break week
1970-01-01 00:59:59
Finally, some time to sneak in a little blogging!This week has been family vacation--the kids are home from school, I'm off work, hubby's off work. And hubby doesn't like it when I take time out from family to blog. I mean, hello! He obviously doesn't get it. :)Anyway I took my sister to Zumba on friday. She used to teach it back at her old gym. I was so excited to take her so she could get all excited and decide she had to come zumba with me every friday.She was all disappointed! She was like, "Oh, this is so different from when I did it." Then she started saying things like, "low intensity" and "bad cooldown" and "that's a Spanish birthday song she's playing" (Not sure what I was thinking, bringing a Spanish teacher to my Zumba class).I got all defensive, of course."Well, those routines she's doing? They are, like, straight out of the Zumba DVDs. You know, the ones with Beto [guy who started Zumba] in them?! Yeah, and she gets all the new routines from the company! And maybe t
i'm hot
2007-03-01 18:56:00
I was on vacation all last week (yay!) and went back to work a couple of days ago. When I got there one of my coworkers said I looked "hot".Hee.I'm hot.I know she didn't mean it as any big thing, she was just commenting that I looked a little thinner and that I was wearing close-fitting clothes.But it totally made my night.OK. My week. :)
Kashi frozen entree
2007-02-28 18:16:00
I'm sitting here, typing to you wearing a pair of pants that hasn't fit me in...well, a while. I'm not sure why, because my weight is all over the place and when I measure myself I'm pretty sure I'm not measuring in the same spot every time but hey, these pants fit and that makes me happy.But that's not what I wanted to write about today.The other thing I'm doing right now is eating lunch. I know, you're not supposed to eat while you're doing other stuff. You should be mindful of your food and all that and if there's anyone who knows that it's me because I am the queen of saying, "Did I just eat that whole thing?!" But I couldn't help but tell you about this stuff I'm eating!It's Kashi
's Lemongrass Coconut Chicken frozen entree and it's fabulous. I mean, it tastes wholesome and filling and the texture is perfect and ...just, yum.At 300 calories and 8g of fat (4g saturated fat) it's not exactly what you might call diet food. But the serving is perfectly sized--c'mon, y
grr
2007-03-06 02:44:00
Frustrated, discouraged, impatient, angry, disappointed, irritated--these are all pretty adequate words for how I'm feeling right now. I just don't understand.My eating habits are not the best, I know. But on the other hand they aren't really any worse than how I usually eat, and I've been working my rear end off at the gym.But my weight it keeps climbing. And my measurements? I can't be exactly sure because of the whole am-I-measuring-in-the-same-place-as-last-time thing but I think they're slowly going down. That's great and all, but why is my weight going up?!My clothes fit. That's all I have to say about that. They're not getting tighter, but they're not really seeming any looser. I think I see more definition in my lower legs and my arms, and my abs, and I'm really hoping it's not my imagination because hat's one thing that gives me an occasional ego boost.But we got our family portrait taken and I was looking at them today and I hate the way I look. I try to find a h
not feeling good
2007-03-09 21:59:00
For the first time in, like, three months I missed Zumba class today.I couldn't help it; I'm sick. :pHey did I get to tell you about last week's class? Because I know it's the highlight of your week to find out what I did in Zumba class, right?! Well last friday my Y had a fundraiser for Reach Out for Youth, the thing they have to help out families who can't afford Y memberships and stuff. The fundraiser was, raise a certain amount for ROfY and the men who work at our branch of the Y would do Zumba.See, it's funny. Cuz up til then there had never been a single guy in any of the classes.So I got there a minute or two late, as usual, and the place was packed. Wall-to-wall people. There were tons of people on the floor who looked like they belonged there. You know, they were wearing clothes that you'd expect to sweat in and they all had water bottles. Then there were a bunch of people in street clothes lining the walls, watching the class.I'm sorry, let me repeat that: there were
enviga
2007-03-16 05:04:00
I've had this stinkin cold for a week and a half now and apparently I get writers' block or something when I'm sick because, as you can see, I haven't been updating at all. As a matter of fact, today I'm just going to bring you a quick product review:Enviga (which, in my head, always has a Spanish accent for some reason. "Si, me gusta la en-BEE-ga!")Now before you get all crazy on me, I'm not interested in the claims this drink makes as a calorie burner or whatever; we all know that's crap. But I was looking for something to drink other than diet coke, and I like green tea, and this stuff has three times the amount of caffeine as a can of diet coke (the better to get through those 8-hour work shifts, my dear) so I thought I'd try it.I tried the green tea flavor and the first can I had was yummy as heck so I'm not sure what happened to my taste buds between that can and the next because the next one wasn't so good. I don't know if it had anything to do with the fact that I ha
i missed you!
