I miss y'all! I'm so glad I've seen some of you at classes this week, but I miss our usual group workouts! How's everyone doing on journaling, eating, etc. I'll be honest and say I have eaten small tastes of cravings I had the last six weeks but I've been able to snap myself back into the journal, the planning and eating better for a lifetime. I think we are all on the same page that this wasn't just a six week plan, but a lifetime program we've commited too! I'm not sure I realized that when I started! But I know it now and I'm glad I'm in it with all of you! Seeya Saturday for our workout and well deserved celebration of all our successes along with celebrating Sweat360's anniversary!
Lori
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Here we go a New Challenge
I am so excited for everyone! We have made it!!! Tonight is so exciting for me, I feel like a little girl bring a friend to show and tell....
I know that I have started to build a new way of life. I may be a grandma but I am going to be healthy grandma that will pass on the healthy way of life to my family. I have had such great encouragement from all of you, family and friends. Now I want to be an encourager. Sorry for the spelling errors.
Well there is now 44 minutes to the last meltdown. We all have the tools to start making great decisions and we know we can setup our on workstations at home if we need to. I know that I look so forward to the continuation of this journey!
I'll see you soon, Tracy
I know that I have started to build a new way of life. I may be a grandma but I am going to be healthy grandma that will pass on the healthy way of life to my family. I have had such great encouragement from all of you, family and friends. Now I want to be an encourager. Sorry for the spelling errors.
Well there is now 44 minutes to the last meltdown. We all have the tools to start making great decisions and we know we can setup our on workstations at home if we need to. I know that I look so forward to the continuation of this journey!
I'll see you soon, Tracy
Wrapping Up the Meltdown
The past six weeks have been filled with exercise, nutrition, excitement and change! When I began this program, my focus was on continued weight loss and improving my overall sense of wellness. When I turned 30, my metabolism took a turn for the worse, causing my waist line to grow like our country’s debt. I was responsible for this – not my body – because I was choosing to eat without regard for what was healthy, drinking too often, and enjoying a sedentary lifestyle. I knew that I needed to change, and so it was with this sense of purpose that I began the Meltdown Challenge. Even after training for three months with Robert, this challenge represented a fantastic opportunity to continue the work we had started, and to push myself beyond what I knew to be a true boundary of ability.
What I am capable of doing is so much more than I ever thought! In the end, I’ve realized that every single action (or inaction) that affects my life is my decision. Whether I stay in a work-out is my decision. Whether I push myself by working out with a heavier weight is my decision. Whether I sit at my desk or go for a run over my lunch hour - - my decision. Working out with Robert and Kili has had a huge impact on my physical being as well. I am stronger over all, my endurance has increased dramatically, and I feel like I have greater stability in my gait. Working out has also increased my flexibility, which comes into play constantly in my day-to-day experiences. My outlook on food has drastically changed—now I am aware of what I am choosing, rather than eating what sounds or looks good. I am conscious of the types of food I am putting into my body, well aware when I stray from the desired path.
The most important change is one of self-perception and self-belief. When I began my relationship with Sweat360, I looked at “working out” as something I had to do; something that I had to put myself through in order to get the results I was seeking. Now, after all is said and done, I see myself as an athlete, someone capable of achieving significant results with and through my body. I consider myself to be an active, healthy, aware athlete who respects his body by making smart, consistent decisions. I go for runs. I can endure a hi-def work-out. I can go. And I love it. If the past six weeks have given me anything, it is a new appreciation for myself, for my body, for my health. I am on top of my game!
Word up, People!
-Daniel
What I am capable of doing is so much more than I ever thought! In the end, I’ve realized that every single action (or inaction) that affects my life is my decision. Whether I stay in a work-out is my decision. Whether I push myself by working out with a heavier weight is my decision. Whether I sit at my desk or go for a run over my lunch hour - - my decision. Working out with Robert and Kili has had a huge impact on my physical being as well. I am stronger over all, my endurance has increased dramatically, and I feel like I have greater stability in my gait. Working out has also increased my flexibility, which comes into play constantly in my day-to-day experiences. My outlook on food has drastically changed—now I am aware of what I am choosing, rather than eating what sounds or looks good. I am conscious of the types of food I am putting into my body, well aware when I stray from the desired path.
The most important change is one of self-perception and self-belief. When I began my relationship with Sweat360, I looked at “working out” as something I had to do; something that I had to put myself through in order to get the results I was seeking. Now, after all is said and done, I see myself as an athlete, someone capable of achieving significant results with and through my body. I consider myself to be an active, healthy, aware athlete who respects his body by making smart, consistent decisions. I go for runs. I can endure a hi-def work-out. I can go. And I love it. If the past six weeks have given me anything, it is a new appreciation for myself, for my body, for my health. I am on top of my game!
Word up, People!
-Daniel
I want to share my thoughts on this MC closing day
Robert asked us to reflect on what the Meltdown Challenge has meant to us and write it down and turn it in tonight. After writing it I felt compelled to share my thoughts with each of you that I have experienced it with.
What This Meltdown Challenge Has Meant To Me:
Since Daniel and I started working out with Sweat 360 at the beginning of the year, I felt like doing the challenge would just be a continuation of those workouts. In some ways, it was. In many other ways it wasn't. One of the things that I value the most out of the MC, is and will be the relationships that I gained with the group. This was unexpected for me. I just thought that we would come together as a group and leave when the workout was over. I never expected the camaraderie and support that I have felt during the MC. I truly look forward to hearing the successes and challenges that each of us go through. I have, at times, not even felt like working out, yet I was encouraged to keep going, keep moving, and keep breathing. I too have enjoyed sharing what I am experiencing and have been able to help others in the group to keep going.
