What are my recent frustrations?
1. Doesn't this look delish?
It SO was. I'm also positive it blew my calories for the day out of the water. But at that point I was too afraid to look.
It's what happens when we try a new restaurant and I "think" I'm making better choices. It's a portabello mushroom sandwich with hummus, according to the menu. Unfortunately I either missed, or they didn't specify that the mushrooms would be breaded and fried.
Did I mention it was REALLY good?
2. That leads me to my second frustration.
Oh it's a lovely score from my first whole foods trip. It's not terrible by itself, although I bit high in calories. Unfortunately, it is not the best choice for me as it has also been accompanied by some hearty bread. Calories are not created equal, especially when you're insulin resistant. (Reminder to self: Stop it, you are working too hard in this boot camp to sabotage yourself)
3. High carbs mean I am not getting in my bootcamp ratio of 50% carbs/30%protein/20%fat. Which means virtually no movement on the scale in week 2. Bummer.
4. I have to admit, I get frustrated at least once in each days set of exercises. There are some things I cannot do, especially where upper body strength is required. I've always known I am weak in that area. But these workouts are making me face that weakness and it can be FRUSTRATING. Case in point? Friday's Bootcamp army crawls WARNING: Word to the naive: Don't do this on carpet. OUCH! That is all.
5. Over sized workout gear. Have you ever tried to do Burpees in capris that now fit more like high water pants in a waist size two notches too big? I wouldn't wish it on anyone. But if it happens to you, this song might start playing in your head as you add the "pull your pants up" and "adjust your giant shirt that is wrapping around your body" moves to the repertoire.
Well, it will now ;)
#5 has been a long time coming. It is a welcome reward of losing weight. I really put it off because I know I have a way to go, and don't want to invest in clothes that I'm going to shrink out of.
This weekend I headed out to the outlet stores to try on (gasp!) some new work out gear. The gasp is because I usually just grabbed whatever item was the largest and cheapest on the clearance rack. You know, the stuff you think is covering your lady, and not so lady like, lumps and bumps?Whatever. It wasn't going to look good, and I knew it wouldn't fall off.
But do you know they make workout wear for each specific type of movement you could do? Wow! Plethora of options. It was actually fun - and very educational.
I found a motivational shirt and some shorts, and am going to cross my fingers for the rest, because both Running with Sass and Runs for Cookies have entered the Under Armour What's Beautiful Challenge to win $500 in new gear and I get a sweepstakes entry in exchange for telling you about it in this blog post! You can check out the Under Armour What’s Beautiful site, and even sign up yourself.
Meanwhile, I'll just wear this shirt I picked up this weekend to remind myself that I can overcome these frustrations if I tell myself to:
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