Yesterday was great.  Two hours of yoga.  Yes, I had candy at work, but I didn't eat junk after work.  I went to sleep feeling peaceful, stretched, and ready for today.

Because today, was Day 1 of Bootcamp!  45 minutes of insanity.  Did I think I would survive the 3 pushups - plank - 5 pushups - plank - 8 pushups - plank - 5 pushups - plank - 3 pushups - plank series?  No, I did not.  Did I survive the who thing?  Yes, I did.

Now - to work.  Where I will take breaks for yoga because I now know why my back has been so ruddy sore.  Thanks, working at a desk!  But just you wait.  Strengthening my back muscles will beat you, yet!

With positivity,
`C

Okay.  Here's the new plan.

Bootcamp.
Yoga.
Dance Fabulous.
Love. Death. Brains.
Fringe.
Next to Normal.
Adventure with Shawna.
Christmas bonus.
WI Theatre auditions.
TCUTA.
Audition EVERYWHERE.

Pay off my debt.  Don't be stupid with money.  Don't live outside my means.  Get the bonuses that I should have gotten long ago.  Get huge security deposit back this summer. 

LOVE IT.

So.

Today didn't go exactly as planned, but I survived.  It was a class of two people, so to keep the feeling informal, I trained most of the class from my chair.

I took the elevator at least once...and the escalator, too.

I had a Shelldon (a vegetarian Reuben), fries with ranch, and I tried to have a piece of pie.  The pie was so awful that I was then compelled to purchase bakery-style (meaning large) frosted sugar cookies.  I also had a Three Musketeers bar on the way to dinner.  Why?  Because I saw homemade Three Musketeers bars on Pinterest, and that gave me a mad craving for them.  I don't think I had ever craved a Three Musketeers bar in my life.

I weigh 194 pounds.  At my heaviest, I weighed 207 pounds.  I'm on my way down.  I'm not in the shape that I need to be for musical theatre, and I'm not at my healthiest weight for my height.

This is the before.

August will be the after.

No excuses this time.

An opportunity knocks...

I have a new goal.  I've been cast in a leading role in a brilliant new musical, and I want to be in fighting musical theatre shape by the time it hits the stage.

I have under 3 months.

I am continuing dance classes.  I have signed up for a bootcamp fitness class.  I am returning to yoga.

I am changing the way I think about eating.  If it's free at work, no I do not need to have one.  Deprivation doesn't work for me either - it's moderation.  Yes, I'm allowed to have dairy.  I am also allowed to have bread.  Should I have beer more than one night a week?  Probably not.

So here it is.  Day 1 of my journey to Musical Theatre Fitness.  I have an end goal, and I most certainly have obvious rewards if I am successful.

Today - I am training all day.  I will be up and moving around.  I took the stairs, not an elevator everywhere I went.  I am having pie, but that was a pre-arranged date.  I will not have other junk food today.

I will also buy the weights I need to start my bootcamp on Monday.  Then, I will have a heartwarming hangout with my friend and fitness buddy where we talk strategies.

Here we go...