Camp Gladiator - Week 2: FUNctionality

I was in awe of the amount of positive feedback I received from my first post about Camp Gladiator. You guys didn't have to leave comments or send me personal messages of your support, but you did and I love you for it. Turns out the blog inspired my cousin Dan and his soon-to-be wife to join Camp Gladiator in Dallas! Ali and Jeff were so responsive to my goals and their encouraging messages helped me to get through week 2 of camp. I will admit that Wednesday was the hardest day for me . . . not so much physically, but it was the mental part that was bringing me down. I left camp feeling defeated and was just in a F-U-N-K. Would you believe the Glee episode that I just so happen to watch that evening was the F-U-N-K episode?! Ironic and very much needed. Ladies, only you will understand what truly brought on this funktified feeling, so I'll just leave it at that.

Anyway, I persevered and pushed through the pain and still managed to attend another five classes, two concerts (Arcade Fire/Brett Dennan & Dawes) and have a little FUN in-between.

 Arcade Fire at The Backyard

Me and Tyree$ha (Trisha)

Chris, Kris, Russ at Arcade Fire

 Dawes at La Zona Rosa

That's what I wanted to touch on most in this post. I am still living my life just as I would normally be doing, minus the plethora of margaritas at Matt's El Rancho that I so desperately wanted to partake in on Cinco de Mayo - instead, it was Lime Cactus flavored Michelob Ultra for me. 95 calories I can handle, the calories in a jumbo sized margarita, I could not. Not after how hard I pushed myself.

So, Wednesday's F-U-N-K caused a lot of those negative thoughts to seep back into my mind, clouding my judgment and making me feel as though my goals are possibly too big and too far away for me to ever achieve. I went home that evening after camp feeling defeated and down. It wasn't until Ali sent me a message that next morning that renewed my dedication and motivation. I cannot begin to tell you how great it feels to know that she's there rooting me on, promising that she and Jeff WILL get me to my goals if I choose to just show up and push myself. So, that's exactly what I did this past week.

Believe it or not, I laughed a lot at Jeff's jokes, although they're pretty bad, I find him very funny! That's the point, this week, although was tough, it was F-U-N and it got me out of my F-U-N-K. Ali surprised us on Friday morning after camp with a My Fit Foods breakfast and it was just what I needed after the brutality that she put me through. ;) They had another surprise for us after Saturday's camp; a rep from Kind Bars showed up and passed out free bars. I'm hooked on them already, they're all natural and delicious! CG is just too good to us.

Saturday, I spent the day with my mom and my sister, Katie. We hung out on South Congress, then went to Mean Eyed Cat for a few beers - it was so much fun to just relax and catch up with them. I have the best mom and sisters in the whole world.

Mean Eyed Cat

Me and my amazing Mom, Jane

Then I came home to these . . .

A (step)Mother's Day surprise from Kris ;)

So, here's to still living life, working out hard and having a little fun in-between. Okay, okay, I did cheat and had Chicka-Chicka Boom Boom from Chuy's on Saturday night; I'm not going to lie it was delicious and soooooo worth it. That's what I'll be trying to work off in this week's workout.

On to Week 3 of CG . . . 

Best wishes,

Kelley