Bank, Cheer practice, Zumba, Cheesecake, and Dog Walks

Hello everyone,
     Today was another busy day. Work was ok, just work. After work, my husband and I had an appointment with the bank to go over our info for our loan. I then had to run home to change for cheer gymnastics practice. I brought Phoebe because I didn't want her home by herself, but she had to hang in the car. After practice, I went to pick up Smelly Jr and we went to the store to get ingredients for a raspberry cheesecake...Don't worry, I didn't eat it. The cheerleaders are working for tips at the Elks Lodge burger night and I was put in charge of dessert. When we had the ingredients, we went up to my work's exercise room and zumba'd for an hour. It was a blast, but a total work out. My Aunt joined us and I think she may be hooked. After Zumba, Smelly Jr came over to hang out and bake cheesecake. Whilst the cheesecake baked, we took Phoebe for a walk. We talked about expectations and how they can sometimes be unfair. Everybody has something they are expected to achieve, but fall short of. Whether it is obtainable or not, it doesn't make you feel less shameful about it. And the funny thing about shame, is it makes you feel sorry for yourself. Ex: I can't believe I gained so much weight. I wish I had a fast metabolism or lived in an area of Africa where my weight would be valued....just an example. It can make you feel like doo-doo. But what Smelly Jr and I talked about was how we had to come to an acceptance of our expectations. We had to realize that the expectations aren't likely to change, but we can find a way to live with it and set our own (at times more reasonable, at times not so much) expectations. Also, we need to appreciate our accomplishments and appreciate other people's because it's easy to overlook them. Ex: my cheerleader's are at different levels; which happens on every team and should be embraced. However, it can happen that you overlook somebody finally getting a handstand because someone else just did a backhand spring or flip-flop. Everyone does it, but we talked about how it is important to make an effort to acknowledge their hard work.

Anywho, I have burned 3332 calories by 11pm; 392 of which were from an hour of Zumba. I haven't calculated my calories yet, but I have had a sugar free soy vanilla chai (SF soy vanill chai)  2 cups of honey nut cheerios with fat free milk, a drumstick ice cream cone (from a well-intentioned co-worker), a yogurt & banana, and a spoonful of cheesecake batter. so, I am hoping I have hit a decent deficit.

body bugg

Hello all,
   Today is Biggest Loser Tuesday!!! (and Glee). It a packed day for me. I went to work and did our Federal 941 reports and our State Unemployment reports. After that, Alex and I went to look at a house. It was a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house. It was super cute and in a good location. As soon as we were done with that, we went to the bank to begin the process of a loan commitment application. Which is basically where you give the bank all your info and they commit to loaning you a certain amount. Well, as soon as I thought we had just 2 houses to decide between, my uncle informed me of another house that is a 5 bedroom and would be willing to rent to us until we are ready to buy...which is a big plus because we have to be out of our rental by August 1st and have no real prospects. This evening, I had to attend the Tribal Council meeting to speak about why I should be switched full time to the accounting department instead of splitting my time between accounting and a grant. Now, I get to wait until tomorrow to figure out if they have made a decision. :S

On the diet front...
I have lost no weight. I am bummed, but I understand why. I need to up my exercise a lot. Which Zumba should help with. I have also begun the Body Bugg program; which helped me loose a good amount of weight this last diet. Basically the program counts your calories in and monitors your calories out. You get a device (a body bugg) that is strapped to your arm and measures the amount of sweat you release, your steps, your body heat, and your steps to conclude the amount of calories you have expended. You then enter the foods you eat (very accurately) into an online program. The program can give you nutritional info on your diet, graph your progress, and most importantly: tell you how many calories you need to eat and burn in order to lose a certain amount of weight each week. So if I want to lose 2 lbs a week, I need to expend 7000 more calories than I eat by the end of the week....so far today, I have burned 2009 calories and eaten 1640. So I have a calorie deficit of 369...no where near the 1000 a day I need to burn..but not bad considering I have not exercised today.  I will keep you updated on the body bugg stuff.

Zumba is here!

Hello readers,
    Today, I received my Zumba DVDs in the mail. I was super pumped! I thought they would never get here. After work, I took my niece to her t-ball practice because her mom didn't have enough of a notice to take time off work. Let me just say...SHE IS AMAZING! she was smackin that ball pretty far for a five year old. She also understood how the bases worked pretty quickly and was throwing to first with great aim. I am pretty proud of the lil thing. After t-ball practice, Bean, Dukey, and I had pot roast at Dukey's house. It was nice to just hang out and talk with them. When we finished, it was only 6:30. I text-up Smelly Jr and asked if she would like to join Dukey and I for some Zumba. I thought it would be a decent work out, kinda cheesy, etc...It kicked our butts! and it was pretty fun. We definitely looked ridiculous, but we looked ridiculous together. The sad thing is, most of our work out was learning the steps. I can't wait to do it again! I recommend it to everybody, it's way fun!

Also, I forgot to weigh myself this morning so I will have a weight update tomorrow. :) I hope you all have a great Tuesday!