Day 7
So I went to my first ever ZUMBA class last night and it was amazingly awesome! Anyone who fears a fitness class that's wrapped around dance, because they feel that they're completely uncoordinated need not worry about taking this kind of class. There were not very many coordinated people in there and having a dance background made me have to try and look past everyone else and pay attention to the instructor and the "routines" we were doing so I wouldn't laugh at anyone else but myself.
ZUMBA is just what I needed to feel good about my fitness life and myself. The instructor sought me out during our first break and told me that she saw a natural dance ability (I'm sure that having taken dance at age 3 and sticking with it until high schoool and then going back to it in college some helps with that! lol) and suggested that I look into becoming a trainer myself! Man, that would ROCK! Talk about motivation! I've now decided that if I can get myself back to being somewhat "trim and slim" that I'll take the trainers course to be able to teach and lead classes myself.
It was sooooo much fun and I'm so glad that I went, even if it was by myself. It boosted my caloric burn meter (even though I went over on my food calorie meter yesterday) and it was just pretty darn fun! I'm already looking forward to next week and am going to try my darnedest to get more people to come with me. If I do become a trainer, I think I may look into trying to lead a class at the church. It could be a fun new way to do ministry, too...
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Settling in...
Day 5
Well, I did it again. I've not been using the Calorie Count website as faithfully the past couple of days, nor have I been working out at all this week. I know, I know, it's only Tuesday, but shopping doesn't count as working out! I guess I can at least count my "cleaning" and "laundry" from yesterday and the day before.
Do you ever notice how about a week into diets we sometimes fall off the wagon? At least in my case I do. I think that whole "counting calories" thing was becoming an issue to try and keep it up. I'm going to keep at it until the end of January though because that's what I said I would do. I said I would not switch to back point counting until February if I wasn't doing well with just counting calories.
On the fitness front of things, Zumba classes start tomorrow, and I may just have to find a babysitter so I can attend and see if I like it. I'm still looking for someone to join with me because it would make it so much more fun to do it with a friend! If I like it enough to keep doing 6 week sessions then I may look into buying the DVDs and doing them at home, or using them to lead a class at church even. I think it would be a total blast to be able to have fun and workout at the same time!
Today is the second day of having Rob at home with the kids. I know that is why I've not worked out and why I've not kept track of what I've been eating. I've been busy with him and the kids. That would be a good thing, but at the same time, it's kind of dumb of me to not still try and keep better track of my eating and such. My own fault and something I need to work on.
So for today my goal is not so much to remember to log my calories for the day, but to get the things in my house done that I said I would. If I can clean up and pick up the kitchen and dining area, my desk and still get to the church office to figure out a table for the 30 Hour Famine information, then I'll feel productive in at least part of my life today. If I can do all that, plus get the kids clothes and toys gone through (find what they don't play with and can't wear anymore) and put them where they need to go (closets or basement!), and still have time to watch a movie we rented with the hubby and kids, then I'll have accomplished everything I'd like to have done in the past two days with Rob home. If not, then hey, at least I've got the possibility of going to a Zumba class tomorrow to look forward to!
Well, I did it again. I've not been using the Calorie Count website as faithfully the past couple of days, nor have I been working out at all this week. I know, I know, it's only Tuesday, but shopping doesn't count as working out! I guess I can at least count my "cleaning" and "laundry" from yesterday and the day before.
Do you ever notice how about a week into diets we sometimes fall off the wagon? At least in my case I do. I think that whole "counting calories" thing was becoming an issue to try and keep it up. I'm going to keep at it until the end of January though because that's what I said I would do. I said I would not switch to back point counting until February if I wasn't doing well with just counting calories.
On the fitness front of things, Zumba classes start tomorrow, and I may just have to find a babysitter so I can attend and see if I like it. I'm still looking for someone to join with me because it would make it so much more fun to do it with a friend! If I like it enough to keep doing 6 week sessions then I may look into buying the DVDs and doing them at home, or using them to lead a class at church even. I think it would be a total blast to be able to have fun and workout at the same time!
Today is the second day of having Rob at home with the kids. I know that is why I've not worked out and why I've not kept track of what I've been eating. I've been busy with him and the kids. That would be a good thing, but at the same time, it's kind of dumb of me to not still try and keep better track of my eating and such. My own fault and something I need to work on.
