5 straight days of working out!!

Okay so I've had this goal forever to workout every day except Sunday. Something has always happened to be a good enough excuse to not do it. But I have worked out every single day since Monday. And worked out HARD!

Monday - Jazzercise for 60 minutes. And just in case you aren't familiar with the awesomeness that is Jazzercise, it's dance aerobics, and then strength training. It's my favorite way to work out. I like to pretend I'm just dancing, and not exercising, even though sweat is literally pouring off of me. And then the strength training is pretty intense, although varies a lot by teacher. Some instructors totally kick my butt, and others are a lot easier, but still a good workout.

Tuesday - Ran 2.4 miles while pushing about 60 lb of kid in stroller. I ran for a 1/10 of a mile, than walked a 1/10. Did that the whole time. Occasionally running 2/10. And sometimes walking a little longer because I was carrying about 35 of the 60lb of kids. It was a beautiful day. Hard workout but felt so good.

Wednesday - Jazz'd it up

Thurday - ran for 30 minutese. Up and down hills. I cried. It sucked.

Today - Again Jazz.

Tomorrow I plan on going for a "long" run. I don't know, I want to see if I can run 3 miles. And at least 1 without stopping. But it's kind of depending on the weather. I just don't have the dedication to run in freezing rain. But if it is raining I'll run up and down my stairs or something.

Yaaay for 5 days of exercise!!!

And now to NOT celebrate with delicious pumpkin cake......

I read an article today about weight loss. It had a lot of things I've heard before but never really let sink in.

One of the things it said was that it's a myth that the muscle owns the fat in front of it. For example, your ab muscles own your belly fat. So by doing crunches you are burning belly fat. Apparently not. Of course crunches and all that do something. You burn calories. But unfortunately we don't get to decide where our bodies will take that fat from.

I've lost 3lbs so far.

And I swear it's all from my boobs! WTH!

So anyway, Jazzercise is really good because you work large muscle groups, and I just really trust that the instructor knows what she's doing. I'm not worrying much about my workouts right now because I really think right now for me, just following the leader is best.

I've pinpointed another bad habit. I pick. I guess I've mentioned this before. But seriously, I am so gross with what I will eat. We went to Chipotle for dinner tonight (I know, big dieter no-no, right? Totally breaks like every rule of my last post. But I tried to stay on the healthy side and I made sure I had enough cals for it..). We brought a bag home with some left overs. That lasted about 30 seconds after we walked in the door. Then I went to throw the bag away, and noticed about 5 little black beans that had fallen out of the burrito. I scarfed em. Along with whatever shreds of lettuce were stuck to them. I do stuff like this ALL THE TIME. It must add up. And I don't ever count it, because how many cals are in 5 flippin' black beans?! But like I said, doing this all day I'm sure adds up. I'll have to work on catching myself. Sometimes I pretend like I'm in a reality show and all of you are watching me. How lame am I? But it helps. I keep joking with Aaron that my people are watching, so I have to be good. He thinks knows that I'm pretty much nuts.

Tomorrow night for dinner I'm making Shrimp Fried Brown Rice. It follows all the rules. I'll post the recipe after I make it and let you know what we think. It contains Bok Choy. Since I'm pretty sure I have no idea what that is, it must be good for you.