MOTIVATION: Music

One thing that inspires me to work out hard is music.

Lately I'm loving this song we do in Zumba:

Waka, Waka by Shakira

We do Zumba to the spanish version but I downloaded the english version and love the lyrics so much!

I feel like they apply to me directly.

You're a good soldier
Choosing your battles
Pick yourself up
And dust yourself off
And back in the saddle

You're on the frontline
Everyone's watching
You know it's serious
We're getting closer
This isnt over

The pressure is on
You feel it
But you've got it all
Believe it

When you fall get up
Oh oh...
And if you fall get up
Oh oh...

Tsamina mina
Zangalewa
Cuz this is Africa

Tsamina mina eh eh
Waka Waka eh eh

Tsamina mina zangalewa
Anawa aa
This time for Africa

Listen to your God

This is our motto
Your time to shine
Dont wait in line
Y vamos por Todo

People are raising
Their Expectations
Go on and feed them
This is your moment
No hesitations

Today's your day
I feel it
You paved the way
Believe it

If you get down
Get up Oh oh...
When you get down
Get up eh eh...

My 50lb Reward!

So guess who offically hit 50lbs down this week???

This FIT girl did!

So I did it, I went and got my owl tattoo!

The stencil

The outline

My finished reminder that I have the knowledge it takes to be fit :)

I wasn't expecting to lose the last 1.5lbs I needed to until next week, but I hopped on the scale Saturday morning before Zumba and it read 197!

Even though we had Freschetta Simply Inspired BBQ Chicken Pizza & Skinnytaste's Banana Cream Pie Friday night....my hard work at the gym this week paid off!

Week 29

Start Weight: 247

Current weight: 198

Total loss: 49

ONE pound til 50!!!!

I can hear the tattoo gun calling my name!

Valentine's Day

This was our first "healthy" valentines day. Nothing too far from our norm though.

We are homebodies when it comes to busy holidays-we didn't want to venture out to an over-crowded restaurant on a week night.

We made ribeye steaks the Pioneer Woman way, with GreenLiteBites mashed potatoes and roasted asparagus.

For dessert I made Skinnytaste's Banana Cream Pie. Yes, again, we both love it!

We exchanged weenie cards :)

And for the first time ever, gave each other healthy gifts.

He gave me new earbuds for running and I gave him a gift certificate to SkyZone workout classes.

Foods I'm Loving Lately...

Subway Salad

Lettuce, spinach, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet onion chicken teriyaki & sauce as dressing.

About 220 cals.

Chipotle Shrimp & Avocado Tacos

My local tex-mex restaurant offers fried avocado tacos on the menu, I order them baked. And now I made them at home! Wheat tortillas, fat free refried beans, chipotle sauce, shrimp, avocado and sauteed onions. I had left over shrimp so I threw them on some chopped spinach as a side salad.

Chick-fil-a's Grilled Nuggets & Fruit

When I don't have time/don't feel like making my lunch/don't a salad- this is my fast food lunch.

Week 28

Start weight: 247

Current weight: 198

Total loss: 49

New Challenge!

We have a new challenge at our gym for the month of February!

We were given blank cards for signatures for classes.

Everytime you take a class you get a signature. Back to back classes count!

Everytime you bring a friend to take a class, you get 2 signatures!

The prizes are:

Gold- $500 car, home or body makeover.

A local car place donated oil change passes and maintenance coupons. The home makeover is cleaning and maintenance coupons and the body makeover is training classes at our gym.

Silver- after-hours Zumba party with a DJ and catered food and we you get to invite 30 people.

This would be my favorite!

And Bronze is a bunch of gift certificates for local restaurants. None of which have the reputation of being healthy :(

And if you fulfill all the classes for Gold level you are entered into the other levels for prizes too.

I also got my monthly email from my gym. I only made it 7 times in January.

That is less than last month- not what I was aiming for.

I'm so glad this challenge starts now, it is just the kick in the butt I need!