as some of you know, i am a big supporter and fanatic of bootcamp. pretty sure i seem like a crazy person to some of my more sane friends, but i absolutely love it. i take my bootcamp through "Bootcamp Republic". (www.bootcamprepublic.com)
i absolutely love my trainer, Tanya. she is an adorable aussie chick who has transplanted to nyc. i have been taking bootcamp classes on and off for about a year with her. the real testament for me of how bootcamp works was a girl in my class last year who was about 5' tall and not fat, but overall just a little pudgy and soft. i saw her this year for the first time and she looked INCREDIBLE! she has lost 10 lbs throughout the course of the year by making bootcamp her regular workout. now, that is only super amazing in the fact that bootcamp has added more muscle than i have had since at least my high school cheerleading days. so, you figure she has lost at least 15 pounds of fat, while gaining at least 5 pounds of muscle.
i had bootcamp last night. for those of you in the nyc area as of late, you will know that it was about 90 degrees outside with what felt like 90 percent humidity. i consider myself to be pretty in shape at this point, but i was struggling. every move took that much more energy and cardio strength. however, i will admit that it does feel amazing to have your trainer continually giving you assignments "for those who want to kick it up a notch". what she should say is "for lauren and all of you other type-A freaks who would never back down from a challenge...here's what you can do". let's just be honest about that. i have never turned down a "if you want to push yourself harder".
so far, i have been pretty good about the drinking rules i set out for myself. have been having sparkling water at home with dinner. don't really miss it. i think it is probably because i am not totally depriving myself.
have to get through 4-5 miles tonight running. planning on weighing myself on friday morning to see what kind of progress i have made in roughly a week since my last weigh in.
peace, love and chardonnay
