I made a lot of decisions today!
The first one is that I am going to do my research on dance schools near where I live in hopes of joining one and keeping my primary dance school along with it.
This also costs a lot of money, So.. I decided that I would apply for a job over the spring break that I have in March. I am going to apply to a daycare center that I used to work at during high school. Usually, during the summer, I am a day camp counselor...this is a job that always hires me back, no questions asked. It has been the ideal job for me. I love it. I love the kids, (most of them anyway).. I love the pay, I love the hours. I love being out in the sunshine all day. It's an outside job, which is great because I love being outdoors. I am in charge of about 30 campers. I also get to teach dance!! That is the best part. The thing is, it is only in the summer and doesn't start til July. It goes July until August.. and it's only 6 weeks. So...I kind of want something more steady...something that I will have for a longer amount of time.
I have also decided that I am going to get my dance teaching certification! Wow, am I excited! A big thank you to Brandi, who commented on my last post. Sometimes I forget how important dance is to me. I get caught up in "what I am supposed to be doing with my life". Which is trying to further my education and get my teaching degree. For years I always "knew" that I would be a dance major....I wanted to go to NYU in New York City. And my dream was to become a Radio City Rockette. But, nobody believed in me, and my parents wanted me to do something "better" with my life. Since I love children, teaching was the next best option. But, I still have this idea in my head of pursuing my ultimate dancing dream. Sometimes I just need to be reminded that if I want something, why not just go for it.
I talked with my Mom about it today. She seemed to actually go with the idea. She said it would be good for me. I found a school close to my house that offers an 8 class program to get you certified to be a K-12 dance teacher. I am hoping they offer classes during the Summer, but they have not released their Summer schedule yet, so I won't know until later. I'll keep you posted.
Another decision I made today was...I want to get my ears pierced..for the second time. My Mom was very strict with me and I would say that I was kind of a sheltered child for most of my childhood. I was not allowed to get my ears pierced until I was 16. Even then, my Mom was still weary about letting me get them pierced. I remember her being so mad on the long drive to the mall to get them done...she was so mad that I almost wanted to just give up and forget getting them pierced at all.
Well, now I would like to have 2 earrings on each ear. My Mom hates the idea. But, I am 20 now and there isn't very much she can do about it. I want this for me. I want this because it's something I have wanted for awhile now. It's something so silly, but, I just really want it done. So, this coming weekend I am going to make it happen!
Moral of today's post is.... Everyone around me, my parents, my family, my friends...they all try and help me, tell me which direction to drive in, tell me what I should do and when I should do it... and it's all because they love me so much. But, sometimes... it's nice to do things for ME.
Tomorrow is an exciting day for me... first of all, it's my weigh-in because I have changed my weigh-in days from Sunday to Saturday because it will make me eat better on Friday nights. Also, tomorrow, I am going to a "Dinner and a Show" in my town. I have to get all dressed up (which will be fun!) and I am going with my BF, my mom, and my grandparents. A bunch of people are putting on a performance while we eat a dinner. I can't wait. The performance is going to be little skits from different Broadway plays like, Hair, Chicago, and Footloose. Also, skits from Disney favorites like Mary Poppins and Beauty and the Beast. I am SO excited, can't wait.
Diet and exercise went well today. I used 3 of my weekly points. I have 16.5 weekly points left that won't be used. I also never used any of my 18 activity points. I am hopeful for tomorrow's weigh-in....we shall see how it goes. Cross your fingers!
Until then,
-Karla =)
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Just Dance
Dance class went well today. Except for some things that weren't so great.
Here were the good things-
+ I feel 10 million billion trillion zillion times more flexible (THANK YOU PILATES!)
+ I feel way more energized (THANK YOU PILATES)
+ I feel confident in all of my dances (Thanks to TONS of practicing)
+ I practice so much that I dance in my dreams.
+ I stayed after class to just dance by myself, with no one around. It was amazing and I want to do it more often. It's so much different to tap dance with a group where it's 15 sounds made into one. But when you really get to hear just yourself, it's an amazing feeling. It was fun.
Here were the not so good things-
- I am not challenged anymore.
