My Personal Body for Life Challenge Began Today

So, I kicked off Body for Life today. I'm not doing an official competitive challenge (too late to sign up for the current round) but I'm challenging myself. Tonight I just got finished weighing myself, measuring more than necessary, and taking my "before" pictures. Eek! They looked pretty bad--scary to think that they look so bad even after almost a year of more advanced workouts and after losing 25 lbs last year. Also, it's sad that I'm 10 lbs up again from my lowest point (last spring/summer). Ugh. It's about time I got down to business with a serious program like Body for Life.

I am NOT showing those before pics here, at least not until I have some after pics to go with them (which will be another 12 weeks from now).

So far I like BFL, but of course it's only been one single day. I did the BFL upper body workout this morning (took me 71 minutes instead of the expected 46). It was great to get my exercise done first thing in the morning, though hard to drag my heinie out of bed. Also, my sons woke up earlier than they usually do and were underfoot as I tried to finish (no wonder it took me so long). Somehow I still managed to get them to school and myself to physical therapy on time.

EEEEEK! (Sorry, just glanced at that before picture again.) I have the Body for Life Success Journal and there's a place in there to attach the before photo (and another spot for that eventual after photo) so that you can remind yourself what you're doing. Great idea, but scary.