Thought for the day:
I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.
-Carl Sandburg
Last week had a few challenges, Doughnuts, Pizza and Junk Food. We had guests at work last week so the company provided a luncheon complete with Pizza, Salad and cookies, two out of three are trigger foods for me and it was really a trial to only eat one slice of Veggie Pizza and I stayed as far from the cookies as possible and tried to fill up on salad.
Saturday was weigh in day and I lost 0.2 pounds, after all the temptations guess I'm lucky I didn't gain.
I did finally get a couple of recipes worked out and I'm quite pleased with the results.
Southern cooking doesn't have to be fattening, this is a slimmed down version of a home-style classic.
Chicken "Fried" Steak
Ingredients
1/2 cup(s) whole wheat flour
1/3 cup(s) Egg Beaters Refrigerated Egg Whites
1/8 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp table salt
1 spray(s) cooking spray
12 oz Flat Iron Steak, raw, cut into 4 portions and pounded to about 1/3" thick
1 tsp hot pepper sauce
3/4 tsp paprika
1/2 cup(s) Progresso® Bread crumbs Panko crispy bread crumbs - plain
1 cup(s) General Mills Fiber One, crushed to a bread-crumb like consistency
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil and place a wire rack on top, set aside. Place the flour in a shallow dish, add the salt and pepper and stir to mix; combine the Panko, Fiber -One crumbles and paprika in another shallow dish. In a shallow bowl whisk the hot sauce into the egg-whites. Dredge the steak pieces in the flour then dip them into the egg white mixture and dredge in the Panko/Fiber-One crumbs and place on the wire rack. Spray generously with the cooking spray and bake in the oven for about 10-12 minutes or until crispy.
Serves 4
Weight Watchers Points-6
Sausage Gravy
Ingredients
2 item(s) Jimmy Dean Fully cooked turkey sausage patties
1 cup(s) fat-free chicken broth
1/2 cup(s) Land O Lakes Fat-free Gourmet Half & Half
1/2 cup(s) fat-free skim milk
1 Tbsp light butter
1/4 tsp table salt, or to taste
1/8 tsp black pepper, or to taste
2 Tbsp Argo Corn Starch
Instructions
In a nonstick skillet, heat sausage patties, breaking up into small pieces. Remove from the skillet and set aside . Place the butter in the skillet and heat over low heat until melted, whisk in the chicken broth, milk and 1/4 cup of the half and half. dissolve the cornstarch in the other 1/4 cup of half and half and whisk into the liquid in the skillet, cook until thickened, add sausage crumbles.
Serves 4
Weight Watchers Points: 2
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
I'm Not A Health Nut
Thought for the day:
"The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling."
~Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990
When I declined a doughnut at work last week a coworker accused me of being a "Health Nut". I had to laugh out loud, because I can't think of anything further from the truth. I've committed myself to attaining a healthy weight and changing my lifestyle to achieve and I hope, maintain that goal.
Not exactly the stuff of which "Health Nuts" are made, at least I don't think so. I know for a fact that I will, one day, eat a doughnut. I'll do it when I have planned for it and decided that a doughnut is really where I want to use my points. I think that having treats that aren't necessarily healthy is not going to kill anyone, but for me would impede my progress toward a healthy Body Mass Index. I also know doughnuts are one of my trigger foods and I would certainly not stop with just one.
Yesterday was weigh in day and I'm proud to say I lost 3.4 lbs. YEA! ME!
I haven't really done anything different the past two weeks, those stubborn pounds have just been coming off, maybe my fat cells have just gotten tired of fighting so hard to stay on my butt. Anyway, the losses of last couple of weeks feel really good and have made up for that plateau I was so frustrated about.
This weekend, I'm not reviewing the past week, I'm just enjoying the results.
Here is a recipe for what I think is a pretty good swap for a "McDonald's Sausage and Egg Burrito".
