Wii 'Just Dance' Game

If you have Wii, you have to get the game 'JUST DANCE'.

It is soooooooo much fun!!!!   And watching other people play is hysterical, especially grown men.  The songs are pretty good - a lot from the 80s & 90s and some from today - the dance moves are fun to do and it is great exercise.  It is also addictive, I wish I had more time to play it! 

The only drawback was when my 6 year old daughter took a break and was watching me and sort of said to herself in a voice filled with sorrow "you should really see how you look doing that".  (It was actually really funny, I couldnt believe she said that!).

As for my diet and exercise this week:  so/so.  I have not eaten terribly and I have exercised, but I have not eaten great and I have not exercised enough.   I did go to kickboxing Tuesday and found out it was a beginner class - and surprised myself because I truly felt it was too slow and too easy!  Who would have thought that I would ever think that?  So I went to the regular class last night, and that was a killer workout as usual. 

Tonight it is off to the gym with my husband - we just walk on treadmills side by side and then try a few of the machines, but it is kind of fun to go together - having him there pushes me to do more then I would if I was there by myself (guess I want him to think I am in really good shape!!)

Right now....Im going dancing!!

Kickboxing!

I went to kickboxing class this morning!  I was not sure if I was going to make it all the way through - at one point I felt like I was going to pass out or puke like the people on the biggest loser do.   Luckily I did neither.  I have to say, Joan the instructer, must be nothing but muscle.  She kicked my butt today, along with everyone else in the class.  I feel so much better now.  I really missed working out - it is amazing how once you incorporate exercise into your routine, you miss it when you go a few days - in this case 5 days - without it.  It makes me think about all the months and years that I sat on the couch and did nothing.  I remember one contestant from the biggest loser saying 'I always said I did not have time to exercise, but I had 4 hours to watch TV' and that is totally how I was.  I just need to keep the momentum going.  In the past I may have said to myself 'I have not excercised in 5 days anyways so I might as well skip today' .  That is an attitude I am dumping!  From here on out, I am commiting to keeping motivated and staying on track.

I also ate much better the past two days (we were on vacation Mon-Wed so that was like giving me an Eat-Whatever-You-Want-Pass) and now I am back to exercising, so hopefully the scale will start moving down again.  I am trying really hard not to obsess about what the number on the scale is and more about how I feel and how clothes fit.

I do have some mixed thoughts about my weight loss to date.  Somedays I look in the mirror and think 'Damn, I Look Great!' and other times I see myself and realize that I still have a long way to go.  I suppose it doesnt help that when I do the BMI calculation it still lists me as obese (atleast I have moved out of the morbidly obese category!).   I wish I could see myself now standing next to myself at my starting weight.  That would be really cool to see the changes objectively like that.

I have a lot of work to do today, the entire family is coming over for my daughters birthday tomorrow, so I have housecleaning and food prep and some errands to run.  My plan for cleaning the house is blast the Black Eyed Peas (they have some great songs for getting pumped up - Boom Boom Pow, My Humps, Imma Be), clean to the music and put a positive spin on the drudgery of cleaning by trying to think of it as additional exercise. 
    
Tomorrow morning I will be off to kickboxing again...another ass kicking just waiting to happen since the Sunday class is all bag work.  I do okay until she starts the 20 second intervals - 20 seconds of punching, 20 seconds of laying on your back and scissoring your legs, then flipping over for 20 seconds of mountain climbers --- 4 sets of these....it is brutal (but makes you feel very powerful and strong once completed!)

Here's to 35 Down and 35 To Go!
 

FIRST TIME BLOGGING

I am halfway through my weight loss journey.  I have lost about 35 pounds and I have about 35 more to go.  I m feeling very good about the weight I have lost so far, and I am very anxious to lose the remaining weight. 

I started in October 2009 with a weight of 228 - the highest I had ever been without being 9 months pregnant.   I began going to weekly personal training appointments with my neighbor, Lisa, and I ate smaller portions and avoided snacking.  I lost some weight, maintained around the holidays, lost some more weight and have sort of plateaued where I am now.  After a couple weeks doing the same routine with no real weight loss, I really kicked up the exercise.  I expected to lose another 10 pounds atleast just by upping the exercise so much.  I went from only one exercise session a week to  daily workouts - not sissy ones either, workouts that ended up with me red-faced, sweating like crazy and panting.  I did strenuous cardio at the gym, kick boxing classes and weight training at home.  After 2 weeks of constant butt-kicking exercise every day, my weight actually went up a few pounds.  So, this past week I managed to find excuses why I could not exercise each day. 

Now here I am, having just flipped through a weight loss/maintenance book, following their advice  and starting a weight loss blog to gain support for the remainder of my weight loss journey. 

Tomorrow I will get back on track with the exercise, I have a kick boxing class in the morning and I will not miss it.  (One of the benefits the book stated about blogging your weight loss - makes you accountable for your actions-----I have to go to that class no matter what since I will need to report back here wether or not I did!)

Here's to 35 down and 35 to go!