Day 2 of the New Year
After Christmas I bought myself this Zumba set to SHAKE up
my workouts this year.
This morning I Stepped into Zumba with the Step by Step DVD
to learn the basic steps. I have only
done one Zumba class before, so instead of rushing right into the harder
workouts, I thought I would start off with the basics this morning. Since it was tough rolling out of bed early
this morning, post holidays, I was okay with taking it easy today.
Yes I have done other dance workouts and I could probably
get the hang of it quickly, I don’t want to take the chance of getting
injured. That would most definitely
SUCK!!!
I loved the Zumba workout that I did at the fitness center
early last year and I have wanted to purchase a workout like this for a while
now. At Can Fit Pro last summer, I
looked at the complete Zumba Workout set that they offered at the Zumba booth,
but I did not buy it then. But now I
have this version of the workout, and it should be a lot of fun. Depending on what time I wake up in the
morning will determine which workout I do.
I may repeat the Step by Step and do the 20 minute workout that was
included in the package. Over the
weekend I will plan out my workouts for next week.
Today while the kids were playing out the back in the snow,
I whipped up a batch of Tosca Reno’s Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Yogurt
Frosting, taken from her Vegetarian Cookbook.
I did have to make one change though…I didn’t have any yogurt to make
the “Yogurt Cheese” as she calls it, so I used low fat Ricotta Cheese instead
of the yogurt. The frosting was good but
not as smooth and creamy as I’m sure it would have been with using the
yogurt. Next time I will make sure I
have yogurt on hand.
I ate two of these today.
The first one I ate while it was still warm. The second, in the afternoon, cooled down totally.
The second one was much better than the first.
I will get back to posted more food pictures next week along
with some more recipes. As I mentioned
as few posts ago, I took a break over the holidays from picture taking and
posting, but it’s a brand new year now and some of you may need some brand new
inspiration…OR…Maybe just a kick in the pants.
Please don’t fall into the trap of making the same New Year’s Resolution
that everyone else is making…“To go on a diet and lose weight”. Instead, commit yourself to a journey of life
long healthy eating and fitness. Not
just any journey though, make it YOUR journey.
Make sure it is a journey that you will continue on through thick and
through thin. Becoming “A Healthier
Version of YOU” will not be easy, and that’s okay. You have to challenge yourself for things to
change. Don’t expect to lose crazy
amounts of weight overnight, you didn’t put it on overnight, so don’t expect to
lose it that fast. There is no miracle
pill, so stop searching for it. If you
train hard, eat clean and have fun with it, you WILL see and feel the results.
Start this year off right by drinking up your water, flush
out the holiday treats with good old H2O. I will admit that over the holidays I did not
drink nearly as much water as I normally do.
Some days were good, some not so good.
I have made up for it today though; I drank 144oz of water. And yes, I have been peeing a lot too.
I must get my butt in bed now. I didn’t get a very good sleep last night
because my kids were still awake after my husband and I went to bed. They came into our room complaining about
something and woke us both up. I just
told them to “GET BACK TO BED”. I heard
them go back into the other bedroom and it sounded like they were jumping on
the bed. I have no idea what time the
ended up crashing and I didn’t really care because they didn’t have to get up
early this morning. So I figured they
would just sleep in this morning. Well
that wasn't the case. As soon as the
first daycare kids arrived, I heard my daughter yell down the stairs…“We didn’t
sleep last night!” I just shook my head
and laughed. Shortly after that my son
was up too. I will have to get them into
bed earlier starting tonight and tomorrow night to prep them for school next
week.
Well it’s Zumba time in the morning so I will say good night
to you now and go to bed. 5:30am comes
very quick.
Until then…Stay Strong!
Trina
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