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It’s only been 5 hours since I finished my first day at Boot Camp. My legs hurt, my arms hurt and my gut hurts. To make matters worse, I did not push myself as hard as some of the other campers did. Feeling a little blah this morning, after getting up at 4:30am – something I normally only do if I’m about to jump on a plane to head to the Caribbean – I was taking the easy path and not using the weights for all aspects of the training.

The group of ladies was diverse, yet we all had something in common – getting our belly’s to disappear by waking up at the crack of dawn to workout by the lakefront. Although I wasn’t feeling 100%, I did enjoy myself. And as much as I am aching and tired today, tomorrow will be even better.

If your not familiar with this program, its comprised of 4 weeks, Monday through Friday, of an hour long kick in the butt to get yourself in gear. Not being a morning person was the only reason for hesitation on my end. After I started walking around this morning, I was able to get in my car, drive in the dark to the park and start jogging, running, lifting, squatting, pushing, etc. Day 1: Not the best for me, but that’s what the first go round is usually going to be like. Especially after I spent most of Saturday at the State Fair eating fried food. What am I supposed to think would happen when I push myself to the limit on Monday A.M.?

I’ll keep ya’ll in the loop with the upcoming weeks. ~LH