Day 8 - 8:35am

boy was it ever hard to get up and go to boot camp today. it wasnt so much that i couldnt get up when the alarm went off at 5, it was simply that i DID NOT want to go. i text my sis to tell her just that...but i did not hesitate, i asked god for strength to stick to it and to move past my lack of desire. what i realized today was that it is completely UNREASONABLE to expect that i will consistently have even the slightest desire to go. but here is where the lesson comes in...I MUST GO IN SPITE OF HOW I FEEL. thats whats been the problem in the past, when i didnt feel like it...when i felt i just couldnt muster up the energy to go...i didnt. well this time has to be different. in order to make it through the boot camp process, or even the process of becoming healthier and more fit, i will have to completely disregard my own feelings and follow through.

sis didnt make it today, but the other 2 untouchables were there. i was especially glad i pushed through because we did the pt test that will serve as our benchmark throughout the class. so the workout was simple today, this is what it looked like:

WARMUP: stretches

WORKOUT (PT TEST): partner up to count how many push ups and sit ups we could do in 2 minutes and then time our 2 mile run. my results were as follows:

push ups - 40
sit ups - 40
2 mile run - 23 minutes

our goal will be to increase in these areas. i assume we will be performing more pt tests at certain intervals to note progress.

COOL DOWN: stretches

afterward i went to my new home, the grocery store - lol. i realized i was out of salad items. i also saw some other things i needed or wanted to try. its amazing what you do not pay attention to when you are accustomed to certain other things. for example, when i was not trying to be healthy and needed lasagna noodles i never noticed that whole wheat lasagna noodles existed. but today when i went to the store there were so many whole wheat pastas to choose from. i was like "who knew!?" thats really scary...i can only imagine how much we miss out on in life because we do not see outside of what is familiar, healthy or not. hmmmmmm.... i guess another exercise i will be incorporating into my boot camp is to broaden my view :-) ... god knows i certainly dont want to miss anything valuable.

MEALS:

BREAKFAST: shredded baked potatoes topped with fried egg (w/ sea salt and cilantro), toasted english muffin with homemade pinapple/apricot jam, mandarin oranges, blackberries and organic strawberry lemonade.



the shredded baked potatoes were more like MUSH thanks to the new food processor i am trying to learn how to use. somehow "shred" turned into "liquify" - lol. no stopping me, i went ahead and mixed in some chopped onion and spread the mixture in the pan to bake at 375. it smelled far better than it tasted. it was also a little dry. it didnt at all turn out like i envisioned. i will try this again tomorrow or thursday. coupled with the egg it wasnt that bad though...just not what i had in mind.

now the homemade pineapple/apricot jam i made las night was a WINNER!!!!! yummie!! it turned out really great. i was a little worried because the recipe did not call for gelatin, but i wanted mine to be somewhat of a mold so i added one pkg of unflavored gelatin and it came out fine. because i used the food processor to grind up the mixture after cooking, it is smooth, which is fine, but next time i am going to try to leave it a little chunky.

by golly i am determined to learn how to use this food processor and these self-cooking pots :~/

well thats it for now...i will update meals as the day progresses.