Kicking the wagon.

Week two with Chalene was a challenge.

Week one I was on fire and flying high.  Saw amazing results and felt great.

This past week I was blessed to be able to help a friend through a hard week by house sitting and subbing for her.  Amazing blessing of provision for me, but the relocation, moving about the city, and suddenly living in a new kitchen - mixed with some hormones and various other things I needed to get done this week- made this week a challenging one.

I certainly didn't eat very well and pushed off my burn interval for two days.  Burn Interval...it looms.  I knew I would have to face it again after last week, but after two long days I just couldn't bring myself to start the hour long workout.  I was tired.  And I wanted chocolate.

I fell off the wagon.  But, by day three, I knew all that stood between me and victory was pushing play.  So late on Thursday, I got my gear on, and pushed play.  Me. vs. Burn Interval.  Oh man...I remembered how hard this was last week.  I just couldn't give up.  It wouldn't get easier unless I decided to keep going.  So I decided, even with no motivation, today I was going to move forward.

And I did it.  I made it through.  And surprisingly, it wasn't quite as bad as last week.  In fact, I could tell my muscles were getting stronger, because there were certain exercises that were much easier this time around.  It still wasn't a cake walk.

But it didn't beat me.  You win if you just don't quit.  So I fell off, but this wagon is going to keep moving, even if I have to kick it.

This week has been an interesting one.  I've been doing a lot of thinking in this journey of health...stay tuned for some personal reflections...truth is powerful.