Category: Fitness

So today was the “weigh-in” for the 10&10 challenge I wrote about in a post last week. I have been weighed and measured and ready to work out and eat healthy foods only for the next 10 days! Ahh! Those who know me well know that I love sweets, pizza, and chocolate, so this will truly be a challenge for me, but I feel good about it and am excited to get started. I am more excited about getting motivated about getting back in the workout mode, so I will be happy regardless of the results. Below is a picture of my weigh in buddy, Kacy (pic on the left) and also of Kacy and I with Jackie, one of the Turbo Kick instructors and the facilitator of the challenge (pic on the right). In order to keep William from banning me from blogging out of fear I will turn the Cody Report into a “girly blog”, I will not post daily updates.  🙂 I will just do a post after 5 days and then at the end of the 10 day challenge. Besides, who really cares how many celery sticks I ate or how I resisted the temptation to eat that chocolate chip cookie!  Here we go….

So.. yesterday for the first time in 4 months, I returned to the gym and began working out again. Yea me! I am really glad that I did because I have realized how much I enjoyed going to the gym and how much it helps me to relieve stress. I used to enjoy working out on the elliptical machine, but last year I discovered the turbo kickboxing class they have at the gym I go to, Lifetime Fitness (love this gym!). Not only is the class a great workout, it is a fun class and keeps me motivated to go to the gym and I never thought I would enjoy kickboxing. Yes… I know that somehow my motivation was lost for 4 months, but one of the reasons was that after moving, I am now 20 minutes away from the gym as opposed to 5 minutes. There are a few other reasons as well, but I won’t go into that now. The start of a new year is always a good time to start afresh, so I decided to go back to working out again. I hope now I will keep my motivation to go. I am already contemplating whether to enter a group fitness challenge to lose up to 10lbs and 10 inches in 10 days by committing to working out for 10 consecutive days and eating healthier foods, although I think the goal of the challenge is to develop habits and establish healthier eating patterns than to just lose weight. It starts next Tuesday. If I chose to participate, I will keep everyone updated on my progress. I doubt I would lose 10 lbs, but any loss is good. My goal is to lose 10-15lbs over the next few months and then maintain it from there, so if I can jump start it with this, that would be great. I have several clothes that are not fitting as well as they did before, so it would be great for them to fit like they did when I first purchased them. Not to mention that all important dress that I need to make sure I fit into on September 8th! However, it is more about getting in shape and trying to stay healthy. (WARNING: girly comment ahead) It is just me or does it seem like once you hit 25, all the weight begins going straight to your thighs! Ahh! Hopefully my body at age 27 will treat me a little better this year. I hope anyone else with fitness goals is successful as well! I definitely recommend finding a class you like and using that to motivate you. Classes keep you on a schedule and helps the time pass much faster.