Progress

I can't help but smile.

I've gotten compliments here and there from friends of mine who can see changes in my body. Although I can tell in some areas, I'm being complimented on areas I never really pay attention to. Especially my legs and my butt. But, I figured part of it was my friends/husband just being nice to me, but now that I pay attention to it, my pants fit better and there is room in my legs and butt area!

Today, I put a dress on that I had to stop wearing because it was too tight. It's a big girl's nightmare. This dress isn't stretchy so it either fits or it doesn't. For the past year, it did not fit. I decided to try it on this morning and actually smiled and said "YES!" out loud to myself.

The dress not only fits, it's loose. :-) That area between my boobs and my waist has shrunk significantly. I am so happy. :-) I hope that next year it'll be way too big on me! But if not, I hope that it at least fits like it does today.

Boot camp only lasts for one more week. I'm sad that I won't be returning. I'll really need to keep working on this on my own. I just hope I can push myself to do it.

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Day Ten, 04/28/08

Today was rainy. I remember Maria telling us, rain or shine, we are to show up! So, I did. And so did almost everyone else (one did not).

We worked on our arms again, but we did do some running when the rain turned to sprinkles.

It was actually really cool being out in the rain and working out. It would have been cooler if I could have laid down on my mat to take a nap in the open, in the dark, listening to the rain fall on the Amphitheater ceiling.

We did some new weight training today for our arms. We did some new stuff for our butts. And we did some of our regular stuff (Crunches, wall sits, etc).

This Friday is the end of the four weeks, which means we will be measured and weighed. I'm not as worried about the weight, because I FEEL so much better that it's not a big deal for me to weigh less. Although, I know I've lost weight, and I THINK I've lost inches. So, we will see.

I was considering not going in May for the next four weeks (money), but I'm going to do it for one more month. Then go a less expensive route of a gym membership and hope to retain all of the stuff I've learned. Fortunately, Maria has written down a few things that we've done and of course I remember a lot of it. I just need to know when to do it. :-)

She did suggest we do Yoga on the days we didn't work out. Lots of stretching and breathing, etc. I'll have to find some kind of Yoga program for free on line, I'm sure that won't be a problem. Anyone have any suggestions??

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