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I am so going to miss 5:30 a.m. bootcamp when school starts. It was really difficult to get up at 4 and walk the dogs, then get dressed and go work out that early, but now that DaJuana and I have grown accustomed to it, we both feel like we're going to missing out a lot when we start school. *sigh*
I just really have to work on breathing right. A looooong time ago, when I used to train with Angel, it was a gradual improvement for me to be able to jog and sprint without passing out. Somehow, back then, I had found a way to breathe properly while running. This summer, I'm dumbfounded by the way I HUFF and PUFF, and it literally KILLS my pace. Within a few minutes of running, I'm breathless. The area right below my right ribs begin to hurt (what is THAT???). Of course, that slows me way down, and before I know it, the skinny running group is two street blocks away from me, and the worst part is that when they reach the end of the second block, they do a squat. And they wait. And wait. And they only get up from that squat when I get there.
Psychologically, that messes someone up. As for myself, I could throw up my hands and say, SCREW YOU, I'LL CATCH UP LATER... but that's so hard to say when you see a bunch of people squatting, waiting for YOU to get to them. The idea that a group of people will suffer during that time it takes you to get there, really makes you feel guilty. So, if you don't want to finish strong for yourself, your guilt makes you finish strong for the team. That's something I never had to deal with when we were doing bootcamp with Angel.
I'm starting to see results already, and it hasn't even been a month. My clothes are starting to fit again, although I really scold myself when I put my size 12 shorts on... and I can't button it up LOL That's my punishment for eating so badly and not working out consistently this past school year. But I know that if I keep eating right,exercising, and taking my AdvoCare supplements, I'll be able to fit those shorts in no time. It took me a school year to ruin myself; it will take me a while to get myself back. The good news is, I don't think it will take me another school year to be able to button up those shorts again. I give myself half that time. :)
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