End of Week 5

Well what a week!  I can not believe we are at the end of week 5.  It is going by so fast.  So I will just start it off with our weigh in from last week.  Needless to say I was not happy with my weigh in last week so I worked hard this week and it has paid off.  I lost 5 pounds this week.  It felt so good to see that loss on the scale.  I have not lost that much since the first week.  I have to say I was very proud of myself.  Now, I want more!  I want that feeling every week.  I was so excited to find out that I was the 4th biggest loser this week which made it even better.  Now my goal is to be first.  So for a total for 5 weeks is 18.2 pounds.  I can't believe that!  I made my choice this morning that I was going to push myself in workouts as hard as I can.  I have worked hard but today I did not care how tired I was I was going to give that extra that I didn't think I had in me.  And I did.  We did a different workout today than normal.  We ran on the upper track plus did some other circuits and I made myself run a full lap on the track without stopping.  I have not been able to do that before!  I know for some that is no big deal but for me it is a HUGE accomplishment!  I know my run is more of a jog but then again 5 weeks ago I could hardly run without being out of breath in less than a minute.  Even moving stuff around at work I would be out of breath and now it is completely different.  It is so crazy to think how just almost 20 pounds has already changed my life so much.  I feel so much better about myself personally and I can not believe how much more energy that I have.  I used to be tired all the time at work and barely make it through the day and now I can go straight through the day and not be tired.  I think the best part of today's workout was the end of it.  I was talking with a friend after work outs and he was saying how proud of me he was for working so hard and doing all of this.  Then he did something that I would not have thought about doing...he grabbed a 20 pound dumbbell and handed it to me.  He told me to hold that and feel what I have lost.  Normally I would be like 20 pounds that is no big deal but as I stood there and held that weight I could not believe how heavy it felt to me.  I then held that weight to my waist and was like that 20 pounds was there!  Now as I write this it makes me want to cry because I know that I could not have done this without this program.  I don't know if I would have had the drive and the will power to do it.  I know that by doing this I have probably saved my life because I don't think I would have ever changed because I had just given up.  But now...that is not an option.  I am so motivated and I am ready to lose that next 20 pounds!

I really don't have any funny stories to tell you this week but Hannah and I did try out a new Saturday class.  We went to Groove.  I guess it would be kind of like Zumba but it was so much fun.  I laughed so hard at Hannah because as she says her "ghetto" side came out.  I think that be my new favorite class.  You do get a good workout but at times you can just do your own silly moves or be crazy.  So I think that is what we are going to do again this week.

Before I rap up this post, I did want to thank everyone for all of your support.  It just makes me feel so good to have all the support behind me.  Everyone is always asking how things are going, and how do I feel and it feels great.  I think this might be the largest group of people that I have ever had behind me.  I also want to do one special thanks.  To Leah, it just means the world to me how much you are supporting me.  I have to say I think you might be my biggest fan!  It just made me feel so good when we talked at the volleyball game.  It just gives me so much more energy to do this with all that support.

I am going to try and post a picture of me now.  I want to put an old picture up beside a new one.  Now just for all of you to see but I am excited to see the difference too.  Last I wanted to add this link to my post.  It is just a minute and half trailer that they have made of us working out.  I love it!  It is very cool.  Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1NmhferCEQ&feature=share