Wednesday, April 20th

Weigh in, lost 1 pound.

In the spirit of taking a mental break, I decided not to post last week.  I have to come clean, though.  I gained almost 5 pounds in a week after my last weigh-in!  Ugh!  I was so ashamed, I couldn't bear to report it before doing something about it.  Somehow, I was able to lose the 5 pounds plus another pound this past week. 

It is important to note that I didn't starve myself or put in crazy amounts of cardio work at the gym.  Really, the only thing I did differently was switching up my workout routine a little.  I am feeling more confident about attending (and keeping up with) group fitness classes.  Last week I attended the Mixx cardio class (athletic drills, kickboxing, and funky dance moves) and I also tried out Zumba.  Zumba was lots of fun and I burned lots of calories even though it didn't feel like it.  I still did 2 of my 8+ miles cardio sessions (40 minutes on the elliptical, hill program, at least 6 mph on hills, 7mph on flat intervals plus 4 miles on the bike at a quarter plus mile per minute pace), but I am not enjoying them nearly as much now that I am participating in the group fitness.  Today I tried Strike! for the first time and also really enjoyed it.  In fact, I feel like I could become one of the better ones in the class after attending a few times. 

So, while I am in the mental break mode, I am still going to try to keep my workouts going strong and focus on fitness since I can't seem to wrap my head around changing up my food intake.  Having said that, I am only about 3 pounds away from hitting a huge milestone--another 50 pounds lost!  A couple of fun things to report on that note--I tried on those famous Paige jeans for the first time in 2 1/2 years and I am getting closer (I still hate these jeans, what was I thinking buying low rise anyway???).  And, I had to get my wedding ring sized down for fear of losing it!