All in the Timing

Well, my 31st birthday has come and gone and along with it there are some amazing milestones.

When we started this whole journey, I was over 50% body fat. The little machine Jenny had to check my body fat percentage couldn't even read it I had so much body fat. Then in April when we checked again I was down to 43%... I think. Then, on my birthday Wilton checked on my percentage again. This time with calipers. Dang, those things hurt. I'm now proud to say that I'm at 38% body fat. That's a lot to have lost in 6 months.

That's right, we are at the halfway point. Argh! Six months to go.

I cooked my food for this week, what felt like the first time in months... which is probably true. I have to make that shopping and cooking a priority. It's super important and not knowing what I'm going to eat is causing me stress, which is also keeping the weight on.

With Rachel on Monday, I completed a total of 250 kettlebell reps. My shoulders are so sore now. Also I have a couple of bruises from them bumping in to me because I wasn't controlling them enough. Visualizing how to make all of that better.

Today in PAINE Wilton gave us a fitness challenge. I know the numbers are for us, but I think it's important to share them with you. We had ten activities and a minute to do each of them and see how many we could complete in a minute. We had a minute rest in between each set. After we completed all ten activities Wilton told us that he was going to mentally challenge us. We were going to do the 10 activities again, but this time we had to try to beat our previous number. I was so tired after having done the first set, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to do the second, but I did! And on most of the activities I matched or beat my original number. Here they are.

1. Burpees (which I hate!)  8 first round    6 second round
2. Push ups                       15 first round  20 second round
3. Jump Squats                 22                   29
4. Sit Ups                         17                   24
5. Power Jacks                 19                   22
6. Dips                             14                   18
7. Pop Ups                       24                   27
8. High-Low Planks          9                     11
9. Jump Lunges                 24                   24
10. Plank Jumps                10                  13

I should mention that I did everything at level one, so those of you going out there to try these exercises can find your level and try it yourself.

I have to say that I'm pretty proud of myself for what I've accomplished in the last couple of days. I even cried a little today at the end of class.

I think 31 is going to be a good year. I definitely feel like I'm in the right place at the right time.

All the love,
Kristin