Day 32- Catching up!

Sorry everyone...I am a few days behind here, but I am going to get caught up.  It's been very busy around here lately!  But that is good because it keeps me pre-occupied.  Being busy is ALWAYS a good thing!  I have been practicing my ZumbAtomic and trying to get the music in my head.  What a fun, refreshing and lighthearted program this is!  I do realize that working with little kids can be challenging at times, because their little minds are different and their attention spans are not very long.  We learned in training that you cannot let more than 7-8 seconds go by without doing anything or else you will lose them.  For instance, if you run over to your ipod to change music and it is taking more than a few seconds, tell the kids "Touch your toes!" or "Reach up to the sky!"  :)   Always keep them going.

I am excited to start teaching this format!  But I am also going to start doing ZumbAtomic birthday parties!  Parents LOVE to have someone come in and plan a party for their kids and make it FUN!  So, I am working up a package where I can go in and teach ZumbAtomic and it will include lunch and treats.  Fun day, hu?  There are two age groups for ZumbAtomic.  Little Stars for ages 4-7 and Big Stars for ages 8-12.   I could possibly start at age 3, but in training, we were told to start at 4.  I just don't how their attention spans would be at age 3, but it is worth a try!  For more info, please contact me!  (Locals, that is!)

My eating plan has gone well, and I am noticing a difference in my clothes.   I think that is the best feeling in the world.  I can't wait for the day when I can fit into a pair of jeans.  Years ago, when I was a little thing, I used to LOVE wearing my jeans and cowboy boots.  I was a little cowgirl in those days...singing in a country band and riding horses a lot.  It was liberating wearing those jeans and feeling good.  I have not worn jeans in YEARS.  I think I still have a couple pair of Wranglers hanging in my closet from the years of 1986-1990.  Wow....so long ago.  But it is possible.  A lot of people have told me that I can never go back to that.  I don't believe them.  Why couldn't I go back to that?  I am still the same small framed gal underneath it all!  I just need to shed the pounds and I'll be right back to where I was.  I do realize that as we age, we need a little more weight for our bones, but I don't think we need THAT much.  I'll tell you what.....my bones are looking forward to having a lot LESS weight on them.  Sheesh...especially my knees! 

That is all for day 32.  Here is what I had to eat:

Breakfast-
1 bowl creamy buckwheat cereal with almond milk and chopped pecans
1 c. green tea
32 oz water

Mid-morning snack-
1/2 c. dried cherries
16 oz water

Lunch-
3 oz broiled halibut
1/2 c. quinoa
1/2 c. green beans
16 oz water

Mid-afternoon snack-
1/2 c. sliced jicama
1/2 c. mixed nuts
16 oz water

Dinner-
Smoothie with 1 c. almond milk, 1/2 c. blueberries, 1 apple, and handful of spinach
1 boiled egg
16 oz water

After-dinner snack-
20 almonds