Sham, your awesome

Thanks for the challenge and encouragement today!

I was listening to Air1 today and was reminded that a healthy "ME" is the goal for several reasons: my kids, my kids, my kids and, because it's just fun to be thin, me. I'm finding I need to remind myself why I'm doing what I'm doing because if I just focus on the hard work of it, I can get unmotivated and lazy. Quick fixes start teasing my mind and I want an easy out. At those moments it's nice to have a calm reassuring voice to set me back on my path.

We are kicking it up to 3x per week starting this week and I will begin rigorously watching my eating so we can fast track my results. My favorite saying is "Don't waste a good suffering". Meaning, you are working so hard, don't blow it with stupid eating!

If the weather is good, we may have some more photos to post on Friday...

I've missed you but I have news!

I know it's been a while since Iposted. I finished my 7 day cleanse last Friday and I feel great. The products were very easy to use, but once a year will be good for me :)

I've been meeting Sham 2x per week for intense training sessions. The level of effort he gets out of me is amazing and I am sure I wouldn't push myself this hard on my own. I'm working through various levels of soreness and as we speak my triceps are yelling at me! I really appreciate having someone there to watch my form, correct me, and encourage me. He challenges me to sweat like I've never sweated before!

So here's the GREAT NEWS! in the 2 1/2 weeks we've been meeting for these workouts (5 total sessions), I've lost 3.5 lbs, 1% body fat, 1.8 points lower BMI, and several inches lost! Yay! Sham was pleased with my progress and assured me that these are pounds that will never come back. He assures me that slow, measured weight loss is our goal and to be very encouraged by these results. I'm reminded that to get permanent weight loss I can be patient and disciplined, with his help, and retrain myself for this lifelong commitment. "New Shelly" is on her way!

Still Cleansing...

Hmmm.... I learned something today about my 7 day cleanse. My two rough days of cleansing might have been brought on by my food choices those days. I didn't exactly eat the best on the first day (chevy's chicken salad and quesadilla) oops- and then teriyaki chicken rice bowl on Saturday. Not so good I guess! Today was definitely better, I guess I'm getting the toxins out of my system. I'll be done on Thursday.

Had a great workout tonight. I was pouring sweat and definitely weak from my cleansing and lack of exercise this weekend. It feels good to be pushed and have accomplished that today though. Had Subway for dinner (pre-screened and approved by Sham, thank you). Sham is going to hook me up with menu planning and his online meal and workout planning. That should help me put lunches together for work.

Oh! and we took action photos today. I'll share them with you when Sham emails them to me.

Cleansing Now

I've started the cleansing routine now. The products Sham recommended are very effective and actually taste good. The daily vitamin is a powder you stir into water and it's very easy to take. I'm told the childrens version are very tasty too, I'll have to try them out on my kids. The colon cleanse also uses a powder but it is berry flavored and really quite good-so weird that I can say that! I'm on day two so I'll let you know what I think about the routine in 5 more days :)

20 minutes!

20 minutes is all it took for Sham to kick my butt today, I am quite sure I would've given up much sooner than that on my own! He created an intense circuit routine of pull-ups, sit-ups, push-ups and squats. I hate it and I love it at the same time. When we measure and weigh in a few weeks I'll know a lot more about how I feel!

The one thing I'm learning is that the prior sessions I had with Sham when we concentrated on diet, core, posture, stability- it was all preparing me for the more intense workouts I'm doing now. Sham is giving me all the tools I need to be successful for my lifetime.

I'm not a perfect student, but the education, accountability and encouragement from Sham is going to make all the difference in this journey. Want to join me?

Zzzzz.....

Ugh, I am tired!

So I was kind of able to do my whole routine at the gym- my 10 year old son was a nuissance and I had to run him home. Note to self! But, I did everything but 2 of my 3 miles in 1 hr 15 minutes, then came home and walked 1.6 miles in 25 minutes with my mom (with a lot of steep hills!)

I was sweating up a storm at the gym while completing my core work so it must be working right? :) Looking forward to another butt-kicking from Sham tomorrow! I'll try to post an action photo too (pretty!).

The fun starts!

Ok, so I was bad. I haven't posted for a few days, but I had a very relaxing 3 day weekend! Go Steelers by the way...

So today was my first full workout with Sham. I'm fried. My chest hurts from push-ups. I'm supposed to go through this routine daily on my own, I hope I can! I'm going to try the whole thing tomorrow and time it so Sham can adjust it in case I end up at the gym for 2 hours trying to get it done. Who has time for that? I was definitely challenged today but isn't that why I'm doing this? My way was giving me the same non-results as always, so why would I expect to continue to do the same thing and get anything else- isn't that the definition of insanity?

Focusing on my goals, my health-the "New Shelly"- is where my mind needs to be. Have fun, do it Sham's way and see what happens, right? Oh, this has always been one of my favorite perspectives: "Don't waste a good suffering" we gain a lot by learning a lot!