- No one in the class takes dance as seriously as I do.
- No one, absolutely no one PRACTICES!! What the heck people???!
- Because no one practices, we NEVER move on! We spend the whole class going over things we ALREADY LEARNED because people DON'T practice. It's frustrating.
- I have absolutely nothing to practice this week because we learned nothing.
- I really love this dance school but I need to be challenged...I'm thinking about finding another school.
While I was dancing alone after every one had left...I was seriously thinking about minoring in dance. Dance is my whole life! I dance every single day. I dance around my apartment so much that I drive my roommates up the wall at times. I would absolutely love to have some legitimate background in dance so that I could earn some cash teaching youngsters how to dance. I love to dance, I love to teach, I love kids, and earning some money would be nice too. Hmm... a possible dance minor may be in my future. =)
Well, I ended today with 6 activity points added because of my pilates and dance workouts. And I have about 2.5 points left in my day but am usually not hungry after dance, so I won't be using them up.
Good news....one of my roommates and I have plans to climb up a HUGE cliff once it gets warmer out. We want to do it 3 times a week and then maybe do it 5 days a week. It takes an hour to walk up and back down..and it is quite the workout. You can see the whole world once you get to the top, it is soo wonderful.
Now, Spring has to come..........Dear Spring, Please get here FAST! Love, Karla.
Hope your day was spectacular!
Until next time,
Karla =)
Here were the good things-
+ I feel 10 million billion trillion zillion times more flexible (THANK YOU PILATES!)
+ I feel way more energized (THANK YOU PILATES)
+ I feel confident in all of my dances (Thanks to TONS of practicing)
+ I practice so much that I dance in my dreams.
+ I stayed after class to just dance by myself, with no one around. It was amazing and I want to do it more often. It's so much different to tap dance with a group where it's 15 sounds made into one. But when you really get to hear just yourself, it's an amazing feeling. It was fun.
Here were the not so good things-
- I am not challenged anymore.
- No one in the class takes dance as seriously as I do.
- No one, absolutely no one PRACTICES!! What the heck people???!
- Because no one practices, we NEVER move on! We spend the whole class going over things we ALREADY LEARNED because people DON'T practice. It's frustrating.
- I have absolutely nothing to practice this week because we learned nothing.
- I really love this dance school but I need to be challenged...I'm thinking about finding another school.
While I was dancing alone after every one had left...I was seriously thinking about minoring in dance. Dance is my whole life! I dance every single day. I dance around my apartment so much that I drive my roommates up the wall at times. I would absolutely love to have some legitimate background in dance so that I could earn some cash teaching youngsters how to dance. I love to dance, I love to teach, I love kids, and earning some money would be nice too. Hmm... a possible dance minor may be in my future. =)
Well, I ended today with 6 activity points added because of my pilates and dance workouts. And I have about 2.5 points left in my day but am usually not hungry after dance, so I won't be using them up.
Good news....one of my roommates and I have plans to climb up a HUGE cliff once it gets warmer out. We want to do it 3 times a week and then maybe do it 5 days a week. It takes an hour to walk up and back down..and it is quite the workout. You can see the whole world once you get to the top, it is soo wonderful.
Now, Spring has to come..........Dear Spring, Please get here FAST! Love, Karla.
Hope your day was spectacular!
Until next time,
Karla =)
Sunday, February 22, 2009
2nd post of the day
Yes, I am posting again to brag about more recipe's that I have tried out. :-D
Today, I was so excited from losing weight that I decided to be creative again with healthy recipe's. I decided to make another wrap. I got this recipe off of a healthy foods website...it actually gave me the calories, fat, and fiber for the whole thing so I was able to calculate the points. It was a buffalo chicken wrap with a weird low-cal blue cheese dressing...but it was good!!! Here is the website with the recipe if you want it.
Here is what it looked like.....SO YUMMY!!! And only 5 points!! I had a serving of sun chips with it for 3 points.
Here is the chicken..
Here is the dressing...
And...here is the wrap!!!
It was soo great!! I recommend it especially if you like hot foods like I do!!!