So for today my goal is not so much to remember to log my calories for the day, but to get the things in my house done that I said I would. If I can clean up and pick up the kitchen and dining area, my desk and still get to the church office to figure out a table for the 30 Hour Famine information, then I'll feel productive in at least part of my life today. If I can do all that, plus get the kids clothes and toys gone through (find what they don't play with and can't wear anymore) and put them where they need to go (closets or basement!), and still have time to watch a movie we rented with the hubby and kids, then I'll have accomplished everything I'd like to have done in the past two days with Rob home. If not, then hey, at least I've got the possibility of going to a Zumba class tomorrow to look forward to!
Saturday, January 2, 2010
2,073 Calories
Day 2
I know that 2,073 calories for one day seems like a lot, but aparently for trying to lose 35lbs by December of 2011, it's the amount I should be getting each day. HA!
Yesterday, I had 2,045 calories in my diet. The downfall of that is that I was shooting for 2,000 and I failed. However, I did NOT snack last night before bed, I did get an okay workout in in the afternoon and attempted some sleeding with the kids (Caleb and I ended up in a tree, but surprsingly no snow made it into my pants!), so I was able to work off an extra 300 calories from just those activities.
Now what all I've just mentioned is the stuff that I have plugged into the newest website I found that's kind of fun. Calorie Count is the name of it, I have it attached to my Facebook account and set up where if any of my friends on FB join Calorie Count it lets me know. It's a sort of weight loss community. There is even a place on the site to use so you can blog about your journey, however, I think I'm going to stick to this one. I have the link for Calorie Count on my blog here to the right. It's pretty nifty, in my book!
This morning I have to figure out how I'm going to fit in my 2,073 calories. What I'm noticing about counting calories compared to counting WW Points is that at the end of the day, if I'm out of points, I know that there are zero point foods I can have for snacks. There are very few zero calorie kind of items like that out there! Well, there's always diet soda and carbonated waters, but drinking anything before bed just leads to having to wake up to use the bathroom, which causes uninterupted sleep to be something that never becomes achieved. I guess I'll have to pick my caloric battles at some point soon.
I'm still determined that if counting calories does not work for me, then I will go back to counting points with the Weight Watchers system.
Today my goal is to get a light workout in. I was only able to physically handle 20 minutes of a roughly 30 minute tape yesterday afternoon, and although I am not feeling overly sore today, I'm sure that if I try the same workout tape, I'll be feeling it in the morning! Today, I think, will be a Wii Fit Plus day so I can do a little bit of everything to help lose and tone. I'm sure I'll be sore from a few of the workouts I'm thinking about doing, but it can't be as bad as trying another TaeBo tape while still so out of shape!
Hey, January: BRING IT ON!
I know that 2,073 calories for one day seems like a lot, but aparently for trying to lose 35lbs by December of 2011, it's the amount I should be getting each day. HA!
Yesterday, I had 2,045 calories in my diet. The downfall of that is that I was shooting for 2,000 and I failed. However, I did NOT snack last night before bed, I did get an okay workout in in the afternoon and attempted some sleeding with the kids (Caleb and I ended up in a tree, but surprsingly no snow made it into my pants!), so I was able to work off an extra 300 calories from just those activities.
Now what all I've just mentioned is the stuff that I have plugged into the newest website I found that's kind of fun. Calorie Count is the name of it, I have it attached to my Facebook account and set up where if any of my friends on FB join Calorie Count it lets me know. It's a sort of weight loss community. There is even a place on the site to use so you can blog about your journey, however, I think I'm going to stick to this one. I have the link for Calorie Count on my blog here to the right. It's pretty nifty, in my book!
This morning I have to figure out how I'm going to fit in my 2,073 calories. What I'm noticing about counting calories compared to counting WW Points is that at the end of the day, if I'm out of points, I know that there are zero point foods I can have for snacks. There are very few zero calorie kind of items like that out there! Well, there's always diet soda and carbonated waters, but drinking anything before bed just leads to having to wake up to use the bathroom, which causes uninterupted sleep to be something that never becomes achieved. I guess I'll have to pick my caloric battles at some point soon.
I'm still determined that if counting calories does not work for me, then I will go back to counting points with the Weight Watchers system.