Breakfast Burrito
Ingredients
1/4 cup Egg Beaters
1 Fully cooked turkey sausage link
1/8 cup shredded fat-free cheddar cheese
1 Mission® Carb balance whole wheat tortillas - fajita size
1/8 cup salsa
cooking spray
Instructions
Spray a microwave safe bowl or cup with cooking spray , add the eggbeaters and microwave for 1-1.5 minutes or until done. while the eggbeaters are cooking cut the sausage link into 1/4" slices. when the eggbeaters are cooked, remove from the microwave and heat the sausage for .5-1 min or until hot, remove and place the tortilla in the microwave and heat 5-10 seconds and remove. place the eggbeaters on the tortilla, breaking them up, add the sausage, cheese and salsa and roll up to contain the filling. Enjoy.
I often eat this during my commute to work.
"The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling."
~Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990
When I declined a doughnut at work last week a coworker accused me of being a "Health Nut". I had to laugh out loud, because I can't think of anything further from the truth. I've committed myself to attaining a healthy weight and changing my lifestyle to achieve and I hope, maintain that goal.
Not exactly the stuff of which "Health Nuts" are made, at least I don't think so. I know for a fact that I will, one day, eat a doughnut. I'll do it when I have planned for it and decided that a doughnut is really where I want to use my points. I think that having treats that aren't necessarily healthy is not going to kill anyone, but for me would impede my progress toward a healthy Body Mass Index. I also know doughnuts are one of my trigger foods and I would certainly not stop with just one.
Yesterday was weigh in day and I'm proud to say I lost 3.4 lbs. YEA! ME!
I haven't really done anything different the past two weeks, those stubborn pounds have just been coming off, maybe my fat cells have just gotten tired of fighting so hard to stay on my butt. Anyway, the losses of last couple of weeks feel really good and have made up for that plateau I was so frustrated about.
This weekend, I'm not reviewing the past week, I'm just enjoying the results.
Here is a recipe for what I think is a pretty good swap for a "McDonald's Sausage and Egg Burrito".
Breakfast Burrito
Ingredients
1/4 cup Egg Beaters
1 Fully cooked turkey sausage link
1/8 cup shredded fat-free cheddar cheese
1 Mission® Carb balance whole wheat tortillas - fajita size
1/8 cup salsa
cooking spray
Instructions
Spray a microwave safe bowl or cup with cooking spray , add the eggbeaters and microwave for 1-1.5 minutes or until done. while the eggbeaters are cooking cut the sausage link into 1/4" slices. when the eggbeaters are cooked, remove from the microwave and heat the sausage for .5-1 min or until hot, remove and place the tortilla in the microwave and heat 5-10 seconds and remove. place the eggbeaters on the tortilla, breaking them up, add the sausage, cheese and salsa and roll up to contain the filling. Enjoy.
I often eat this during my commute to work.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Comfort Food
Thought for the day:
"Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice."
-Wayne Dyer
Today was tough, I was HUNGRY all day! It was really a challenge to stay on program, I was also feeling nostalgic; for comfort food.
I don't know why, maybe it's the cooler weather, or the falling leaves, whatever; I just want the kind of yummy stuff I ate as a kid. I want a hot dog, a bowl of alphabet soup, celery sticks, apple slices and a cupcake.
Hey! That was one of my favorite Grade School lunches. The hot dog was wrapped in a slice of white bread that had been spread with mustard, then it was baked until the bread was crisp and toasty. The celery sticks were spread with either peanut butter or "Cheese Whiz" and we all ways got a couple of oatmeal cookies or a cupcake for dessert.
Thanks to Hebrew National 97% fat free all beef hot dogs, Healthy Life bread, Campbell's, and Laughing Cow products this meal is do-able for about 7 points, even with the cupcake.
Here is how it happens and the Grand kids like it too.
Campbell's Vegetarian Vegetable soup prepared has only 90 calories per cup and with only 0.5 gm of fat and 2 gm of fiber it amounts to 1 Weight Watchers point.
Hebrew National 97% fat free all beef hot dogs have 40 calories and one gm of fat per hot dog and are 1 Weight Watchers point. Microwave for 1 minute.
Healthy Life White bread has 40 calories, 1 fat gm and 5 gm of fiber and is not quite a point.
Spread yellow mustard on one side of the bread and wrap it around the hot dog securing with a toothpick. Spray with butter flavored cooking spray and bake at 350 degrees in a toaster oven for about 5-7 minutes or until toasted.
Laughing Cow Lite cheese wedges are 35 calories and 1 gm of fat for 1 Weight Watchers point.
