Day 21 - Zzzzzzzzz--whowaitwhathuh??

I am SO looking forward to setting the clocks back this coming weekend. An extra hour of sleep might not sound like much, but it's going to make a world of difference! After a busy weekend that wasn't actually much of a weekend at all in the end, it was up and at 'em again this morning on a dark wet Monday. Not exactly a 'hop outta bed and conquer the workout' feeling at 5am when my alarm went off.

The good thing about setting yourself up with a challenge like this, is that you dread skipping a day, more than you dread getting out of bed.

Oh - before we continue, I discovered that I absentmindedly packed my measuring tape this weekend, and I didn't want to dig it out of carefully packed boxes, so I'll either have to buy another one, or wait until we're moved into our new house in a couple of weeks to do a proper measurement day. I can tell  you that I'm sitting at 144lbs right now though, which I believe is down 3 from the beginning of this little endeavor. It sure doesn't sound like much - but I'll show you why I'm not in the least disappointed with that!

Grosssssss....I feel the same way about that yucky yellow stuff, as most people do about spiders in their hair:

"Getitoffgetitoffgetitoff!!!"

So many people are commenting about how much 'weight' I've lost (and thank you - I really do appreciate the comments/compliments!) but it's hard to explain that I've barely lost any weight at all... however, I have lost inches into the double digits, and completely changed my body shape. I'm a MUCH leaner 144 than I was the last time I saw the scale spit out these numbers. 

I feel like I'm just regurgitating earlier posts, but there are a few things that are important enough to say more than once.
 

Mainly: The scale is a liar. 

Measure yourself in energy levels (beginning of this post notwithstanding...) and inches first. I feel stronger, leaner, healthier, happier, and with the exception of early mornings, more energetic.

THOSE are the measurements that count the most. And for today's little victory - little tho it may be, it's major to me: I upped the weight on the dumbbells I use for chest/shoulder presses. I can now continuously maintain presses at that level without having to pause. So simple, but it's progress, and those simple things are what keep me coming back for more!

And more I will have - dark and early tomorrow morning with the newest Bodynetix trainer, Kendra. Excited to meet her finally, and see what kinda butt whooping she has to offer! But right now, all I can think is -- "How is it Monday already?". At least Hallowe'en is right around the corner. I think I could easily pull off 'zombie'...