Today my goal is to get a light workout in. I was only able to physically handle 20 minutes of a roughly 30 minute tape yesterday afternoon, and although I am not feeling overly sore today, I'm sure that if I try the same workout tape, I'll be feeling it in the morning! Today, I think, will be a Wii Fit Plus day so I can do a little bit of everything to help lose and tone. I'm sure I'll be sore from a few of the workouts I'm thinking about doing, but it can't be as bad as trying another TaeBo tape while still so out of shape!
Hey, January: BRING IT ON!
Friday, January 1, 2010
This year it starts with ME!
Day 1
Happy New Year!
Wow, 2010 already, huh?
This morning I started out by actually having some breakfast. I've never been a big breakfast eater, but I've found in the past for me, if I eat something in the morning I don't snack as often. So this morning, I had a bowl of Life cereal. Yum! It's what Hannah was having so I figured I would have some, too! Caleb had some Cheerios and I'm sure that would have been the better choice for myself, but Life worked just fine!
I'm on cup two of coffee this morning, too. I did not add any extra creamer to it, but I did have a decent amount of coconut cream liquid creamer in the first cup. When I warmed it up for my second cup, I didn't add any more because I didn't need to.
I have made one small slip-up today, which was not doing a weight check this morning to know what my total goal is. I will, however workout today. I figure if I can workout every other day, with a TaeBo tape ,I should be pretty good. In between or off days I plan on doing Wii Fit exercises and I have a pilates DVD that I'd like to use again. If I get really ambitious, I plan to pull my exercise ball out of the basement twice a week and try to do the Core Secrets workout DVDs we have. Those are the things I have in the house I can use to help with workout routines not ending up being stale. To help me to get out of the house and workout, I may attempt mall walking on days that Rob has off, until the weather is not so snowy and cold outside (mainly to save me from bundling up the kids and making them ride in a stroller that has to be pushed in the snow and ice covered sidewalks by our house). However, I did find out that Jumping Jupiter (www.jumpingjupiter.net) will be starting ZUMBA classes soon (www.zumba.com) and I think that I will try to sign up for the courses. I think that if I were to find a workout buddy to do the ZUMBA classes with me, that I would have much more motivation to actually make it happen. My only issue so far seems to be that I cannot find anyone who's willing to take the class with me!
So here's my goal for the month of January: I am going to workout at least 6 days a week (taking Sunday's off, since I'm pretty much not at home those days anyway), and if it's less than that, double my time the next day. I am also going to try and track the number of actual calories I eat in a day. Basically, I'm going to take this month to figure out what I need to really change about my diet. If I find at the end of the month that I need to go back to counting Weight Watchers points, then that's what I will do. At this point, I'd like to get a hold on what I need to do, rather than just attempt to lose, tone, and gain muscle all at the same time and feel like I'm making no progress. That's been my reason for giving up in the past and I'm just not going to do that this year!
Happy New Year!
Wow, 2010 already, huh?
This morning I started out by actually having some breakfast. I've never been a big breakfast eater, but I've found in the past for me, if I eat something in the morning I don't snack as often. So this morning, I had a bowl of Life cereal. Yum! It's what Hannah was having so I figured I would have some, too! Caleb had some Cheerios and I'm sure that would have been the better choice for myself, but Life worked just fine!
I'm on cup two of coffee this morning, too. I did not add any extra creamer to it, but I did have a decent amount of coconut cream liquid creamer in the first cup. When I warmed it up for my second cup, I didn't add any more because I didn't need to.
I have made one small slip-up today, which was not doing a weight check this morning to know what my total goal is. I will, however workout today. I figure if I can workout every other day, with a TaeBo tape ,I should be pretty good. In between or off days I plan on doing Wii Fit exercises and I have a pilates DVD that I'd like to use again. If I get really ambitious, I plan to pull my exercise ball out of the basement twice a week and try to do the Core Secrets workout DVDs we have. Those are the things I have in the house I can use to help with workout routines not ending up being stale. To help me to get out of the house and workout, I may attempt mall walking on days that Rob has off, until the weather is not so snowy and cold outside (mainly to save me from bundling up the kids and making them ride in a stroller that has to be pushed in the snow and ice covered sidewalks by our house). However, I did find out that Jumping Jupiter (www.jumpingjupiter.net) will be starting ZUMBA classes soon (www.zumba.com) and I think that I will try to sign up for the courses. I think that if I were to find a workout buddy to do the ZUMBA classes with me, that I would have much more motivation to actually make it happen. My only issue so far seems to be that I cannot find anyone who's willing to take the class with me!