Just spread a wedge of the cheese on one rib of celery and cut into 2 inch long pieces.
Slice up an apple. 1 Weight Watchers point.
Surprise Cupcakes
1 box of Jiffy Yellow cake mix
1/2 cup of unsweetened applesauce
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 egg white
1/2 cup of water
1/4 cup of sugar free jelly or jam any flavor
1cup of Cool Whip Free
1 container sugar free Jello Vanilla pudding
Pre-heat over to 350 degrees. Spray a 12 cup muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray or line with paper cupcake liners.
In a large mixing bowl combine the cake mix and baking powder. Add the applesauce, egg-white and water, then stir until blended. Evenly distribute the cake mixture among the cups. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Cool.
Place the jelly/jam in the bottom corner of a plastic bag. Snip the corner off with scissors. You will use this to pipe the jelly/jam into the cupcakes. (A pastry bag fitted with a 1/4" tip could also be used)
Use a knife to poke a small hole in the center of each cupcake. Use the plastic bag to squeeze the jelly/jam evenly into the holes you made in the cupcakes.
Fold the pudding into the Cool Whip and use this to frost the cupcakes.
Makes 12 cupcakes
Each cupcake counts as 2 Weight Watchers points
These are so yummy! For variety you could also use sugar free/fat free pudding as filling.
"Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice."
-Wayne Dyer
Today was tough, I was HUNGRY all day! It was really a challenge to stay on program, I was also feeling nostalgic; for comfort food.
I don't know why, maybe it's the cooler weather, or the falling leaves, whatever; I just want the kind of yummy stuff I ate as a kid. I want a hot dog, a bowl of alphabet soup, celery sticks, apple slices and a cupcake.
Hey! That was one of my favorite Grade School lunches. The hot dog was wrapped in a slice of white bread that had been spread with mustard, then it was baked until the bread was crisp and toasty. The celery sticks were spread with either peanut butter or "Cheese Whiz" and we all ways got a couple of oatmeal cookies or a cupcake for dessert.
Thanks to Hebrew National 97% fat free all beef hot dogs, Healthy Life bread, Campbell's, and Laughing Cow products this meal is do-able for about 7 points, even with the cupcake.
Here is how it happens and the Grand kids like it too.
Campbell's Vegetarian Vegetable soup prepared has only 90 calories per cup and with only 0.5 gm of fat and 2 gm of fiber it amounts to 1 Weight Watchers point.
Hebrew National 97% fat free all beef hot dogs have 40 calories and one gm of fat per hot dog and are 1 Weight Watchers point. Microwave for 1 minute.
Healthy Life White bread has 40 calories, 1 fat gm and 5 gm of fiber and is not quite a point.
Spread yellow mustard on one side of the bread and wrap it around the hot dog securing with a toothpick. Spray with butter flavored cooking spray and bake at 350 degrees in a toaster oven for about 5-7 minutes or until toasted.
Laughing Cow Lite cheese wedges are 35 calories and 1 gm of fat for 1 Weight Watchers point.
Just spread a wedge of the cheese on one rib of celery and cut into 2 inch long pieces.
Slice up an apple. 1 Weight Watchers point.
Surprise Cupcakes
1 box of Jiffy Yellow cake mix
1/2 cup of unsweetened applesauce
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 egg white
1/2 cup of water
1/4 cup of sugar free jelly or jam any flavor
1cup of Cool Whip Free
1 container sugar free Jello Vanilla pudding
Pre-heat over to 350 degrees. Spray a 12 cup muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray or line with paper cupcake liners.
In a large mixing bowl combine the cake mix and baking powder. Add the applesauce, egg-white and water, then stir until blended. Evenly distribute the cake mixture among the cups. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Cool.
Place the jelly/jam in the bottom corner of a plastic bag. Snip the corner off with scissors. You will use this to pipe the jelly/jam into the cupcakes. (A pastry bag fitted with a 1/4" tip could also be used)
Use a knife to poke a small hole in the center of each cupcake. Use the plastic bag to squeeze the jelly/jam evenly into the holes you made in the cupcakes.
Fold the pudding into the Cool Whip and use this to frost the cupcakes.
