The challenge is over but my motivation has not stopped, even though my original plans were to talk a single week off. I did a practice week before I jumped into the Stronger videos, just to see what I was getting myself into. That worked out great even though I am not one for following instructions (and not bending the rules).
The first month felt like I was in mini boot-camp. To be fair I never tried to hit up a gym (I don’t like people outside of my web world, remember?), but really I hate the idea of paying a large fee for something I know I can do on my own. The first month was crazy. I learned some stuff, I struggled with other things and some of the stuff even after month two I was still using a modifier for.
The good part is that those modifiers actually do help you and those I started within in the first month I quickly progressed in the second month. After the first month ends the little tidbits like “if your leg’s are shaking…” those phase over you like nothing. They are meant to be motivational but after you hear them a few times it does get old quick.
One thing that does not get old is turning a video on, expecting one thing and completely forgetting everything you did the last time you worked out to the same video. Muscle memory does eventually kick in but the videos and the exercises change from day-to-day so you won’t get bored.
I did not always stick within my goal of calories per day, let’s be honest. I love food and I am not going to give up our weekly taco nights just to shed a few pounds. My biggest issue now is tone more than weight. I am perfectly within a normal range and during the course of the 8 week challenge I went from one number to another. I bounced around depending on the week and I was okay with that.
After all is said and done I am happy with going through it, this was the starter. I am sure I will beef up again at some point but I am not super worried about it really. I have plenty of time and I am not trying to get into a photo shoot. I just want to feel and look tone. What gal doesn’t want that?
