WEEK 6!!!!

Wow has it been a busy couple of weeks, sorry I have not been on in a while, it is just one thing after another and I am so happy to be able to sit down and write a little about what the last two weeks have brought me.

Last week at BodyBack- I lost 1 lb at weigh in which I was happy about because at least it wasn't a gain and I do not think I was as strict as I should have been when it came to my eating. I slipped up a couple times. Last Monday we did a traveling class and ended up going 4.25 miles all while holding a 4 lb medicine ball! Crazy right, I did really good though and was really proud of myself. Not only did we do THE HILL, we did a couple more hills that were even MORE brutal! It was amazing though and at the end of that class when we dropped those medicine balls, I could care less if I picked up that darn medicine ball ever again. Kelly used it as an example to show us what it feels like to loose that much weight because all of us have at least lost 4 lbs so far during BodyBack.

This week started off good, I can not believe we are in week 6! I did really well at weigh in, I lost 2.8 lbs this week so I think that makes a total of about 10 lbs so far. Monday's class was rounds, very hard for me, non stop workout, 10 stations and in between stations we do cardio. It is a killer, but I have to say that the traveling classes are by far the hardest classes for me. I really need to work on my stamina when it comes to running.

Today's class was beyond words, in honor of Veteran's Day tomorrow, Kelly recruited one of her intense retired Army neighbors to come and kick the crap out of us! IT WAS AWESOME! From the very beginning we started off with some serious group workouts, we were split into two teams and our job was to motivate our team to keep going, we did a few different workouts then headed to THE HILL marching most of the way there. Ohh and did I mention we all looked totally cute in our Army hats! :)

We ran THE HILL as two teams, the person in the front of the line had a weighted rucksack on our back, once we got up and back down THE HILL as a team we switched the rucksack to the next person. Five people on our team means we did THE HILL five times! It was really hard and I pushed hard until the end and on the last run up THE HILL I stopped a took a few "walking steps" bad news, 1st Sgt. Meyer's was there behind me telling me to push, to focus on my objective and to push again!

How could I not get my butt up that hill! The whole time we were going up and down THE HILL, I thought about the stories Brian has told me about the mountains he had to climb in Afghanistan. I thought about how heavy his rucksack probably was since he had to carry everything he needed to survive on his back! My husband is always there, in the back of my mind pushing me even though he doesn't even realize it.

One hour of BodyBack is the least I could do for my family when Brian has sacrificed so much for Kaelyn and I. I know that BodyBack may not be like serving this country, but I do know that it is a lot of work and it is pushing me to be stronger, more dedicated and realize how amazing I really am.

So tomorrow, when I get to spend the day with my husband, my veteran and my hero, I will be thinking of the crazy workouts I have to look forward to at BodyBack next week and be grateful that I have the opportunity to be a part of such an amazing, uplifting program!