Beautiful Monday!

That's right! I said Beautiful Monday. Hard one for me, for sure. Not a good Monday person. However, TODAY I AM!!!! Was very disappointed last Monday when I went and got on the scale to find that I had not gone up or down. I was exactly the same. At least I had not gained. But what did I do wrong? I do tend to eat a little heavier when Dalton is home. So I had cooked him a roast that week. I ate pasta twice that week and I rarely eat pasta at all. I am sure I could have made better choices. Although I was still walking, I was also wondering if what my doctor said was true. At some point the walking won't be enough. So this past week, I really tried to pay attention to what was going into my body. I have started working out with Friend's Kerrie and Dave that have given me a lot of guidance and a lot of good tools to continue this journey. Even though I do have Just Dance 1 & 2, I did not know that in Just Dance 2 there is a section that is called Just Sweat. And trust me you work up a sweat. Because of Kerrie's work schedule she does 2500 sweats a day as opposed to 1000. So when I got home from work Saturday evening. I thought. Hmmm. That is going to be my cardio for today. After I had done about 1000 sweats and was working on quite a sweat myself, I thought I am going for the 2500 sweats. So I did. Takes about 5 songs and I reached 2493 sweats. I thought, WOW! I feel great! Let's do more! lol. So, now I turned on the Zumba for Wii. Have not tried it since the first night. Must have had the setting wrong because I quite enjoyed it this time. So, I did the easy workout for 20 minutes on Zumba. Easy or not. My calves were freaking killing me!!!! But I had quite a work out and felt great! So for future reference. If anyone tries this at home. (HA HA! The try it at home warning). I would suggest, even for me. To do 1000 sweats on Just dance 2, followed by 20 minutes of Zumba. That alone is quite the workout!!! And is about 40 minutes of good cardio. I have downloaded an app for my berry, LiveStrong.com to help track my calorie in take etc. Turns out when Dave told me to write down what I was having. Some days I was not taking in enough calories, which apparently cannot be good either. So the plan is to watch my calorie in take. Cardio everyday for 40 minutes and Resistance 3 times a week. After one week of this. I lost 4 pounds this week!!!! Woo Hoo!!!! Total now at 38 Pounds!!! My next goal on my journey is very close and I can't wait to get there. So Beautiful Monday to all of you and I'll update you soon!

32.5 km later and another 2 Pounds!

Happy or disappointed? I have not quite figured how I am feeling. Don't get me wrong.....I am thrilled to be down another 2 pounds. Total loss now at 34 pounds. And it puts me that much closer to my next goal in my journey. But I was thinking and I guess hoping that walking every day would put a boost in my weight loss. It didn't. I was hoping for more than 2 pounds with walking 32.5 km since last Friday! My body aches so bad...I can't even begin to tell you. Then the next thought is....am I expecting too much. If my body is hurting, I must be doing something right. I must be building some muscle. And after all, down is down and that is what is truly important. And the fact that I am still feeling so much better than when I started this. Would I have been able to walk 32.5 km in just over a week 5 months ago? Not a chance. So I have to remember to celebrate all victories, even if they seem small. They are still at the end of the day a victory.