Crank it up

I'm sitting here and I'm feeling the workout I did this morning. I've been cranking it up a little bit each week, but this week, I've decided to see just how hard I can push everything - my nutrition and my workouts. I set this great plan and now all I have to do is execute. I have to say, I'm super excited. When I started this venture 2 weeks ago (and 30 days before that with Shakeology), I was in the worst shape of my life. I couldn't do one push up, breathing hard with any physical exertion, asthma worse than ever, feeling like CRAP. I'm sure if you read my blog before, you got a good laugh with that push up struggle. But I've been taking the approach of day by day, week by week. I can't focus on the total amount of weight I need to lose (even though it's not nearly as much as some, it's still daunting when I don't think about it in tiny steps). I keep saying it - BABY STEPS. I would love to see the scale show that I dropped 10 pounds in a week or even two weeks. Since it's not giving me that satisfaction, I decided to stay off the scale. I'm trying to avoid anything and anyone that is discouraging. There are lots of people that will support you if you share your journey and you just have to ignore the haters who don't. 

At this point, I mainly see some small differences in how I feel (much more energy and much stronger). This morning I did EIGHT pushups. That's right EIGHT pushups. WOO HOO. And, not girl push ups either. I did eight regular pushups. I had to revert back to the girl pushups after that BUT I did it. I also cranked up the intensity of the rest of the workout. I read somewhere that the body adjusts really quickly to workouts so you have to keep changing - increasing the intensity in some manner to keep the body under stress. That kind of stress equals improvement. The other thing is that people are starting to notice the changes - they are VERY small physically but those close to me can tell that I'm doing something.

Here's something I also strongly believe. Your journey is your journey. Do NOT let yourself get caught up by what someone else is doing and what results they are having. That has killed me I can't tell you how many times. My only challenge is with myself. Trying to improve over yesterday and last week. I'm not going to judge myself, but just keep pressing forward and pushing play. Also, realizing that I am human and there will be days when I fall (far) from my plan. But I will get back up and I will push play and keep making a better life for myself, one day at a time...