So here's my goal for the month of January: I am going to workout at least 6 days a week (taking Sunday's off, since I'm pretty much not at home those days anyway), and if it's less than that, double my time the next day. I am also going to try and track the number of actual calories I eat in a day. Basically, I'm going to take this month to figure out what I need to really change about my diet. If I find at the end of the month that I need to go back to counting Weight Watchers points, then that's what I will do. At this point, I'd like to get a hold on what I need to do, rather than just attempt to lose, tone, and gain muscle all at the same time and feel like I'm making no progress. That's been my reason for giving up in the past and I'm just not going to do that this year!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Starting Over
It's been a crazy past few months trying to keep track of myself and stay motivated to lose weight and get healthy.
So here I am ending out 2009 and starting 2010 with a different outlook on it all.
I'm starting over.
January 1 is my new DAY ONE and I have until December of 2011 to be at my original goal of 35lbs less than I was. The only problem I've been running into is that I started the 35lb goal by cutting it in half, making it 17.5lbs by December of 2010, so that I could put it in as my Wii Fit goal. I say that this is a problem because I've been gaining and losing ever since I started that and I think I'm up to needing to lose 20lbs in the next 12 months to be at my original halfway mark.
Sad, huh?
So here's the deal. I'm going to try this with more working out and just watching how much stuff I actually eat every time I do eat and snack. If I can't drop 10lbs in 6 months then I've got a major motivation problem going on, and if I can't drop it in 2 months, then I'm going to start counting Weight Watchers points again.
So that's that.
Tomorrow starts a new year.
Tomorrow starts a new me!
So here I am ending out 2009 and starting 2010 with a different outlook on it all.
I'm starting over.
January 1 is my new DAY ONE and I have until December of 2011 to be at my original goal of 35lbs less than I was. The only problem I've been running into is that I started the 35lb goal by cutting it in half, making it 17.5lbs by December of 2010, so that I could put it in as my Wii Fit goal. I say that this is a problem because I've been gaining and losing ever since I started that and I think I'm up to needing to lose 20lbs in the next 12 months to be at my original halfway mark.
Sad, huh?
So here's the deal. I'm going to try this with more working out and just watching how much stuff I actually eat every time I do eat and snack. If I can't drop 10lbs in 6 months then I've got a major motivation problem going on, and if I can't drop it in 2 months, then I'm going to start counting Weight Watchers points again.
So that's that.
Tomorrow starts a new year.
Tomorrow starts a new me!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Day 105
This morning I weighed in and had no change since yesterday with a one pound or so change from the day before that.
This morning I weighed 191.3lbs with just a little over 17lbs left to reach the first half of my 35lb goal.
It's kind of exciting!
Today will be a hard day to fit a workout in, and tomorrow even harder, but I am going to make it happen. I've been looking for a good headache med to help with the horrid headaches and migraines I've been getting that make me have to lay down for them to go away. It gets a bit annoying to try and do a step aerobic workout with the Wii or yoga poses that require me to have my head toward my feet when my head is already throbbing... If anyone has any suggestions for OTC meds for headaches and migraines, let me know! I don't get them often, but the winter months more than the rest of the year. I think it has to do with the darkness outside and the artificial light being on in the house... (I should move south, but at least I don't live in Alaska!)
My workout goal lately has been to get in at least three hours of Wii Fit exercise in a week, which can still be hard to reach, but this week, I am upping that...
I want to be able to get about a hour a day in for at least 5 days out of the week, with heavy preference for 6 days, with taking my Sundays off...
Today will be hard. I am attempting to finish my baking over the next few days and think that today is going to be a caramel corn day... It will take a lot of time at the stove making the topping for the popcorn, and at least hot air popped corn is fat free! I'll make it a point to snack on the actual popcorn and not the caramel corn while I'm making it though...
So for this new week, wish me luck! The goal would be to still lose weight even if only another pound, but not to gain much in the process...
This morning I weighed 191.3lbs with just a little over 17lbs left to reach the first half of my 35lb goal.
It's kind of exciting!
