Day 1 - Feather Weight Challenge

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I just let someone who is not medical personnel weigh me. HORRIBLE! I covered my eyes for most of it. And nearly cried.

But there's much more to this story today...



First of all, the weigh in:
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Yes, that's my large rear end standing next to the gym owner, Pat. Pat's been spectacular ever since we joined LA Boxing - very personable and supportive. I decided that I would wear Air Force Guy's shirt from deployment #1 in 2003 for good luck. It says "Who's Your Baghdaddy?" on the back.

After the tears from seeing that horrible number subsided, I changed into my workout bra (VERY important step - trust me), put my shoes back on, and taped up my hands to take a kickboxing class.

This is Sean Croushorn, the kickboxing instructor:
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Sean is also a professional MMA fighter. When he's fighting, he looks like this:

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Sean is a tremendously popular instructor at the gym, because his class is hard, but he is a strong motivator. Obviously, comparing that picture of me up above to his fighting picture you can see that not only am I no where near Sean's fitness league, but I think I live in a different fitness galaxy. Quite possibly an alternate fitness universe. However, I've found that I really enjoy his class. If I'm doing something wrong, he re-demonstrates to me until I get it right. When I'm doing something well, he always tells me.

Plus, he always moves around during the class so that I can't slack off - if I do, he'll see. And trust me, I need that motivation. If I *didn't* need that motivation, I wouldn't have that large rear end to work off in the first place!

After the class, I nearly burst into tears again - but this time for a good reason. When I told a few of the other class members that I was trying to win the Feather Weight Challenge to donate the money to Soldier's Angels, right on the spot one of them pledged 100$ towards that goal. When I started stuttering to thank her for her generosity in these hard financial times she said, "This is a MUCH better way to use the money than something like another purse!"

She also volunteered her time to help me make over my diet - and task number one is to cut out my beloved Diet Mountain Dew. I'm sure you can feel my sad face at that one.

I was so touched by her pledge and support that I asked for a picture - so here it is, post kickboxing class with the instructor Sean and another class member who is supporting me in the weight challenge and lost over 64 pounds herself!
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We're pretty sweaty and gross there, but it's for a good cause.

Day 1/Weigh-in 1 down!

And remember, you can hold my feet to the fire and keep me motivated on twitter as well: @afwiferuthie


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