Happy Wednesday

The Hubster took my bike in to the shop and had it tuned up for me - which means I have no excuse to put it off any more can get serious about training for my 55-mile bike ride on May 21st.  Thank you, Hubster!!! 

I'm getting excited (and nervous) about this Event -- I've met my fundraising goal (thanks to some VERY generous people - I'm touched, and a little humbled) and the weather is starting to get better, so I'm almost ready to get to riding.  I need to get some good biking shoes - and the pedals they work with, of course.  I know they will be pricey, but I also know they'll be worth it.  (And I need to get some biking shorts/pants -- gotta protect the tail bone and lady bits as much as possible...)

The Hubster is still worried that I might have bitten off more than I can chew.  I understand his concern but I think he might be "...erring on the side of caution" on my behalf.  I know he'll support me -- he's willing to make sure I have the equipment I need, and he'll be my transportation on The Day, and I know he will be cheering me on at the finish line.  And today he said he'll do the ride next year with me - and he'll do the 100 miles, since he'll have the time to train for it between now and then - yay!  So I have to admit that I get a little frustrated when he voices his scepticism concern.  *Sigh...*  I'm sure it will be harder than I'm expecting right now, but I don't really think it will be as hard as he thinks it will be.  I'm sure it will be somewhere in the painful middle, but I'll get through it - one way or another!

Decent day today, although we did go out for dinner to our Mexican spot, and I did succumb to the chips and a Mango margarita.  I ordered the Fajitas, and noticed a note on the menu that they would substitute steamed veggies in place of the fried onions and peppers.  It was pretty darn good!  No exercise besides tromping around Costco, and I did get plenty of water.

Dance classes start up again for me tomorrow - Yay!

Effort...

I had decent self control in terms of intake over the weekend, but not in terms of exercising.  It's the whole momentum thing again...  And we got new furniture this weekend, so it was SO easy to give in to the temptation of staying curled up in the new recliner or stretched out on the new couch instead of getting out to wog or get on the elliptical or put in an exersize tape.  Pfff -- that would've taken effort! 

I did make the effort to bake my spaghetti squash tonight, so it's ready to go for lunches.  And I also did something I haven't done in a while - I walked to get my lunch today instead of driving.  I always forget that it's not as far as I think it is, and it's definitely walk-able in a lunch hour with some time left over to actually eat!  Good for me!  Although I did still get sweaty and a little pink by the time I got back to the office -- which is another excuse I usually use to talk myself out of doing it... 

 I took in 1235 calories today, and 112 oz. water, in addition to my usual coffee.  And a short walk at work and rehearsal - pretty good, for a Monday!

G'Night, all!

Still Here...

I'm still alive, and I'm still working on this journey.  I haven't been as focused this week as I would've liked - especially at the beginning of the week. The trip for the 40th birthday celebration went pretty well, although there were a lot of people there with colds and someone with the flu.  My week got better, intake-wise, by Tuesday, and then on Wednesday my Troupe and I brought a surprise birthday party to a friend we haven't seen for a while. We ambushed the victim Birthday Girl armed with gifts, snackies and a cake - she had no clue.  The look on her face was beautiful and priceless -- so worth it! I did indulge a bit, but I could've done a lot worse than I did. 

I did no exercising this week, except for at rehearsal on Monday.  It was Spring Break, so there were no classes - those start up again next week.  And I actually wound up staying home from work on Tuesday - I was wiped out from the weekend, and I think I was fighting off one of the bugs that was going around on the weekend.  Successfully, thank goodness, but that killed my motivation for exercising.  I've got to get back to it - especially my bike riding, if I don't want to kill myself on May 21st...!

So considering the week I had, I'm actually a bit astonished that I actually lost half a pound.  I'll take it, though!

Have a great weekend, all!

Friday Weigh-In!

One more pound gone!  I'm glad that I'm seeing continuing progress, but it would be so nice if I could see the nice dramatic jumps you see on shows like Biggest Loser.  I have to keep in mind that those people are isolated and sequestered while they work on weight loss, and that's the only thing they have to focus on.  Not that I'd ever try out to be on the show or anything like that -- I'm not that masochistic!  Not to mention that I have to pay the bills somehow...  ;}  Slow and steady, slow and steady...  Not a sprint but a marathon...

I'm going to spend time out of town this weekend, celebrating the 40th birthday of a good friend from high school.  I will try to enjoy the festivities while remaining focused on making healthy choices and not losing control.  Have a good weekend, all!

This is my 101st post!

I didn't realize at the time that my last post was my 100th, or I would've mentioned it...  :}

Didn't have enough time to get pictures of me in my costume last night - I was running late, and barely managed to make it to the show in time.  Barely... But it was a really fun show.  Great group of dancers - I was honored to be in the same lineup with them. AND I was glad that I wound up going first, so I didn't have to follow any of them!

