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Zooma Summer Challenge - Weeks 4&5

The last two weeks have been challenging. Traveling and scheduling. Planning and Priorities. I am in the process of reminding myself that I matter. I matter to me as much as my husband matters to me. I matter to me as much as my children matter to me. If I don't make time to build me up, to edify me, and to calm my spirit, then who will? How good will I really be to those around me? If I don't fill myself up, how will I have anything to pour into anyone else?

Zooma Summer Challenge 2017 Swag

Well, I did it! I completed the Zooma Summer Challenge 2017. I am super proud of myself. I usually start challenges but don't finish them. I start them but them I get bored. I start them but I don't have accountability. I start them but I make excuses about my schedule. Now this time. Well not completely. I completed the ab work. I completed the planks. I did most of the running. I even tried a new workout.

The ab and plank challenge portion was rewarding. The amount of each increased by five each day. Five more crunches or sit-ups and five more seconds added onto the plank. I've attempted ab challenges in the past, but I never got all the way through them. This was different. The level of accountability was different. There was a consistent group of other women who would post that they completed the day's challenge. I wanted to post too. It didn't even matter how late it was. I popped down on the floor, even on a commercial, and got the work done.

One of my ab/plank sessions with company 😍

When I tell you that workout my brutal, please believe it. It was only 15 minutes of actual work, but baby, that work left residue. I felt like I was carrying around bricks for two days after the trial workout. What was the trial? I went to a local Crossfit gym. It was amazing and humbling all at the same time. The first 30 or so minutes was spent touring the gym and learning about the principles of Crossfit. After a short warm-up, the 15 minute clock started. Boy was I excited about hearing the buzzer. Workout over. Rest. Water. Air.

I was completely drained after just 15 minutes of Crossfit

All in all, I got work done. I'm thankful for the Zooma Summer Challenge keeping me on track and accountable for the past five weeks. I'm looking forward to seeing what lies ahead!

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