2007-03-30 05:21:00
Well it's been a fun, fun couple of weeks. I'll spare you the nasty details and just say that the I.N.N. household has been sick.Bleh.But! We're better now and back to our regularly scheduled life, and now that it's nice outside I'm glad to report that life now includes regular trips to the park. It's about stinkin time too; I was gettin a little stir-crazy there.So anyway, being sick helped me out with the whole fat thing. I've been too nauseous to eat so I'm holding steady at 175, whereas the last time I checked in I was bouncing up and down between 175 and 179. Ew! I guess whatever works...but I'm happy to be eating again. It's no fun being stuck in the house because you're afraid you'll end up urking in the nearest public restroom. Or trashcan. Or tree.Hey, guess what!! My Y is adding another Zumba class, yay! So now I'll be boring regaling you with tales of my crazy Zumba moves every Monday AND Friday morning! T's moving to Monday morning and another lady is starting
Si, me gusta mucho el Zumba!
2007-03-30 19:44:00
Hey today was Zumba and I was all upset because I haven't been there in like a month and even though I had a ton of energy and was totally raring to go they must've learned all new songs because I didn't know, like, anything, and I was all bummed out until after class I checked out the comment board and OMG they're adding four more classes to the schedule so now I can Zumba four days a week !Eeee!So, yeah. I'm a little excited.
ups and downs
2007-04-03 21:59:00
So today I went to Zumba. It was a new class with an instructor who has never taught it before, although I guess she teaches lots of other stuff there. She was too cute, and I felt bad for her because they didn't publicize the new classes like, at all, and I was the only one there for the first ten minutes. She does things a lot differently than Tina but I think once she's got her routines down it will be a fun class.Now let's talk about the room we were in.We were in the studio, which, as I've mentioned before, has a huge mirror in it all over the wall so you can watch yourself workout. Woo hoo.It's a fat mirror.Like, a really-super-duper-makes-you-twice-as-wide-as-normal mirror.I hate it.I mean, this mirror is my vile arch enemy. I go in to have a nice, fun, sweaty workout and the mirror, it mocks me."You're fat" it reminds me, in case I'd started to forget and maybe even, gasp! started to feel good about my body. "You don't belong here. You look stupid doing those moves. Eve
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i'm cheating on you!
