ok, a few updates, I lost one pound this past week. (Yay!!) I didn't exercise all last week but today I started the week with Power Pump.

Also, my daffodils that I planted last spring came out!!!! I was so excited to see them today. And Last but not least, we got rid of the mattresses in the girls room (sizzles ruined them by peeing on them) and moved all of the girls toys up there and the small white tv, so they have their playroom up there instead of the livingroom :)

Painting and Flying Kites

This weekend I tried to keep the girls as busy as possible. Saturday, they painted all morning. I used a roll of paper from ikea and put all their paint on the table and let them paint. They had a lot of fun.

Yesterday, we walked to post, had brunch at the DFAC, walked around the px, went to a park on post, got some kites and flew them at the field in villaggio. After that we went to the park for about an hour and the girls jumped on their friend's trampoline. They were so tired!!! It was a good day.

Progress Report

I've been slacking on the blog, so I decided to write a quick post on my progress. Since the 1st of Jan I have lost 10lbs!!! I am really excited and optimistic about loosing more weight. Weight Watchers is great, it is really easy to use. I have been doing power pump, which is a weight lifting class and my biggest looser work outs. That's pretty much it for now :)

These pictures are of Power Pump and Zumba. I was asked to take some for the gym's facebook page.

Progress Report and Weight Watchers

Hello there!!! 1 month, 9 days since my last weigh in.......5lbs. I've lost 5lbs. At first I was a little disapointed because I have been working really hard at this, but then I thought, I am 5lbs lighter than I was a little over a month ago, another month from now I'll be another 5lbs lighter and that will be 10lbs and so on and so on. I am not giving up on this.

Today I tried Power Pump. A weight lifting class at the gym. It was different from the exercise that I've been doing lately, so, my muscles were screaming out "What The Hell are You Doing?" I am definitely exhausted from it, but well worth it. I will be going again. Also, the instructor for the class is the person in charge of the gym's facebook page so I talked to her about bringing my camera to class and take pictures and she said yes. I even get some free tickets for the classes :) I am very excited about it.

In other news, I signed up for Weight Watchers yesterday. Not sure if I'll be able to keep up the point system, but I am giving it it a shot. It seems pretty simple. I get 25 points a day and the online points tracker is easy to do. So, we shall see how it goes......

Today was a better day. I went to spinning and felt so much better afterwards! I love that class. It is definitely challenging, but it is such a rush, it is hard to explain. During the course of the class this morning, I drank 24oz of water!

I had a bowl of special K in the morning with some grapes on the side. For lunch I had a turkey breast salad from subway and broccoli and cheese soup, it was yummy! For dinner I had a ham and cheese omelette.

Friday I want to try a class called Power Pump, which is weight training.

And that is it for today.....

Down

I don't want to complain or write about my down days, but after thinking about it, I decided I might as well, hopefully I do loose weight and I can come back and laugh about these days. It's actually been two down days, and by down I mean, days that I really can't see myself loosing all this weight and just feel hopeless. Yesterday I went to Zumba. It is really a fun class, I don't know anybody there, but I really enjoy the music. I haven't gotten new shoes, so my feet hurt afterward, but what bummed me out was a glimpse that I got of myself in the mirror. During the class I stay in the back and avoid the mirrors, well, I saw myself at some point during the class, and I looked so big! I know that I am overweight, but when I saw myself, I just felt so sad. Sad because I did this, I did this to my body and it is so hard to loose this weight. It's been almost two months since I began my journey and feel like I haven't lost any weight. It is annoying to me that it is such a big part of my life, trying to eat right, make sure that I don't over eat, make sure that I work out.... it is really hard to shake off a bad day and think tomorrow will be better. Tomorrow I will eat better, I will work out harder. I know that it is too soon to really see results, but, it is so frustrating!!

Slacking on the blog

I know, it's been over a week since I've posted anything. I tried spinning and LOVED it. It is challenging but you get such a rush, it's great. I am going again tomorrow. Today I tried ZUMBA. Not as challenging as spinning but a lot of fun. Two notes I made to myself. One NEVER be late again! I was 10 minutes late so I was really lost when I got in. Two, I need new shoes! I have the reebok easytone tennis shoes, which are great for walking and some other workouts, but for dancing around, no. I bought some biggest loser workouts from itunes and they are really good. The longest one is about 26 minutes, but they are challenging. Also, you see the people in the video before they lost all of their weight, so it's inspiring.

I went out to dinner with some friends on Sunday and had spaggetti with garlic, olive oil, one piece of bread, and a tiramisu. I felt guilty but determined to have a good week.

I did have a good week, I haven't weighed myself in about two weeks, but I have been doing well with my eating and working out regularly.