Well, Clearly Jack-lyn Isn't the Teacher's Pet

I know, I know...I've been without a blog in nearly a week. I actually wrote one last weekend, and it has disappeared off the face of the earth (or blogspot, which is nearly as annoying). So, I tried to post it while in Montgomery from my phone and it just showed the title. That was all that remained. UGH!

I also received a brief "talking to" from a colleague who told me my blog is full of a grammatical errors. So, let this be the warning that if you are here to look for perfection in ANY way- size, shape, or commas- good luck. It won't be found. That did, however, make me incredibly self-conscious about over comma-ing and under quoting. As Lady Chablis would say, "Two Tears in a Bucket..." (If you know who Lady Chablis is, you know the rest of this quote. If you don't- how dare you not know the story of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil).

I've finished day 2 of my second round of boot camp, and apparently I lied in my last published blog. I actually only went 8 TIMES, not 8 weeks. It felt like 8 weeks, but well...it hasn't been. Oops. I am proud to announce that on our original timed mile in April, I did it in 16:16. This month I came in at 14:52. This is a huge accomplishment for me. I am not even close to where I want to be with running, hell jogging, but I am doing a little bit better. My push-ups increased to 20, which means my upper body is getting stronger.

It feels so good to be in my second round of boot camp. I see areas where I am improving and the areas where I need to continue to work, and maybe even focus. One area that I love (odd, I know) is the hover test. Last month I lasted 45 seconds, and today I did 1:57. My beep test isn't much better, I did 13 beeps instead of 12. So, that tells me that I MUST focus on running. Shelley has given me some pointers, and as you know, she continues to push me to run (NOT WALK). I think my brain is used too much while at boot camp and I wish I could stop that. I need to push myself to run more and walk less. I'm scared to. I worry that I'll hurt myself or my kneecap will fall off or something.

This morning, sHELLey, was in rare form. I won't say if that is a good thing or a bad thing :) At any rate, we were in stations focusing on different parts of the body and my group started at Core. We were doing bicycles, scissors, and walking plank. We kept getting confused, and poor Jennifer (my friend who has started boot camp with us- YEAH!) was getting so confused. Anyway, we got in trouble a million times for not following directions (oops), and at one point, SHE came over and was yelling, "Butt down, Jacklyn!" over and over. Clearly I wasn't listening because my name is JOCELYN. She finally realized what happened and we all got a good laugh out of it, and then the joke became that I clearly am not the teacher's pet.

So anyway, our group is doing a 30 day Arbonne challenge. I'm signed up for it, but I suck already. We got our weight, body fat and measurements done on Tuesday. It comes along with a pretty strict diet and a great workout routine. Although I am a HUGE supporter of Advocare, and now a distributor, I thought I would check out a couple of the products to see if they make a difference. I decided not to sign up for the whole she-bang for a few reasons. At any rate, my fellow dieters are really working hard. I, however, have been out of town. You can't exactly get free range chicken at the average restaurant on a very short lunch break. I've been sticking to the diet I followed for my Advocare 24 day challenge to get me through. I'm hoping that when I get through this out of town part of work, I can really try this challenge and see how I do. It is so funny to watch everyone- they're all dying for Almond Butter. If you're looking for a side gig- go stock up on Almond Butter, stand outside of the GCC and sell it. Seriously. You'll be RICH!

The COOLEST thing happened to me last Saturday at the Body Attack class. This lady named Carol, 62 years old and in shape, comes up and hugs me. She tells me that she loves the blog and that I inspire HER. REALLY?! She's 62 and doing Body Attack. She's amazing. It made me feel so incredible to have that talk with her. I still marvel at how I can inspire anyone, but it meant so much. I watched her throughout class and thought about how impressed I was with her get up and go...but I inspire her. Awesome.

Body Attack last weekend was way cool. It was my first time with Tiffany as a teacher, and if you've never had her- check her out! She is like Tigger- so full of energy and just ready to go. I think her nickname will be SNICKERS because after one little tidbit- you've got the energy you need.

Anyway...tonight is date night and I've got to get ready...
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