End of May means another post about my weight loss journey!!

So another month has ended, and it is time for more stats on my weight loss journey! I lost 7 lbs & somewhere around 10 inches {my book with the exact measurements is in another room and I am so not getting up right now haha}. Total weight loss is at 81 pounds! I am really starting to notice it in how my clothes fit - I have a GIGANTIC bag of clothes to donate to DI in the bonus room above the garage. I love the changes I am noticing in my mood, my weight, my body and my life. I am excited that I am going to get to eat this way and work out this way for the rest of my life - I want to feel this way for the rest of my life! 

I started eating more "clean" this month - lots more food from the fridge and not much from the pantry or freezer. I have also started eating only brown rice or whole wheat pasta. Slowly making changes, one at a time. Brynne also introduced me to hummus and OH MY WONDERFULNESS TO MY TASTEBUDS! I LOVE hummus! I eat it almost every day, whether it's on a turkey burger as the condiment or as a dip with carrots and peapods. 

This month I also started taking sweat pictures. Yes, I know that is so sick. But when I am working out and I am only sweating through my clothes a little bit, I push so much harder so that the sweat will show up for my picture. It is pushing my workouts to a whole new level! The goal is to connect the sweat dots!



After my first Zumba class with Amy at XSI - ALMOST connected the sweat dots but oh it was so fun!



After Punch Kick & Jam last week - didn't quite connect the dots

 

Right before ladies night at XSI! I did Zumba for the first time, along with bootcamp, PiYo & some Turbo Kick! 

After ladies night - I don't know that I have ever sweat like that before!



I love Zumba and have been doing it once a week since I discovered it at ladies night. I love to dance - I used to dance when I was younger but I haven't for several years. I look super uncoordinated but I love it! Brynne got certified in Hip Hop Hustle, a Chalene Johnson format, this month and will be teaching it at XSI soon I hope! That means I get to dance another day each week! It is such a fun cardio workout - makes me sweat but I just feel like I am having fun! I am also starting to lift weights more which is making my muscles so sore but muscle building helps build metabolism so woot woot! 

Here are some attractive pictures of me - no sweat, with make up on :) 



Love that nursery battle wound on my nose



My waist is getting smaller! WOOT!!!!

Can't wait to post about this again next month!