And today was a good day, although I was tired after the late night...  I had a really good day today - took in 1466 calories and 136 oz. fluid, along with my usual coffee.  And my classes tonight were the last for the term, so I was a bit bouncier than normal...  I would say I was dancing hard for about an hour and 40 minutes between the two classes.  And because it was the final class, I got to dress up - I was wearing harem pants, 2 skirts, a long, heavy hip belt, so I was very well insulated ON TOP of my natural "insulation."  I was a bigger ball of sweat than normal by the time the evening was done...

There's a one-week break, and then classes start up again for Spring Term.  I've decided that I'm not going to do the Tuesday classes next term, for a few reasons.  I finally realized that I owe it to myself (and to the Hubster) to take something off my plate -- it's rather full right now.  Especially since I do need to start training for the Reach the Beach bike ride in May that I signed up for.  I really don't want to kill myself while trying to do it!  And maybe I'll be able to catch up a little bit on my sleep!  Speaking of which...

G'night, all!

Deflating...

I will have to have my costume taken in, both the hip belt and the bra top.  Yaay! (Except for the hassle of having to have it adjusted -- but I'm willing to deal with that!) 

I wore my Cabaret costume (this isn't it, but it's kind of close) to class tonight, both because it was the Final Class of the Term (this is when the teachers wear whatever costuming we want to - the rest of the term we have to make sure our legs aren't hidden by skirts so the students can see what our legs are doing...) and because I'm performing tomorrow night.  I realized I've got noticeable gappage on the sides of the bra top.  (There's plenty of other material there with the choli top I usually wear, so it's nowhere near indecent - it's not THAT kind of dancing!)  I will just need to get it fixed adjusted so I feel secure when I dance in it.  But it's true - I am deflating...

And my hip belt will need to be taken in again.  Yay!  I wear a skirt AND harem pants under the hip belt when I perform, so again - it's never indecent. I don't have pictures of me in the costume I perform in these days, or I'd post one.  I'll try to remember to take one tomorrow for you all.  And I'm still looking for the video of one of my performances I'm going to (try to) post for those of you who have mentioned wanting to see me dance.

Okay.  I took in 1412 calories today, and 116 oz. water, along with my usual coffee.  I feel like I danced for about an hour out of the two hours in the class, so it was a good day.  And I have a performance tomorrow (well, "today" by the time this is posted... *wince* I gotta work on that...)

G'night, all!

And So Began Yet Another Week...

Hope everyone had a good Monday! 

I was able to make it through Saturday’s celebration okay – what “helped” was that we got over there late because I wasn’t feeling well. (Yay, coffee on a mostly-empty stomach… *eyeroll*)  But it was good to see people I hadn’t seen in a while!  There was, of course, a lot of food left over (I have mentioned that mine’s a mostly-Greek family, haven’t I…?) and my Mom didn’t just try to send food home with us – she actually BROUGHT OVER leftovers for us yesterday!  *Sigh*  Thanks, Mom… :}  Luckily I was able to share a lot of it with a friend and her family, so it wasn't around here to tempt me!

One of the things the Hubster was quite happy talking about at the party was his own Weight Loss journey. (He did break through a major milestone on Friday – Yay, Hubs!  And my family was quite congratulatory - rightly so!)  and he felt perfectly comfortable spouting out his starting weight as well as his current weight.*   I, on the other hand, have a very hard time talking about the fact that I’m working on losing weight (in real life - obviously not here..) with pretty much anyone.

*I’m not going to mention his numbers – that’s his journey and his story to tell, if he ever decides to do so.  But if he ever decides to start a Blog of his own, you know I’ll happily link to it! :D

If someone were to notice my weight loss (especially a family member – ESPECIALLY my Mom) and comment on it, I would probably just talk about  working on getting healthier, and maybe the amount I’d lost, but not the hard numbers.  I don’t think I’d EVER be comfortable to sharing my hard numbers with anyone but a VERY small handful of people.  (And I don’t think I could EVER tell it to anyone in my family, unless it was absolutely necessary. More than likely because I can’t remember a time growing up when my weight wasn’t an issue for me. And for them…) Even on this Blog, I tend to avoid the actual numbers I’m seeing on my scale, and stick with mentioning just the amount lost. The Hubster, on the other hand, has no problem talking about his Weight Loss journey with others.  I don’t know if that’s a guy/girl thing, or if it’s because of all the time I spent struggling with my weight while I was growing up.

So today I took in 1291 calories and 112 oz. water along with my usual coffee, and had fun at rehearsal tonight. Didn’t do any more exercising than that – I’m still trying to adjust to “springing ahead" yesterday. :P And with that I need to get myself to bed…

G’Night, all!