Wednesday started with 6 AM Yogalates :o) I love Yogalates!!! (Yoga and Pilates) I always feel so good afterwards. Then onto breakfast and another 2 1/2 hour hike. This time to "Stop Sign!" I was told it's a right of passage here at Fitness Ridge to complete it. Stop Sign is a little over 4 mile paved hike up a steady incline where at the end you have gone up a little over 1000 feet of altitude. Amazing! It was definitely a challenge. I loved it and hated it every step of the way, but when I reached the top I happily slapped the "Stop Sign" like so many before me. It was awesome and I felt so good.
After lunch we had an very enlightening lecture from the resort life coach, Jen, on emotional eating. I always felt like I was an emotional eater, but Jen's lecture really brought some very interesting things to light. Probably the best advice she shared was that emotional health and awareness of your emotions = healthy weight and/or weight loss. By confronting your fears and those things we avoid we break the cycle of addiction and put yourself in control. She also explained that restriction breads rebellion. If you love popcorn find a healthy way to incorporate that into your diet without making it your go to food that you reach for every time you are stressed or bored. Jen really shared a lot of GREAT information!
The rest of the day went great - in fact I not only tried something new, kickboxing, but I also overcame a fear...Mountain. Mountain was the last cardio class I did before I got sick on Monday so I was really dreading it. I'm so thankful that I bit the bullet (as I did contemplate skipping) because I was completely successful and increased my incline from 10 to 12! Awesome - I did it and was stronger than I was on Monday. Nicole, the trainer, also gave us an awesome quote that I have drawn from all week. "I do today what others think I won't so I can do tomorrow what others can't." Awesome!!!!
Completely exhausted at the end of the day I go back to the room and......zzzzzzzz
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