Veils and Shimmies

Kelly and I took our first belly dance class from Wanda last night. I left filled with enthusiasm. Some of the moves I fell into quite easily and others will take lots of practice. I really feel like this is something I will stick with. It's fun.

Meanwhile on the weight issue. It has been hard lately. My attention has been turned elsewhere for the past couple of weeks. Went on a sugar binge and made myself feel really crummy. Today I have switched to low carb....for just awhile to get my blood sugars under control, get rid of the bloat and just skinny down a bit. 2 steps forward 1 step back. I just felt kinda icky yesterday and I Know it was the result of poor eating.

The Tour De Cure is in 3 days. Ready or not here I come.

Zils, sore muscles and lotsa enthusiasm

Belly dancing....
I think I have found the perfect AB workout. Holy Cow, I could barely raise up from a prone position after practicing my tummy undulations off 'n on at work. Baggy shirt on, who knew?
I talked to my new instructor for quite some time, ordered some zils and now I'm looking forward to my first REAL lesson.

The Deans, Jimmy and Paula

230 calories, not too shabby....and it's pretty good. God Bless Jimmy for coming up with this reasonable substitution for a REAL MAN's breakfast. Paula Dean on the other hand does the work of the devil. No more Paula treats for me.

This morning I'll be heading out on a run. A 4 miler today. This evening I have a date for a bike ride with Ry. Oh how I love my days off. The exercise is so much easier when I have the time and leisure to do it.

Feelin' fat today for some reason. I don't know why my head plays these funny games with me. I feel good one day and bad the next. This usually has to do with what is going on in my head and not some much what's going on with the scale. A good solid exercise session with bump that thought from my mind. Onward and upward!

Psyched

I am so completely psyched to start my belly dancing classes!! This is exactly what I needed, a new direction to go with my fitness program. Right now it's all about shopping for the bangles and bedazzley things. And the DVD that Nessa put in my Amazon cart to get me going on this new venture.
Tomorrow I'm meeting Ryan (son) for lunch at Quiznos for a veggie sammie. I really really like those and it's guiltfree!!
Did pretty good with the eating stuff today.....gotta have those chilled apples in the fridge for evening emergencies.
welp, that's it for tonite.
Chow!

Big boned?

"I have a large frame", "I am big boned". These are things that we tell ourselves when we are unhappy with the number on the scale. I've always avoided saying either of these. I didn't want a cop out. I just wanted to be smaller. Recently I ran across a self test involving measuring and comparisions of various body parts to determine whether you are small, medium or larged framed. I fully expected the result to be medium. That's what I have claimed for 50 years or so. Well guess what? Wrong. This still seems kind of hilarious to me but I actually AM large framed. I carry too much weight on this frame, true, but I have had to reassess my "ideal weight" goal with this in mind. I am now shooting for 145 pounds. This is about as thin as it's going to get realistically. So there it is.....stated to the world. My goal weight. Having lost some weight already, I am heading into difficult territory. The stubborn pounds. But I am determined. Today is Day 1 of my reality based efforts.