PiYo!!!

So I recently became a certified PiYo instructor; and SUPER happy about that.  What is PiYo, you may ask?

Like Yoga? Like Pilates? Is your body worn out from the high impact work outs you've been doing? PIYO combines Yoga and Pilates for a body sculpting work out!!

I will tell you, I was so sore ALL over the day after the training class.  And then I did a practice class at home...goodness, parts of me where hurting I didn't know COULD hurt!  It was a great feeling.  So, when Beachbody announced that they were releasing the PiYo home version, I had to get it.  I am patiently waiting for it to arrive in the mail.  :-)

I started this blog to keep track of my weight loss, but to be honest, I have only been able to step on the scale once every 3 months when I go to the doctors office for my asthma meds.  And although the number isn't moving, I feel myself getting stronger, and not needing the asthma meds as much as I did when we lived in Alaska. 

So, if you are interested in PiYo, please send me a message, comment on this blog.  Get in touch with me someway.  I would love for you to be on my team. 

There''s no place like Nome and exercise

I was able to spend the last week the the great city of Nome, Alaska.  A city you can only get to by airplane and not a very big city.  But the prices were CRAZY expensive, but that is not what this is about.  I did not go to Nome, expecting 4-star accomedations, but I wasn't expecting to have to do to exercises from memory.  (There was no fitness center.)  I do not have a personal computer I can travel with, just my work computer, and it does not have a DVD player, so I took my iPad...but the hotel did not have consistent internet access (if any depending on the weather) and so I could not access the exercises blogs, pinterest pins, or other items I saved.  The hotel, although clean, the carpeting on the floor bothered me.  I posted my issues on my FB page, and took the advise of one of my followers, use a towel or blanket on the floor.  The towel helped, so I was able to get in some ab work.  But since there was no fitness center at the hotel, I had issues getting cardio in.  There were finally a few days of not so hard rain, that I was able to get out and walk.  Althoughh this isn't the type of city, I was ok with walking around by myself, so I stuck to the main street.  I did walk on the "golden sands of Nome" and put my feet in the Bering Sea, which means I did a little beach walking.  As far as food goes, I thought I was prepared (except for the first day of flying).  I brought my protein drink for breakfast and dinner and bought a subway sandwich for lunch (a footlong sandwich can last 2 meals for me.  The last day I was prepared for the airport (because there is nothing at the airport, besides a vending machine that will give you a soda for $3) with granola bars and ritz crackers.  I was not prepared for the flight to be delayed, and delayed again, and finally cancelled.  I was able to get out of the city on the 9pm flight, which was delayed, and delayed again, and finally took off at 11:30pm to land back in Anchorage after midnight. 

I still have 1.5 pounds to lose.  I weighehd myself the morning I got home, and I hit the mark, but the when I weighted myself this morning, I had gained a pound.  I know that I should not be obessed with the number of the scale, but it is difficult for me to change my way of thinking.  My clothes fit better (some are actually falling off my hips) and I sleep better, but I really want to get rid of this last pound.  This last pound will put me at the 10 pound mark...a great accomplishment for me.