I really should have posted this yesterday, as it was my weigh-in day, but whatever! Yesterday I weighed in and discovered that I have officially met my 5% weight lose goal plus a little! Since the beginning of January, I have lost 11 pounds! Yea! My next big goal will be my 10% goal! I really hope that I can stick with it! It can be really difficult sometimes! I officially hate Valentine's Day because our school had chocolate EVERYWHERE! Plus, in spite of my asking them not too, I got candy from my students. So, I was worried. However, I managed to be good and not indulge!
On top of the Weight Watchers, I have also been trying to exercise. I trade off what I do each day. Some days I will hit the exercise room and use the elliptical, treadmill, or bikes. On the other days I use my Jillian Michaels videos. I love Jillian Michaels, but she totally kicks my butt! I will tell you right now, if you want to discover that you do have abs then do her 6-week six pack video! I am not saying that you will actually get the six-pack in 6 weeks; but you will know your abs are there because they will hurt SO bad the next day! I really hope it pays off! My other favorite video of hers in "30-Day Shred." The workout is 20 minutes (plus 10 minutes for warm-up and cool down). It sounds short, but you are constantly moving. The first time I did it, I can't say that I really noticed a weight loss, but I was stronger and had more endurance. I had also started to see a lot of tone. Try it! Here endeth my sales pitch!
Work is fine. The kids were so crazy on V-day! But we have managed to get back our routine. Today I had my CPR re-certification after school. It was really fast! They have changed a lot of things! I notice this every time I renew. They are trying to make it easier so people will more willing to do it in emergency situations. I think that I have been certified for just over 6 years (I think) and, so far, I have not had to use it (thank goodness)! But I guess a lot of people get so worried that they won't remember everything, or that they will hurt someone, that they are too afraid to get it or do it. My instructor today put it really well, "Don't worry about hurting them. Yes, there is a chance that you will break ribs. But are you really making it worse? If you are at the point where their heart isn't beating and you have to do compressions...they are technically dead. You can't get much worse than that. But if you do compressions, they have a chance of making it." Don't worry about breaking things! It happens! You need to be able to help those in trouble! You can't make the situation worse by doing CPR! As an added bonus, there is that whole good Samaritan law to protect you!
That's about it for this week. I have to judge the district science fair next week, going to the movies this Friday with my awesome team, and hoping that the storm that we have coming in won't get too bad (100 mph winds today that knocked over a billboard and a semi-truck). Oh, and if anyone knows of a good phone that works with DSL filters let me know. I keep getting Internet interference over my phone line, in spite of the filters. I had a tech over to check my line and he told me that sometimes it is the phone that is picking up things. He said it could even be picking up stuff from my neighbors apartment. Booo!!!! Take care all!
2 comments:
You are doing great with the diet and exercise!! You're inspiring me to keep trying to do my walking and yoga -- no Jillian for me!
Yeah, I don't think those dvds would be good for your back. I can barely get through them. I am still sore today. I might have to just stick with the elliptical until I recover.
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