week 1 down, 16 to go... Meet Bo

One complete week of working towards my 5k goal. I have had three sessions with Bo Francy, personal trainer.
I think I sweat more during one of his "work outs" than I did in all of my combined efforts when I went this alone.  (well, almost).

I work with Bo for both healthy eating and physical fitness. One of the takeaways I took from him last week was "its 80- 20" . Meaning what matters is 80% what you eat and 20% how you exercise.  This was a hard stat for me to grasp,  I checked the validity of such a finding with my daughter who is also my personal nutrition expert and she confirmed.  To me that is boggling.  It is a real eye opener.

One of the things I do  for Bo is track food, which I am used to doing. However it now takes a whole new meaning on.  This past weekend was a brutal food one for me. The GIANTS v PADRES game,  nothing beats a ball park polish chased with ice cold barley. Then there was the early Softball game my youngest had, which was cause for Mc Ds sausage mcmuffin chased with a Mikes hard lemonade.  Well, ok honestly it was a Mikes Harder lemonade!-- As I indulged I knew this was not part of Bo's game plan. But for me, it was what it was. No excuses, I could have lied. Had I lied to him he wouldn't have known. But I would know.  And thats what this process is about, me.

Today was a fun work out.  Though from my reaction Bo was probably thinking I was thinking otherwise! I faced things that yes, they have been done on The Biggest Loser and Extreme Make Over--and yes I thought, no I knew I could do them.  When its a thought, I know I can do it, when it became a reality I had some fear. Or I should say I had fear.  I actually only feared stepping up on the crate because I thought I would fall, and I had some doubts as to my ability to do some of the things, oh  I also feared puking.  That was probably the biggest fear of all today!---   I didn't fall, I did the things, and I didn't puke!  What I also struggled with was how the hour session with Bo seemed to last an eternity, yet when I returned home to some AC and Pandora an hour elapsed in what seemed like a blink of the eye! --


I will miss my training next Tuesday, because I will be out of town. Bo reminds me to get some exercise in and eat wisely.   I told him I would be meeting up with several different friends, so I will be pretty physical and  I assured him I would be on a liquid diet, because after all its the GIANTS v the PADRES at ATT!  right now I'm thinking I can forego the polish from ATT because the last one from Petco was a real let down. The ball park beer on the other hand? yummmmm  I guess its a good thing its the last game of the season!

80%  
what you put in your mouth
20%
what you do with your body

Here I GO AGAIN...

I dont know where I'm going but I sure know where ive been...

Hanging on the promises in songs of yesterday..

and I've made up my mind....

I ain't wasting no more time....

 but here I go again, and... here I go again....but not on my own.....here I GO...

18 weeks to go---

        18 weeks sounds like a long time.  Christmas is less than 18 weeks away! - So the end of this year is less then......Anyway, here I Go again, but this time not on my own:)

Last year I began this blog 12 weeks at a time  to track and help me be accountable to myself as I worked towards my goal of running a 5k.  The weeks went by, the blogs posted, the 5k was completed.  It didn't turn out how I had hoped for, but I'm not going to complain.

It's a bit of  an irony that I help people achieve their goals, and make transformative changes that ultimately change their lives. While I do try to "practice what I preach" I somehow felt that,  I, myself, was enough to achieve this goal. I admire clients who are courageous enough to make that first call-and I know  years, even months of conditioned behaviors and thinking cannot readily be changed by oneself. ---I realized I am not enough to get me where I want to go- and that is running the whole course.-- this has been (another) great lesson in humility.

The newest season of The Biggest Loser began  and it sparked my desire to run, once again inspiring me with the amazing things people can do, when done with help. I searched on thumbtack for a personal trainer.  San Diego has a population of 3,211,252.  Ok, so that's being a bit dramatic since San Diego is also rather large.  To be more realistic,  the community I live in has over 42,000 .  But I live near both the 5 and 56 which allow me quick access to each the North, the South and the East (I live as west as can be:) What are the odds that I would choose a trainer within a 10 minute drive. Not too bad. But, as ironic as I often find life can be, the personal trainer I have chosen is my neighbor.  He lives across the street! --

He says he can get me running the 5k in less then 30mins. My time for the course last year is 56:42. I believe him! I think I can cut my 5k run time this year at least in half.  (which would be less then 30) and a success for both he and I.

The nice thing about having a personal trainer is 1) they know what they are doing, and 2) they are there to hold you accountable.  Some people may worry about disappointing their trainer, not me, because the only one whose disappointment matters is mine.


So this is week 1, and I have 17 to go...

A 5k we will run...2015!