Makes 12 cupcakes
Each cupcake counts as 2 Weight Watchers points
These are so yummy! For variety you could also use sugar free/fat free pudding as filling.
Monday, September 13, 2010
I Think I Can
Thought for the day:
"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."
-Henry Ford
Another busy week, I didn't know whether I was coming or going last week. My mind and body needed rest so badly that I stayed off the computer all weekend.
Saturday was my weigh in day and I lost this time, 3.2 pounds, YAY! ME!
The weekend I worked on cleaning out closets and playing with recipes. Having grown up on southern style food, many of my favorites are laden with fat and high on calories so it's important to me to find swaps so I can get the flavor without the fat. It isn't easy, as butter and bacon fat makes just about everything taste better and are major players in southern cuisine. There are three recipes I particularly want to get lightened up. The first is my Lemon Bars which are getting close to the way I want them to taste, getting the right crust is the tricky part. The other two are Shrimp and Grits and Chicken Fried Steaks with Sausage Gravy and I'm in no way close to getting a good tasting light version.
The week in review:
What I did right:
a. Ate Breakfast daily.
b. Kept a diary of every bite that crossed my lips.
c. Drank extra water due to the heat and my increase in activity.
d. Exercised 4 days last week.
What I can do better-
a. Get enough sleep. I still struggle with this.
b. Manage to exercise 6 days this week.
c. Work out some new recipes to help prevent boredom.
d. Take a 30 minute walk at least 3 days of the week.
"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right."
-Henry Ford
Another busy week, I didn't know whether I was coming or going last week. My mind and body needed rest so badly that I stayed off the computer all weekend.
Saturday was my weigh in day and I lost this time, 3.2 pounds, YAY! ME!
The weekend I worked on cleaning out closets and playing with recipes. Having grown up on southern style food, many of my favorites are laden with fat and high on calories so it's important to me to find swaps so I can get the flavor without the fat. It isn't easy, as butter and bacon fat makes just about everything taste better and are major players in southern cuisine. There are three recipes I particularly want to get lightened up. The first is my Lemon Bars which are getting close to the way I want them to taste, getting the right crust is the tricky part. The other two are Shrimp and Grits and Chicken Fried Steaks with Sausage Gravy and I'm in no way close to getting a good tasting light version.
The week in review:
What I did right:
a. Ate Breakfast daily.
b. Kept a diary of every bite that crossed my lips.
c. Drank extra water due to the heat and my increase in activity.
d. Exercised 4 days last week.
What I can do better-
a. Get enough sleep. I still struggle with this.
b. Manage to exercise 6 days this week.
c. Work out some new recipes to help prevent boredom.
d. Take a 30 minute walk at least 3 days of the week.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Plateau
Thought for the day:
"A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving."
~Ayn Rand
I think I've reached a plateau, no weight loss this week. Despite staying on point and additional exercise I didn't drop a single ounce. Argg!
This was a holiday weekend, Labor Day, the unofficial end of Summer. So I labored; I pulled binder vines out of one of my flower beds, then removed the plants I want to save and transplanted them to an empty bed for the winter. I want to treat the area with some ground clear to kill the roots out. It will be barren for a while but I can start fresh in the spring with no binder vine. The stuff spreads like Kudzu.
So I've had plenty of physical activity this weekend.
Since it was Labor Day, I did fix a sort of festive meal this evening. I grilled some pork loin sauteed green beans with onion garlic and walnuts and made a mock potato salad using fat free Mayo, low fat sour cream, rice vinegar, mustard and ranch dressing mix for the dressing and steamed cauliflower, egg whites, chopped dill pickle, chopped celery and chopped chives for the part to be dressed and I'm not missing the potatoes at all. This was accompanied by a very simple little tomato, basil and mozzarella salad dressed with a drizzle of Balsamic vinegar reduction. I also made some Lemon bars, that were tasty, but could use some work. I'm thinking a little freshly grated ginger root would up the flavor factor and give these bars that little something that they need.
Mock Southern Style Potato Salad
Ingredients
4 cup(s) cauliflower, roughly chopped
6 item(s) egg white(s), boiled, chilled and chopped
1/2 cup(s) Hidden Valley Fat Free Original Ranch
1 cup(s) Kraft Fat-Free Mayonnaise Dressing
1/8 cup(s) fat-free sour cream
2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
3 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1/4 cup(s) chives, chopped
1/2 item(s) Boar's Head Whole Kosher dill pickle, large chopped (about 2 Tbsp.)
