Get your GRR face on!

When I think about my journey and where I started and how I've progressed, it is still so absolutely surreal to me. I knew I was making the best decision I ever made when I hopped on the healthy train, but I had no idea where it would all lead to.

I knew I had to quit smoking so that was step one. Then I gradually added in exercise and started to change some food habits. I took it slow in the beginning and one step at a time which I think ultimately kept me interested and kept me from getting overwhelmed and quitting. I got some awesome stats from Quitnet.com that I wanted to share:

I quit Sept 15, 2009..
Time Smoke-Free: 1128 days, 11 hours, 40 minutes and 36 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 13542
Lifetime Saved: 3 months, 13 days, 10 hours
Money Saved: $4,399.20

***cartwheels***

I have tracked 35,439 fitness minutes into my SparkPeople fitness tracker since joining in Jan 2010. I know I've missed tracking a few of my workouts in there so I def have more than that, but heck! 35,439 min is really awesome to me!

Like I've said before, I never thought I'd be one to enjoy weight training because I fell into the trap believing weight training wasn't for women unless they were training for an event of some sort.. That is simply not true. Weight training is my favorite kind of workout now and I believe EVERYONE should incoorporate weight training into their workouts!

This week we did our maxes (4-6 reps of each exercise) and it's always awesome to see how much weight you can push and how far you've progressed in four short weeks! All the ladies in my group push so hard and it's just so great to be a part of that!!

My trainer busted out the camera on Thursday so I could share some pics here. (Thanks Lori)

Arnolds 35 lb dumbbells
Trainer is holding my wrists so I don't hurt myself
And this would be my GRRRRR face ;)



Arnolds 35 lbs
All the way up!



Push Ups on the Fit Wall .. Pretty dang parallel !
Super hard!



Decline chest press 105 lbs
Had such a hard time with this exercise. Progessed with it though!
Four weeks ago, I was pressing 75 lbs..



Tricep pressdowns 110 lbs first set
120 lbs second and third set
Bam!

 



Froggie squats! *squat down low, jump up and bring your feet to your butt*



This is what four weeks of progress looks like... Tell me that isn't awesome!!!

 

 

Whatever your goal, give it your all and make every effort to reach it. If you have to add

 more time to reach your goal, that's ok. Just keep striving to do your very best.

We all have our "off" days, but each day is a new day.