Happy Friday, Participants!
It’s been a great week, hasn’t it?! If you feel that you’ve been falling behind, try your hardest to catch up! A healthy lifestyle takes commitment and hard work to keep up.
In case you have not yet seen our email regarding the Boot Camp survey, please go to the Boot Camp Survey page and help us improve by giving some honest feedback.
You should have received login info to fitmixer.com via email (please check your spam folder if you don’t see it in your inbox). When logged in, you will be able to write blog posts and leave comments as an author of fitmixer.com. We have already noticed how this has positively affected communication and motivation among participants, so please take advantage of your login if you haven’t already! (Please contact me – Whitney – at whitney@fitmixer.com if you filled out the bio form but still have not received your login info).
It was mentioned on the call that we will be giving out a weekly homework assignment. For each assignment, you will all receive a topic in which you can respond to via blog. See below for this week’s topic.
Lastly, if you find yourself wanting (or needing) a good workout over the weekend, Alicia suggests “yoga, hiking, bike riding, swimming, pilates, running outside, or walking the dogs.” Otherwise, we hope you all have a great, relaxing weekend.
See you on Monday!
This week’s homework assignment:
When I was a little girl, I had a tiny pink blanket with holes and a bitten off piece in the middle. The corners were perfectly frayed and soft and it helped me sleep at night and hung out with me all day. I named it “woogie” and I took it everywhere: my backyard, my best friend’s house, the park, the car, the bathroom…everywhere. I could not let go of Woogie.
When I turned five and enrolled in Kindergarten, I realized if I wanted to be a “big girl,” Woogie needed to go. I truly wanted to be able to go to school without Woogie, but I could not. It terrified me. Woogie was a part of me, and it was scary to let her go. My mom sympathized with my inner struggle and came up with a plan. She had me sit down at the table and write a farewell letter to Woogie. We found a pink polka dot box to put Woogie in, put the letter in with her, sang a little song, and packed her away high up in my closet. Woogie had a place in my life at one time, but the time had come that she no longer served a helpful purpose, and Woogie needed to go.
This week’s homework is geared toward unleashing our inner “Woogie” and saying ces’t la vie, adios, and goodbye forever to that “thing” that is holding us back. We all have our Woogie issues that hold us back from achieving our goals and our homework is to write a farewell letter and dismiss the issue from our lives.
It goes something like this:
“Dear Sleep, I love you but you are constantly making me miss my early morning gym appointment,” or “Dear Junk Food, I hate your guts. You make my gut fat…. stay the hell away from me.” Okay, I know those sound humorous, and your Woogie might be, but it can also be something that is serious for you like: “Dear Eating Disorder, You are messing up my life,” or “Dear Put Downs, I don’t want to hear from you any more.”
So that is your assignment for the week. If you want to share, we would love to hear your thoughts and help you say goodbye, so go ahead and post it on our site. If not, that’s okay too. The point is to let go of it. Don’t let it be your roadblock any longer. Recognize the issue, and let it go. Good luck and have a great weekend.
-Candice
Regarding last night’s (June 14) conference call…
We thought it might be cool to hear you guys talk about the conference call this time. We’d love for any of you to bring up any of the subjects we touched on last night and share your thoughts about them in the comments.
Blog posts:
Summer Bucket List by Alicia
The Flavor of Summer by Candice
Hey ladies!! I was on the conference call last night but didn’t speak up. I was actually in bed next to my hubby who was fast asleep (it was 10pm here!) so I was trying to be quiet and stay awake!
I LOVE the idea of the break-up letter. It is totally what I need. I have been immensely struggling with mindful eating, so I’m going to “break up” with mindless eating and over-eating. I’m flying to Chicago tomorrow and will be gone for a few days (Candice- I’ll be a few days late on my weigh-in) and am planning on writing this out on the plane.
You gals asked about what we thought about the formats of the workouts- I actually LOVE them. I like that you demo each move and then have it listed and in PDF format. I usually view the video the night before and take the workout to the gym or my patio the next morning. It’s nice to just have it in writing on a small piece of paper. I don’t necessarily need the whole workout in “real time,” but I get that some people might like that.
My only complaint- and it’s just a small technical issue. The music is a bit too loud sometimes, and it can be hard to hear your voices over it. Maybe just balance that out a bit (anyone else have this problem too?). Otherwise LOVE EVERYTHING. And I’m so glad that you added the warm-up and cool-down!
LOVE YOU GIRLS. Thanks for being awesome. I can’t believe we’re almost halfway through- I am ROCKING the workouts but seriously need a big kick in the ass for the eating. Please, feel free to kick away…
I missed the conference call because I totally fell asleep. Our AC has been broken since last Wednesday and I’ve not gotten much rest at all (probably why I gained a pound last week).
I LOVE the idea of a breakup letter. I already know what I’m going to break up with … mostly negative thinking and self-bashing.
Lauren,
Thanks for the workout input. I will talk to the editor and have him lower the music volume – good feedback. Have fun in Chicago!