Making It Happen - Bridal Camper of the Week
Bridal Camper of the Week
Joanna Farris – 5/10/09
How has Sexy Back Boot Camps changed you, mentally, emotionally, physically, or spiritually? At work, at home, with family and friends?
I definitely feel better if I am working out. In general I’m happier in everything I do. It has made me realize that working out has to be a part of my life almost like a hobby. Instead of thinking of it as just squeezing it in if I have time. I have to make time. It’s really hard when it comes to my friends. They always want to go out to eat or for drinks and now I am constantly turning them down.
What were or are your short-term goals (one week or one month) and long-term goals (12 weeks or 6 months or one year)?
My short-term goal is to try not to ruin everything I do during the week over the weekend (alcohol and bad diet- EVERY weekend). It’s hard to have a short-term goal because in the past with working out and watching what I eat I have never really seen any results. The only thing that ever happens is my weight stays the same. If I'm not trying to lose weight then I am gaining weight. To actually lose weight and go down even one clothing size would be amazing. My long-term goal is to make working out a part of my life instead of in a few month increments at a time.
Toughest challenges - how do you keep your focus because it's so easy to let other factors distract your focus?
My toughest challenges are time and the weekends. People always say that anyone can find 30 minutes or an hour to work out. However, it’s not really that at all. Yes I can find one free hour in my day to workout but added onto that is the time it takes to get ready to workout, drive to the gym, drive home from the gym and take a shower and get ready. Really, for a girl anyway, that’s like a three-hour process. It really is time consuming, but still I think, worth it. I just have to acknowledge that it is going to take up a lot of my time and that it always will and be ok with it. Also I’m a drinker. And after drinking, often times comes taco bell or something equally as bad for me. During the week I am usually ok. I can turn down offers from my friends to go out. But the weekend gets me every time. Its tough to do well during the week and then not have fun on the weekends either. Its very frustrating watching my friends eat like shit and never work out, and then to watch them barely try and lose 10 lbs in two weeks. But I just have to accept that it’s a lot harder for me, for some reason.
Least favorite exercise: Anything that looks stupid when you do it. Examples: Bear crawl, that stupid thing when you lean back and have to kick your legs straight out...band leader or something, any type of relay against someone else- especially if we're being watched. Oh and running.
Favorite exercise: I like squats and pretty much anything with the weights. I don’t mind pushups.
What keeps you coming back to the classes?
I go to class because I feel better about myself if I do. You said something last week in class that really made me think. You were telling us about how your girlfriend said something about how working out is too much work to maintain and that she would just rather be normal than in shape (something like that). I think this all the time. I never understood how anyone could work out everyday- forever. Your response to her was "but you wont be happy." That is so true for me. If I am not proactive in trying to workout and eat healthy then I am constantly unhappy. And I think about it all the time. I don’t know how to word what I’m trying to say. Ok ill try to explain it this way: on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being totally happy and 10 being absolutely miserable. If I know that I’m doing nothing to better my body or health, then I would probably constantly be on a level 6 or 7. Always unhappy in life no matter what I’m doing. Also, I HATE working out. You know this because I’m always complaining. Working out for me is a 10. However, what you said made me realize that I would rather spend one hour of my day at a 10, so I will be able to live the other 23 hours at a 1 or a 2 instead of a 6 or 7. It’s like concentrating the unhappiness in one awful hour and being happy the rest of my life. Thinking of it this way I think will make it easier for me to keep coming to class. Does that make any sense? Feels like I just typed gibberish.
Please leave a comment below for Joanna.
Joanna Farris – 5/10/09
How has Sexy Back Boot Camps changed you, mentally, emotionally, physically, or spiritually? At work, at home, with family and friends?
I definitely feel better if I am working out. In general I’m happier in everything I do. It has made me realize that working out has to be a part of my life almost like a hobby. Instead of thinking of it as just squeezing it in if I have time. I have to make time. It’s really hard when it comes to my friends. They always want to go out to eat or for drinks and now I am constantly turning them down.
What were or are your short-term goals (one week or one month) and long-term goals (12 weeks or 6 months or one year)?
My short-term goal is to try not to ruin everything I do during the week over the weekend (alcohol and bad diet- EVERY weekend). It’s hard to have a short-term goal because in the past with working out and watching what I eat I have never really seen any results. The only thing that ever happens is my weight stays the same. If I'm not trying to lose weight then I am gaining weight. To actually lose weight and go down even one clothing size would be amazing. My long-term goal is to make working out a part of my life instead of in a few month increments at a time.
Toughest challenges - how do you keep your focus because it's so easy to let other factors distract your focus?
My toughest challenges are time and the weekends. People always say that anyone can find 30 minutes or an hour to work out. However, it’s not really that at all. Yes I can find one free hour in my day to workout but added onto that is the time it takes to get ready to workout, drive to the gym, drive home from the gym and take a shower and get ready. Really, for a girl anyway, that’s like a three-hour process. It really is time consuming, but still I think, worth it. I just have to acknowledge that it is going to take up a lot of my time and that it always will and be ok with it. Also I’m a drinker. And after drinking, often times comes taco bell or something equally as bad for me. During the week I am usually ok. I can turn down offers from my friends to go out. But the weekend gets me every time. Its tough to do well during the week and then not have fun on the weekends either. Its very frustrating watching my friends eat like shit and never work out, and then to watch them barely try and lose 10 lbs in two weeks. But I just have to accept that it’s a lot harder for me, for some reason.
Least favorite exercise: Anything that looks stupid when you do it. Examples: Bear crawl, that stupid thing when you lean back and have to kick your legs straight out...band leader or something, any type of relay against someone else- especially if we're being watched. Oh and running.
Favorite exercise: I like squats and pretty much anything with the weights. I don’t mind pushups.
What keeps you coming back to the classes?
I go to class because I feel better about myself if I do. You said something last week in class that really made me think. You were telling us about how your girlfriend said something about how working out is too much work to maintain and that she would just rather be normal than in shape (something like that). I think this all the time. I never understood how anyone could work out everyday- forever. Your response to her was "but you wont be happy." That is so true for me. If I am not proactive in trying to workout and eat healthy then I am constantly unhappy. And I think about it all the time. I don’t know how to word what I’m trying to say. Ok ill try to explain it this way: on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being totally happy and 10 being absolutely miserable. If I know that I’m doing nothing to better my body or health, then I would probably constantly be on a level 6 or 7. Always unhappy in life no matter what I’m doing. Also, I HATE working out. You know this because I’m always complaining. Working out for me is a 10. However, what you said made me realize that I would rather spend one hour of my day at a 10, so I will be able to live the other 23 hours at a 1 or a 2 instead of a 6 or 7. It’s like concentrating the unhappiness in one awful hour and being happy the rest of my life. Thinking of it this way I think will make it easier for me to keep coming to class. Does that make any sense? Feels like I just typed gibberish.
Please leave a comment below for Joanna.
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