Gratitude, processed food and not dying

Today has been an amazing day!  Started this saturday morning off going to the gym at 7 a.m.  Now who does that on a freaking saturday???  Rotten #3 and I do! Apparently many other people do as well, who knew.  It is really such a great way to stay on track throughout the weekend.  I am re-learning that getting healthy is not a 5 day week project ;)
We have 2 trainers Kim and Amy and I suppose I need to find matching names for them to go along with everyone else I have ever talked about on my blog so..... hmmm.... how about Kick Ass Kim and Amazing Amy!  From here on out that is what I will refer to them as and I think it is pretty fitting. 
So on saturday morning we start the day off with a meeting.  The trainers answer questions, help us with ideas and show us how to workout.  In just two weeks I have decided I LOVE this time.  There are so many ideas shared and so much inspiration to feed off of.  It is incredible what people over come in just a week and the commitment it takes to show up on a saturday morning by choice, just *sigh* so great! 
This morning 2 things really stood out.  One is that I thought I had the food figured out for the Rotten and Amazing Amy mentioned how much of it was processed.  That had not crossed my mind.  I was just thinking quick, easy and healthy (according to the package) so I threw it in the lunch box lovingly placed it in Rottens lunch box for his lunch each day.  I had no idea what I was putting in there, so our goal this next week is to make sure to used less processed food.  Really if we are going to all of the trouble to be healthy we need to think about those type of things. 
The second thing was Kick Ass Kim talking about gratitude.  She talked about how we need to have gratitude for every single ounce of what we lose even if it is a pound a week instead of 10.  How we need to be thankful that we have able bodies that CAN workout and move.  How when we are ungrateful it blocks our progress and does not allow God to help us along the way.  SO TRUE!  We need to embrace our journey and appreciate our progress, no matter how small.
Last but not least we did a crossfit workout and did not die so there is hope for all!
Happy weekend :)