T25 Day 21 - Feeling Strong

Sweat in my mouth.  Ha!  Got so into the workout this morning that I forgot to wipe the sweat off my face (did swipe over my eyes with the back of my hand so I could see straight).  Salty evidence of all my work.

Today was Total Body Circuit.  Up and down and plank and sprint and pushup.  None of which I usually enjoy on my own, but somehow Shaun makes it a little more fun.  I am feeling ready for something more though.  I didn't imagine saying this in Week 1, but it is getting easier now and I feel like I'm much stronger.  I do still modify the pushups, but only sometimes (a little fear of a shoulder injury keeps popping up).  Next week I feel I will be ready for Beta round.  And I realized this morning I have been a little off on my days.  Today is actually Day 21 -  Monday of week 5.  I had been counting every day instead of the 5 workout days per week.  Which is ok since I skipped a couple of days here and there posting.  I did NOT skip the workouts on those days. 

I feel like I am doing a good job of representing the results of the workout, but not necessarily the Program.  My big plan at Day 1 was to do the entire program to the "T" (pun!) including the meal plan.  @#%$!  Didn't happen.  I was given advice though, to show vulnerability and so I am being truthful and hopefully that will connect with and help others that are on a similar path as me.  I think people often assume that because I teach fitness classes I also have my nutrition totally under control.  While I do know a lot about it, I still have my own vices and perhaps some of what I share can be helpful, along with letting people know they don't have to be perfect. 

If you are having trouble sticking to a plan (ANY plan), whether it is T25 or not, here are some tips.

1.  Focus on where you can have success.  Do a workout.  Even if your diet is totally out of control the entire day, let yourself have some success on the physical side.  Do something active - even if it is 5 minutes of walking 2 days of the week.  Make forward progress.  This you can succeed at if everything else you do you feel like a failure at.  You control this.

2.  Put something good in your body.  Set yourself a goal to eat one more serving of veggies than you normally would.  If you are eating drive-thrus all day, go to the store on purpose and buy one bag of baby carrots and eat one serving.  This you can succeed at even if your diet is junk the rest of the day.  Ideally it won't be, but celebrate doing something right.  Move forward.  One step at a time.  The best thing I put in my body every day is the superfood meal replacement Shakeology.  I'm not just saying this - you will feel a difference when you are getting protein and fiber and probiotics and superfoods and adaptagens into your body on a regular basis.  If you don't know about this awesome shake, go to www.shakeology.com/jenngibbs and take a look at the science.  It is one reason that despite my downfalls of diet, I haven't eaten plates of brownies or bowls of cookie dough in these few weeks.  It really has calmed and controlled my raging sweet-tooth, which I thought was impossible.

So I will put a mental checkmark on workout and feel great all day.  I wish you the same!