Stats
Highest weight: 293
Starting blog weight: 279
Last week’s weight: 249
This week’s weight:248
Total lost this week: 1
Thoughts
I am extremely happy that I managed to lose weight this week. I encountered one of my main hurdles which is eating well on the weekend. I worked OT this weekend and when I do it’s almost a guarantee that I am going to eat more calories than usual. This is especially true when I do the overnight shift (which I did 2 this weekend) because despite the fact that I would usually be sleep (hence not eating) my body when forced to stay alert through the night basically becomes ravenous. It’s a problem and I swear it gets me every time. This time I am proud to say it didn’t catch me up too much.
This past Saturday I went to AppleBee’s (requested by my son since we almost never go out to eat anymore). I was surprised that I actually had some good meals to choose from. They have a special part of the menu called “Under 550 calories” That had about 6 different options. I chose shrimp skewers with steamed veggies and island rice. It was extremely yummy & because I shared some mozzarella sticks with my son I actually couldn’t eat it all. That saved me Saturday night when I got hungry because those calories were already accounted for so I ate my leftovers happily.
Sunday didn’t go so well. I ate pretty decently all day. I even went to a BBQ/Baby shower and only ate a small bit of potato salad, a fried thing (i have no clue what it was but it was good) and a cupcake. I also ate a small piece of cake. I managed to stay away from the burgers and BBQ chicken. I was proud of myself because I love all BBQ’d foods. At my house we BBQ all year round. Even with Boston winters we will bundle up to go outside and light the grill. I ate some cherries before I went to sleep & since I didn’t have anything to bring with me to work to nibble on I decided to go cold turkey. Needless to say I felt extremely hungry but I think it was all in my head.
Zumba
So I have decided to start paying for my Zumba class. Apparently they were able to give those Zumba classes for free because of a grant. The grant runs out September 2nd and after all the Zumba teachers will need to be paid. I have no problem paying. I love my Zumba class, it definitely gives me a good little shake up in my routine right in the middle of the week. My teacher is great and I always work up a huge sweat.
I tried another Zumba class given by another instructor the day after my usual class and let me just say NOT ALL ZUMBA TEACHERS ARE CREATED EQUAL. Now I am not gonna bad mouth this woman because she put her all into her class and she worked up quite a sweat but for me it wasn’t quite hitting the spot. She was somewhat un-coordinated and the moves were extremely um awkward. There was no smooth transition and really she didn’t lead the class well. A few times she even messed up the steps herself. I still burned about 700 calories but compared to the 1100+ I burn at my regular class it’s nothing.
I’m so happy that I took the class that I did when I first tried Zumba. I probably would have never given Zumba another thought if I had gone to this woman’s class first. So I encourage anyone who doesn’t quite like a Zumba class when they first go, try another class with a different instructor. It may make a world of difference.
How was your weekend?
~Randi
I’ve been wanting to Zumba. The YMCA has classes, but membership is too dang expensive. Ugh.
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Try this link here to find other Zumba classes in your area. I found tons near me that had drop in rates starting at $5 and going all the way up to $20 per class. Some of them even let you try the 1st class free.
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