Get Fit Friday

So I did it. PLS Summer session is done!
As I promised yesterday, here are the results of today's fit test:

I also lost the following inches...

Calf:1.8

Thigh: 4

Hips: 5.5

Waist: 4.5

Chest: 5

Bicep: 1.5

Forearm: .75

When I started my run this morning, I told April that I wanted to finish in 13 minutes... that's 3 minutes off my original time. I did it! I'm sooo proud of myself! 

I am also surprised at how much stronger I am than I was 12 weeks ago. I remember STRUGGLING to complete the first fit test. Today it wasn't easy, but it wasn't horrid either... even with heavier weights.

I didn't pay attention to the beginning weight reported the first day of training, but based on my own recording when I first started this journey in May, I lost 16 pounds.

More importantly, I met some fantastic people and made some really good friends. Its amazing how well people can bond over 5am workouts. The thing that means the most to me is how those who were more physically fit then me encouraged those of us who struggled more. There was no competition. We all wanted everyone to succeed. Im not sure I have ever been part of another group where not one person thought that they would benefit from someone else's failure nor would they suffer from someone else's success. It was refreshing.

I connected with people and realize now that I really know very little about them. This gave me a wonderful mage of how people can bond over one common thing... but that is a post for another day...

Most importantly,  I learned that I can succeed. (See yesterday's post to learn more about that.) I did this. I did it! I really really did it! I have a long way to go. I'm not satisfied with where I am now, but I am PLEASED with the result of the work I put in these past 12 weeks.

I actually believe that I CAN trust the process and I have a better grasp of realistic expectations concerning what can be accomplished in 12 weeks. 

 I'm sooo glad I did this. So very glad.

What's Next: Spend the next 12 weeks focusing on getting stronger and cleaning up my diet. Going to pick a few measurable things (other than weight and inches) to use as a gauge for progress. I'm thinking push-up, squat, plank, timed mile, pull up? Maybe other things? Different things?  So far as cleaning up my diet... in a perfect world I'd only eat whole foods and never crave processed foods again. While I KNOW that a whole food diet is the best for me and that processed foods make me feel bad... It's HARD. Anyway, I'm gonna work on it. 

Next week's Goal: Determine 5 ways to measure progress for the next 12 weeks and make a plan to improve those things in that time. Make a plan to work the processed foods out of my diet and be eating clean in 12 weeks. 

It's Important to me because: I can do this. I want to be stronger and more healthy.

What I need to succeed: keep going