I love my Mentors!!

Cyndi is such an AWESOME mentor!! I will talk more about her later and about why she is awesome but she rocks my face off...

We met with Larsyn today to first talk about goals and then to work out. Sadly Ali wasn't there because she's in the Bahamas and Elice wasn't there because she has a stomach virus :(  But only Jane, Mary, Kristen, and I showed up and I was sad that for such an important team workout when we talk about goals that 2 of our other team members didn't come (we have 8 members on our team).  Cyndi (the awesome mentor) was there, too. :)

But it was a great meeting - we discussed barriers to our goals and how to meet our goals - Larsyn agreed that mine are realistic and that I'm on the right track! We learned more about each other and how to help each other - it was wonderful! Some of my barriers are that if it's not a team work out, I am less likely to push myself as hard - I really need someone else there to work out with me or I won't do the best I can do in pushing myself.  (Kind of already knew that, but was helpful to write it out.) Another barrier is that the weekends are great breaks from work for me but I need to remember to get my cardio in and I'm having trouble making myself go to the gym on Saturdays.

After talking about barriers, goals, and rewards, we did "Larsyn's Top Ten":
10 Burpees
9 Squats
8 Lunges (on each side - so really 16 total)
7 Inchworms with push-ups
6
5 Suicides
4 flights of stairs
3 laps around the track doing indian runs
2 minute wall sits
1 minute push-up holds

I sadly can't remember what 6 is... Oh, well.
We only did 1/2 of a lap of an indian run and then ran the rest by ourselves - I was having trouble - breathing in cooler air and being very aware of my lungs.. I jogged an entire lap then started walking - I only walked maybe 10 yards, when Cyndi came and jogged next to me and explained the importance of continuing to jog, even if it's really slow because it's harder to start jogging after walking than it is to start jogging faster after jogging slowly.  Cyndi stayed with me for the next 2 laps and we jogged - she matched my pace and I did 3 laps! 1/2 a mile! (And don't tell anyone - but I think I could've kept going!)  She was so encouraging and helpful in helping me pace myself and breathe correctly! I am so appreciative of her being with me during that part of last night's program!!
 
At the beginning of each team workout, Cyndi and I do a wall-sit together - she always beats me, but maybe I will beat her Friday... Cyndi sadly pulls for the 49er's but it gives us something to trash talk about, anyway. :)

Weigh-in is tonight - and I'm most worried about the fact that Friday I only got 750 calories because I was sleeping all day - and the same with Saturday, but I got in 950 calories. Sunday was a bit more regular - but because of my cough, I didn't work out Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday! So I'm worried about that - but my eating was on track for the most part and I've finally been drinking enough water! So we will see :)