Starting Camp Gladiator was hands down one the best decisions I could’ve ever made for myself. Without enrolling in Total Transformation April of 2018, I probably never would’ve discovered half of the things I know now about myself.
Here’s how it worked: You sign up for this program (total transformation) through Camp Gladiator. This doesn’t make you a member or anything, just gives you unlimited camps as well as two Inbody tests and some other things for one month, then at that point you decide if its for you or if you want to part ways.
Signing up for this made me SO NERVOUS. I never did group workouts and I didn’t know anyone that participated in it. I was very out of my comfort zone to say the least. Before I even participated in my first workout I took my Inbody test. This test basically reads everything about your body, weight, fat, muscle, BMR, body fat, water, you name it and it reads it. I was less than satisfied when I got my results, as expected. I viewed this as the turning point in my health, the point where I decided I wanted to do better and be better. I had made the first step in the right direction.
My first workout…in the simplest terms, was very intimidating but also gave me a sense of relief. Like I said, group workouts are not my thing so that in its own was something I had to get used too. BUT the relief I felt also came from the group I was working out with (S/O LHE FAM!), I felt super welcomed and I never once felt judged or out of place. I liked my trainer and enjoyed the workout. It definitely kicked my ass, I couldn’t imagine not being previously active and knocking one out but everyone has to start somewhere.
I would say it took me about three weeks before I committed to going bold, which was becoming a member. And guess what! My mom committed with me. This was our new start, another new beginning.
After committing I still had a few weeks left in the program I initially started on. I had one last thing to finish, my last Inbody. I was nervous for this, I felt like I had done so much in my workouts and was overall eating rather healthy. But of course, I drank as much as a Game of Thrones character so I didn’t know what to expect. I tested out and overall I lost a little bit of everything! My weight and body fat had decreased and my muscle and water had increased, all good starts. The numbers weren’t anything crazy but they were everything I needed to keep it up.
For a few months the workouts would give me a high. I couldn’t get enough of them. I would do multiple workouts in a day and basically run my body ragged. I started to notice something though, I started not focusing too much on my diet or drinking habits because I was being so physically active. I viewed my intense 1 or 2 hour workouts a day as compensation for the fact that I drank almost every day and ate like shit 90% of the time. This was probably midsummer of 2018, it all got worse after my birthday in July.
Even though I felt good from my workouts, I started finding myself slipping into unhappiness again. I could pinpoint one main thing that was affecting my dissatisfaction with myself.
My job.
For anyone that has experienced dissatisfaction in the workplace or just overall unhappiness, next weeks blog is going to be a good one for you.
“Though I fall, I will rise” Micah 7:8
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