Satisfaction is in how the clothes fit

Even if they are getting too big. Actually, I am quite happy. I bought a new winter jacket just before Christmas last year and I was *just* able to zip it, but I could tell it was on the tighter side. I’ve had it out for a couple weeks now to be ready for colder weather and I decided to wear it today since it went from a balmy 60 some degrees yesterday to 34 today. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the jacket was not only looser on me and that I could zip it up with out it being a bit too tight, I have enough room beneath it to layer if necessary.

I knew I was losing weight, I could see the difference even in pictures taken six months ago, but I don’t think you *really* know just how much until you try something on that you haven’t worn in awhile.

I’m rather proud of myself this week. I went to Zumba on Monday, introduced Alida to it, but then I also went yesterday. Granted, I had to leave the class 15 minutes before it ended because of my foot issues, but I still went more than once this week.

Keeping to a schedule has been difficult. My attempt to try and get into a normal routine is going to be, I think, circuit training Sun, Tues, Thurs with Body Flow then Zumba on Mon, Wed, Fri and Saturday as my rest day. I need to decide if I am going to go to circuit training tonight or wait to pick up on the routine on Sunday. I’ve been really tired lately and I have been having difficulty motivating myself to go do circuit training at all.

I think that I will forego circuit training tonight, motivate myself to go to Zumba on Friday, then start the “normal” routine on Sunday and stick to it. Sticking to it has been hard, but as I find more encouragements it’ll come easier. It’s just getting to the point of finding more encouragements.

I’ve been having issues with four plantars warts on the bottom of my right foot on the ball of my foot. That’s been a deterrent for me, unfortunately. They are EXTREMELY painful and since a lot of what I want to do is on my feet (ie. Zumba and body flow), it leaves me feeling less than enthused about putting myself through *that* pain in order to get the muscle pain of working out. I used some of the freeze off stuff last night, so we’ll see if that starts to work. I may end up having to go to the doctor to have them surgically removed. 'Til then, I am just suffering through the pain.