Oh, how the mighty have fallen

I began going to my early morning boot camp class again last week. I started it the first time in September of '09 & it was a BIG part of the 60 pound weight loss that I had in about six months spanning from then until March-April-ish of last year. I think we all know that at that point I plateaued & I also began being less diligent with my eating & workouts. No big surprise that through living like that for the rest of 2010 left me with a loss of some of my strength & endurance & a gain of about 20 pounds by the end of this January. Needless to say, I am NOT where I used to be.
I had a pretty big eye-opener on day 1 last week. We were doing some tricep push-ups (you lay on your side with your top hand basically up in your armpit & your bottom arm holding your shoulder-and then you push up. can't picture it? that's okay, it's hard to imagine even when you see someone doing it).

the infamous tricep push up

This is an exercise that I used to feel SO STRONG when I was doing it because I knew it was a hard one & I COULD DO IT!!! So, imagine my disappointment last Monday when those were not only SUPER hard again but I could barely even get going!
Anyway, I am not complaining. I am merely stating my desire to not only return to where I was before (strength, endurance, weight, size) but I want to SURPASS that place. I know that boot camp is a GREAT workout & I know that my challenge is my eating (possibly my hormones but I'm working on what I can control, you know?) so if you see me with french fries or pizza (or anything nasty!) in my mouth, punch me in the gut. Chances are I won't feel like finishing whatever nasty thing I was eating!
In closing, remember THIS post from May of last year? Yeah, that's just the tip of the iceberg as far as how AWESOME I'm going to look & feel in the coming months!