keep on truckin!

Holy bananas! A little of a let down the weeks after my week of birthday extravaganzas! I'm so very blessed and love spending time with my family and friends. Did I workout? sorta. did I eat right? sorta. The thing is life happens non stop and you will always have things that come up and you will always have days that you miss a workout. My go to motivation phrase lately has been "if you half way do something, you will see half way results". This has been on my mind all week and thankful that it has. I have a constant battle with my love of premium jeans and my love of food! I cannot indulge beyond a couple tastes if I would like to continue to rock my amazing jeans (if you have been thin your whole life, you really have no idea what it feels like, and I love that I earned that and that I have that feeling forever that no one can ever take away!) I find this whole JEANS thing very funny because I have waited a long time to wear the clothes I wear now and to be the size I am now. I love that and I love it more because its a gauge for me to know where I am at without relying on the numbers on the scale.

I started this journey for different reasons then the number on the scale. I wanted to be fit and be able to pass the agility test for the police academy. I really didn't care what my weight was. So, now that I can wear super cute clothes I like knowing that when I put some jeans on they can show me how I am doing. I have some Arden B, skinny bootcut which still shock me that my booty fits in them and I know if I have been goofing off not working out and eating cupcakes,lol! Those babies are not going up my thighs! I also know that my Joes, Hudsons and Miss Me's will give a little bit more but if I can get those up...I'm in trouble. Hahah!

I think that when I check in to the gym or log my runs,etc.. I find I am way more accountable to myself not only to my little following of friends that are on their own journeys! Since I started going to Crossfit its been so much fun to just push myself further than cardio and I do sorta love that I run there and that I can actually run home after Andy my coach at CFW took pics today during my WOD and I love that I was pumping and not once was I thinking "omg I hope my arm fat isn't sticking out! or I hope the angle is okay!" again, if you have been thin your whole life this is something else that you probably haven't thought of or  maybe you have and in that case Im sorry that you have dealt with insecurities in different ways. We did a crazy combo WOD of pass-thrus and burpees and kettle bells and just a lot! It was fun though! I love that its like having my own personal trainer and that I have the competition of a group and also the encouragement! here are some pics from today!

Push press...followed by burpees, 7 rounds, bugggh!

rowing 250m, followed by KB rack, 3 rounds

 

 

Just a great day, great workout and super excited to keep getting stronger! Because fitness and strength are just way better in the long run! I was also greeted with a delightful little update to sort of document my progress. As I reached 29 this month my drivers license and its photo came to an end. I kinda love that I got my new DL wth my new weight that is really only 10 pounds away from the weight I am now,lol! But just the difference in that and how I feel and look better than I did being younger in the older pic. There's a Tim McGraw song called "My next thirty years" and it reminds me that I can only improve and get better and I feel pretty good right now!

MAHALO!! :-)