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Saturday, September 26. 2009

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As a bootcamp enthusiast I love getting up and working out. The feeling of accomplishment after an hr of bootcamp is great. My body feels energized and ready for the day. I notice the results of my hard work in areas of my body that I wasn't particularly happy with before. I have lost weight with the help of a weight loss program. You think, loosing weight and waking early to work my butt of would be a big incentive to keep my poor eating habits under control. I was eating so well for 3 months following my weight watchers program then summer hit and I fell of the eating healthy wagon. Now I give into my urges of chocolates and pastries a little too much. Thankfully, I haven't gained the weight back. I am maintaining my weight but I still have 10 pounds that I want to shed. My struggle is getting back on track to eating healthy, and only indulging in my cravings moderately and every so often. I am finding it rather hard as I have gotten into the mind frame of "I'm working out, so I can eat it". In my heart I really really want to loose the 10lbs but in my brain I am not mentally there. How do I get back?! So that brings me to my question for the blog...What do other ladies struggle with? and how do you overcome those struggles?

#1 Kate De Kruif on 2009-10-02 14:48 (Reply)

As a mother of two young children (ages 2 and 8 months) I am finding it very difficult to balance taking care of them and taking care of myself. I think one of my biggest struggles is making sure that I am eating often and eating healthy. I am constantly feeding them, making sure they have healthy, nutritious food but I find it challenging to find the time to sit down myself to have a snack. Therefore, I am often tempted to grab something easy and quick...not necessarily the best choice. I haven't found a way to completely overcome this struggle yet. I have found that when I take the time to cut up fruit the night before and put it in the fridge it is easier for me to eat better. It comes back to having the time to do this though. I almost need more hours in the day.

#2 Pam Lefebvre on 2009-10-03 14:56 (Reply)

Given in some spots... like Calgary.... it is turning cold. I wonder if you could put up a list of what are good ways to dress for winter work outs and if you have any specific items that you recommend and where are some good places to get them. I have also registered for late fall and I am starting to get scared!!!!

#3 jennifer on 2009-10-04 20:56 (Reply)

I think that the biggest struggle for me is BALANCE. Balancing the crazy with the calm, balancing the physical exercise with the mental exercise. Balancing all the individual schedules of the family with quality family time together. I'm a Libra, and I'm all about balance. I find though that for the last little while I have no real balance. For me, it's about taking the time for myself and really asking myself what do I need to be happy and healthy? Is this helping me or hampering my success? It's either part of the problem or part of the solution. I'm trying to turn my focus from the problems, the negative things that I don't want and turn my focus on the positive, the things that I do want, and go from there. I do want to feel healthy, I do want to sleep soundly at night, I do want more quality family time (those are just a few), so I ask myself. What can I do today to work towards that goal. I know that there will always be obstacles, but as long as I don't lose sight of the goal, I feel much better about life in general and confident that I will accomplish my goals. No matter how small (eating a balanced breakfast), or how big (maintaining a healthy lifestyle).

#4 Stacey on 2009-10-05 02:42 (Reply)

Well for me, it's all about layers! Layers, layers, layers AND ESPECIALLY NO COTTON! Especially in Calgary, as we go from +30C to -5C in a matter of days. You want clothing that will wick away the sweat, cotton will just soak it up. And probably start to freeze if it's really cold.

I am a runner as well, and I find that you can go to these expensive places to get great workout wear, but I find that the stuff at Costco and even Superstore work just as well. I've tried them all, and I don't find much difference. And you save a ton of money for other things.

In these cooler days, I always try to have a change of clothes, and when it's really cold, you may even want to have a change of shoes too. When you show up for your workout, you'll be all layered up, on those really cold days I may also put on some long underwear.

As the workout progresses, you may take off a layer, but when it's time to do your cool down, you'll want to put a layer back on. I find that this is where your change of clothes could come in handy, because if you're putting on wet clothes from sweating earlier, you won't warm up.

I don't worry too much any more about the cold weather in Calgary, and even if it's not cold, I've still got layers, because you can never tell if it's going to start to get too hot, or a big gust of cold wind is going to come.

When I just started running, I would make a note of what I wore and how successful I was at keeping my body comfortable with the weather that day. That too helped, until I got the hang of running outside in the cold and now doing the outdoor workouts with Bikini Boot Camp. Good luck!

Think warm thoughts!

#5 Stacey on 2009-10-05 02:58 (Reply)

Thanks for your input to the questions I asked about what others struggle with. Great advice. Balance it key to anything in life

Good to know about what to wear in the cold. Kelowna is getting colder in the mornings. Time to put on the layers!

#6 Kate De Kruif on 2009-10-05 21:12 (Reply)

So I woke up this morning to the darkness, got on my layers. I then my way out of the house and into the cold weather -1. My car was covered in frost and I had to scrape the window in my sleepy stupor. I got to the meeting spot to see our instructor smiling as she always does in her white puffy jacket. As the group of 10 bootcamp women trekked our way to the hill and got into our workout. We climbed the hill 4 or more times as a team cheering each other on. At the end of the session our group had run more than 7.5km not including the pushups, arm and leg exercises. In the end I felt great, the sun was just coming up as we ran back to our cars. What a way to jump start a morning!

#7 Erica Frank on 2009-10-06 14:31 (Reply)

If you have any pictures that you'd like to be posted, please email them to blog@bikinibootcamp.ca.

#8 Bikini Boot Camp on 2009-10-12 00:22 (Reply)

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