In doing the MC, I feel that I have personally challenged myself to new limits. On many days throughout the MC, I challenged myself to do two workouts. This often felt torturous, yet I lived. Someone in the group one day said “I can do anything for six weeks,” and I believe that and if I can do it for 6 weeks then why can’t I do it for six months or six years? In one of the first episodes of Biggest Loser this season Ashley asked her mother ‘what will happen if I go in there (the gym) and can’t do it?’ Sherry, her mother, responded ‘what will happen if you CAN do it?’ As those of us know that watched the show, she came in 2nd place. Often in life one fails to experiences all that the world has to offer because of fear of failure. I feel that going through this MC has given me a new found zeal for everything that the world has to offer. I am a healthier person, I am a stronger person, and I love myself more than I can ever remember.
If there is one thing that I wish beyond all that I have stated, it is this: that those who went through this with me see the change that is possible in their lives and continue in this course, never forgetting that they have it within themselves to make that change to be healthier, stronger and to be able to do whatever their heart’s desire in this wonderful world.
Terrance
P.S. I want to thank each and every one of you including Kili and Robert for all the love and support that I have felt during the MC. I commit to continuing in this course and challenge each of you to do the same. All my love, Terrance
What This Meltdown Challenge Has Meant To Me:
Since Daniel and I started working out with Sweat 360 at the beginning of the year, I felt like doing the challenge would just be a continuation of those workouts. In some ways, it was. In many other ways it wasn't. One of the things that I value the most out of the MC, is and will be the relationships that I gained with the group. This was unexpected for me. I just thought that we would come together as a group and leave when the workout was over. I never expected the camaraderie and support that I have felt during the MC. I truly look forward to hearing the successes and challenges that each of us go through. I have, at times, not even felt like working out, yet I was encouraged to keep going, keep moving, and keep breathing. I too have enjoyed sharing what I am experiencing and have been able to help others in the group to keep going.
In doing the MC, I feel that I have personally challenged myself to new limits. On many days throughout the MC, I challenged myself to do two workouts. This often felt torturous, yet I lived. Someone in the group one day said “I can do anything for six weeks,” and I believe that and if I can do it for 6 weeks then why can’t I do it for six months or six years? In one of the first episodes of Biggest Loser this season Ashley asked her mother ‘what will happen if I go in there (the gym) and can’t do it?’ Sherry, her mother, responded ‘what will happen if you CAN do it?’ As those of us know that watched the show, she came in 2nd place. Often in life one fails to experiences all that the world has to offer because of fear of failure. I feel that going through this MC has given me a new found zeal for everything that the world has to offer. I am a healthier person, I am a stronger person, and I love myself more than I can ever remember.
If there is one thing that I wish beyond all that I have stated, it is this: that those who went through this with me see the change that is possible in their lives and continue in this course, never forgetting that they have it within themselves to make that change to be healthier, stronger and to be able to do whatever their heart’s desire in this wonderful world.
Terrance
P.S. I want to thank each and every one of you including Kili and Robert for all the love and support that I have felt during the MC. I commit to continuing in this course and challenge each of you to do the same. All my love, Terrance
My Last Blog Entry????
It can't be, it can't be our last day. I'm gonna keep blogging or texting or facebooking or something! We all know that Meltdown is almost officially over but such a jump start for all of us! Can't wait til we see what the next chapter brings! Its like all those kids that are graduating around us. They've been taught, mentored and given the tools to get out there to make it on their own. We are also graduating in a way. In six weeks of Meltdown we've been taught, mentored and given the tools to succeed! Let's make our selves and our trainers proud. :) hey where's my cap and gown?? :)
Lori
Lori
It's not much, but it's a very big deal to me!
Yesterday I did something "living in the future." Daniel are planning to go to Mexico next January, and Old Navy had swimsuits on sale. I have for as long as I can remember had to buy XXL or even XXXL in swimsuits. I tried on the XXL and it was too big! I ended up buying an XL that was snug knowing that it will fit me nicely by January if not much sooner. There have been many times that I bought clothes smaller that I was when I purchases them, always hoping that somehow, miraculously, they would soon fit. This time it was very different. I KNOW that it will fit soon! That is the difference, for the first time in my life, I feel that I am in control, and that is a great feeling! No longer am I waiting for a miracle to happen, I am in charge of making my own miracles happen...and that's a big deal to me!
Terrance
Terrance
All I Can Do
Well, I've done all I can do before tonight's weigh in. Funny that our final workout comes the day after the Biggest Loser finale! Those contestants look AMAZING...and I have to say that all of us look AMAZING as well. It's been a challenging road, mentally & physically. I have conquered my sweet tooth that I had at the beginning of the challenge and I can stare it in the face and say "no" without hesitation. I have proved to myself that I can do it if I put my mind to it. I really enjoy working out now and have found that doing a variety of exercises and workouts really help to keep me energized and coming back for more. I do have to admit that I will miss the feeling of walking in on a Wednesday night or Saturday morning not knowing what in the hell is in store for me. But ALWAYS walking away afterward feeling great!
See you all tonight!
-Jen
See you all tonight!
-Jen
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