The Cypress Camp Transformation Six Week Challenge that I started on January 9 was a success (my goal is to complete at least three rounds- hope I can do it). I lost XX.X lbs in the first round. I was even out sick for a week and had to double up on my workouts the final week. It was hard work and a lot of fun. So here is a little blurb about what I did.
I will not lie the first day I started the challenge I was maybe 15 minutes in and the thought of " I can't do this, what am I thinking? How can I sneak out and let them keep my money and getting up at 4:30 AM was so not worth this" was in my head. I had to push myself and tell myself I was not a quitter and I needed to keep going - I believe in myself so much that the following week I went to work out at 4 AM. I saw my family on February 5 and had completed four weeks of my challenge - I don't recall how much I had lost by then but I do know my skinny jeans felt looser and I was able to wear my black boots with them. Yes, the jeans were on and my boots were over them. I found this to be exciting and a sign of my progress even if nobody had noticed. However, nothing made me feel more happy then when my sister in law Elaine told me I looked great. Not because I was proud but because she knows the struggle is real for those of us who try to lose weight, work out, try to eat right (ok maybe I didn't do that so much because I am not into cooking) finding time to work out and just be healthy. Those words she said made me determined and realize that I could do this. So thank you Elaine - you were the first to notice and let me know; tI can still hear you saying that and that is what keeps me going on days I feel like it would be better to sleep in. The picture above is of me that day - see I am all smiles because my boots fit over my jeans and legs. Or maybe I was just happy to be with my awesome family celebrating Spencer's birthday!!I did get sick that Wednesday and didn't work out and lost my voice!!! I wanted to lose lbs not the ability to speak so I was in bed for almost five days and while I wanted to go work out the most I could manage to do was get dressed only to crawl back in bed.
This meant that I had to do double up on my workouts on the final week and really work on drinking my water and eating my meals. I did it and boy was I sore by the day before the workout!!!
The day before Monday weigh in I had high anxiety and kept thinking: There is no way you did it; you didn't work out for 5 days, you are still sick and you haven't worked hard and you are going to be an ounce away from the 20 lbs". Yes, I am my worst critic and biggest negative talker (which is something I am working on in 2017) but I found a silver lining. I reminded myself that no matter what the scale said - I had lost inches. My clothes felt looser, I was not feeling like I wanted to quite and out of breath as I was my initial workout, so no matter what the scale said I had put in some good workouts and was eating healthier.
I stepped on the scale and when I saw the number and knew I had gone over 20 lbs. I was super happy and couldn't believe it; I lost over 20 and could go on to Round 2.
I had a relapse with my cold and started losing my voice on Tuesday afternoon - I went home early and rested. I thought of calling in sick the next day as I just couldn't get up to go work out so I let myself sleep in until 6:30 AM. The rest of the week was just horrible I had trouble eating and I was cold or hot and felt like I had a fever most of the days. So no workouts. I didn't have to weigh in that following Monday the official start of Round 2 and I so wish I had. A week later I weighed in and I still had not worked out as much and I had gained 5 lbs back. I was so discouraged but knew I could not be defeated.
Round 2 Week 2 ends today. I would love to tell you it has been a breeze and I feel like I lost those 5 lbs and some extra - but how knows and I am very doubtful. It isn't because I have not worked out or eaten healthy. It is more likely because I have not been able to eat more past than my second meal of the day (which takes me all afternoon/evening to finish). However, my clothes are still loose and my friend Lisa accepted my invitation to Pack the Camp Saturday and has been going with me at 5AM. While I am greeted by new I did reward myself by buying myself two dresses that were a size smaller. I probably could have gone two sizes smaller but I thought they looked tight and I wanted to give myself something to wear to remind me of the hard work I have done.
Here is a picture of me at week 2 after my workout and the final weight in for the first six weeks with me holding the sign showing the world I lost 22.6 lbs.
It was during the final week that people at work started commenting about how it looked like I was losing weight. Someone even said - wow you must have been really sick as you lost some weight. At first I thought wow - jerk (they offered me cupcakes a day after that) then I told myself let it go - they just don't know how to give a compliment.
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