My points for today were 24/24 and I am promising myself that I will drink the recommended amount of water this week if it kills me!!! =)
Hope everyone had a great weekend!! Bring on Monday!
-Karla =)
Today, I was so excited from losing weight that I decided to be creative again with healthy recipe's. I decided to make another wrap. I got this recipe off of a healthy foods website...it actually gave me the calories, fat, and fiber for the whole thing so I was able to calculate the points. It was a buffalo chicken wrap with a weird low-cal blue cheese dressing...but it was good!!! Here is the website with the recipe if you want it.
Here is what it looked like.....SO YUMMY!!! And only 5 points!! I had a serving of sun chips with it for 3 points.
Here is the chicken..
Here is the dressing...
And...here is the wrap!!!
It was soo great!! I recommend it especially if you like hot foods like I do!!!
My points for today were 24/24 and I am promising myself that I will drink the recommended amount of water this week if it kills me!!! =)
Hope everyone had a great weekend!! Bring on Monday!
-Karla =)
I Can't Believe it!!!
I actually lost 1.5 lbs!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know how.....but HORRAYY!!!!!!
So, for the second time...I have met my goal of losing 5% of my starting weight. Now it's on to the 10%! I have 17 more pounds to lose in order to reach my ultimate goal. That seems like SOOO much. It seems as though it will take forever to reach that goal. I just hope I reach it by the end of May (that is when I will need to fit into my skimpy dance costumes)
Anywho......this was just a short little update. Be back soon =)
-Karla =)=)=)=)
I don't know how.....but HORRAYY!!!!!!
So, for the second time...I have met my goal of losing 5% of my starting weight. Now it's on to the 10%! I have 17 more pounds to lose in order to reach my ultimate goal. That seems like SOOO much. It seems as though it will take forever to reach that goal. I just hope I reach it by the end of May (that is when I will need to fit into my skimpy dance costumes)
Anywho......this was just a short little update. Be back soon =)
-Karla =)=)=)=)
Saturday, February 21, 2009
I'm SO nervous
Yeah, tomorrow is my weigh-in day and I'm already setting myself up for failure. Since I weighed myself yesterday, I kind of know that I didn't lose weight this week. I am preparing myself for tomorrow....I don't think I gained weight...I just didn't lose any and now I feel like a failure because it's the second week in a row! So frustrating......
Anyway... today was a boring day until the night came around. I studied and did my laundry all day. My BF came over later on and we made dinner together.. another WW recipe. It turned out really good. We inhaled it though because we were running late to a movie that we both wanted to see. It was a BBQ Chicken Wrap. It was REALLY GOOD!! If you want the recipe, let me know. Here is what it looked like before I folded it up.
Looks pretty good, huh? =)
That is all for today, nothing much else going on in my life.
Did I mention I was NERVOUS for tomorrow??? Uhhh. I just wish I could lose a pound or half a pound!! Something!!
Until then,
Karla =/
Anyway... today was a boring day until the night came around. I studied and did my laundry all day. My BF came over later on and we made dinner together.. another WW recipe. It turned out really good. We inhaled it though because we were running late to a movie that we both wanted to see. It was a BBQ Chicken Wrap. It was REALLY GOOD!! If you want the recipe, let me know. Here is what it looked like before I folded it up.
Looks pretty good, huh? =)
That is all for today, nothing much else going on in my life.
Did I mention I was NERVOUS for tomorrow??? Uhhh. I just wish I could lose a pound or half a pound!! Something!!
Until then,
Karla =/
Friday, February 20, 2009
TGIF
Friday is finally here! Well...almost gone now. But, it was a good day. Yesterday, I had no dance class because the studio was closed for a February break. I was bummed.. and so I stayed at school and watched the movie, "P.S. I love you" with my roommates. It is a very good movie, I saw it a few months ago in theaters and thought it would be nice to watch again. I stayed well within my diet on Thursday too and did my 50 minute Pilates workout. I thought Pilates went very well on Thursday...I seemed to do much better for some reason.
