Arm Workouts Starting Next Week

Okay. Officially 4 months until the wedding. I brought my 8 lb. weights to my apartment, so starting next week I'm going to do arm workouts on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings before work. I'm hoping that I can slim down the overall circumference of my upper arms at least a little bit in the next few months. And maybe get a little stronger! ;) My goal should be obtainable if I can keep up with the workouts. Oh, by the way, Zumba is still SO fun and I wish it was more often than just Thursdays!

Eating Everything

I'm having an eat everything I see night. We had an early dinner, then I got hungry again and ate about 40% of a pint of ice cream. Then I had a slice of pepperjack cheese. This is not good. It's only 9:45pm. There are so many more minutes that I can spend eating before I go to bed.

Frustrated

I'm feeling frustrated about my attempted weight loss. Things seem to be going in the wrong direction this week and it is making my motivation level decrease.

2/03/10: +4.7
2/10/10: +4.6
2/11/10: +3.8
2/14/10: +3.3
2/16/10: +4.5
2/18/10: +5.0

Gahhh... :/

Halfway Point Goals

Wednesday, March 31st will be the halfway point between starting this wedding fitness and the wedding itself. I think I should set some goals for that date. Let's take a look at the goals and promises I set for myself in January:

Goals:
- Go to the gym at least once a week This is going well!
- Make healthy diet choices, including portion size This still needs work.
- Lose approximately 7-8 pounds We'll see!

Promises:
- I will not snack out of a bag or box. This isn't going well. I ate a bunch of oyster crackers out of the bag as a snack just yesterday.
- I will eat more salad. I'm eating a bit more salad than I was, but I could do better.
- When we have frozen pizza, I will only eat 3 slices. I've kept this up the whole time! We have pizza once a week and I always stop after 3 slices.
- I will eat dessert on weekends only. This is not really happening. I need to kick my addiction to sugar!

Okay, so I'm not following my goals and promises as well as I had hoped I would. I need to work harder to keep these in mind every day. As for a weight goal, I want to be only +3 lbs. over my goal by the halfway point at the end of March. Right now I am +4.5 over, and I started at +7.2 (adjusted for no shoes). I think I can accomplish this if I can stay on track with my goals!

Arms

The wedding is quickly approaching and I need to start thinking about my arms. Right now they're kind of just big, wiggly flab logs. I have some 8 lb. weights... somewhere... so I should probably find those. Maybe I can use my newly-free Wednesday mornings to concentrate on toning my arms.

Yay Zumba!

I went to Zumba in place of dance class last night and it was so much fun! I had a smile on my face the whole time. And it was a great workout. I was so sweaty by the end! I'm really excited that this fitness class fits into my schedule now. :) I still need to figure out some sort of exercise routine for Wednesday mornings though.

No More Yoga

So, it looks like Wednesday morning yoga at the gym has been canceled. I don't know why, but it is gone from the online schedule. There aren't any other gym classes Wednesday morning, and I can't fit any of the other yoga classes into my schedule. :(
I need to figure out some sort of exercise to do on Wednesday mornings. I'll be jogging at the gym on Tuesdays and doing Zumba on Thursdays and I like to switch things up. Any suggestions for Wednesday morning exercise?