So last Friday's weigh-in frustrated me. No weight loss or gain. zero, nada, nothing. What the heck?
I've continued to do Zumba and other dances. My ankles and my arches on my feet are really sore. Back when I used to run track in high school, I spent more time on the exercise bike than actually practicing. Apparently I am prone to chin splints and a tendency to have a quick flare-up of tendonitis in my feet. I ordered some new shoes today that had good reviews by those who teach or take Zumba classes. I think I need to also spend more time stretching. Stretching always feels so awesome anyway. :)
This last weekend I had a girl's night out and I was worried how awful I would do with calories between the meals out and all the drinking. But we ate at Cubanitas (Cuban food, of course) and I think the meal was probably more healthy than what I eat at home... and holy ish, it was good! I had Pollo Tropical which was grilled chicken in tropical juices and garlic. There was pineapple and mandarin oranges on top of the chicken. It came with some roasted vegetables (zucchini, yellow squash, carrots, peppers) and some yellow rice. I didn't eat a lot of the rice. I also ordered two black tiger shrimp on the side because they looked so amazing... and I am so glad I did. As far as the drinking... when you have a good 6 hours or so of drinking, there is nothing low calorie about it. I mostly drank red wine and mixed in a couple other specialty drinks. The key drink of the night was lots and lots of water. Made sure to order water everywhere we went and keep it full.
I decided that after girl's night I was going to try to go the rest of the Biggest Loser contest with no alcohol at all. So about 3-4 weeks. I need something to give me a good weight-loss boost and apparently my diet and working out aren't doing it. My mother-in-law said that she's going to do it with me! Let's see if one of us caves in first. :) We both really like wine.
Today I burned over 500 calories doing a 55 minute Brazilian dance. I bought this video on Amazon Instant: http://www.amazon.com/Brazilian-Dance-Workout-Vanessa-Isaac/dp/B000A59PQKI liked it. The moves are a lot faster than Zumba... or maybe they just require more coordination? They show you the moves in half-tempo and then at tempo. I usually prefer workouts without the dance instruction, but with this one I needed the direction and they kept it fast enough that I didn't lose momentum like I had with other videos.
You'll have to let me know what you think if you try this video!
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