Zumba!!!

So I know I've been lagging behind on posting but I'm happy to report that I'm finally getting my butt in gear when it comes to the exercise.  I did jump on the elliptical twice last week but that's really not too much fun.  Then last Thursday one of the ladies at work (Maggie, you know it's you) said that I should join her at her Zumba classes.  I went to the first one tonight (it's on Mondays and Thursdays) and I think I was pleasantly surprised.  I knew the basic idea of what Zumba is so I had some idea going into it as far as what to expect.  I fully expected to look like an absolute uncoordinated idiot and I'm sure I looked just like that.  About three songs in I wanted to curl up in a corner- my side was killing me and wow did my feet hurt!  However I knew that I needed to keep going.  The only way I'm going to get back in shape is to push through the pain.  By the halfway point I felt like I could keep going and the second half of the class was great.  I'm a bit more tired than I usually am but my muscles are really aching right now.  I'm wondering how they'll feel in the morning!

Quick update...

Just a quick update on my WW.  I haven't started to work out yet but I swear I will soon!   Having said that, I did my weigh in today and I've lost another pound since last Wednesday.  That's a total of 11.4 pounds since the middle of Sept.  I don't think that's too horrible since I wasn't tracking much for a good bit of Oct., Nov., and Dec.  I was still watching what I ate but I honestly still expected to gain weight during that time.  At this time I'm 1.9 pounds away from the first goal that WW set for me online.  My personal goal however is to lose at least 1.5 pounds a week until that vacation in June.  If I do that, I'll have dropped (roughly) 30 more pounds for the beach.  I'm also going to get my husband to help me take measurements of my body like my chest, waist, hips, thighs, etc.  I've read on multiple occasions that when you're working out and eating to lose weight that much of the time you'll see a difference in your measurements when you aren't see a difference in your weight change.  I don't think that it's a matter of "muscle weighs more than fat" because a pound is a pound.  I do think it's a matter that one pound of muscle is more compact than one pound of fat so you may weigh the same but look better.   I'm going to sign off now and figure out what to have for dinner.