getting on track

Okay so I was on vacation last week after getting back from New Orleans. My diet not so good. My exercise well I attempted them but failed. So this week I am working on getting back on track. I have done my Jazzercise classes every day this week which is good and my energy level doesn't feel like it changed for the worst because of not going last week. I haven't really had any time to go running this week so I will start next week, maybe even today since I'm working on a Friday which I never do. When I get home I will go for a quick jog. Besides I'm pretty excited on listening to my new selection of music I downloaded. Some techno mixes, dorky I know. I haven't fell off the wagon just yet. Last week I was hanging on by a thread but this week I quickly pulled myself up again. So I give myself a little credit for doing that.

Okay for this morning for some reason I'm more interested in eating an apple pie rather than my stupid veggie bites for breakfast. I'm struggling here on choices. Should I just blow my diet or fight it out. I'm trying really hard to fight it out. I think this is happening because I normally don't work on Fridays so my whole routine is out of whack and right now I'm hungry when I usually am still sleeping. So this challenge I will take with a grain of salt and choose the right thing to do. Which is eat the apple pie...just kidding. I'm going to eat my healthy breakfast and start this day on the right track.

cwak

très jazz

On July 10th I flew down to New Orleans with a couple of friends and went to the Tres Jazz Jazzercise convention. I have to say I had a blast. First, the excitement and energy that went into the convention made worth the trip of going down there in the first place. It was my first time attending a Jazzercise convention and I think I'm hooked. It was a little pricey but well worth it. They have one every five years so I have sometime to save up for the next one. Of course while we were in New Orleans we had to do some sight seeing and walk down Bourbon St. My friends and I walked down Bourbon St. that Saturday and it was quite the partying place. We all had to try one of their Hand Gernade drinks which is known as "New Orleans Most Powerful Drink." We also had a Hurricane at Pat O's. After experiencing Bourbon St. we pretty much stumbled back to the Hotel room. The next morning was the last Jazzercise class. It was a little hard to move at first but quickly got the hang of it.

We decided to stay an extra day so we could do more sight seeing. We walked around the French Quarter and Market. Took a horse and buggy tour around downtown and got to see Jackson Square. The weather was scorching hot so we stop every now and then and had ourselves a cold drink. Our last night there we went out to dinner and had a seafood bucket at The Crazy Lobster which is very delicious and is one of my recommendations if you go to New Orleans. Then we went to bed. I will have some pictures posted soon.

So when I returned home from all of this I was eager to weigh myself to see how much I really lost. I mean with all of this exercise and it was hard core exercise, not the light stuff. I thought to myself I probably lost a ton of weight. Well I got on the scale and lost about two pounds. So I guess no matter how much you exercise I did that day, drinking and eating afterwards pretty much even things out. I was happy to lose the two pounds though but in the end I enjoyed myself and that is all that matters.

cwak

a new exercise

So I picked up a new exercise for me. Normally I do Jazzercise 6 times a week which I love doing and won't stop doing any time soon, I do need something else just to give my weight loss a little boost. I had no problem with losing 75 lbs. with Jazzercise alone but now I think my body has gotten use to the exercise routines so I need to add something else.

Originally I was going to buy a bicycle and just wheel my way around town. Eventually I will probably end up doing that with the gas prices going up and all but financially I can't afford one now unless I find one at a yard sale or something. Instead I took up running. Well it's more like a jog/walk thing now. I'm not a good runner and never really was one due to my ankle issues. This jog/walk exercise seems to be doing just fine for me. My endurance levels have gone up within just a couple of days by doing this and my co-worker has already notice a difference. Another plus for this is it wears my dog out. He's full of energy by the time I get home so this is something he does with me to release some of that energy. So now that I found some type of other exercise that works for me hopefully I can stick with it. I think I can as long as I can keep the music on my ipod recent. I would like to find some music ideas that are good for running, I feel if I can change up the music every once in awhile I won't lose interest.

Doing the jog/walk exercise now I'm hoping to eventaully be able to run or do a light jog the whole time if my ankle doesn't cause me problems. We will just have to see. So this is good. I do have goals for me and I want to achieve them. I CAN DO THIS!!

cwak

just me

So this is me about two months ago so it makes it my most recent portrait and I look so happy. I do have about three or four layers of clothing on so that may be the reason why I look a little bigger than usual but it was really cold that day and windy. On May 16th a couple of us jazzercisers organized a team to participate in the Relay for Life in Arnold at the Anne Arundel Community College. I was the team captain, still not sure how that happen. After looking at a few photos of myself at this event I thought that I really needed to lose weight. This photo here is my motivation to stay on track for losing weight. I really hope this works. I have placed this photo and others on my refrigerator to help keep me from going in there all the time just to put something in my mouth. This was sort of the cake part. What put the icing on the cake was I went shopping with some of my friends and found out that I am up two sizes since last year. That was kind of depressing. After shopping I decided this is it, I'm fed up with this battle and it is time for me to just win this thing. So I'm starting my journey or whatever you call it to a better and new looking me.

cwak

the start of it all

I'm starting today and I will create a new me. I'm tired of the way I look and how it makes me feel. I know I can do better so today I am making a change for myself. This whole eating right and exercising thing stinks sometimes but it has to be done.

I once was 260 pounds, losing about 75 lbs. of that and only to regain about 30 of what I had lost. Never made it to my goal weight either which is between 125 and 130. Motivation is a key factor is this and it's hard to keep that motivation up. I have it and I know what it takes to accomplish something like this but I easily lose the motivation especially on the weekends. I wish I had someone stand by me every waking moment making sure I don't screw up this time but I know that won't happen. So as you can see this blog will journal my accomplishments and struggles with weight loss and anything else I feel like putting in here but mainly it will be about weight loss.

cwak