and so it begins...

so I should back-track a little, in late February of this year, I looked in the mirror and what I saw was not myself...I saw a thin person, yet when I would see myself in pictures, I would see a rather larger individual than the one I would see in the mirror...does this make any sense at all?!?! heck no...so that's when I realized my self-image was a bit distorted....I thought I looked great when indeed I DID NOT! well at least my body didn't look like it did prior to having my kiddos...I guess the many comments my relatives and co-workers were making towards me in reference to my weight gain must have phased me, I mean the comments were mean (I think I cried 2 times about mean weight comments) YET when I actually looked in the mirror I didn't see a fat girl...

so realty set in and I googled "bootcamp" because when I do things I tend to over-do-it...so I joined Yorba Linda Fitness Success Women's Bootcamp...look it up it sounds great! AND they guarantee weight loss OR your money back! Everything looked great until I got injured 1 week into it!  My body is just not the same as it used to be back when I was a teenager or even in my early twenties...I now have knee pain (I'm sure related to my weight gain) and I tend to get injured quiet easily nowadays.  Doc said to stay off for 2 to 6 weeks, I wanted to go back after 2 weeks, but the hubby said it's best to take another week so it was 3 weeks...I went back and got re-injured (and it was way WORSE and it HURT tons) so I decided to go ahead and take the whole 6 weeks off (ok maybe a little more) cause I just lost the motivation that I had back way back when in FEBRUARY!

So today was my official first day back at the gym...the trainer recommended I ease back into working out so the bootcamp will be twice a week and a session with a Cardio Coach 3 times per week....we shall see how this goes...wish me luck as I will need it!

oh yea and now I have to watch what I eat too! WISH me luck with that moreso than the working out part!!!