Ouchie!

So overall the new routine is going well. I've been doing zumba every day except Saturday and Sunday and I've been logging my eating on my iPad every day! Most days I'm under my calorie goal of 1200 calories. Only Friday did I go over and it's because we ordered Papa Murphy's Pizza for dinner and then Tim and I went to a movie and we got popcorn, Reece's pieces, and a raspberry tea. I felt sooo guilty about splurging but I know that if you don't do it once in a while it's easier to fail. A little chocolate never hurt anyone lol.

Anyway, I'm down 5 lbs since my first weigh in last Monday. Zumba is getting easier and eating healthier is not nearly as hard as I thought it would be.

I guess the next step would be to really get serious about a work out. Zumba is great and everything, but I feel like it's not going to the only thing I can do to reach my goals. I can already tell a difference in my sides and thighs in how tight they are; that can be attributed to the repeated hula hoop movement you do in Zumba haha.  I did one of the dvds called "Ripped" and let me just say, OUCHIE! My butt still kinda hurts from it!

So that's about it, my update for the week.

Zumba day numero uno

Yesterday I started taking my baby steps. I woke up early (6 AM) and did some Zumba (half ass) for half an hour. Then I made a healthy breakfast and waited for Elliot to wake up. I journaled everything I ate and was pleased that by the end of the night I had only used less than 1000 calories of my 1200 calorie limit. So after dinner I had a cup of hot tea...and a skinny cow ice cream bar lol.

I started a calorie counter on my iPad and when I finished my entry for the day it said that if every day was like yesterday I could lose 12 lbs in 5 weeks. When I woke up this morning I'm down to 179.6 from 183.whatever on Monday. I dont' know if it was just difference in times when I weighed myself or if I really lost that much already. But whatever the case, I'm happy!

Here are the few things I thought while doing half an hour of half ass Zumba at 6 in the morning:

• It's a lot easier to Zumba at the rec center
• I have a lot of squeaky spots in my floor in the living room
• It's hard to focus when the volume is only on 6 for fear of waking up my tiny human
• The lady on my Zumba DVD looks a lot like Amelia from Private Practice (which makes it hard to take her seriously lol)
• I put in more effort at the rec where there is the potential that other people are watching me
• I figure even if I'm not doing it exactly like on the dvd, it's better than laying in bed!
• I hope that just jiggling my flab around burns some calories cause that's what I was doing half the time....
• Watching me do Zumba in my living room would probably give Tim enough laughter to last all year
• Holy cow these lunges really burn!
• Even though I'm "half assing" this I'm going to feel it tomorrow!
• I really want scrambled eggs for breakfast
• I hope Elliot doesn't wake up!

I know, I'm a bit of a scatter brain...maybe if I was concentrating on Zumba 100% I would have done better. Well that's what I know, which isn't much!

Here's the list of what I ate yesterday, I'm not going to include calories unless someone wants to know how much is in what.

Breakfast: 2 eggs scrambled with 1/2 c skim milk, 1/3 c shredded cheese, 1 Roma tomato, 1 slice of bacon, and 1 tsp grated Parmesan.

Lunch: 1 cutie orange, 1 string cheese, big glass of water.

Dinner: Home made Parmesan crusted Tilapia (about 4 oz),  1 cup steamed broccoli and cauliflower

Snack: Skinny Cow strawberry shortcake ice cream sandwich, one swallow of Tim's ice tea.

Total Calories used for the day: 1058

Total burned calories: 181 (roughly)

I'm hoping to do some zumba today durring Elliot's nap time since he's used to the tv being on while he naps I can have the volume up a little bit. He's a really good naper so I'm hoping to get in an hour today or at least 45 minutes. Wish me luck!

Baby Steps

I've noticed that every time I try and get skinny I just jump into it, and it never works. So after thinking about it a bit I've decided that I need to start with baby steps.

Step One: Start waking up earlier and going to bed earlier but still getting my 6-8 hours of sleep.
Step Two: Do 30 minutes to an hour of Zumba in the morning (without waking up Elliot)
Step Three:Eat healthy breakfast every morning and limit coffee intake to ONE cup a day withOUT creamer
Step Four: Portion control
Step Five: NO MORE SODA AND BACONATORS!!!
Step Six: 30 minutes of Pilate's and or other toning exercises during Elliot's nap time

I'm really hoping that by taking baby steps I'll be able to achieve my goals. I understand this is going to take time and devotion but I'm going to do it!

Cheers to a happier and healthier me!

And now for some THINsperation!

Here is the link to my pinterest pin board about getting skinny: http://pinterest.com/kaitnhardy/get-skinny-now/

And here are a few of my favorite people that are sexy:

Nicki Minaj: Curvy but in shape

Lady Gaga: Short, skinny, with curves...oh and Awesome!

Jennifer Hudson before and after...it CAN be done!!!

In the Beginning...

 There was size XL.
I stepped on the scale for the first time in a looooong time to see what I figured. I've gained 5 lbs since August. I recently saw a blog about a girl who is about the same height as me, close to the same weight and in one year she lost 50 lbs! Find her blog here -> imgonnamakeachange.tumblr.com. She has a great out look and looks amazing! After reading some of her blog I have finally understood that if you want it, you can do it. And I want it...I want it BAD! She has a great play list for her work outs and even has some examples of what she ate. I'm hoping to do the same. This blog is totally devoted to my quest to get healthy!

So in the beginning there was flab, and an unhealthy weight....and self consciousness, and unhappiness, and so so many other things. But one thing there was not: defeat on the mind.

So here are the first half nakey photos for the new year, and a photo of me on the scale so there is no lying:

boo :(

Front 1/21/12

side 1/21/12