Well this experience has truly flown by. I can't believe my time here, at the Biggest Loser Ranch and the Summer of Steph, is almost through. Graduation night is tomorrow... and then I have a late flight out Sunday night. Man... the time has flown! I had waited so long for this journey to begin, and now it's about to come to an end. It's kinda hard to imagine what my life would have been like without all of this. I'm so fortunate to have been able to experience such wonderful things in these last 6 weeks. From the people that I have met to the things I've seen, I don't think I'll ever be the same. I feel like I've changed, not only physically over these last 6 weeks, but it's been an emotional battle too. I've learned that I can handle anything that is put in my path, I'm a hell of a lot stronger than I ever thought, and I know who I am now... and no one can change that. Wow.... that's a mouthful! I'm onto bigger and better things...
Today was a hard day. From the hike to the classes... to the longstanding battle with my knee... it was full of ups and downs.
The day started off with 6 am Stretch with Terri! I just love how relaxed you feel in there and the difference it makes with your ability to get through the day. Next, we were onto breakfast, which was great! An egg sandwich! It was just what you needed to eat before a hike! It fills you up, and you have a lot of energy to get through the hike! Today's hike was Regan Ranch. It was a wonderful hike full of high elevations. I loved the views and it was great that we had cool weather throughout most of it! It really made it easier to complete. The one thing however, when you are sweating your butt off while working out... and your in a t-shirt and shorts... it makes it very hard to warm up. I came back and was freezing. It wasn't until after stretch that I finally warmed up! I even wore a sweatshirt through most of stretch... I was still cold!
From stretch, we went to hear Sam Poueu, a trainer here at BLR and past season 9 contestant on the Biggest Loser speak at a Q&A during lunch. Sam is truly amazing with everything he's been through in his life and just his Biggest Loser Story... We truly loved every minute of his talk. It was inspiring. A few of us even had tears in our eyes. He's just so sweet! Of course we had to get pictures with him afterwards too...From there, we had some break time, so we hung outside for awhile and then all headed back to our rooms. By this time... my knee was killing me... and I was truly debating whether or not goto class. My roommate Kim kept telling me, just make sure it's worth it... make sure you're not going to do any more damage by going. I sat... and thought... and had an inner battle within myself. I don't want to give up... so I figured... you know what. I'm not going to. I'm going to work through the pain... and that's what I did.
We had Ursula for pool. It was a great class that flew by. There were only a few of us in the pool, so we got through everything really quickly. From there we had Ball Works with Cam! I love this class! It's centers that you work through. They're always fun and Cam dances through the class... I love it! I was truly feeling pretty good. There wasn't alot I could do there that would hurt my knee! Score! The final class of today was Treading with Sam. What I loved most about this class, I felt like I was back on the field with Coach Parker and the O-line of the Crush... the way Sam was calling out what we had to do... we all had to repeat it... I don't know, it just felt like football practice. He killed us, but we all loved every single minute. We felt powerful... we felt like we could tackle world... It was such a great high! I loved it!
Dinner tonight was pretty good. We always love chicken. Dessert... yeah... that was another thing. We all took one bite... and YUCK. This is the first time I think we actually complained about the food. We got Craig to try it... and he agreed. At least we knew we weren't crazy!
The night ended with me talking to Mom & Dad... Robyn... After that I had a long chat with one of the trainers - Kareen. She asked about my story and what got me here. The cool part is, through pictures on Facebook, you can really see how much I've changed since the beginning of the year. When I look back at that picture of Regina and I... I can't even see me... It's soo weird. But it's always great to hear from others their thoughts on your story.I headed back to my room, iced my knees and caught up with Muscles on Skype. I can't tell you how much talking to you can even make the knee pain not feel as bad! Thanks for making me smile! And for the record... Sam's got nothing on you... There, I said it! :P
Night All!
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