OBC: The Mid-Point

Current Goal: 1) Read my new GRE book from Borders, 2) Finish cleaning out my closet and drawers, 3) Look at my photo album daily, 4) Set up a strength training routine, and 5) Continue my positive inner conversations.

Current Struggle: I am struggling with eating; actually the lack of it.  When I get busy, I forget to eat my mini-meals and snacks.

Current Weight: 164.2 (according to Julie’s scale)

Current Mood: Ecstatic!!! After the OBC PT this morning : )

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Wow, I cannot believe how well I did during the OBC PT mid-point this morning.  You don’t know how nervous I was about it.  I couldn’t sleep last night.  Yes, I suffer from text anxiety; however, it is usually due to a Trig, COBOL or VB test.  So, last night and this morning I couldn’t believe how anxious I was.  I knew I felt better, looked better, and was a lot more active than I was 5 months ago, but I was still extremely worried about not doing as well as I did 5 months ago.

When I got to the park, I realized that I wasn’t the only participant who was worried.  Just about all of my peers commented on being nervous/anxious about the 1 mile run and exercises.  I have to admit hearing everyone else was nervous helped to ease my mind…a little : )

It turned out that not a single one of us had any reason to be anxious.  The feeling of not being able to excel after 5 months of training was a throw-back from our before training mentallity.  Once again, I and my peers were thinking from a place we no longer reside.  We have punched through many walls of ‘unhealthy’ thinking in the past 5 months and we are stronger physically and mentally for it.  This morning made me realize that it is so easy to slip back into that ‘unhealthy’ negative way of thinking and it happens to everyone at one time or another.  Sometimes it happens to me a lot.  I have to be aware of my inner voice and apparently so do my peers.

The bottom line is we all came thorugh it with flying colors…I am sooo proud of my Subway Get Fit Challenge Peers!  I would also like to give a shout out to our personal cheerleaders–the men and women of the OBC–Ya’ll are AWESOME!  I know I couldn’t have done as well as I did this morning without everyone of YOU!  THANKS BUNCHES.  Last, but definitely not least…a huge THANK YOU to our group leader: Brandi Harrison and her camera crew!