Today was another story....I didn't feel well at all getting up this morning. My muscles ached and it was one of those days when I could have slept all day if I allowed myself too. But, I had an afternoon class and woke up around 10am to do my Pilates. This time, Pilates didn't go well at all! Maybe I should stretch more before going to bed? I was not limber at all and not flexible...my coordination went right down the tubes. I don't know what happened...but I kept on pushing through all 50 minutes worth. It was worth it because I felt more energized afterward.
Tonight, my BF and I were planning to have dinner together. I surprised him by cooking dinner. I cooked something that him and I make together very often but instead of how we used to cook it, I put all the ingredients into my recipe builder on the WW site and made the meal MUCH LESS in points! When I first put the recipe in it was 16 points and I got it down to 10. Basically what it is is chicken breast stuffed with chopped mushroom and sausage. You cook sausage and mushrooms in a frying pan and put in about 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs and a tad bit of water to make the mixture a paste-like stuffing so that it stays in the chicken breast easier. I cut the chicken almost in half but not all the way, I then pounded out the chicken to make it flat and I put the mixture in. Then I wrap the two chicken pieces together and stick spaghetti noodles in them to keep the whole thing together.
I took a picture of it, but it came out soo horrible!! So I'm not going to post it. But, it was good and we had a good time. When he came over, he had a rose in his hand! It was very sweet. He also made a chocolate cheesecake (WW recipe too!!) which was excellent! I'll be posting a pic of that soon.
The only part of today that got me down was the fact that I weighed myself. I had so much confidence that I had lost some weight this week. I worked out everyday and I ate right. So, I weighed myself today........AND...........I am still at the same weight as I was last week. Haven't lost. Haven't gained either...but... haven't lost..anything.. after so much hard work. It is almost like I am fooling myself into thinking I actually did well with not falling for all the temptations and sticking to my daily points and working out...because it didn't work!!!
So....that is what upsets me at the moment. I know, I will press on and try not to let this get me down. It just kills me not to see results for 2 weeks straight.
But, I will not give up. I will never give up. I'm not a quitter.. so may tomorrow be a better day.
Happy Friday All!
Until next time,
Karla =)
Today was another story....I didn't feel well at all getting up this morning. My muscles ached and it was one of those days when I could have slept all day if I allowed myself too. But, I had an afternoon class and woke up around 10am to do my Pilates. This time, Pilates didn't go well at all! Maybe I should stretch more before going to bed? I was not limber at all and not flexible...my coordination went right down the tubes. I don't know what happened...but I kept on pushing through all 50 minutes worth. It was worth it because I felt more energized afterward.
Tonight, my BF and I were planning to have dinner together. I surprised him by cooking dinner. I cooked something that him and I make together very often but instead of how we used to cook it, I put all the ingredients into my recipe builder on the WW site and made the meal MUCH LESS in points! When I first put the recipe in it was 16 points and I got it down to 10. Basically what it is is chicken breast stuffed with chopped mushroom and sausage. You cook sausage and mushrooms in a frying pan and put in about 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs and a tad bit of water to make the mixture a paste-like stuffing so that it stays in the chicken breast easier. I cut the chicken almost in half but not all the way, I then pounded out the chicken to make it flat and I put the mixture in. Then I wrap the two chicken pieces together and stick spaghetti noodles in them to keep the whole thing together.
I took a picture of it, but it came out soo horrible!! So I'm not going to post it. But, it was good and we had a good time. When he came over, he had a rose in his hand! It was very sweet. He also made a chocolate cheesecake (WW recipe too!!) which was excellent! I'll be posting a pic of that soon.
The only part of today that got me down was the fact that I weighed myself. I had so much confidence that I had lost some weight this week. I worked out everyday and I ate right. So, I weighed myself today........AND...........I am still at the same weight as I was last week. Haven't lost. Haven't gained either...but... haven't lost..anything.. after so much hard work. It is almost like I am fooling myself into thinking I actually did well with not falling for all the temptations and sticking to my daily points and working out...because it didn't work!!!
So....that is what upsets me at the moment. I know, I will press on and try not to let this get me down. It just kills me not to see results for 2 weeks straight.
But, I will not give up. I will never give up. I'm not a quitter.. so may tomorrow be a better day.
Happy Friday All!
Until next time,
Karla =)
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