Surviving June

Well I am on the downturn of partying for the month and have managed to loose some weight..Thank The Good Lord!!!

However, I do have one more in the beginning of July but I am determine to not overeat there!.

A month of parties

I skipped last week's weigh in because well...it was the holiday and I did some holiday eating!!! Actually this past weekend was a kid's graduation party and next weekend will be a 3 year old's birthday party so if I loose any weight this month it will be awesome! I swear every weekend I will be tempted to eat overbroad! I know when it comes to adult events I can curb my eating but there is something about a kid's party where my will power goes out the window. Maybe it's the feeling of being a kid again, but I know that I will have to set-up the work-out sessions to balance things out.

A Slow Down

I was loosing about one to two pounds a week consistently, but for some reason I only lost a couple of ounces. This could be due to certain IBS problems, or muscle gain. I have been pretty good with my diet and went from working out 6 days a week to 7, so food wise I am not sure I can lower my calorie intake much more or I would be in the land of eating disorders.

Anyway, was soo disappointed with my kickboxing workout. Thought it was going to kick my butt, but it was very inconsistent and poorly filmed...thanks a lot Billy Blanks! However, I also have a Bikini Body Bootcamp dvd that has two 30 minute workouts with a 15 min on the go section and let me tell you that it kicks some serious butt!!!

I did the first circuit training workout and my legs are in pain. I plan to do schedule my workout as follows:

Monday:
First 30 min Bikini Body Bootcamp (BBB)
Tuesday:
Basic Yoga Booty Ballet (BYBB)
Wednesday:
Second 30 min BBB
Thursday:
Advanced BYBB
Friday:
3 mile Power Walk
Saturday:
Kickboxing
Sunday:
4 mile Power Walk

Tummy Trouble

As the scale continues its slow decline, I am starting to get frustrated at my stomach. Why it's still so flabby and refuses to tone is beyond me. I work-out at least 30 mins. in the mornings seven days a week and even add a 30-45 min walk at least two times a week on top of that, I also eat between 800-16oo calories a day and yet the tummy just sags and sags. I look like I have given birth to five kids and there is no hope for return!

Yes I am grateful that I am still loosing and getting closer to my goal sooner than I thought I would, but I guess I was hoping that my tummy would start shrinking at some point.

Anyway, I am going to kick my cardio up to high gear next week with adding some intense kickboxing to my routine. I'm excited to start feeling exhausted after a workout instead of being a little flush!

Onward Soldier!

I swear it is such a chore to get out of bed bright and early...more like dark and early to workout, but I have to keep doing it!

I have started doing Yoga with my Yoga Booty Ballet dvds and let me tell you it hurts! I'm not sure what brings on the pain more...the ballet section or the yoga section, but I always feel it two days later.

I think I am going to start belly dancing to add to the variety because I have a tendency to get bored really quickly.

Zoo

Yesterday I went to lunch and had some yummy scrambled egg tacos...and was so satisfied that I wasn't hungry till 10:00pm and ate some mini rice cakes (which are fantastic by the way).

So I have lost one pound last week and if I can keep up loosing one a week then that would be great for a longer lasting weight loss. Slow is always better.

Anyway, also went to the zoo with Princeton and enjoyed some of the great weather and got some leisure exercise walking around seeing all the animals. One thing I hate about my city is you can't waste one second of great weather because it goes away so quickly.

Survival of the Single

Tonight I went to a surprise party for a friend that was put together by her boyfriend...and I am happy to say that I wasn't tempted in the least bit by the table of food and only had one glass of wine and ate my rice cakes. Being 30 plus pounds away from my goal doesn't really allow me to cheat or to be really lax. I have to loose another 15 pounds before I can be comfortable around food in which I am not sure of the calorie count.

Anyway, it was a really nice party and the bf put a lot of thought and heart into it. It made me kinda think how awesome it must be to have someone in your life that cares about you that much and goes to such lengths to make you happy...this is a total and complete foreign concept in my world. There are a lot of great things about being single, but none of them really can compare to having someone in your life that thinks you are worth the effort.

I get nervous when I think about what it will mean to be 50 and single. Yeah I am only 27 going on 28, but it does stresses me out to think about having to survive this life alone...tonight really has got me to thinking about how I am going to secure my future financially and emotionally by myself...I have got to start making decisions about this things.