2007-04-05 21:25:00
Sorry I haven't been here much. I've been spending all my time over at sparkpeople. It's a pretty good site, and it's freeeee. If you decide to join, add my username as a referral: kymblie. There's a place for referrals in your signup.Thanks. :)So, Zumba today.Sigh...No, I'm not saying the instructor is bad. She's very cute and enthusiastic and nice, but apparently she left her sense of rhythm home today because OMG I was trying to keep the beat and then I looked at her and she was all over the place!! And she does this thing where she does each song twice so that the first time you can learn it and the second time you can "dance like no one's watching" that makes me want to scream because the whole time I'm doing one song I'm thinking about how we have to do it again instead of wondering what exciting new song we'll do next.OK so maybe I have to learn to live in the moment a little more. :)Oh and that darn mirror.Today I positioned myself so my reflection was right on the c
me and valerie bertinelli
2007-04-09 03:14:00
body dysmorphia and forgetting I'm fat
2007-04-11 04:09:00
OK, here's hoping I can get this in before my laptop battery dies...I have %#$%@ had it. (haha, I'm such a dork, I won't even swear on my own blog).I am SO fat.I have to face up to the fact that I am suffering from some SERIOUS body dysmorphia. I think I'm fine, so I eat brownies and chocolate Easter bunnies and cake.I think I look OK so I skip my workout because I'd rather sleep. Or eat.My husband still loves me so I think I can just eat whatever sugary treat he brings me. It's OK. I'm not that fat. I'm healthy, I don't have any serious problems, so I must be OK.Right?Right??Well, it's not OK. I'm not fine. What I am is very, very, unhealthily fat.FATTT!I'm not saying this to make myself feel bad. I'm saying this because I need to realize that my weight is putting me in serious danger of losing my health, my well-being, the love and desire of my husband...so much is at stake and I just think it's OK.Why do I look in the mirror and think I'm OK? Why don't I realize how
snore
2007-04-14 05:29:00
Tomorrow's a long day. I'm getting up at 6 (or at least, y'know, that's the plan), going to the gym, showering, running home to see hubby for a bit, then going to a 9am meeting of the new "weight loss support group" that's starting up at my church.I actually had to tell my boss that's where I'll be, so he'd give me the morning off. I mean, not that he can't see I'm fat ("What? You need to lose weight? Oh, I hadn't thought...well, ok, if you think so...") but its another thing to have to say it, y'know? :) It's all good...all on the road to health. 'S'all good. ;)Anyway then it's straight to work then hopefully out for a drink and some nachos with the girls from work. And yes, I'm budgeting that all into my daily calories. So, a raisin for breakfast and a lettuce leaf for lunch. :)Zzz...not much in the mood to write anything else, really. Bek's been sick for what seems like forever and I'm exhausted from the round-the-clock neediness (although secretly pleased that wh
gonna do it
2007-05-03 06:57:00
I'm gonna
do it.I'm gonna go for my certification to teach Zumba.This summer. There's a certification class in June. I just need to save up enough money to pay the $220 certification fee. So I might have to wait for the next close-by session...but I'm going to try to have it for the June class.But I'm going to do it. Forget how fat I am, what people might think of a fitness instructor whose BMI is well into the "obese" range. I'm good at it and it's fun and I love it and I want other people to love it and heck, what better excuse to get my cardio in than I'm the instructor?!!Your assignment, dear readers, is to tell me about different instructors you have had, for whatever aerobics classes you like to take. Have they been fat? skinny? old? young? I want to hear stories about instructors who defy the stereotypes. Basically I want to hear that I can do this, and that people will want to come to my classes. ;)
follow the bouncing train of thought...ooh shiny!
2007-05-02 03:13:00
Sorry I've been so inconsistent lately. It's not just the posting--it's the diet, the exercise, and most other parts of my life. I blame it all on the weather; it's been so rainy and crappy here and I just want spring, for crying out loud.I haven't stepped on the scale in a while because I know it's not going to be pretty. I know I haven't gained back any inches--amen, hallelujah--but the junk food I've been gorging on has me retaining mad water yo.And the exercise---I miss the gym! Bek is STILL sick, and now it feels like I'm getting it too. I get to the gym early Saturday, between church and work on Sunday, and then Tuesday night Zumba class. This isn't enough for me. I need to be there every day, or else I just kinda crap out on it. Also, I eat better all day when I work out first thing. Y'know, it's that mentality that I don't want to undo all the stuff I just did.I seriously have to get going on creating some inspirational visuals to put up around the house, most defi
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you totally sweat my zumba shoes
2007-05-09 03:37:00
These are my Zumba shoes
:Cute, right? They're black and white and purple, which is just about my favorite color combo evah. Anyway.You might be wondering, "Well, what makes them Zumba shoes?! Shoes are shoes!"Well, you'd be wrong!Zumba has lots of hip-swivelling moves that could totally
take out your knees if you make the mistake of wearing tread-y sneakers that stick to the floor. Sneakers like mine have kinda-fabric-stuff on the bottoms so you can swivel and shake to your hearts content without dislocating any major body parts.I was trying to keep this all in mind tonight at Zumba class while trying to restore my dignity. See, I took a big step, trying to be all cool and killa-moves. My lunge didn't hold though, thanks to my fancy schmancy 7-dollar Target Zumba shoes, and I totally fell on my ass.But because I'm all cool like that, I just got up and wiped my butt off while laughing at myself. Because everyone knows that people can't laugh at you if you're already laughing yours
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food television
2007-05-08 04:08:00
I have got to go to bed because I am sitting here watching Food Network and drooling. I have a sudden craving for a huge juicy burger with everything on it.So hungry.Going to bed.
