Made it through my 1st week!!

November 1, 2000

YIPPEE!!! I've successfully completed my first week of " TaeBo - the second

time around " <G>. I've seen some great results as far as attitude, outlook

and motivation so that has been wonderful. My pain meds have decreased!

Today I didn't take my first pain pill until 9:00 a.m. which was after a

work out and two hours later than usual (without a workout)! I have met

about 70% of my food-oriented goals, and have been able to add more protein

back into my diet. Although I'm having a hard time with breakfast…protein

just does not appeal to me in the mornings. I also haven't been good about

my water intake. So those will be my focuses this upcoming week.

My two biggest accomplishments were 1) only working out 4 times this week -

with a history of exercise addiction, that was so hard for me, but I feel

great and 2) I had procrastinated having a difficult conversation with close

friends of mine, who I co-own a dog with as I knew it was going to get

" ugly " . But Monday night, I came home, did some TaeBo, relaxed and then

braved the phone call. As expected, it was quite stressful, however I

managed to keep my control and keep us focused on the specific agreement and

not get petty and bicker over other things. That is a first for me as I

grew up with " yelling " as a way of life <G>. I also do not want to lose

friends over something so small in the scope of life and knew that I needed

to be strong. I really feel that TaeBo helped me get through that difficult

phone conversation. Even my boyfriend commented that he saw a positive

change in how I dealt with the situation.

I'm sorry this is so long-winded but I wanted to say thank you to everyone

on this list and to Blanks (thank you thank you thank you) for helping

me reach some of my goals and supporting me. I understand now that this

time I am actually embracing new concepts and a lifestyle change rather than

a sense of urgency to " get in shape " or " lose weight " . And I feel much

better about myself. In fact, my body is not in half the " shape " it was 5

years ago, but you know what…I feel better! In fact, I feel damn good

today!! <G>

Colleen Prickett, who would love any good breakfast suggestions that have a

good source of protein

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