Eighty Twenty

Although, I can't really say that I am one hundred percent mentally committed to exercising every day, I can say that I am about eighty percent there.  I have come a long way mentally.  I came from my  two "selves" arguing between "Dooit" and "Don't".  When "Don't" gave in, packed up, and left "Dooit's" evil twin "Dooit Later" showed up and had us all exercising late into the night.  I noticed "Dooit" is starting to assert herself and has brought us eighty percent forward in the right direction.  Tonight, I exercised at about 6 pm, when my husband came home he joined in and we did the B.L. Cardio Max levels 1 and 2.

3 miles and 30 min fitness ball routine lower body ,upper body, and abs

Getting Closer!

I can't believe how close I am getting to the countdown in days being under 200.  The countdown today is 205 and by the end of the week I will be under 200!  That is so cool to me as I thought 365 days was insurmountable.  March 14th will be exactly the half way point, and I am all ready making sure that after the project is over that I have ways to keep going.  I think getting my Zumba Fitness Certification will ensure that I keep exercising and make a little money staying fit!  I just wish my hours at work were not going to change.  March 1st I will be going to work at 12:30 pm and coming home at 9:00 pm.  I am not sure, at this point, how well a Zumba class will be accepted in the morning!

Misfit

It's Saturday and I am elated I got my workout done this afternoon.  I started it at noon and finished at 1:00 pm.  I chose the Biggest Loser Cardio Max levels one and two and I gave it all I had.  Yesterday I signed myself up to become a Certified Zumba Fitness Instructor.  The workshop is March 27th and after that I will be certified to teach a basic Zumba class.  I would like to get a small class together in April, maybe in the gym at my church....or maybe not....it's a Nazarene Church and a Latin Cardio Dance workout, somehow do not seem to go together!

The Doctor..

I had my Doctor appt today, time to check up on the insides.  Of course, you always have to start with the weigh in, so I ran right to the scale, dumped all my belongings, kicked off the shoes and let out a heavy sigh as I stepped on.  At first I was afraid to look, because this was the same scale I was growling at just one month ago.  Finally, I peeked and saw that I had lost 5 pounds for an overall total of 25 pounds!  Excitedly I went to the examination room and donned the "cuff".  I could not wait to see if my blood pressure had changed.  A couple of pumps, a "whooshing" sound and a "thats terrific!!" from the medical assistant, and I was rest assured of good news.  In September of 2009, my blood pressure was 124/82 not all that bad they tell me since the norm is 120/80 or below.  February 2010 and my brand new blood pressure is..."Tah DAh!"....112/74...I put it to the test tonight doing a one mile warm up walk dvd and Jillian's Shred level two.

OOPS....I did it again...

I went to Zumba class last night, came home to watch the last half of Survivor, went to bed watching the Olympics, and forgot to blog!  So, once again I will have two entries for today, one for yesterday and one for today.  Went to Zumba class last night and had a blast.  It definitely works up a sweat and the time goes by really fast.  I got into a little bit of trouble last nite because I whipped out my cell phone to take a little video clip of the class, and the instructor came over during the middle of "Gasolina" to tell me with a stern eye, "no videos, please".  I understand it is to protect the integrity and modesty of participants and for that I do apologize.  I don't plan to post it to you-tube or anything like that, and I will not post it to my blog (although that would be cool), I just wanted to show a friend at work who was curious about what "Zumba" is...next time I will just suggest you google it!

Thoughtless

Tonight I am just thoughtless...I have no thoughts on my project.  I did my stationary bike while watching American Idol and watched as they chose the "Top 24".  I only rode it for about 40-45 minutes, but I managed to work up a sweat.  I have a Doctors appointment on Friday, just a regular check up and I am kinda excited to see how my project is shaping me up inside and out.