Day One

Saturday was the first official day of the "challenge". I started my morning at a bright and early 5:15 a.m. to be at the stadium at 6 a.m. There I was one of around 70 people with the red Challenge T-Shirt on, going to embark on a 12 week fitness journey. Most of the people didn't know what to expect because they had never done it before, but I knew just what to expect... sore muscles and shortness of breath! ha. We started with an hour of running, which I was able to jog around 4 miles in that hour without stopping. We were jogging around a track, which on my first challenge, I wasn't able to run around once. It felt good that I was in better shape then before... but I still wanted to keep up with the "veteran" fitness girls, that were able to run about 7 miles in that hour! Next, we started the stadium drills. For 45 minutes with plotted up and down the stadium stairs... this caused me to have shortness of breath and excessive sweating. Last, we finished with some crunches, squats, jumping jacks, and push-ups! What a workout. I was hungry, tired, and sore after the first day... but excited that it was finally here. Tomorrow I will be buying my supplements (which I completely believe in) a

Here's a picture of my "before"... you have to excuse the early morning hair!

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