This is a blog post from one of my clients in my current Twenty Five Day Challenge, who writes a blog called OMGiFatty chronicling her weight loss quest, peppered with vegetarian recipes. This is why I do this…
Twenty-Five Days of Loving Torture…& some goals.So, today I finished Day 8 of Rock Solid Fitness & Wellness’s Twenty Five Day challenge, which consists of me getting up at 5ish in the morning to make it out to Land’s End in San Francisco for an hour of running up stairs,
strength training, kick boxing and the stretching every day. For 25 days. Hilarious, if you know me. I love it. Marvelous trainer Teresa Marchese is just so deliciously, sinisterly sweet as she sends us running sprints uphill in between stomach crunches and dancing lunges. I laugh, pant at the same time.
A few great quotes from the other hilarious and amazing women in my group:
“I don’t think I can do this push-up, I don’t have triceps!”
“I can never be on time for work, school, anything, but this running, jumping – I am early. EVERY TIME!”
“I can still see you!” – Teresa, to me when I peeked up, slowing down during stomach crunches.
Since I don’t push myself when I exercise alone, this is perfect for me. Not only are we exercising outdoors next to Ocean Beach in the most amazing city ever, the group setting allows me to push myself hard but also keep a good pace too. I also love the demystification of strength training, which has always been something I just needed someone to show me how to do!
Teresa asked us to think about three goals, telling us that twenty-five days is a good time to lose a bad habit or build a good habit.
My goals:
1. Not to punk out and miss any days, during the 25. Also, to continue an hour of cardio in addition, 3-5 times a week. Walk a couple of miles in the city or slip into a pool at the gym! I want to make it every day, because I have to show myself that it is possible.
2. Add a day or two of yoga a week and daily stretching, which will hopefully lead to lovely, loose hamstrings!
3. Being more mindful of food/drink intake – more water water water! And watching carbs, calories, but upping protein and veggie intake. It makes it easy when I start to see the relationship between what I put in my body and how fast I can run up some stairs. (Brutal, lemme tell you – trader joe’s mac & cheese is not super helpful…)
I think what I am getting out of this is the feeling that I can do anything, if I can wake up before sunrise to exercise every day for almost a month. It is empowering, more empowering then doing my 45 minutes on an elliptical.
Further reports will be upcoming, as will photos!
Teresa here again: We are having such a good time!
