Commitment and the Two-Week Blast

I’m really looking forward to the start of another bootcamp session. This week off has been pretty good and it has given me some time to do a little soul searching. Last session, as I wrote about many times, helped me to improve my fitness level immensely. I could feel my body improving as I was challenged and pushed. Because of that obvious improvement I expected to see more results on the scale. I didn’t.

Where I did see results is in my jeans. You know, we all have a favorite pair of jeans. Well, for the past few months I’ve avoided putting them in the dryer. They fit, but are always snug after washing and I certainly didn’t need to shrink them up in the dryer.

But, last week, after a washing, I pulled this pair of jeans on as easily as I did after a week of stretching out. They were loose. Baggy even! No matter what the scale says, I can’t argue with denim. Denim does not lie. It is the least forgiving fabric and I have to say, I like the truth these jeans are giving me.

With the success of the jeans I was pumped to get weighed and measured. I figured there must be some excellent results waiting for me. Unfortunately, something came up and I missed the post-camp evaluation day.

So, I weighed and measured on my own. Because I was doing this for myself it’s hard to say how completely accurate the measures are. But, from what I could see, I pretty much maintained the success I’d had from the first camp. For me, maintenance is great but I think I had higher expectations because of the huge improvements I’d seen that first session.

After a little reflection I’ve realized that I may have sabotaged my own success. Because of the great success of my first four weeks I got a little lax about food choices. Each weekend I had social events that I allowed to de-rail me. I believe with a little more self control I could have easily seen a weigh loss over the past four weeks but because of my indulgences I acted counter-productively. So, I’m committing myself to better choices. At least for the next two weeks. Then we’ll get another hiatus from bootcamp where I can evaluate my choices yet again.

The August 2-week blast starts Monday. But I’m committing to better eating habits today. The blast ends on Friday the 28th and by then my goal is to drop 3 pounds. It is possible and I can do it. The bootcamp workouts make it possible and the rest is up to me.