Back on track

There was a few weeks there, I was thinking I had reached a stand-still in my weight lost, I was wrong. It seems I just needed to go back to class and needed to keep up with my routine. The past few months I have been using dance dates to keep working up a new number and keep dancing. The holiday months are coming up and I have not signed up for another dance spot.

Now the routine has to continue for my health and not just to get ready for a performance. It hasn’t been easy; the last month has been very stressful. The pups are getting bigger and there has not been that much interest in them. Now there is and it is such a good thing.

As it happens I have always told people that I don’t like to exercise and for the most part it is true. The only reason I do is so that I don’t get huge, well I didn’t exercise regularly for a few years and I did get big. Now these last three years I have been regular in my routines and it has helped. The most progress has been once I introduced belly dancing into my life. The combo of that and Pilates has been great, they really complement each other.

Sure I can say I got into a slump the last two weeks, and now that I have pulled myself out of it I saw results and lose and other 1.5 lbs. I feel great and have continued to dance before work. I feel as if I could keep this up. Going back to class helped me to get inspired to do more.

I was reading a magazine and they were encouraging readers to make exercise a practice and not a goal. Good advice, I need to keep this up not to met a goal, but because it is good for me. If I want to enjoy good health and keep doing the things I enjoy, I had better. Sure some days it’s hard for me to get out of bed, I feel so stiff, it may mean more stretching. Whatever it takes, I just have to keep on track. 

Small Signs

In my 9th week of trying to keep up this exercise routine and it is getting more and more difficult. I don’t have a performance to look forward to and I just have to look at the overall goal of being fit and healthy.


I have to look for little signs that I am making progress. My clothes fit loosely, that is a big factor that helps in keeping my spirits up. Sure I really want a hamburger and soda, I have to remind myself how bad I will feel afterwards. The scale is not always my friend, so I give it a rest. I feel better eating well, that is my sign for the day.

People that haven’t seen me in a while let me know I look well. My eyes seem brighter and less bags around them, so they tell me. Good to know, another small sign, thank you for that.

In the mean time I also try to keep busy around the house. I have been selling off some of my Barbie’s on eBay. The house could be al little lighter as well. All the moving around doesn’t make me tired or sweat, so I feel better just doing my normal chores. I am able to move faster and that feels good as well.

The last month I used a drum solo CD to help with my work out. It has helped and I am still using it. It not as difficult to keep up with, it was before. I know I am making progress when something that was hard isn’t any more.

I only have three more weeks to go on my plan. I have made some great progress and I have lost some weight. After this I will try to keep up with just dancing in the mornings, since I am making it a habit. Having come this far I don’t want to mess it up by going back to old eating habits that got me into this spot in the first place. The things that have helped are a) planning meals b) keep eating salads c) keep using music that inspires me.

I have not had a couch to cheer me on. I have had no one telling me I need to get up and exercise, yet I have been able to do this. Why? I am afraid of having to use insulin in a needle, and I don’t want to be this heavy any more.

Change in the weather

It’s time again for me to get back out in the water, now that all the hot weather is gone and the entire tourist season is over.

I have been out for too long and I get edgy and grumpy when I can’t get back into the water. That’s not fun for my friends and family.

It doesn’t always have to be going off for me to get out there. I just need to feel the cold water around my hands and yes even taste some salt water.

The rest of the time on dry land has been nice now that it is fall again. I love baking and turning on the oven and getting all my cooking done on one afternoon. Also I look forward to snuggling up with my dogs. They always want to get in my lap and watch TV, it’s just hard when it’s really hot and I don’t feel like having my dog pant on me. They don’t seem to ever notice it might be a bother for us humans. Not that they don’t get walks in the summer and love to get out on a cool evening and check out what is going on in the neighborhood.

The pups have had a great time running around the back yard with mom. She teaches them what to bark at and the all follow her around. She sometimes gets tired and gets on top of the picnic table to avoid being trampled by her own pups. They like to run and jump on her; she is patent and nice about it. If they go overboard she lets them know with a little bite or growl. They get the point and stop.

Now that they are all in the house it can get a bit crowded. Not that we mind, it can get difficult when all the dogs want to sit with me, at the same time, since its cooler they help to warm me up.

The chickens are feeling this as well and have been going inside the coop more, at night. During the day they are more comfortable and not as hot, they have been laying eggs more regularly these days. When it’s hot they are too uncomfortable to brew up an egg every day. Too much work when it’s over 100. I can understand that.

After having such hot days, it has been nice to have this change in the weather. Sure I have to bring out the big down comforter, and it’s nice and cozy.

Getting it out there

There are times we have to be quite and listen and other times we need to speak up. One thing that is hard for me to speak up when I need to, I have a tendency to keep things too much to myself.

I just don’t want to complain all the time. I would rather be peaceful; I just have to balance that with speaking up for what I want. There always seems to be one in the family that wants to throw things and the other that wants to collect things.

I have been thinning down my collection of Barbie’s. In the past I have enjoyed them and I love all the outfits. Now, I would rather have the nice outfits than just look at a plastic model show off all her cool outfits and bags.

It would also make me happy to get in and out of all of my rooms in the house and enjoy them. Rather than have all the clutter around. Once I get that done, I don’t want to fill it with and thing else and I need the rest of my family on board.


There are other things I need to get off my chest; I just can’t do it all at once. The one thing I can do is keep working towards my goal of losing weight and being healthier. I have lost two more pounds this week and feel so much better.

I am going to get back out on my surf board, losing all this weight will help me to be better out there. And I will get to relax more and get out of the house. I can’t afford to go out all the time but I can’t stay in all the time either. Low cost outings are the order of the day.

As for the rest, I will get it out in the open and get it off my chest. I need to in order to move on. Otherwise I will just end up holding on to all this toxic mess and that does no one any good. Losing two more pounds does me good, I have to say. Just getting it out there.