Weekly Report

Well, I definitely feel like I started the New Year off with a bang!
This morning I went and got groceries and purchased my new "bubble bath candle," as I was very proud of myself.  I did not meet all of my goals, but I was sick, so I gave myself slack there.  The best part?  I'm down a whopping 3 pounds!  (WHAAAA?) That is so exciting and motivating to me!!

Here are my stats to begin the week with:

• Weight 134.8 (-3 lbs)
• Arms: 11.5/11.5 (no change)
• Bust: 35.5 (-0.5 inch)
• Waist: 27.0 (-1.0)
• Hips: 36.0 (-0.5)
• Thighs: 21.5/22.0 (no change)
• Calves 13.5/13.5 (no change)

I will post update pics every few weeks I think because there's probably not much difference yet, even though I can definitely feel a difference already in my clothes!  I think most of it was just getting rid of some of the holiday bloat, but hey, I'll take it!

1/7

Happy Saturday!

Just returned from toning zumba. My body is still sore from the first week back of hardcore workouts but I am feeling good. I took yesterday off and I'm glad I did. I think I would really like to get into the habit of working out Saturday-Thursday with Friday being my off day.

I haven't done very well on my water intake for the week or cooking at home. This next week will hopefully be more of a standard routine week so I'm excited to get some sort of schedule down. I'm going to be creating a menu for the week because I'm going to have to start packing my lunches since I can't drive home for lunch anymore.

Off to the women's Basketball game today in Stillwater. I will be posting more later on some new things I've been thinking about trying.

Hope you have a great weekend!

TGIF

Congrats on it being your last day at your old and busted job.  Hope it was a great day, spent at home!

I just wanted to share with you my first official Bento-Lunch!

1/5/12

I had almost an entire day off!!! I was able to take down all my Christmas decorations and get everything put into the shed. My garage is looking so good! Now I just need to get some peg board so I can hang my tools and garden stuff up.

I did zumba at the Y last night (saw Tera there) and the instructor always incorporates some weights so not only did it already hurt to walk from Jillian I had extra pain this morning. So much pain in fact that it hurt to move in bed. However I am taking a break tomorrow so I made myself go to zumba tonight. It was a little painful in spots but I feel better and am glad I went. In other news the groupon today was for my zumba studio. Usually I pay $60 for a 10 class pass but right now the 10 pass is only $15. Heck yeah! That was a great email to wake up to.

I am feeling really good about this week. I have worked out everyday from Saturday til today. I've been doing decent on my food. Trying to make healthier decisions but not tracking every little thing. So far the scale is down 2.5 pounds from Sunday but we'll see what it says on Sunday. My weight tends to fluctuate during the week quite a lot.

Hope you're feeling better today. Tomorrow's Friday (last day at HT forever!) get excited!

Stomach Bug and Bathing Suits?

Well, it was a pretty lousy day again for me.  I woke up dry heaving this morning, crawled to the couch and then proceeded to sleep until noon!  After eating a little bit of lunch I felt back to normal though, so I'm not sure what is going on (DDx: congestion drainage vs. low blood sugar vs. stomach bug).

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 DDx= Differential diagnosis, or the list we medical people start making in our heads of possible diseases/ailments when talking to a patient  

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I ended up doing some baking today and then working out before dinner.  I took it a bit easier and just did a bit of strength training followed by a lot of stretching.  The scale is being SUPER nice to me though (even though I have this psuedo-eating disorder thing going for me, as my appetite has been pretty crummy....gross)

Something fun I did today:  I ordered my bathing suit from Victoria's Secret!!  I ordered it in the size I want it to be for our trip and plan on working my butt off to fit in it!!  The best part is, they've got most of their bathing suits on clearance, so I got it for half of the original price (because it is SO last year, I suppose).  

Fun and Inspiring Blog for the Day:  Runs for Cookies

1/4/12

Well I apparently jinxed myself after writing that my week would be like a vacation because as soon as I posted that my email went nutso and I have to finish an accrual for a bank and a non-profit return by Friday so it looks like it will be a regular week. Oh well.

I was still able to make it to the Food bank last night but I still came home and worked out with Jillian. I did her No More Trouble Zones dvd and let me tell you...it is a Killer. It hurts to walk down stairs today but I'm glad I did it. My arms are pretty sore too so I think I'll go to Zumba class at the Y tonight instead of kickboxing to give my arms and legs a day to rest.

I will be posting links tonight (hopefully) to some of the recipe staples I'm going to be using for my winter meals.

Favorite meals to make for winter:

Mini Mexican Casseroles

Spicy Tempeh Chili

Hummus Melts

Garbanzo Garlic Knots

Potato stuffed acorn squash

Hungry Girl Turkey Taco Meatloaf

1/3/2012

Here are some helpful links that I use to help with strength training!

http://bodyforlife.com/library/exercise/weight-training

http://bodyforlife.com/library/tools

Scroll down on the second one to watch videos of how to do certain exercises.

I'm planning on keeping a schedule much like the one they use for Body for Life workouts (listed on the first link)so I can really focus on getting toned.

I went by the little gym here tonight to check when Zumba is--and it is offered M/T/R/F here!  All in the evening!  I'm so excited and am pretty sure I'm going to start going once a week.  Six bucks well spent per week!