rise & shine
2007-05-07 19:37:00
Hey, wanna see what I look like first thing in the morning? Hope you aren't eating! Here ya go!:Well, that was fun. ;)I was reading this blog and she posted her own rise & shine picture so I thought I'd try that too. Overall I have to say I don't look too bad. I still have mascara on one eye--I can never get that crap all the way off. Moving on...I Zumba'd today, although I got called out because Bek pooped and I had to change her. I thought I told her to do that kind of stuff before we left. Speaking of Zumba I tried another class by another instructor last week, did I tell you? Hated it. Won't go back.Um...what else. Oh! I gave up the junk food. Hum? Oh, well, yeah I know I've said that before but so? Don't judge me!! ;) So yeah, salad and fresh fruit and whole grains for the past two days. Today's the third day and I don't even have a headache! Go me! (Seriously, do you ever get headaches when you try to give up the good stuff? That crap's addictive!)OH and I have rockin a
new weight-loss goals
2007-05-10 06:21:00
OK, time for some new weight-loss goals to keep me motivated. The first one is somewhat, um, immediate. ;)Get off my butt, shut off this dang computer, and turn on a workout video. And then do it.The rest of them have rewards. Yay rewards!Drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of pure water (not coffee, not diet coke, that vile addictive drink of the devil) a day, every day, for a whole month. Reward: pretty blonde highlightsGet down to 165, which would be about a 10% loss from my highest weight of 185. Reward: mani/pediKeep in my calorie range on sparkpeople, including ranges for carbs, fat, and protein, for a week straight (which, um, hasn't happened yet). Reward: new piece of fitness equipment, like a pedometer or one of those big balls you do situps on. I'd really love a coreboard...Go on a sweaty streak: work up a sweat every day, for as many days in a row as possible. "Working up a sweat" defined as being able to say, "Dang, I'm sweaty! I stink! I need a shower!" Bonus if one of
Hey, check it out! Here is an interview I did for ...
2007-05-15 21:37:00
Hey, check it out! Here is an interview
I did for weightlosstips.com. Neat! :)This weekend it finally hit home that what I eat really has an effect on how I feel. I mean, of course I knew that intellectually, and after reading YOU on a Diet I could probably explain exactly what happens in your body that makes you feel good when you eat well and feel crappy when you eat crappy. But I didn't really believe it.Or, I didn't want to believe it. Because then I'd have to turn down that last brownie. ;)But this weekend was my dad's birthday. (He's the big 5-0!) I brought cake over and sat with my dad, my sister, my brother, and my sister's son. We talked and joked and had a great time until, like, midnight, but that's not what I want to talk about. What I want to talk about is all the cake I ate! Cake that night, cake for breakfast, lunch, and dinner the next day. (My excuse was that it was mothers' day and I deserved it. When am I going to learn that I deserve to feel good and not cra
ew
2007-05-22 20:39:00
I'd really love to tell you all about my last few Zumba classes, or how I'm doing with the weight thing, or how my 18-year-old coworker called me fat.I'd really love to.But I'm too incredibly stuffed full of homemade BBQ pizza that hubby cooked on the grill and that I stuffed down my throat before rushing off to Zumba class before coming home and eating more of it and then mowing down a mint-chocolate-chip ice cream cone.I feel so gross.Be back tomorrow.ps: Dear Blogger, thank you thank you thank you for your new autosave feature so dumbasses like me can stop worrying when we'll accidently browse away from the current page and lose our entire book post. I love you.
