Blogging lately hasn't been quite a priority in my world. The summer fun activities with my children, holidays down into Billings MT with my dear hubby and girls was just to much fun to want to sit down and type away here.
In June, a myfitnesspal friend contacted me to tell me about his new personal training business. He has had a lot of success in his weight loss adventure and has a wonderful wife who has been extremely helpful and supportive! I thought I could use a uproar in my world, I was stuck at 18 lbs lost and hovering.. It was really getting depressing!
A friend of mine had mentioned she was struggling with the weight loss, was making time for group classes but always felt she wasn't quite doing enough. Sarge has a package for friends.. this couldn't be better! So we sign up!
I noticed before I even got my workout program from Sarge I was motivated and kicking butt! I got rid of the plateau and was on my way. I ran my 5 km on July 1st and had a crap time... took me 44 minutes. It was so hot and I felt like I was suffocating.
This brought on some fear of health problems, since it is so hard to get a Dr. here I drove 2 hours to see my old family Dr. He put me to work ASAP, assuming it was asthma but making sure I had no heart problems. Awaiting the test results of the CT Scan should solidify that it is asthma, as no heart issues have shown up thankfully!
We are doing a 8 week challenge with Sarge that includes 4 buddy work outs as well. We have 2 weeks left and 2 workouts.. I am down a total of 12 lbs since I started with him and my friend is down 15 lbs. We both signed up for a HIIT class Sunday mornings together, its been really awesome for us!
I haven't ran in a few months, but went out 2 weeks ago for a quick 20 minute run. My cardio has improved 25% since I started this challenge... So 12 lbs gone.. 25% increase in cardio.. and I would say at least 40% increase in strength with strength training.
It's been a great change in my life.. with great supports included! I am very thankful to have a great husband to support me and very happy I have some friends who are working at this with me as well!
I'll update after the 8 weeks is over with concrete results!
