Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Activity points
Just wanted to note that I earned 63 activity points last week. My weigh in is tonight; we'll see how I did this first real week back on plan!
Friday, April 26, 2013
back on the wagon
Alright, it's time to get back on track.
I started out the year really great then fell off the wagon. I've really struggled with motivation, which is what I was afraid of. I don't know why it gets so hard to stay motivated and want to stick with the program, but it does. Every day I was mad at myself for not sticking with it, and I would get really motivated by looking at fitness pins, and recipes, and workouts, etc late at night but then the next day when I woke up I still didn't correct it.
Whatever, I'm letting all of that go.
This is another fresh start. I've tracked everything I've eaten for the last 3 days. It's a start.
I've decided that I want to become a Zumba instructor and that thought is really motivating me as I do not want to be a heavy Zumba instructor. Let's face it--I totally judge if I walk into the gym and the instructors are heavy--like, how can they possibly help me lose weight when they are heavy themselves? Perfect example is a personal trainer at my gym who is overweight and has the biggest beer belly. Seriously, the dude's beer belly could rival my dad's. I would never make an appointment with him because I feel like he lacks credibility to help me achieve my fitness goals considering that he doesn't look the slightest bit fit himself. /straighttalkexpress
There is a Zumba instructor training on September 19th and I think I'm going to do it.
Also our Mexico trip is coming up in less than 2 months and I don't fit into any of my capris from last year! I have to get back to a place where I can squeeze into them.
Some positives: I'm pretty active. I'm on my feet moving around all day when I work, and then I do Zumba a few times a week besides that. I'm really looking forward to vacation because I've already tracked down Zumba classes to attend (which was a feat in itself; there was very little info posted anywhere--archived threads on a message board from 2 years ago. I ended up searching on the Zumba website for the instructor and then emailing him--all in Spanish. Using my skillz, aww yeah!)
My friend and I are going to do Zumba a few times (I'm going to try my hardest to con the hubs into coming with me to one session) and we are also going to do yoga. I've never tried a yoga class before and I'm looking forward to it--for some reason I've been intimidated by it.
I've also created a little countdown to cross off my losses pound by pound. I think having a visual will really help me. Who doesn't like crossing things off of lists? Same concept.
There's a girl on my facebook who I met once who constantly posts about her weight loss journey. It's motivating me because she is only 6 pounds more than me and I like seeing her progress. Also I'm in a secret race to beat her. muhahahaha
I really need a buddy to keep me accountable. Even if she doesn't know it, she's my buddy!
BACK ON THE WAGON, FOR REAL, FOOL! GET OUTTA MY WAY
(that was the coffee talking, whooo wheeeeee)
I started out the year really great then fell off the wagon. I've really struggled with motivation, which is what I was afraid of. I don't know why it gets so hard to stay motivated and want to stick with the program, but it does. Every day I was mad at myself for not sticking with it, and I would get really motivated by looking at fitness pins, and recipes, and workouts, etc late at night but then the next day when I woke up I still didn't correct it.
Whatever, I'm letting all of that go.
This is another fresh start. I've tracked everything I've eaten for the last 3 days. It's a start.
I've decided that I want to become a Zumba instructor and that thought is really motivating me as I do not want to be a heavy Zumba instructor. Let's face it--I totally judge if I walk into the gym and the instructors are heavy--like, how can they possibly help me lose weight when they are heavy themselves? Perfect example is a personal trainer at my gym who is overweight and has the biggest beer belly. Seriously, the dude's beer belly could rival my dad's. I would never make an appointment with him because I feel like he lacks credibility to help me achieve my fitness goals considering that he doesn't look the slightest bit fit himself. /straighttalkexpress
There is a Zumba instructor training on September 19th and I think I'm going to do it.
Also our Mexico trip is coming up in less than 2 months and I don't fit into any of my capris from last year! I have to get back to a place where I can squeeze into them.
Some positives: I'm pretty active. I'm on my feet moving around all day when I work, and then I do Zumba a few times a week besides that. I'm really looking forward to vacation because I've already tracked down Zumba classes to attend (which was a feat in itself; there was very little info posted anywhere--archived threads on a message board from 2 years ago. I ended up searching on the Zumba website for the instructor and then emailing him--all in Spanish. Using my skillz, aww yeah!)
My friend and I are going to do Zumba a few times (I'm going to try my hardest to con the hubs into coming with me to one session) and we are also going to do yoga. I've never tried a yoga class before and I'm looking forward to it--for some reason I've been intimidated by it.
I've also created a little countdown to cross off my losses pound by pound. I think having a visual will really help me. Who doesn't like crossing things off of lists? Same concept.
There's a girl on my facebook who I met once who constantly posts about her weight loss journey. It's motivating me because she is only 6 pounds more than me and I like seeing her progress. Also I'm in a secret race to beat her. muhahahaha
I really need a buddy to keep me accountable. Even if she doesn't know it, she's my buddy!
BACK ON THE WAGON, FOR REAL, FOOL! GET OUTTA MY WAY
(that was the coffee talking, whooo wheeeeee)
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