yay me
2007-06-03 19:52:00
Hey guess what! I know I haven't been here for a while but in the time I've been gone I've gotten down to 170.5!! w00t! Don't ask me how I do it...I think it has something to do with the hot weather...I eat when it's cold and don't when it's hot. Oh, and now I'm sick so everything tastes like phlegm. YUM! But, yay! And I think I'm going to start a little note on the sidebar that says how much money I have saved towards my Zumba certification. At this rate, pretty soon I'll be able to wear the skimpy little outfits the girls wear in the videos! OK, well, maybe not. :)
Hey guess what!* There's a Zumba certification wor...
2007-06-08 09:04:00
Hey guess what!* There's a Zumba certification workshop near me in July!! And I'm going to be there!Well, I haven't actually registered yet. I have to save up some money, sell some stuff on ebay, including my Zumba dvds, since I'll get those at the workshop anyway. And hopefully they won't be sold out by that time.But I fully intend to register. And when I do I'll be so stinkin excited I'll just scream!! :) Such a dork, I know.So um...I'm not too thrilled about being the fattest girl going though. Gotta do something about that. And I need to practice. Everyday!! And quit buying junk food. Because I don't think the two pints of Ben & Jerry's, the package of Chips Ahoy, and the bag of peanut butter Hershey's Kisses are really helping the cause, y'know?So anyway...I'm stuck at 170. (Speaking of junk food...) Every time I get to this point--and I've been here several times, approximately once after each kid--I have a hard time getting over the 170 bump and into the 160s. I kn
florida!!
2007-06-18 14:15:00
(Bear with me while I try to type a post using hubby's dying wireless keyboard...)So the hubby and I are leaving for Florida on Saturday.(Cheers and the sound of the bubbly popping open.)It's been so long since we've had a vacation together, just me and him. It's not exactly a vacation for him--more like a professional conference, actually--but still! We get a hotel room! To ourselves!! For a week and a half!!! I could die.Now the only hard part is making sure we don't gain back all the weight we've worked so hard to take off recently. We both just bought new, smaller, warm-weather clothes so it would be really nice to stay in them for a while. Then, when we don't fit them anymore, it'd better be because they're too big. :)Hey, just about one month til my Zumba certification class. I sold my dvds and cd on ebay to save up for it, and now I'm going through withdrawl. S'all good though, cuz they give you another set when you get certified. Then for only $30 a month I get new s
my new way to eat
2007-06-28 07:12:00
I have found my new way to eat, and it is tapas. :)Have you ever been to a tapas bar? We went to one last night for the first time and it was SO cool. First off, the restaurant doubled as an art gallery for local artists. There was art hanging all over the walls. If it wasn't so expensive I would have bought some--it was really good stuff. But the coolest part was the food.In tapas you get little bitty servings of food. So instead of eating a big entree, and hoping you like it, you get lots of little things and share them around the table. It would be a great thing to do with a group of friends because then you could get everything.We had so much: duck quesedillas, spicy beef empanadas, these incredible roasted pears and so many other things. I can't write much more because I'm on rented time in a little internet cafe but OMG it was so good. Check out www.tututango.com for more. So good.Oh, and the pitcher of margaritas had me under the table by my second little cup. Fresh made! Not
next time i'm staying in a hotel with donut delivery
2007-06-27 09:51:00
I am going to the gym.I am going to the gym.It's right downstairs. I'm already in gym clothes. My hair is up. I just need socks and sneakers. It's right downstairs.I need to go. I want to see 160s when I get home. I have 5 more hours til I have to pick up hubby from the thingie. Plenty of time to work out, shower, maybe even swim. And take a nap, if I really wanted.But I really don't deserve a nap right now--I haven't done anything!And dinner! How am I going to enjoy tonight's big, fancy, birthday dinner if I'm not hungry because all I did all day was sit around drinking coffee, blogging, and napping?!!But oh, that bed. With its mattress pad, and the down duvet. And the big fluffy pillows...so inviting...No! Remember the dinner! Remember that huge piece of cheesecake from last night! Remember the cheese, and the antipasto, and the beef, and the sushi, and the bread dipped in oil! Remember?!?!OK. I'm going. Right now. I'm lacing up my shoes and going. Here I go!! Here I go.Here
eating on vacation, or, bring on the margaritas!
