Roller Coaster Ride

Historical journal entry from 10.22

Today is the day I report my progress towards my Chairman’s Challenge goal. What a ride these five weeks have been. It would be wonderful to say I've had a steady downhill two pounds per week, but that isn’t what's happened. My weight loss/gain graph looks and feels like a roller coaster. The fear and angst as the scale clicked upwards to six pounds more than my starting weight. The slight drops down just to have the momentum propel me back up to a higher weight. I went to work out on my own this morning. I did my cardio on the Octane and upped the resistance. I burned more calories than I ever have before. It was tough, but it didn’t seem as hard as it has been. I was rewarded by having the roller coast scale move two pounds higher and wipe away the two pounds that had disappeared two days before. I will claim a total four pound weight lost towards my goal and hope it is a truthful report.

There were multiple questions to answer during the check in, but the one I had to think about the most was “What are your plans for the next 30 days to help you reach your goal?” I committed to schedule the two hour fitness evaluation that is available with my health club membership and to follow the recommendations from the results. I also committed to move at least one day per week of my cardio from the sitting down Octane to the standing up Star Trac and pay to have an Aquasize orientation consultation so I can add Aquasize classes to my routine.

Wow, did I put myself out there for my next steps. Facing the results from a fitness evaluation is terrifying. Mean Girl is screaming that I will fail the test in every category. Total Truth begs to add her voice to Hope’s. Perhaps more knowledge and Aquasize classes will add a curve to this roller coaster ride and help propel the numbers in the right direction.