I admit it. I had gotten lukewarm in areas of my life. Have you ever been there? Where you just take things as they are, meandering here and there, but lacking the passion you once had?
photo courtesy of sfxeric
Lukewarm is NOT for me!
I admit it. I had gotten lukewarm in areas of my life. Have you ever been there? Where you just take things as they are, meandering here and there, but lacking the passion you once had?
Get off your bootay and Zumba!
I’m sure that if you have been going to a gym or watch late night informercials, you’ve heard of Zumba. I love it! In about one hour of shaking my bits and pieces, much of which begins an aftermath of jiggling and giggling, I can burn between 650 to 700 calories. WOOHOO! [...]
Pressing On
Do you ever let your past haunt you? Does it take your joy? Does it take your peace? It’s so easy to look at our past and let it drag us down. I know personally, I can let my past eating habits or even how fit I used to be (a lifetime ago) sidetrack me [...]
Wonka Wonka Wonka
I’m in a swap where we have a theme and we all make 3.5 inch squares to share and then quilt them together. Our August theme is primary colors – we can only use red, yellow and blue fabrics. Some of the blocks being sent are pieced (amazingly so!), some are applique. I’m an applique [...]
And the journey continues…
One of the reasons I moved my blog from Sibling Craftery to Kandra Young was because I wanted to document my weight loss journey. And a journey it truly is. I started in January – not with the usual lose weight new year’s resolution, but with the resolution that I would not let my being [...]
Get off your bootay and Zumba!
August 13th, 2010 
Kandra I’m sure that if you have been going to a gym or watch late night informercials, you’ve heard of Zumba. I love it! In about one hour of shaking my bits and pieces, much of which begins an aftermath of jiggling and giggling, I can burn between 650 to 700 calories. WOOHOO! Yay for burning calories!
photo courtesy of Cimm
For those that have no clue as to what I’m talking about, Zumba is an awesome aerobic workout where you are led by your instructor (who happens to be double-jointed in the hips) into fun Latin/hip hop dances. It’s high energy and tons of fun. Many of us on the dance floor can’t shake it or even get some of the dance moves right, but we are whooping and hollering with the rest of them. (If you want to see some of the routines or what it’s like, just look up Zumba on youtube.) Read more »
Pressing On
August 9th, 2010 Kandra Do you ever let your past haunt you?
Does it take your joy?
Does it take your peace?
It’s so easy to look at our past and let it drag us down. I know personally, I can let my past eating habits or even how fit I used to be (a lifetime ago) sidetrack me from pressing on to be the fit person I know I need to be. It’s so easy to let it get in my head and manifest into this little evil monster that feeds my self doubt.
“Go ahead and eat that – everyone else can, why can’t you?”
“Why are you fighting so hard to lose two pounds when you know it’s not going to stay off.”
“You aren’t worthy.”
“You aren’t good enough.”
Wonka Wonka Wonka
August 8th, 2010 Kandra I’m in a swap where we have a theme and we all make 3.5 inch squares to share and then quilt them together. Our August theme is primary colors – we can only use red, yellow and blue fabrics. Some of the blocks being sent are pieced (amazingly so!), some are applique. I’m an applique gal. I went back and forth. I knew that I wanted to put a geeky spin on the block, but didn’t know if I should do a robot or a rocket. Then I thought… PAC MAN! Ding ding ding… we had a winner! Read more »
And the journey continues…
August 5th, 2010 Kandra One of the reasons I moved my blog from Sibling Craftery to Kandra Young was because I wanted to document my weight loss journey. And a journey it truly is. I started in January – not with the usual lose weight new year’s resolution, but with the resolution that I would not let my being fat stop me from living. I had gotten into a huge funk, letting my low self esteem stop me from even trying to accomplish new things. So, I set a goal to run a 5k by Labor Day. That goal has changed, as well, running isn’t so good on the knees/hips – but getting fit is.
I started in January by just walking for 5 minutes, then 10. I started dropping weight. In late February I got a bodybugg for my birthday and started watching my calories in versus my calories out. I also walked my first 5k. By mid July I had dropped 40 lbs!!!
I’ve gained a few of those back, due to slacking on my part and having bodybugg issues (that are now resolved!). Last Friday we kicked off a Biggest Loser team competition at work. My team has 3 other people in it and we are deemed the Flabtastic Four! This couldn’t have come at a better time. My bodybugg is back on my arm and I’m motivated to get back into the swing of things again.
With that resolution- that one choice -I started a journey and the highs way out weigh the lows. I’ve played paintball with the hubby and kids, participated in 5ks with friends, shook my bootay in Zumba class, tried to get limber in a Pilates/Yoga class and I hope that list keeps growing. I’ll probably post some recipes, thoughts on the process/journey, highs and the lows, and all the new things I’ve tried (or am trying) on here. I hope that in sharing, that maybe just one person will begin their own weight loss journey or find some inspiration to keep pressing forward.
