Jan 15 - Day 6

I am REALLY leg tired tonight! But the good news first. Friday is weigh-in day and I lost 7 1/2 pounds since Monday.  I'm sure most of it is water so we'll see how I do next week.  I'm thrilled to see the number!

Went to water aerobics after breakfast. The instructor suggested I use a belt in the water so that I could stay in the deep end.  Things went well for the first 15 minutes, but after that I was getting too winded so I moved to where I could touch the bottom and I was fine for the remaining 30 minutes of aerobics. Another goal poped up, that I can first complete 45 minutes in the deep end using the belt anf the take off the belt and increase my time til I can remain there.  I found it a bit easier today than the first time two days ago.

An hour later, I took the "chair aerobics" class.  The class lasted 25 minutes. We sat on the edge of a chair and moved our legs and arms every which way slow and very fast without stopping! Funny I had trouble at times following the pattern the instructor was doing right in front of me. My "muscle memory" will improve with repeated classes.About 2/3rds the way through, I could hardly pick up my legs.  It was actually harder than the pool aerobics, a real surprise to me.  Just shows I need a lot of work strengthening my legs.  The next class was another 1/2 hour class, "Chair Pilates." WOW what a wonderful calm relaxing time I had, I needed it. I'm sure it is planned for a stretching and cooling down time for those who have just finished the chair aerobics.  The instructor was fantastic, had a calm, soothing voice and for the next 25 minutes we slowly moved our arms and legs our backs curved at times and straight at other times like a rod was in our backs and toward the end, we swayed back and forth and front to back like seaweed! AHHHHH what a way to end the morning before going up to lunch.

After lunch, I participated on a group tharepy session about binge eating.  The room was packed so I am not the only one guilty of this :-) Next, those who are going on the "Reataurent Experience" next Monday night met.  We went over strategies of planning our visit, menue choices strategies, and then we had to vote on which of two restaurents we would go to.  One was a mexican restaurant the other a very high end restaurent in Duram.  As you might guess (or not,) the majority voted for the classy restaurent.

Some interesting ideas came out of the class that I thought you might like seeing.

1. Keep the calories below 800.
2. Eat 2 veggies instead of a starch.
3. Limit caloric beverages to 1 serving.
4. Share
5. Don't be afraid to ask the waiter how the food is prepared butter, no butter, etc.
6. Don't arrive hungry.
7. Ask for the dressing on the side and dip the fork into the dressing first and then into the salad.  That way you get a little dressing with every bite and not too much dressing.
8.  Order first so that you are not tempted to go along with the croud when they order richer food items.
9.  If you know the portions are large, ask for a "doggie bag" when your meal is served and split the serving in half before you begin eating.

After that I had a 1/2 hour session with my personal trainer (the only free one.)  We went over how to use one of the most unusual weight machings and he demonstrated various streatching exercises I can use during the day. I was going to the movies tonight, but I decided to try to find some flip-flops for the pool.  I already have some water shoes, but have discovered that after getting out of the pool, my feet are wet and won't slide into the water shoes.  My calfs and feet started to cramp up  trying to put them on, so I felt flip-flops would be much easier.


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