Pain, reivented

Oh, Bootcamp, you little tease! Just when I think I've figured you out, you go and completely change on me! Weren't we happy the way we were? It was one of the best weeks of my life. What happened?!

Monday night was the start of a fresh, new week of bootcamp. I was optimistic, pumped and ready to kick my "BMI's" a$$ just a little more. My sister and I arrived a little early and snuck off to the gym to play with a basketball that had been set out -- then realized there was no basketball net...

"Hmmm, basketball with no net? Whatever could it be for," I worried, knowing things are not always as they seem in this athletic, parallel universe.

"Ha, I bet we're gonna have to do push-ups on it," my sister joked.*

*whimper*

That's when I took a good look around the room and realized -- a lot of the equipment from last week was gone. It had been replaced with new and unusual forms of torture and punishment. And just when I had gotten comfortable with the old routine!

I know a routine change is needed to prevent overtraining and keep the workouts effective. Now my body doesn't have a chance to get too comfortable with the routine. It's being challenged in a new, more punishing way each week. Hooray! /end sarcasm. I'm guessing this will be the pattern - new routine each week. I say, "Bring it on!"

With all of the mad exercising I've been doing, you'd think I'd be jumping at the chance to weigh in, but miraculously, I haven't weighed myself since my 'before results'. I haven't really wanted to. The absolute most ironic thing is I'm working out because I want to lose weight, but numbers on a scale are the last thing on my mind. I'm busting my butt, sometimes going to my own personal gym to do more cardio after bootcamp! I've never worked harder at this lard busting endeavor, and it's paying off. I feel differently. Yes, it's only been a week, but I already notice a difference. I'm focusing more on how I feel -- the way my clothes fit, my elevated energy levels and how much happier I am knowing I'm pushing myself 100% on all fronts.

However, what I have been doing is trying on a pair of pants that usually need to be greased down in order for me to pour myself into them! A couple of times over the past few weeks, I've put them on and taken a picture. If you're lucky and aren't offended by obscene, muffin tops I might post the pics after bootcamp has ended.

My eating has also been perfection -- even on the weekends when I usually binge or eat random naughtiness! And I do mean perfection. My Diet Coke consumption is still holding steady at one a day. I'm drinking mass amounts of water and taking a daily, multi-vitamin. I'm even snacking on carrots as I type this!

I'm not exactly sure when this motivated, superwoman showed up, but I like her and I hope she sticks around.

*I hate is when my sister is right!