Hitting the Road . . .

I know I haven't been blogging with any kind of consistency lately but that okay. What I have been doing instead is consistently working towards my goals. I got serious about this whole getting fit thing when I realized I wanted to be healthy enough to withstand the stress and rigor of earning my PhD. After five years of planning, talking and going no where fast I finally cranked the intensity up. I am happy to say I just had my first interview last week and was accepted for the fall class.

I am one step closer to being cheerleaderbody, PhD and it feels damn good. It took hard work, sacrifice and determination to get here. Most importantly, I had the support of those I love to help me through the rough patches. I made the connection today that this weight loss/ fitness thing is the same type of beast. If I use similar strategies I can make this thing happen too. Things will be pretty crazy for a little while. I am going to get quite a bit of travel in. I have to go to Birmingham, Atlanta, Seattle and Dallas in the next month. Wish me luck! I hope that at the end of the month I have my choice of schools to attend but never fear, I am still doing ChaLean Extreme.

I have worked diligently to get to this point and even though it's been tough I don't regret it for a moment. Today the light bulb finally came on. I could pass on parties, vacations and tv because I could see the goal. It was easy to visualize what I would do when I reached the goal and how it would feel. With getting in shape, I never quite managed to do that. I plan to work on being able to picture myself at the finish line. I spent today thinking about my goals and devising a strategy to get there. Chalene continually says in the ChaLean Extreme videos " Write your goals down!" I need to heed that advice.

My goal is to get down to a lean, fit body. I plan to get my weight down below 140 pounds- somewhere it hasn't been in the last decade or so. Even with the travel, I don't intend to slack on the exercise. I got a travel DVD player and I have my resistance bands to make sure of that. When I get back home from all of my interviews, I already have a game plan for getting my food intake on point so that I can reach my goals. I promise to check back in and let you guys know how it's going but even if you don't see me for a few days, know that I'm pressing play. You should be too . . .

Cheers!