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!
Very nice!!! I think you are on to something here. I know I have to do the same thing and take small steps as well. My big thing is I have to have a goal. Like my 10k. If it were only my dress I would sabotage myself day in and day out...I don't know why but I can't do it for things like that...as much as I would like to. Keep doing little things and as they get easier and more routine add new things. Find non-food rewards, such as new songs for your playlist. And ALWAYS remember you have to do it for the long run, not expect results this week or even in a month...I kind of say that for myself as well as you :) I struggle with that a lot, but I think it's because as a society we want instant gratification all the time and with weight loss it's definitely not an option! You can do this! proud of you posting your weight and photos...that is tough to do for most people. Can't wait to read more :)
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