke's on me!
For breakfast I had Special K and a granola bar, lunch I had tuna (no mayo), an apple and a water, and then I just had a yogurt as a snack. At lunch, I was getting on everyone for having mayo on their tuna and eating badly.
Welllll as I'm sipping on the POISON, my co-worker/soulmate/"husband" (D-WADE) pointed out the nutrition facts of Full Throttle!!!!
OK- 57 GRAMS OF SUGAR! 220 CALORIES! 160 MG SODIUM!
Now, the laugh is on me! We were all cracking up because I was actually the one feeding my body with the bad stuff as I was getting on everyone else. Lol
I called my nutritionist and he said my whole day actually is not ruined, THANK GOD! Sugar just makes you retain water and have that puffy look, which still isn't good. He said my day just wasn't optimized, which is exactly what I was bragging about all day.
Joke's on me!
Assumption VS Reality
Principle: Bootcamp will never be what you think it's going to be like.
I laid in bed the night before Bootcamp Day 1 only thinking about how I was going to manage eating healthy and working out 4 times a week with no caffeine.
After Day 1 my workout worries were replaced with frustration and stress...HOW AM I GOING TO BE NICE AND HAVE NO ROAD RAGE...WHILE BEING PATIENT. To this day, that is the hardest part of bootcamp.
I laid in bed the night before Bootcamp Day 1 only thinking about how I was going to manage eating healthy and working out 4 times a week with no caffeine.
After Day 1 my workout worries were replaced with frustration and stress...HOW AM I GOING TO BE NICE AND HAVE NO ROAD RAGE...WHILE BEING PATIENT. To this day, that is the hardest part of bootcamp.
It's having someone slam on their brakes or cut in front of you and you cannot budge, it's someone being so rude to you at a store and all you can do is be 100% nice to them, it's having the worst customer service at a restaurant and you can't give (that teenager who knows absolutely nothing about anything but serving you your hot plate) an attitude.
Working out and eating healthy is a breeze. Being nice and paient...hardest thing ever.
51 Days Left
"Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good, it's the thing you do that makes you good."
Sunday, August 2, 2009
New York on Bootcamp
Last night was pretty rough, but I woke up refreshed today. I am currently on my way to New York and yes, I did tell myself I can get through this trip on bootcamp...no drinking and being patient in New York, what was I thinking?!
I also have to find time to read the Bible and Outliers both days I am there...and workout. So I'm stuck having to workout at 11 p.m. when I get home from a long day in New York and 4 hours on a bus!
My mother said it best, "Just do it, Nicole. Don't even think about it, just do it."
I also have to find time to read the Bible and Outliers both days I am there...and workout. So I'm stuck having to workout at 11 p.m. when I get home from a long day in New York and 4 hours on a bus!
My mother said it best, "Just do it, Nicole. Don't even think about it, just do it."
Thursday, July 30, 2009
I feel like I'm in DETOX...
It's 8:30 p.m. on Day 1 of bootcamp and I feel like death. My body has not had any fast food/greasy food or soda/caffeine...this was an everyday occurrence. I'm SO tired and I have the worst caffeine headache ever. DETOX for real.
Feedback Day 1
Kaite, my bootcamp partner told me today that holding back the road rage and getting frustrated with people is stressing her out more than making her feel better. Yup, I definitely agree.
So why do we do it? The point is to break the habit. If we do that, there won't be the stress of holding it back.
Believe me, I WILL eat pizza and fries again in my life, but right now, this is BOOTCAMP! It's purpose is to get to a certain place where these things become a lifestyle and you won't have to go cold turkey....BOOTCAMP is just the smartest and quickest way to do it.
So why do we do it? The point is to break the habit. If we do that, there won't be the stress of holding it back.
Believe me, I WILL eat pizza and fries again in my life, but right now, this is BOOTCAMP! It's purpose is to get to a certain place where these things become a lifestyle and you won't have to go cold turkey....BOOTCAMP is just the smartest and quickest way to do it.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Bootcamp Day 1
You know that feeling right before you achieve something that you know will shock the world? Yea...that's where I'm at. I'm about to take the journey into MY Life Enrichment Bootcamp.
My bootcamp involves a list of qualities and rules that represent the woman I only dreamed of becoming. My bootcamp partner and I made our list...
no alcohol/drugs
no fast food/any place with a drive-thru/no pizza/no fries
no reality TV
no cussing
no road rage
no shopping for anything you don't NEED
no soda
work out min 4x/wk, min 1 hr
read Bible everyday for at least 15min
read Outliers everyday for at least 15min
have compassion for people at all times/be nice to people
save $100/wk
have patience at all times
Why not start now!? Why not be that person you've always dreamed of becoming NOW? This is the hardest project I've ever had to do...BUT I will achieve in 2 months what women only dream of achieving in years. Beat that.
Reasons for our list/what keeps us motivated...
health
God
Money
Life-Enrichment
Genuine fun
Safety
Start/stop habits
Stress
Careers
Self-Discipline
Hot bodies
To sat we did it
Mind body spirit balance
My bootcamp involves a list of qualities and rules that represent the woman I only dreamed of becoming. My bootcamp partner and I made our list...
no alcohol/drugs
no fast food/any place with a drive-thru/no pizza/no fries
no reality TV
no cussing
no road rage
no shopping for anything you don't NEED
no soda
work out min 4x/wk, min 1 hr
read Bible everyday for at least 15min
read Outliers everyday for at least 15min
have compassion for people at all times/be nice to people
save $100/wk
have patience at all times
Why not start now!? Why not be that person you've always dreamed of becoming NOW? This is the hardest project I've ever had to do...BUT I will achieve in 2 months what women only dream of achieving in years. Beat that.
Reasons for our list/what keeps us motivated...
health
God
Money
Life-Enrichment
Genuine fun
Safety
Start/stop habits
Stress
Careers
Self-Discipline
Hot bodies
To sat we did it
Mind body spirit balance
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