My Quest to Find My Waist

Since I have been working out on a regular basis, my skin has gotten so smooth. I’m not just talking about my face, but all over my body. I used to have lots of bumps on my bum, but now its so smooth. I use a lot less body cream than I used to. I have also noticed a reduction in cellulite. My thighs are not as cottage cheesy as they used to be. I mean, I’m still not about to wear booty shorts or anything, but its a nice change. =+)

“And I heave a huge-normous sigh of relief.” I can’t remember the last time the end of the year was so hectic, but then again, I usually don’t have to move rooms, and I usually don’t go to the end term party, and we don’t usually have a field day event. But it is all over now for the next 60 days, my life is my own. (Give or take a week or so when I will allow my family to bask in my presence.)

OK: about my weight loss journey.

I have been doing the yoga and tai chi and salsa classes which amounts to about 3-4 hours a week, plus I do walk away the pounds at home, at least lately. So I have been losing inches. The reason I have not been losing pounds is because is because I have been eating like a 16 year old. Not a lot, but just not very well. Ok, sometimes a lot. But I am going to try out a lot of new recipes this summer, dust off the old low-fat cookbooks, try to find some vegetables that don’t make me gag. And work on my portion control which is pretty much non existent. Oh yeah, I pretty much stopped drinking water, so I’m guzzling as I write this. (Wouldn’t you know it–my new classroom is even farther from the bathroom. I just can’t catch a break with this water thing.)

Also, I have to buy a new scale. My current one lies. =+)

As I was responding to someone’s forum, I realized that I have a plateau coming up. After 6 weeks of dieting, exercising or both, I generally tend to stop and revert to old habits. Even if I am doing well. In the past 10 years I have lost over 80 lbs. But after those first 6 weeks, no matter how much weight I have lost, I make that negative turn around. So in about 4 weeks I will need all of the motivation you can give to not give up. 4 weeks from now school will be over and I will need to do more that sit on my bum in front of the TV. I was good last summer. I did water aerobics and I had a personal trainer at the gym, and I lost 20 lbs. In October I injured my knee and couldn’t work out, I gained all of that back. I just want to keep going past the 6 week mark.

I feel like I should blog something, but I can’t think of anything I want or need to talk about. I am still here though. I was sick all of last week so maybe I just need to get back into my groove.