This weekend I went with my daughter and we did the training to become licensed Zumba fitness instructors. This was sweaty, hard work, and fun, and we were both able to take away our certificates/licenses to start teaching. Does that mean I'm going start tomorrow NO WAY, but I will in a few weeks start up something- first I have to go on vacation- tee hee, and while I'm gone I plan on listening to music and planning choreography so I can be more ready.
So When I came home and plugged in my arm band it said I had done 23,477 steps and burned 3789 calories. Those were new numbers for me to reach for sure. I had been so worried about my iron levels and severe anemia I was worrying about being able to make it through the whole training. I was definitely on the older end of trainers, while my daughter was on the younger end. Trying to keep up with her during these classes we've been taking together is something else. Definitely keeps you young at heart.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Nothing happens unless you keep trying.
Searching blog land I ran into this blog called " This is not a diet" and this was a post in last month. http://thisisnotadiet-itsmylife.com/2011/07/16/12-things-i-did-to-lose-125-pounds/
She made this large post and I pulled just a small section of it out to share with you. But by all means go read the whole post- She listed 125 things she did to lose 125 pounds. There are many significant things in here but today these hit me the strongest because I know at times I and many that I know as well tend to do these things that she stopped doing to be successful. As a fitness professional I am always trying to boost the confidence of others, encourage them to work hard, and follow a healthy eating style. But the focus here in the section I've copied here is that she was kind and gentle to herself. She learned to like her self and accept her body instead of spending her time chastising herself and making herself miserable. I am amazed at what people will call themselves when they are overweight or unsuccessful on some part of the journey. She found ways to account to herself her changes. You can't lose weight or get healthy habits for anyone but yourself. You may be inspired to do it because of someone special in your life- child, significant either or parent, but the reality is you have to do it for yourself. And most important is that it doesn't happen all at once. You may gain while attending the gym, and changing habits but you've started something new and you're going to have ups and downs.
Excerpt from "This is not a diet" site listed above.
She made this large post and I pulled just a small section of it out to share with you. But by all means go read the whole post- She listed 125 things she did to lose 125 pounds. There are many significant things in here but today these hit me the strongest because I know at times I and many that I know as well tend to do these things that she stopped doing to be successful. As a fitness professional I am always trying to boost the confidence of others, encourage them to work hard, and follow a healthy eating style. But the focus here in the section I've copied here is that she was kind and gentle to herself. She learned to like her self and accept her body instead of spending her time chastising herself and making herself miserable. I am amazed at what people will call themselves when they are overweight or unsuccessful on some part of the journey. She found ways to account to herself her changes. You can't lose weight or get healthy habits for anyone but yourself. You may be inspired to do it because of someone special in your life- child, significant either or parent, but the reality is you have to do it for yourself. And most important is that it doesn't happen all at once. You may gain while attending the gym, and changing habits but you've started something new and you're going to have ups and downs.
Excerpt from "This is not a diet" site listed above.
- Said nice things to myself in the mirror
- Stopped berating myself
- Listened to my body
- Did it for me and for my health and nobody else
- Told myself I deserve to be healthy and happy
- Ate when I was hungry, stopped when I was full
- Weighed myself regularly
- Learned to accept weight fluctuations
- Took measurements
- Rewarded myself with new clothes, bargain shopping at each new size
- Focused on quality of food, not quantity
- Reached for the smallest slice of pizza instead of the biggest
- Portioned out snacks then put the package away instead of eating out of the box or bag
- Stopped blaming other people and circumstances for my own choices
- Put my foot down at work for my gym time and made it non-negotiable
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