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. 