Week One? Check!

One week down, six hundred and seventy two bazillion left. Okay, slight exaggeration. But seriously. This is going to take awhile. However, my first week is behind me, and it was a near perfect week. It was challenging to make myself find the time each day, especially toward the end of the week. But I managed to work out for some portion each day. I wasn't sure it was going to happen yesterday. I overslept, and Nick woke up early. Jason had to work most of the day, and we had dinner plans so I knew my day was pretty packed. The only time I knew I would have to work out was in the morning, before Nick got up. But, as it always does, life happened and threw a wrench in my plans. Thankfully, Nick was cooperative enough (and sleepy enough) to go down for an early nap. I made a deal with myself that I would give myself 30 minutes of the P90X Arms and Shoulders video, but would use heavier weights so I could get a bit more out of the moves. I definitely feel it more today, but in a good way.
Overall, I'd say my first week went great. I'm really proud of myself for pushing Friday and Saturday to make myself put in the time. Over the last year when I've tried to start some sort of workout/exercise routine, I usually wimp out before the first week is over. I always end up skipping a day, and then convince myself that I've already screwed up my "perfect" week, so why keep going? But I read something online recently that said "Saying 'Oh I've already screwed up my good eating today, so I'll just eat crap' is like saying 'Oh I dropped my phone on the floor, so I'll just smash it until it breaks'." I thought that was pretty clever...and accurate. It's totally true, and we all do it. So, I'm pretty proud of myself for getting through the first week since I've recently fallen short time and time again. It gives me a great push for motivation going forward. AND I wrapped up the week only .8 lb short of my first mini goal of 179 (oh 179...you elusive devil), so that's an added bonus.