Last night I set my alarm for 7:30.  I was planning to be up and ready for kickboxing this morning.  I knew I had to get an early start in order to get in everything I have to do today.  The alarm went off....ugh.....and I immediately began to tell myself that I need to get a little more sleep, and then get started on my to do list.  That whole battle went on in my head for about 10 minutes.  Finally, I got up, got dressed, cooked my egg whites, and headed out the door...............  I AM SO GLAD I DID....It was a great class.......great workout....great encouragement........feeling accomplished......I am so glad that I get to workout with the most awesome group of women....Let's face it.  Women are not always encouraging to other women......Means girls grow up to be mean women, and we all know them.  The ladies I work out with are accepting, encouraging, and great motivators....I am thankful for that....We even had a visitor in the class who is visiting family in Macon.  She work out in California.....Her comment was that everyone was just so nice and welcoming!!! As I looked around the gym today, I noticed that we are a very mixed group.  There are women much older than me, several women my age, and there were even two of my much younger former students all there working out together....PROOF that women at any age can and should make their health a priority.....SO GLAD I DIDN'T HIT THE SNOOZE THIS MORNING!!!

My progress.....dropped a few pounds and inches....feeling stronger....moving in the right direction.....

Heading on vacation in the morning.....gonna miss my PP ladies, but I am excited about being away with my family and walking on the BEACH...

Feeling pretty strong today!!!!!  Somehow I missed Kickboxing this morning.  I must have gotten the time wrong, but my plan was to really sweat it out in class today............When I got to the gym, the class was ending.....what to do?  what to do?.......I could have gotten back in my car and gone home, but I didn't....Instead, I had a great workout ALL ON MY OWN......Really a good feeling to put into use all that I have been learning about exercising and working out on my own.....30 minutes on the elliptical, and I was drenched.....topped it off with some abs,  tush work, and PUSH UPS......feeling a little ouch already.......I love working out with my group of Pink Physique ladies in the classes, but it was a good feeling to know that I can do workout on my own some too...NO EXCUSES...FEELING STRONG....and isn't that what it is really all about?   I have said this before, but for me it has really not been so much about looking better....it has been about feeling better and being healthier.  God made us in all different shapes and sizes.  I am never going to be a size 2, and heaven knows I NEVER need to put on a bikini AGAIN!  I do, however, want to be in the best possible shape and health as I can be as I approach the big 5 0.  I was visiting with family last weekend around a neighborhood pool, and two older ladies ( much older) came to take a evening swim.  They even brought some pool workout equipment.  It was good to see them exercising at their age.  It just proves that it is never too late.  The thing that bothered me was that exercise had obviously not been always been a part of these ladies' lives.  They were both fairly overweight, and had a difficult time getting around.  They were moving very slowly and gingerly.  I could not help but wonder, how could things be different for them now if they had made simple exercise and a healthy diet a way of life years earlier.......I could not help but think how THANKFUL I am that I stopped putting my health and wellness on the back burner and didn't wait until I was older to get my act together.....Working at it each day :)

I have been away for a whole week.  I took a group of TSA students on a local mission trip.  It as a great week of service.We worker hard and played hard.  Food this week......so so........Exercise this week..........a little better than so so.....There was a great deal of physical labor and sweating on these projects.  My goal for the week was to at least hold steady.....ACCOMPLISHED that  :)

This morning I was up and at it at the Pink Physique...Because I am on summer break, I was able to check out a morning class.....I did some upper body weights followed by a cardio setp class.......WOW...I forgot how much I get out of step.  It was great.....Looking forward to going back on Wednesday....JOIN ME!!!

Remember this journey is one day at a time.....
  
   Things I have done right today  - weights - cardio - logged my food........

Keep at it....................looking for some workout buddies???