I did it!

243, 278, 290.  Those were the calories I burned for the first three weeks since I challenged myself to get to 300 calories in a 30 minute cyclefit class (at 6:00 in the morning too!).  Last Friday: 301!!!!  I did it in less than a month!  If you are thinking of attempting this, it’s a lot harder than it sounds!  Ask any of the participants in the class that were trying too, it’s hard.  That 30 minutes does include the warm-up and most of the cool down too, so five minutes are gone there.  This has proven to me that I CAN accomplish what I set my mind to.

Or not, which brings me to the next purpose of this post: my weigh in….  I don’t have anything to tell you except for the fact that I didn’t do it for June.  I don’t think it was going to be good news because, besides the week and a half that I did really well, the rest of the month was shot.  I decided not to weigh and measure myself because I didn’t want that feeling that I failed again, again.  It’s counterproductive for my eating habits as well as I am reasonably sure that it was not going to be good news and I don’t take bad news well, especially when it’s coming from that box on my bathroom floor that taunts me daily, determining my mood and feeling of self-esteem every time I step on it. 

I will, however weigh and measure at the end of this month no matter what, because I don’t want the few pounds I have kept off creeping back on again and it’s a good way to keep track of progress or not….

How is everyone else doing?  Comment or send me an email (tdafoe@ymcanorthumberland.com) and let me know how things are going with your challenges, whether they are weight related, exercise related or both.  It would be nice to know that I am not alone in this.