1 cup(s) red onion(s), chopped
3/4 cup(s) celery, chopped
1/8 cup(s) Martha White Spud Flakes Instant Mashed Potatoes Mix
1/4 tsp table salt
10 cup(s) water
1 tsp paprika
Instructions
Place cauliflower, salt and water in a microwave safe dish, cover and steam in the microwave oven at 100% power for 8-10 minutes or until tender, drain and cool completely .
Place 1 cup of the cauliflower with the mashed potato flakes,mayonnaise, sour cream, Ranch salad dressing, rice wine vinegar and Dijon mustard in a blender jar and puree.
In a large bowl toss the remaining cauliflower with the onion, celery, dill pickle, chives,and egg whites.
Gently fold the contents of the blender jar into the ingredients in the bowl, sprinkle with the paprika and chill.
Servings: 10
Weight Watches Points: 1
I'll share the Lemon Bar recipe when I tweak it up a bit.
What I did right:
a. Ate Breakfast daily.
b. Kept a diary of every bite that crossed my lips.
c. Drank extra water due to the heat and my increase in activity.
d. Exercised 5 days last week.
What I can do better-
a. Get enough sleep. I still struggle with this.
b. Manage to exercise 6 days this week.
c. Work out some new recipes to help prevent boredom.
d. Take a 30 minute walk at least 3 days of the week.
"A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving."
~Ayn Rand
I think I've reached a plateau, no weight loss this week. Despite staying on point and additional exercise I didn't drop a single ounce. Argg!
This was a holiday weekend, Labor Day, the unofficial end of Summer. So I labored; I pulled binder vines out of one of my flower beds, then removed the plants I want to save and transplanted them to an empty bed for the winter. I want to treat the area with some ground clear to kill the roots out. It will be barren for a while but I can start fresh in the spring with no binder vine. The stuff spreads like Kudzu.
So I've had plenty of physical activity this weekend.
Since it was Labor Day, I did fix a sort of festive meal this evening. I grilled some pork loin sauteed green beans with onion garlic and walnuts and made a mock potato salad using fat free Mayo, low fat sour cream, rice vinegar, mustard and ranch dressing mix for the dressing and steamed cauliflower, egg whites, chopped dill pickle, chopped celery and chopped chives for the part to be dressed and I'm not missing the potatoes at all. This was accompanied by a very simple little tomato, basil and mozzarella salad dressed with a drizzle of Balsamic vinegar reduction. I also made some Lemon bars, that were tasty, but could use some work. I'm thinking a little freshly grated ginger root would up the flavor factor and give these bars that little something that they need.
Mock Southern Style Potato Salad
Ingredients
4 cup(s) cauliflower, roughly chopped
6 item(s) egg white(s), boiled, chilled and chopped
1/2 cup(s) Hidden Valley Fat Free Original Ranch
1 cup(s) Kraft Fat-Free Mayonnaise Dressing
1/8 cup(s) fat-free sour cream
2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
3 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1/4 cup(s) chives, chopped
1/2 item(s) Boar's Head Whole Kosher dill pickle, large chopped (about 2 Tbsp.)
1 cup(s) red onion(s), chopped
3/4 cup(s) celery, chopped
1/8 cup(s) Martha White Spud Flakes Instant Mashed Potatoes Mix
1/4 tsp table salt
10 cup(s) water
1 tsp paprika
Instructions
Place cauliflower, salt and water in a microwave safe dish, cover and steam in the microwave oven at 100% power for 8-10 minutes or until tender, drain and cool completely .
Place 1 cup of the cauliflower with the mashed potato flakes,mayonnaise, sour cream, Ranch salad dressing, rice wine vinegar and Dijon mustard in a blender jar and puree.
In a large bowl toss the remaining cauliflower with the onion, celery, dill pickle, chives,and egg whites.
Gently fold the contents of the blender jar into the ingredients in the bowl, sprinkle with the paprika and chill.
