Just Weight

Over the weekend, I went to an event at the gym. The first part was all about nutrition and not gaining weight over the holidays. I learned some good things about eating smart over the holidays and making wise decisions. One statistic that stuck with me is that the average person gains 5 – 10 pounds over the holidays (from Halloween thru New Year’s). I think they also said that it only takes eating 500 extra calories a day to gain those 5 – 10 pounds.

The second part of this was a boot camp. Even though it was a short boot camp – just 30 minutes – I was very excited about completing my first boot camp. I didn’t really know what to expect. When I think of a boot camp, I think of someone yelling at me to go faster, jump higher, and me feeling like I want to quit because it’s so hard. It was hard but that’s where the similarities end. Maybe other boot camps are that way, but this one wasn’t because my trainer Jeremy led the boot camp and he’s not like that. Just as a side note, I did feel some pressure to do my best because Jeremy was leading the boot camp and I know that he knows what I’m capable and not capable of doing.

I left the gym that day with a renewed anticipation of things to come. Since then, I’ve done a lot of thinking and planning about things that I want to do to reach my weight-loss goals and remembering what those goals are.