Did I ever tell you about the time I spent a week in prizon in Venezuela?

I have never been to Venezuela.

I weighed in today.  I'm down 2 pounds from last week.  Which is great!  But I had wished for more.  I guess wishing wasn't enough.  I have to get busy!

I have been to Curves every day that I've been home and it's been open, except one.  There seemed to be a lot of catch up to do on Saturday and I didn't make it there.  I was planning on doing Zumba on Saturday.  My Curves is closed on Sunday, which is a bummer, because I'd probably go just to get away from the kids.  So this Sunday, while my oldest was at a sleep over at his buddy's house, my youngest strapped on his roller blades and helmet and he and I went to walk/skate around Black Bay park.  Black Bay is a great little public park within walking distance of my house.  It has a rope swing to jump into the lagoon in the summer, rocks to climb on, cliffs to dive off, beach to swim from, paths to ride bikes on.  It's a little piece of nature in our back yard.  we were the only ones there on Sunday and did some exploring.  Z decided not to wear his blades next time.  He couldn't climb the rocks with them on.  But we both got in some good Sunday morning exercise and I think it could easily become habit.  I'm sure that he will be looking forward to going again. 

I tried Zumba at Curves last night.  It was fun.  It's basically aerobics and you throw in the Curves circuit every 60 seconds.  I just danced.  The circuit can wait till tomorrow, dancing without pause is more exercise for me anyway.  Unfortunately, my back is bothering me.  I considered skipping Zumba because of it but decided I could try to take it easy.  You can't take it easy doing Zumba and my back hurts even more today.  Serious stretching is in order throughout the day to ease it up again.  If I can get the kink worked out I'll be back there again tonight.  I won't be in town this weekend so I'll skip the gym again.  But I'll try to get in some good walks while I'm away. 

My cousin posted that she has recently weighed in with 60 pounds GONE!  That is so fantastic!  I'm very proud of her.  I find my self jealous that she made it look so easy!  Though I know that she must be working very hard for that kind of success.   A friend of the family has started working hard to lose weight as well and I hear she is doing fantastic, though I haven't seen her in a few months.  It give me motivation though.  While I'm happy for all these people that I love I'm competitive by nature and want to do as well or better.  I'd best be getting busy if that is the case though. 

Well, off to make my plan for the week!  It's a new idea (OK, it's old, but I'm refreshing it) to plan ahead and make some small goals.  I'm feeling the motivation...