I am super-excited ya'll! I have won two free weeks at a fitness boot camp called Push-ups to Pinups!
If you've ever read my blog, you know that last year I lost about 70 pounds in under 6 months time. Statistically, because of the quick rate of my weight loss, I am damned to regain these pounds (and 25 more) within two years time, and trust me, it's not my first time at the rodeo. Call me Kirstie Alley.
The good news, I have kept the 70 lbs that I lost off of my body for 8 months now.
The bad news, I've gotten a little bit lazy.
I promised myself that after maintaining my weight for six months I would reevaluate my body and decide if I wanted to make any changes. As planned, a couple of months ago I reevaluated and decided that I'd like to really tone up and lose about 20 more pounds. Something really needs to click for me when making these changes and I just couldn't get in the right head-space to make it happen at that time. Motivation was no where to be found. In the past couple of months I have seen my work-outs become lazier and my diet become sloppier. I am usually pretty shocked when I get on the scale and see that my weight hasn't fluctuated at all.
And last week at 8:26.15 on Wednesday morning while the sky was overcast and the sun set low some point, I got back to harder workouts at the gym and someone triggered my motivation button and I began to feel excited about fitness again.
... so I went swimsuit shopping at the TJ Maxx (I can't bring myself to spend $100 on a swimsuit). While shopping for a trusty tankini, I found a bikini that I LOVED. And better yet, it was marked from $112 to $29.99. And despite the fact that I couldn't bring myself to so much as leave the dressing room to look in the vanity mirrors, I swallowed the pill and bought the bikini.
Isn't it just beautiful?
The following day I learned that I won this mini-membership to the boot camp. Because I need a huge change in my exercise routine, this could not have come at a better time. I feel like I've been sitting at the bottom of a rut and someone just threw me a climbing rope to shimmy up.
I have decided that beginning on Monday, I will begin both a diet and exercise boot camp. My challenge will be to see how much I can transform my body in two weeks time. I will eat 1500 calories per day, mostly in raw vegetables and lean proteins and go to the boot camp or the gym every, single day. I will drink only water (buh-bye wine) and I will eat no grains (which I'm not supposed to anyway).
My goal is to feel confident in my new bikini! At the end of this two week period, I hope that my transformation is enough to post before and after pictures in it!
Here is what I look like now. This photograph was taken yesterday.
I am going to rock this challenge.
