As many of you know, I have been working closely with Dr. Ann Kulze in Charleston, South Carolina. "Dr. Ann" and I devised a plan to help me stay on track and to (finally!) shed these extra pounds (sometimes it feels like tons, I can't lie...) that I've been carrying around for the past 20+ years. I met with "Dr. Ann" for the first time back at the end of March, and since then, I have been emailing her my daily food journals that I keep every few weeks or so. She reviews them, and then she will call me and let me know areas where I can improve. So far, so good, I am happy to report. With the exception of a few tweaks here and there (add more protein, watch out for sushi rice), I have earned an "A+" with Dr. Ann.
In a recent conversation, Dr. Ann mentioned that she was particularly concerned that I might be over-exercising. After I stopped laughing and told her, "Dr. Ann, I don't think that OVER-exercising is EVER going to be a problem we have to worry about for me..." we did talk about how the only way that I am going to actually be able to finally shed this extra weight and move on to a happier, healthier me is through exercise. And that's just the bottom line, folks. I can eat all the right things, "do" all the right things, take all the right supplements and refuse to let any sweets into my house...but the fact of the matter is that unless I exercise every single day, then I will NEVER achieve the optimal health that I so long for. The good news is, that that information actually GOT IN. And it's not something that I didn't know, or even that I wasn't sure about. I have known for YEARS that the only way to truly achieve optimal health is through daily exercise. Of course, KNOWING that and DOING that are two entirely different things.
The funny thing is: I feel FANTASTIC after a workout -- truly! Not only am I so excited that I actually "did the right thing," but I am thrilled that it is one thing I can check off my "to-do" list for the day. (Oh, how I love, love, love that feeling!) It is not even that I don't enjoy working out...I actually do. What my problem usually is, is the GETTING TO THE GYM. I'm sure many of you can relate - I know that I need to go to the gym, but there is laundry/work/cleaning to attend to. And lately, the laundry/work/cleaning has been winning.
But not today!! Today I went and did my thing as "Box Tops Queen" (if you don't know what this is, believe me: you probably don't want to...for those of you that do, then you know I truly love it) at the children's school, and then I went home, changed my clothes and made it just in time for my Zumba class. And once I was there, guess what? I LOVED IT. Losing myself in the music, shaking my booty...truth be told: I'm pretty sure that for that hour, the rest of the world outside that room just melted away. And when the hour had passed (and I had burned 800 calories, thank-you-very-much), and it was time to return to the "real world," I actually felt like I was better prepared to deal with it.
All of this to say, I am going to make a point to remember tomorrow, when I have to get up and go do my exercise-thing, how great I felt right after class...heck: how great I feel right now! And then, my friends, I am going to go and shake my booty!!! And who knows? Maybe "Dr. Ann" will have to be concerned about my excessive Zumba-booty-shaking!!! You just never know...
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