Day 18

I had a restless night last night. I'm not really sure why but I just didn't sleep well.

The alarm went off and it took me a few minutes to roll out of bed and get ready to go. I knew that today was "Bring a friend" day and I wasn't sure how many people would be there but I knew I had to be.

When I arrived, I saw my older sister, Rachel, with her mat out and ready to go. Rachel had quite an ordeal (That's the understatement of the year!) over last Thanksgiving and Christmas and was confined to the hospital and in a coma. During that time, as a family, we had Faith that God would bring her through and allow her to live but for a time, we genuinely didn't "know" if the breaths that the ventilator provided for her would be her last. God was Faithful to answer our MANY prayers how we had hoped. It was a huge encouragement to see her this morning and be able to work out together.

We started out with our usual "jog". We both made it though jogging the whole way. Yes!

Then we did an obstacle course complete with free weights, hoops, rev. crunches, dips and push ups, forward and backward lunges, and resistance pushes and pulls. Rachel and I stayed together and we both made it through the course a few times. Rachel did great and it was nice to share the work-out this morning with her. It made the time pass faster too.

After we finished the course, we did some core work. It was hot today so the sweat was pouring but I definitely feel charged up and ready to face my longggggg day at the salon.

I found out this morning that there is a week in between sessions so I'm a little nervous about that time. I'm scared that because I have such a hard time over the weekends that a whole week of no classes will allow me to fall back into old habits. I'm going to try to find some "accountability partners" to exercise with during that week. I haven't had much success finding people to run with or workout with on the weekends which has been a bit discouraging. Still, I'm hopeful that some brave soul will come out of the woodwork and join me.

Obviously, ideally, the answer would be to depend on myself and to have the self-discipline to get up and go hard, alone. This is something that is phenomenally difficult for me which is why I think I've failed every other time I've hopped on the "healthy train". Maybe it's because I tend to be a dependant person? It just seems to help to have someone, a physical body, there to encourage me and push me. I'm hopeful that with practice, and daily consistency I'll be able to develop the inner motivation to do it on my own. I know ME, I'm just not there yet and I have to be honest about that.

I can't wait until tomorrow. The excitement is brewing...

We have our reassessments and I'm looking forward to raising my "Par" scores in every single area. The mile is already on my mind but I know that I shouldn't be worrying about it until tomorrow at the starting line. It's exciting to know that I will be able to set new personal goals and I'm hopeful that tomorrow at 6:30, I'll be able to celebrate my personal accomplishments.