This has been a great weekend so far. I've had some really nice relaxing time, some good times with friends and some good exercise. I love when life feels balanced.
On Friday I went and saw Ides of March (work was so boring I had to get out of there). Then I came home and chilled, went to see Courtney at the Food Truck Gathering then met Megan and her friend at Harkins to watch Dream House (if you haven't seen it I wouldn't recommend seeing it in theaters. I would classify it as a renter). It was a good day though.
Saturday I woke up late, had some breakfast then went to Zumbathon for 2 hours. It was even better this time. More people and they had it at OCCC gym so the place was much, much better. They have a bunch of instructors so each one does just one song. One of the instructors came over afterwards and said that she had been watching me and thinks I should be an instructor. There have been 3 girls that have said that at our zumba studio too which I thought they were just being sweet. They have instructor a couple of times a year and honestly I'd been thinking about it and this just pushed it over the line. I'm going to look into it. I think it would be great to have something to make a little extra money at and by doing something I love. Zumba is something I never feel like I "have to" do. I just want to do. It's just something I like to do for me because I love it so much. So this is an exciting adventure to be embarking on.
Last night I met Betsy for some pizza at the Wedge then we went to Courtney's friend Jon's birthday party. He has 3 acres in the middle of the city and had a bonfire so that was really fun. I haven't been to a bonfire in so long. And no drinking for me which made me feel good. I'm trying to cleanse all drinking from my life. I fully support anyone in my life who wants to drink but I have decided that for me I just can't have it in my system. I thought it might be hard and there will be times where it will be a struggle for me to not have a glass but I felt good about it last night and even better about it this morning.
Today I'm just going to try and get caught up on chores, go grocery shopping and try to finish painting my china hutch.
To Do List:
5. Paint China Hutch
6. Clean bathroom
Resolutions (Carryover from Friday discussion)
So I found my resolutions. Some have to be changed and adjusted but I think it'll still turn out well.
1. Save $8,000 (I'm not far off on this one. I just need to look at where I am today and make some savings goals for November and December)
2. Green Yard (well time is up for this one. This year was clearly more a struggle than I had anticipated. I did water every day with sprinklers and I did mow my yard and did all the yardwork myself so I feel okay about this one. I will still continue to work on my green thumb next year)
3. Eat Out only once a week - this one clearly didn't go anything like I had anticipated. I now have so many different groups that I hang out with it that it's almost impossible to only eat out once a week because I try to not turn down seeing any of my friends. I need to think about how to handle this because I still think it's a good goal but it's just not possible at this time.
4. Lose 20 pounds - well I've lost about 8 since this beginning of the year. I would love to still make this happen. I would really love to get down to my lifetime WW weight. I'm contemplating going back to WW because I still struggle with food on a daily basis and it's the only plan that's every truly worked for me.
5. Volunteer - this hasn't happened and I really want to change that. I have tried mulitple times to get on the schedule at the hospice and they never call me back. I need to contact a different one. There are so many opportunities out there and I really want to give back to the community in someway.
New Resolutions:
1. Track food everyday. (Seriously when I do this I'm so much better. Why can't I just do it consistently?)
2. Become a zumba instructor
3. Find more 5k's to motivate myself about
4. Try 2 new recipes a week (I found this as a fun and easy way to cook healthy at home and not get bored)
I WOULD TOTALLY COME TO ONE OF YOUR ZUMBA CLASSES!!!! How awesome!!!! So cool.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could be one of these people that just "stops when I'm full". Maybe I really need to focus on this and ask myself, "Do I want more because I am hungry or because it tastes good?" (this is all in reference to going back to WW) Part of the reason it works is because of the meetings--that's been proven in research type stuff.