I was incredibly embarrassed about the shape I was in at the beginning of this weight loss journey. I promised to be raw and real, I was. I gave you a video that was hard for me to edit let alone watch, but where am I now?

D Dennison on the Scale Day One at Fort Collins Club TSM
D Dennison on the Scale Day One at Fort Collins Club TSM
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Where am I now, good question. I have complained more than I thought that I would, I really think that is the 10 percent of me that doesn't care, remember I said that the real struggle would be convincing that 10 percent that this was a good idea.

There are times still, at nearly three weeks in, that my 10 percent really fights with me, but I am in it far enough where I successfully when the fight.

My trainer is a hard worker, she competitively races mountain bikes or something like that and knows how to kick my rear. I tell her repetitively that I can't or don't think I can and she just says yes you can. And guess what... I have not given up, failed myself in a set of bench presses, walking lunges or tricep dips. Because my trainer, Sara, won't let me fail, I won't let me fail. Nothing in the grand scheme of things has been so hard that I cannot complete the task.

I think that working out is far more mental than it is or ever will be a physical thing. I constantly think I will never be able to do this or I don't want to go to the gym or can't we do something easy... every time I fight these thoughts I conquer the task and in a better way than I'd ever imagined I could.

So, where am I? Sara told me that she will not measure me until we hit the six week mark and we are now at 2.7 weeks. She did weigh me to see if anything is starting to show, kind of like a peek behind the magic curtain and I was down two pounds. If I were a mathematician, which I'm not, I would say that is about one-point-three pounds a week, wait that doesn't seem right... (told you I wasn't a mathematician) ahh-ha, I think I got it... that's 0.74 pounds a week so far. Now wait a second remember that I am doing a lot of weight training and the gain from that is going to be counterbalanced by the fat loss. I can't wait to measure the inches lost, I am hoping for a big change, as I feel as if it is already noticeable.

In my training at the Fort Collins Club I have already had my weights increased on everything I do, my intensity is increasing and my endurance has noticeably improved. I still get winded, but I continue to teach myself how to breathe better and Sara gives me the time and encouragement to make this happen.

Thank you for taking this journey with me!

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