Servings: 10
Weight Watches Points: 1
I'll share the Lemon Bar recipe when I tweak it up a bit.
What I did right:
a. Ate Breakfast daily.
b. Kept a diary of every bite that crossed my lips.
c. Drank extra water due to the heat and my increase in activity.
d. Exercised 5 days last week.
What I can do better-
a. Get enough sleep. I still struggle with this.
b. Manage to exercise 6 days this week.
c. Work out some new recipes to help prevent boredom.
d. Take a 30 minute walk at least 3 days of the week.
Friday, September 3, 2010
New Jeans
Thought for the day:
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."
~Thomas A. Edison
I wore a new pair of jeans to work today, in a smaller size, I was looking great and feeling better. I think I looked better in jeans than I have in at least 10 years, maybe more. I'm still glowing from the complements my co-workers showered me with.
It may just be my imagination, but I think a man at the grocery store was hitting on me. I'm really not sure, because I was just trying to get groceries, it's been a long time since I've attracted a man's attention and I was not flirting, but still, he was pretty friendly.
Not that I'm interested, but it is nice to think someone of the opposite sex noticed that I looked good.
I am so going shopping for a 2nd pair of those jeans!
This week I have been so hungry, I've used every activity point I earned about half of my flex points. I'm gonna have to either work out like crazy this weekend or keep to the lowest of points on my food choices.
This is a holiday weekend too.
Tomorrow is my weigh in day and I hope I lost. I have been working out daily and walked for half an hour on my lunch break today. Hope that was enough to make a pound budge.
Whatever happens with the scale, it's still been a good week.
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."
~Thomas A. Edison
I wore a new pair of jeans to work today, in a smaller size, I was looking great and feeling better. I think I looked better in jeans than I have in at least 10 years, maybe more. I'm still glowing from the complements my co-workers showered me with.
It may just be my imagination, but I think a man at the grocery store was hitting on me. I'm really not sure, because I was just trying to get groceries, it's been a long time since I've attracted a man's attention and I was not flirting, but still, he was pretty friendly.
Not that I'm interested, but it is nice to think someone of the opposite sex noticed that I looked good.
I am so going shopping for a 2nd pair of those jeans!
This week I have been so hungry, I've used every activity point I earned about half of my flex points. I'm gonna have to either work out like crazy this weekend or keep to the lowest of points on my food choices.
This is a holiday weekend too.
Tomorrow is my weigh in day and I hope I lost. I have been working out daily and walked for half an hour on my lunch break today. Hope that was enough to make a pound budge.
Whatever happens with the scale, it's still been a good week.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
What a Drag
Thought for the day:
"Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it." ~Horace
Perhaps it's the rainy weather, but I have felt so tired today that it was all I could do to get to exercise class. My butt was really draging and had I been going on my own, I might have diched it. Thank goodness I was meeting a buddy. It's so easy to wimp out on exercise when I'm on my own.
After class I had a lot more energy.
Having friends to work out with, not only makes it more fun, it also keeps me motivated.
I went home and tried the Belly dance DVD, and it made my belly is sore. I was trying to master the "Belly Roll", since I have a belly roll I thoulght it would be easy, NOT!
I am going to give it another try.
I've always wanted to be able to move with the grace of a dancer and be able to glide through a room instead of stumble.
Maybe if I can learn to dance I can learn to move with a little grace. I do think my posture is improving and while I don't quite feel graceful, I don't feel quite as clumsy either.
"Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it." ~Horace
Perhaps it's the rainy weather, but I have felt so tired today that it was all I could do to get to exercise class. My butt was really draging and had I been going on my own, I might have diched it. Thank goodness I was meeting a buddy. It's so easy to wimp out on exercise when I'm on my own.
After class I had a lot more energy.
Having friends to work out with, not only makes it more fun, it also keeps me motivated.
I went home and tried the Belly dance DVD, and it made my belly is sore. I was trying to master the "Belly Roll", since I have a belly roll I thoulght it would be easy, NOT!
I am going to give it another try.
I've always wanted to be able to move with the grace of a dancer and be able to glide through a room instead of stumble.
Maybe if I can learn to dance I can learn to move with a little grace. I do think my posture is improving and while I don't quite feel graceful, I don't feel quite as clumsy either.
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