4 X 4....

Yeah so that's my nickname our trainer "Dawson" gave me today. See everyday he thinks he's oh so clever and comes up with these nicknames for me...so far I've been "little bit", "lil momma", "lil sister" apparently the guy doesn't remember my name is Angela! ha! So today while I'm doing calf raises ( a total of 600, thank you) he yells out..Let's go 4 X 4!! WHA? I looked at him sideways and just didn't get it. I mean when your short and wide it doesn't set to well when someone calls you 4 X 4!! I mean even Felicia was like wow that's a little damper on the self esteem. Apparently the reason for the nick name is because of the truck I drive. The other trainer was telling Dawson about my truck this morning and how he thought it was funny how such a short girl was driving such a big truck...he said " yeah I saw her pulling up this morning in her 4 X 4 pick up...." SO I guess Dawson thought 4 X 4 would be the appropriate nick name for me today. Hopefully Monday he will have a different name for me!!

Well today was our third day and we did legs...it was pretty brutal as I had expected. I got through it just fine though. We've had a few people drop out, but mostly everyone has stuck through it this week. I must say I feel so great! Not only physically but mentally as well. I have so much energy and lot of my emotional problems that I was dealing with in the past have lightened so much ( I am going to write a special blog about that later). We don't have bootcamp again until Monday. We are instructed to continue working out the rest of the week doing one hour of cardio and 400 to 500 crunches. I plan on taking Sunday off though to let my body rest. I believe everyone needs an "off" day. It gives you something to look forward to you and you won't get burn out. I find myself thinking " I can't wait till next Monday" which is so crazy because when I'm there I hate it and it hurts and it's almost two hours of hell...but as soon as I walk out that door I feel so amazing. It's like a high that no drug or alchohol could ever give you. It's a feeling of accomplishment and knowing that you are doing something wonderful for yourself. When you are there working your butt off the emotions are so high. When I'm being pushed, I feel like I hate my trainer for making me do all of this and I almost feel like I'm being punished or something. But then when it's all over you just want to hug him and say "thank you"!! They are your cheerleaders and truly have an interest of helping you transform your body and helping you become that person that you want to be....