Getting Back On The Diet Bandwagon

This week and last my friends Umu and Yolanda have urged 

me to get back into shape with them at the gym with Zumba. 

I started doing it last year for 2 or more classes then stopped

because I couldn't go that far to the Zumba classes that every

one else was going to. I'm now making it in to the one just 

a couple of blocks away with a Free 7 day pass. 

Right now it's not in the budget to attend the classes. So after

the 7 day period, I'm going to resort to watching them on 

YouTube and following along there until I can buy it on Wii

and do it anytime here at home. I was so glad to find out that

today through fellow blogger Renee that Zumba came out for

Wii during the holidays or something like that. 

I gained like 8 pounds or so during the holidays and I'm now

willing to part ways with all the extra baggage and love handles

that I've been lugging around...about 150 pounds.

I've been drinking more water about a gallon a day according

to my weight. It was hard at first but it's been getting easier by

the day. The kids love that I've been going to the gym. Every

time we pass it my 6 yo asks if I plan on going that day and 

to take her along too. They're pretty good at keeping me in 

check. The other day Loni came in to the kitchen while I was

eating my salad and he says, "You know, Dr. Oz said that it's

healthier to eat a peanut butter & jelly sandwich than eating a

salad!" I was shocked and started laughing..then I asked him

where he got that from and he said that he once saw it the 

Dr. Oz show.  Gotta love these kids. They say the darndest 

things. 

Gym and Avatar Yesterday..

Official Avatar Movie

 

 This morning I got up early and cleaned house

knowing that I had to be at the 10:30 am Zumba

class on time. Kids ate breakfast and got their

morning showers, while I finished up the last of

my laundry to do. By the time we found a parking

and got the kids signed into Kids Club I was 

already 28 minutes late for the Zumba class & 

it was jam packed to the back. So I ended up doing

weights & then went to the treadmill and the 

eliptical machine to finish off my last 20 minutes

before I get the kids and head out to drop them

off at home with Mel, while I run to the church.

 

12:00pm- I'm meeting with a friend who wants to 

meet for lunch and talk about life insurance. 

 

12:30pm-3:10pm- Meet up with Lani and the 

girls to go watch Avatar at Lloyd Center. 

[we ended upbooking for the 3D movie at

3:10 pm] so we killed time at the mall waiting

and picking up the rest of the girls for YW, 

a total of 15 girls, our teacher, Mapa & us 

advisors. We should've gone shopping for 

our food supplies for The Youth Snow Trip

this Saturday but we weren't able to go with

So I was feeling really guilty the whole time

I was out & Lani could tell I was uneasy.

So she told me to just enjoy my one night out

& to let Mel bond with his own kids..lol.

yes, she's right.

6:00pm - We're finished watching Avatar & it

was a really fun activity night with all the girls. 

After the movies everyone was taking pictures and

rowdy just waiting for their parents to pick them

up or get dropped off. 

7:00pm- I get home to crying kids and apologize 

for being gone so long and dh is not so happy with

my day filled activities. But this is a first for me to 

be away from home & the kids this long.

Starting Up with The Gym

So I decided to go to 24 Hour Fitness to get in 
on the Zumba craze with the free 7 day pass I 
tried to print out yesterday. That wasn't succes
sful so I just went in with both the kids. It was 
a great experience.

One of the girls up front helped me sign in
the kids to the kids section and then she 
showed me around the whole place. I really
liked it alot and felt really excited as we
walked around. 

I want to come back as soon as possible to get 
started. When we got back after seeing every
thing, her manager told her that he's signing 
me up and I thanked her. I was hoping that she
would sign me up, because this guy wasn't even
listening to me. I told him I wanted to try it 
out for the first 7 days because I signed up for 
it online and he just kept trying to sign me up 
for some $50 monthly membership and told me
that they would need the money that day for 1st 
and last month up front with a credit/debit card.

I told this guy that I'll start with the $30 some
thing a month and that's it. I never got my 7 
day free pass to try things out and am debating
whether I should try out another place instead. 


But, I desperately want to get started with the
Zumba classes that I just went ahead and took
the lowest deal just to get in. So anyways, I 
picked up the kids from the kids club and they
didn't want to leave. They said it's so fun and 
they wanted to come back the next day. Looks 
like we'll be back on Monday morning for the
Zumba class at 10 am..yay:)