Day Ten: The end of level one!!!

That's me done with level one! I'm totally excited to be done with it-and with no days left off in between! I can't wait to see what level two has in store for me. I keep wanting to peek, but I'm not gonna.

I'm so proud of myself for being a third of the way through and still going strong. Especially with Giant having had a four day weekend this week. It's always so easy to pass off on my exercise routines when he's home (he's just so comfortable to lay around with!) but I didn't let it sway me. I guess I'm getting better at this whole will power thing.

Willpower is such a funny thing. It used to be a laughable notion for me. I had zero healthy habits and I'm not even kidding. Back in school and then all the way through to my mid 20s I was lazy as hell, ate anything that looked good in the moment, smoked like a train, and basically never moved a muscle. What a turn around to see me now. Now I strive to better myself every single day (even when it's the last thing I feel like doing). I eat an amazing amount of fresh fruit and veg every day and have traded the last of my bad sweets for dates! Now my stomach turns when I even smell cigarette smoke and I'm successfully working out every day-even when no one's looking ;)

I saw this post this morning of a woman who has reached her goal weight. Instead of posting the regular before and after pictures showing side, front, and back she just had two pictures of her face and it told the whole story. What a huge, beautiful grin she had on in the second photo. And I was thinking, if I can back to my goal weight, maybe I'll post the video John took of me that made me realise I wanted to absolutely get out of this body I trapped myself in and feel good again next to a video of me once I'm done. It's still a ways off, of course but I think it makes sense.

I've also been reading about isometrics today. For the most part, they seem to be yoga postures held for various amounts of time, but just with a more scientific-sounding name. Any experience with that out there? I'd love to hear people's thoughts on it...