Today will be a hard day to fit a workout in, and tomorrow even harder, but I am going to make it happen. I've been looking for a good headache med to help with the horrid headaches and migraines I've been getting that make me have to lay down for them to go away. It gets a bit annoying to try and do a step aerobic workout with the Wii or yoga poses that require me to have my head toward my feet when my head is already throbbing... If anyone has any suggestions for OTC meds for headaches and migraines, let me know! I don't get them often, but the winter months more than the rest of the year. I think it has to do with the darkness outside and the artificial light being on in the house... (I should move south, but at least I don't live in Alaska!)
My workout goal lately has been to get in at least three hours of Wii Fit exercise in a week, which can still be hard to reach, but this week, I am upping that...
I want to be able to get about a hour a day in for at least 5 days out of the week, with heavy preference for 6 days, with taking my Sundays off...
Today will be hard. I am attempting to finish my baking over the next few days and think that today is going to be a caramel corn day... It will take a lot of time at the stove making the topping for the popcorn, and at least hot air popped corn is fat free! I'll make it a point to snack on the actual popcorn and not the caramel corn while I'm making it though...
So for this new week, wish me luck! The goal would be to still lose weight even if only another pound, but not to gain much in the process...
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Day 101
Rob went shopping the day after Thanksgiving and picked up an early gift for us to have this year: Wii Fit Plus for $10.00 at Meijer. I've been ecstatic about it and been enjoying the workouts I've been able to do with it. The nice thing about it is that even though I'm busy with all the holiday stuff going on, I still seem to be able to do something at some point during the day...
My new goal with Wii Fit Plus was to lose 17.5lbs in one year; half of my two year goal. (It won't let me put in a goal for any longer than one year.) However, I have ended up needing to lose 19.2lbs in order to reach my goal! I figure that a large range goal with a small weight amount to lose would give me some time to not have to worry about the "treats" I have at Christmas time and how much I eat over the holidays and such. Also, I'm working on the whole eating large amounts of whatever I eat lately... Being stuck indoors during the cold and dark winter months makes me just want to drink hot chocolate or hot chai and sit and read.
I'm determined to beat the winter blah's this year with my Wii Fit, though. I'm determined not to gain 10lbs over the next few weeks and another 10-20lbs over the next couple of months!
I am going to work out!
I am going to lose weight!
I am going to be able to get back into the clothes that I so miss wearing!
However, if anyone has any ideas how to lessen the amount of belly fat around my incision line from my c-sections, I'd love to know! So far, any weight I seem to be losing is more around my waist line than anything. Don't get me wrong, it's great! But I won't be able to wear my old jeans until I lose a couple of inches of bulk in that area first. I'd like to not have to go to wearing skirts all day every day...
If you're doing this new goal with me (mine is to lose 35lbs by December 2011), then let me know how you're doing and where you're at and what you're goal is. Then remember to help keep me accountable! By helping me stick to my goals, I'll be helping you to stick to yours!
Good luck and happy losing!
My new goal with Wii Fit Plus was to lose 17.5lbs in one year; half of my two year goal. (It won't let me put in a goal for any longer than one year.) However, I have ended up needing to lose 19.2lbs in order to reach my goal! I figure that a large range goal with a small weight amount to lose would give me some time to not have to worry about the "treats" I have at Christmas time and how much I eat over the holidays and such. Also, I'm working on the whole eating large amounts of whatever I eat lately... Being stuck indoors during the cold and dark winter months makes me just want to drink hot chocolate or hot chai and sit and read.
I'm determined to beat the winter blah's this year with my Wii Fit, though. I'm determined not to gain 10lbs over the next few weeks and another 10-20lbs over the next couple of months!
I am going to work out!
I am going to lose weight!
I am going to be able to get back into the clothes that I so miss wearing!
However, if anyone has any ideas how to lessen the amount of belly fat around my incision line from my c-sections, I'd love to know! So far, any weight I seem to be losing is more around my waist line than anything. Don't get me wrong, it's great! But I won't be able to wear my old jeans until I lose a couple of inches of bulk in that area first. I'd like to not have to go to wearing skirts all day every day...
If you're doing this new goal with me (mine is to lose 35lbs by December 2011), then let me know how you're doing and where you're at and what you're goal is. Then remember to help keep me accountable! By helping me stick to my goals, I'll be helping you to stick to yours!
Good luck and happy losing!
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