I guess sometimes you just need a break… September 15th, 2009

Today was my first day back on the workout tip in a week and a half!!  My vacation to San Diego stretched into a busy work week, and I just hadn’t been able to sleep well at night, to get up and start my day with Jillian and Denise (love those hard-ass women!).  As all of you can relate to, we are insanely busy at work, and now I’ve started my Mary Kay business, which means that my evenings are full of research, and soon, make-overs and facials!  This means that if I DON’T get my butt moving in the morning, I may lose out on any chance of a work out that day.  I am aware that this is my CHOICE though.  I am prioritizing work over working out at the moment, and that’s ok.  I KNOW this, and so I am entirely responsible.  I hear so many people just say ‘I’m so busy, there’s no time to work out’ and that’s a crock of excuses.  I love you all, but it is.  There is time, you just may not sleep to get it.  HA HA.  NOT saying to do that, I’m just saying that we prioritize what is most important, and if working out was at the top of that list, we’d MAKE time.  (See ALL LAST MONTH!)  For now, I’m planning to make time in the morning, and be happy with that.  All I’m trying to say people, is that you always have a choice.  It’s empowering once you realize that!

Now that I’m off my soap box… LOL 

So here I am, a week and a half after some of the hardest working out and best eating of my life, and I’m FULLY expecting to have gained weight and lost some ground on the battle of the inches.  I haven’t gone crazy eating crap, but once you stop actually logging calories, it’s just so easy to go so far over your allotment and not even realize it.  I figure I should go ahead and weigh and measure myself since I usually do that on Tuesdays (except last Tuesday during my vacation).  I also figure seeing the numbers might really spur me on and help me get back on track with the waking up early side of things. 

So Jillian kicks my ASS (and I mean it- if I could JUST GET THROUGH a whole set of her V Chair sits, I’d feel like I could do anything!!), and then Denise kicks my ABS, and I’m so red and tired.  I burned 499 calories in just under an hour!!After a good workout, who doesn’t want to depress themselves, right?  HA HA!  So I step on the scale.  And do a double take.  I’ve lost another half pound!  HA HA!  NO WAY!!  What the…  I’m figuring I’ve lost muscle or something in that week and a half, and now I KNOW I’m going to gain inches instead of lose them because that would explain the weight-loss.  So off I go to take my measurements.  And I just laugh at this point.  Since my last measurement two weeks ago, I’ve lost another 2.25 inches!!  That is a total of 17.75 inches people!!   HOLY AWESOMENESS!!  Maybe this balance thing has something to it… Maybe my body was beat tired and needed the break… Maybe I better not get too cocky or I’ll find myself doing the hippity hop dance trying to get my butt back in my jeans.  Who knows.  LOTS of maybes, but I’m so happy with my results, and motivated in so many directions, and just really inspired to see what I can actually accomplish if I continue to take my life in my own hands, make my own choices, and hold myself accountable! 

I’d love to hear your stories of choice and triumph.  I know you have them.  Of taking control of what you can, and releasing the rest to the universe.  Please share them.  Here, or email me at s0mmersmiles@hotmail.com (ZERO, not o in sommer- I can’t get the font to let me type it like that!). 

What’s next folks?? 
Sommersmiles