Welcome back to another entry in our Bootcamp Diary! This week, we are talking with Whryne! She has taken her Bootcamp by storm and has surprised herself by how much she enjoys the exercise and how hard it is to get all of those liquids in each day. Big thanks to Whryne for sharing her experience with the rest of the NGPT Gym Family!
1. What motivated you to start bootcamp?
Well….how much time have you got? It all started when I was a little girl. And I do mean actual little girl. My grandfather had five sisters and they were ENORMOUS beautiful women with wonderful clothes and amazing hats. My grandma was also the picture of painted church-going perfection and I remember riding in the back of my Grandpa’s Oldsmobile in the early 80’s. Our family was close so we often traveled together and because I was ‘little’ I had to sit in the middle of the back seat underneath the sweet smelling but GIGANTIC arms of my aunts. I remember thinking right then that I wanted to be BIG! So I started working on it and sometime around 12 or 13 I was big enough that my family noticed and declared that I was an actual person and took me right out and bought me tons of girdles and long bras. I was always happy to be big (yet surprisingly flexible) and so I flounced right through high school and college quite pleased with myself and all my curves. I had a ‘limit’ which was two parts. The first was that my decolletage must always overshadow my tummy and the second was that I should always be able to move and dance a certain way. And then there were four babies and a couple of surgeries and the next thing I knew my tummy was peeking past my cleavage and moving wasn’t so great. Around May of this year I had a fasting blood sugar test that was high and I knew what was coming next so I immediately changed my diet because my mother and grandmother ultimately passed from complications of diabetes and so by the time my A1C came back I had already fully committed to losing weight as my doc said that dropping just 10% of my body weight could mean not having to take insulin! Sometime in June, before I could talk myself out of it I quite literally swerved into NGPT and begged Tobie to take my money!
2. Describe your bootcamp experience so far.
Week one I thought I would take it ‘easy’ because 100% wasn’t necessarily expected but then when all the scores came out I felt silly knowing that I could have done better but hadn’t tried to. Week 2 was a bit tougher as I had taken my children on a short vacation but the challenge to eat the right foods even away from home was sort of fun. Week 3 was MURDER. 390 minutes of cardio?!?! I found myself saying “I’d love to come but I really need to go work out”…who am I and what have you done with Whryne?! Now at the end of week four I find myself anxious for weigh in and the proof of the hard work I’ve been doing.
3. What’s been your favorite part so far?
I can’t believe I’m going to say this but….it’s the exercise. I don’t think I’ve been to the same class twice in four weeks. Every class is so different even when it’s the same title! I’m always amazed when I walk in and there are stations set up all over the place in a different configuration than just that morning! Can you believe I flipped a tire today? My butch points are officially maxxed out. I need to wear only pink for a week to bring that into alignment! A close second is the food plan, I think I’ve tried nearly every (non-meat) recipe in the cook book! I love going to work (I sit in the center of 8 women) and showing off the yummy treats my sweetie has prepped for me. Yesterday I had some peanut tofu that I just wanted to LIVE inside of!
4. What has been the most surprising part of bootcamp?
I have been quite surprised how ‘addicting’ the exercise has become. At the beginning of each week I lay out a plan to get all the minutes done and then I shock myself by suddenly arriving at a class I hadn’t planned to go to because I want to make sure I get it in. I’ve met so many people in class who are so supportive and encouraging. Brad Jarrett has been a lifesaver in showing me the ropes when there have been a hundred stations and I missed the explanation!
5. What has been the most challenging part of bootcamp?
Drinking all that liquid! It’s supposed to be 50% of your body weight in ounces. Do you guys know what I weigh?! According to the spreadsheet from weigh in I was the second heaviest bootcamper going in! The amount of water I’m supposed to drink in a week could fill a child’s swimming pool! But Lauren set me a challenge and after a long time fighting it I finally took her advice and got a giant container and lined it with lemons, limes and green apple and it’s my goal to have that 88oz (plus 32 oz of green tea) down my gullet by 5pm. After that it’s actually easy to get another 32 oz of tea in going into the evening because now I’m super thirsty! I know I still need to drink more but a gal can only get up so many times during the night!!!
6. How has your interaction been with your coaching team and the NGPT community?
Marcey has been an absolute doll. Her courtesy and professionalism are absolutely impeccable. Funnily enough, I don’t think I was ever formally introduced to Adam but he’s such a great and awesome personality it’s hard to miss that he’s the leadership backbone behind the operation. My coach Lauren has been patient and long suffering with my 8 million questions about vegetarian options. I’m terrible with names but I’ve felt thoroughly cared for and encouraged by every teacher of every class I’ve attended thus far though I have to admit that cardio Bill’s enthusiasm scares me to death!!
