#192 Monday Monday

It is Day 7 of 2013. I am sitting here contemplating what I will talk about today while I sit here drinking my morning McCafe (don't worry its 2 ppvs and non-fat with splenda).  The picture to left is my 40 pound photo. Over the next few weeks, I will be working hard to get back to 40 pounds and ultimately go to 45 and then on to 50 pounds. I am really ready for this weight loss thing to be done. I say that and believe I know that I will struggle/deal with my weight for the rest of my life. Thats the product of where I have grown and genetics.

They (the ones before me) say that maintenance is so much harder than losing the weight in the first place. I just a hoping and praying that I don't totally gain all my weight back, which by far is something I fear greatly.

Anyway, one of my resolutions/routines that I am working on is to track. This past weekend was really my last hoorah for a while; I will try to go to Easter Sunday. So I guess what I am say is that I am starting lent early. My lenten promise every year is this: no fast food or soda till Easter. I do it every year.  However, this weekend I tracked everything and even earned some activity.

On Friday, I said that I would test out my new Zumba Core game; I did. However I did it last night instead of Friday. It was so much fun and so intense.  There is more popular music than on other games. Also there is less time between songs. My abs are a little tight this morning. I think I am going to try to do this on days that I don't have my actual Zumba class. Lets hope I can keep it up.

Saturday our cousins on my dad's side came in from Arizona. My dad's cousin has two daughters, Elyse & Yvette, my sister and I 's age. Over the last year or so, we have become closer. Any way we ate at Landry's Seafood on the Lake Front.

Everyone at Landry's.

I ate my heart out. I had the Basil Crusted Tilapia. It had shrimp caprese and I got them to hold the tomato. It also had a spinach salad with hot bacon dressing. It wasn't WW friendly I can tell you that. Any it was good but it wasn't my favorite, but I was really glad I tried it. The kicker was that I ate desert. Two scoops of vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce.

Anyway Elyse has been sending me clothes, hand me downs, every so often. She brought some more with her. When we got home, I tried every piece on and loved them. I am so grateful. Below is a photo taken after dinner. Elyse is the one all the way to the right. Yvette is third from the left.

Sorry this is so long. I had a lot to say.....I will be doing another blog post today. It will be about Tuesdays with Morrie and the movie Lincoln.