Day 2

5am came awful quick!
OMG – I am so sore!!!!!!!!!!!!
As much as I wanted to lay in bed and go back to sleep, I kept telling myself that it wasn’t fair to the girls since I am supposed to be setting/leading the example. I don’t know where my will power came from – but thank you to whomever lent me theirs. The workout this morning mirrored yesterday. We started out walking/running a mile then hit the bleachers with tricep dips and pushups. Next, we walked/ran another mile – pushing ourselves to run a little longer than we did yesterday. Finally, we hit the bleachers again for step-ups and full sit-ups.
We sweat more this morning than yesterday morning – I didn’t think that was possible! I didn’t have to yell at the girls as much this morning as I did yesterday, but we had our moments. Kitty decided that she wanted to cheat at pushups and I wouldn’t let her get away with it, so I made her do more. I keep trying to get them to understand that it is better and will produce faster results if you do 5 pushups correctly then 10 incorrect! So naturally, she started to cry because she had to do more and I wasn’t going to tolerate tears. Not today! Not when I got my butt up this morning and could barely move!

She made the comment about this not being military bootcamp, so I made her do more tricep dips! No this is NOT military bootcamp, but this IS the only way I know how to train them – TOUGH LOVE!

There are a lot of basic fundamentals that my girls need to learn about food, form and repetition, so I appropriately renamed my blog Building Blocks Bootcamp in honor of Kat.

I am no longer the mother or friend when we work out! I remember all the things that have made them unhappy and choose to remind them of those when they start complaining or slacking. I can deal with my issues, so they need to understand that I am out there busting my butt too – FIRST for them – then me.

My goal is to get them to focus on all the things they DO like about themselves and the healthy eating and workouts will take care of what they don’t like.

All in all – another great morning!