Hey Chicks,<\/p>\n
So I posted on day 1 with all these great intentions of posting every day to keep you updated on our adventures at the Biggest Loser Ranch in Utah<\/strong>.\u00a0 Well, those all went out the window on Day 2 when 7pm hit and\u00a0I could barely keep my eyes open!\u00a0 So this post is my attempt to give you the highlights of the last 5 days as best I can (and that is going to be hard as I think I am still processing it all and there are so many awesome things I want to include!). This has been one CRAZY, AMAZING, INSPIRATIONAL week<\/strong> so far!<\/p>\n A Head Chick’s Highlights to Date (and there are more coming!)<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Hiking, Hiking, Hiking!<\/strong> You know how I love getting my sweat on outside and hiking in the red rocks of Utah was not only a kick butt calorie burn but so beautiful!\u00a0 We were out everyday at 8am (after already doing a 6am workout!)\u00a0through trails, rock climbing and even went up so high it snowed. All I can say is thank goodness for squats and lunges in bootcamp cuz this chick’s booty would have been toast!<\/p>\n 2. Yummy Grub.<\/strong> We were super nervous about coming here as they serve you a menu that is approx 1200 calories \/ day to help educate peeps on the fabulousness of portion control and high quality and volume foods.\u00a0 I was freaking out\u00a0\u00a0cuz I eat waaay more than 1200 cal \/ day especially when I am sweating up a storm to this extent. What if it wasn’t enough?!\u00a0or even worse, what if it was gross rabbit food?! I couldn’t have been more wrong!\u00a0\u00a0I couldn’t believe how much food we got and it was yummy! Plus if you were still hungrey they had unlimited salad bar, fruit,\u00a0hardboiled eggs and almonds to add \u00a0 My fave hands down was the Shepherd’s Pie and the dark chocolate dipped strawberries.\u00a0<\/p>\n 3. Caffeine Withdrawal.<\/strong>\u00a0 Why,\u00a0you ask? Because\u00a0I didn’t have any – yay!!\u00a0 Day 3 and 4 I had a little bit of a headache but mint tea has become my new friend. Not gonna lie, I am stoked for a coffee but it is gonna be decaf \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n 4. Kick Butt Classes.<\/strong>\u00a0 My faves were Treading (a high intensity interval training class that went from 5 min at your max,\u00a0then recovery,\u00a0down to 1 min), kickboxing (apparently I have anger issues since I busted my knuckles during!), ball class (who knew stability balls could burn out your shoulders so bad!) and zumba (love to shake my tail feather:).\u00a0 We had some pool classes but it was too cold for this chick, so I doubled up on cardio classes instead\u00a0(something tells me I should have braved out the pool!)<\/p>\n 5. Pushing myself to my limits.<\/strong>\u00a0 I love a physical challenge like Oxfam and this was hands down one of the hardest weeks for me\u00a0–\u00a0mentally and physically.\u00a0\u00a0Working out at this level 7 hours \/ day\u00a0is\u00a0extremely hard and there were times when I wanted to just give up.\u00a0\u00a0But with the contstant chick luv from my bestie, encouragement from amazing trainers (I keep hearing Sharon in my head saying “Try it, you’ll like it!” with that look on her face which oddly reminded me of myself right before I start making my chicks do burpees:) and being surrounded by fab peeps who were all pushing and challenging themselves to do things they have never done, I did it and reached a new goal of speed sprinting at level 10 on the treadmill –\u00a0even though I though my legs were about to fly right off!\u00a0 It is such an amzing feeling to do something you never thought you could.<\/p>\n 6.\u00a0A Little Texas Spitfire named Jen.<\/strong>\u00a0 One of my fave things about this experience was Jen, our amazing Life Coach.\u00a0 A little Texan spitfire who had lost and gained almost 100lbs twice and wanted to help people get out of the icky cycle she was in.\u00a0\u00a0Jen\u00a0covered a ton of topics from emotional eating to planning for\u00a0healthy life\u00a0and one topic I love most, accountability. She was no BS, cut and dry, funny as hell, loving and so passionate.\u00a0\u00a0You just felt empowered leaving and looking around you knew everyone also felt that same way (insert goosebumps!)<\/p>\n 7. FABULOUS PEEPS!<\/strong>\u00a0 Tonight was our “graduation” where all the peeps leaving had a chance to celebrate and talk about their experience at the Ranch (which of course turned me into a blubbering mess in 2.2 seconds!). From a chick who suffers from diabetes\u00a0just today was her first time she got her blood sugar levels into a safe zone, a women who was lost after her hubbie passed away and finally found herself again, and just peeps who want to be stronger, healthier and more educated on health and nutrition so they can teach their kids. It was so awesome to hear their stories and so inspiring to be around people who are taking control of their health and their lives – luv it!<\/p>\n Tomorrow is our last day and this chick needs some zzz’s.\u00a0 We get our last workout in (Amanda and I\u00a0are going interval running) and\u00a0final fitness testing, and then we are off to celebrate my 31 Bday on Monday in Las Vegas…ok, that may sound bad but this chick is all about balance \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 But not to worry,\u00a0we will def have a \u00a0final recap to share with you about the end of this crazy week.<\/p>\n Have a fab day,<\/p>\n Laura, your Head Chick\u00a0xox<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey Chicks, So I posted on day 1 with all these great intentions of posting every day to keep you updated on our adventures at the Biggest Loser Ranch in Utah.\u00a0 Well, those all went […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,24,26,39],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n