2007-06-26 11:50:00
Well here I am in Florida, spending lots of money on shopping and eating
while my dear hubby goes to his conference all this week. It's Tuesday now and we've been here since Saturday afternoon. We've been to Disney-MGM studios, SeaWorld, the Hard Rock Cafe, and a bunch of little eateries. Between all the walking around theme parks (the walking! ooh, the walking!! and the sweating! 95 degrees, people! Who goes to Florida in June?!) and the eating of good food and drinking of yummy alcoholic beverages (it's the bizarrest thing for those of you who live in MA or any other state where blue laws rule the earth: they just let you walk around! with alcohol! in the streets!) I think (I hope!!) I'll have lost weight by the end of the week. Of course, if I kept my promise to myself to be at the hotel fitness center every day that might be more certain, but...well, there are just too many other things to do.Like get my nose pierced!!Yup, I did. But that's got nothing to do with weight-loss
How to lose inches off your hips, thighs and waist while on vacation:
2007-07-02 00:30:00
Get a room with no fridge. That way, you can't keep any food in your room. So when you want to eat, you have to go out to eat. Since you can't afford to be constantly eating out, you end up eating only when you are absolutely starving.Visit all the theme parks. Stay all day. Walk all over. Be sure to get there at the busiest time so you have to park really far away and things like parking-to-gate shuttles are all full and you have to walk 5 miles from your car to the gate.Try new stuff, like climbing at the local rock gym. Walk through all the funky and/or interesting and/or historical neighborhoods you can find.Go shopping. Walking around a mall is still walking!Two things not worth trying: the hotel fitness center and the hotel stairs. The fitness center is hot, smells like sweat, and only has one treadmill that's always busy. The stairs are hot, smell like sweat, and if you come out on the wrong floor you end up out a fire exit and outside. Locked out. Not sayin I did that. Just
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back to reality
2007-07-06 21:56:00
Hey, did I mention I came back from Florida thinner than when I left?Yeah, that was pretty cool.For the last few days since we came home I've been trying to replicate whatever it was that I did while we were away. Eat breakfast? Check. Lots of sex (because sex=exercise, people!!)? Check.Eat only when very hungry? Stop when just satisfied? Drink lots of water?Um...OK so I still have some stuff to figure out. And how did the whole drinking large quantities of margaritas fit into it all? Oh, right. That might have been cancelled out by the 3 to 8 hours of walking I did just about every day. You didn't know theme parks were good for the hips, did you?! Well, as long as you stay away from those dang junk food vendors. But the walking--the walking is good.Unfortunately I'm having trouble getting in the same amount of exercise as I did on vacation (see abovementioned 3 to 8 hours of walking per day). Because I can only take so many minutes on the treadmill or the arc trainer before I'm cr
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zumba and my booty
2007-07-19 00:00:00
My Zumba certification class is in 10 days, and I still haven't registered.So for the love of all things Zumba and for the reduction of my rear end, go to ebay and bid on all my stuff. You want my stuff, don't you?!! You give me money, I give you my stuff, and I get to register for the certification class I've told everyone I'm taking!! before it sells out.Last night it was hot as hell out and the studio at the Y has been mad hot so I wore some shorty mcshort shorts to Zumba. Boy was that fun! I was in the front of the class and staring at my pasty thighs the whole time, plus I got to try picking the shorts out of my behind without anyone noticing! Fun!! :)(Oh, you're sorry you started reading this, aren't you. Sorry. Anything I write after 1am needs to be approached with caution.)Apparently all my hard work is paying off because an old high school classmate came into the store I work at today and told me he liked my booty
. He was quick to assure me he didn't mean anything, me b
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