I've decided that my health should be a relatively high priority for me.  It's because of this that I've started working out more often.  I've had this book "Smart Girls Do Dumbbells" for several years, and I've used it off-and-on, but this time I really want to keep up with it.  I have been, for the most part.  I only took a break from it for a week or so because I managed to injure my left shoulder and I didn't want to make it worse.  In addition to the weight-lifting, I've also been playing DDR on a regular basis (aka Dance Dance Revolution).  I usually play for about an hour, which gives me a great aerobic workout without making me feel exhausted at the end.  Add on top of those two things the Wii Fit activities I do and I think I am pretty well-rounded.  I usually end up doing about 15-20 minutes of yoga, which always makes me feel absolutely wonderful.  I highly recommend yoga for anyone and everyone because it truly does help release the tension in your body and I promise you will feel great if you do the poses properly.

All this working out is how I justify the occasional brownie I eat at work, or the occasional cheating at meals (like the chicken tetrazini, pistachio cake and cheddar bay biscuits I had on Saturday and the stuffing, mashed potatoes, roll, and slice of coconut pie I had on Sunday).  Yeesh I had a lot of carbs this past weekend.  Needless to say I did not weigh myself this morning - I was too much of a chicken to do so.  BUT, I don't feel too horribly about eating poorly because I worked out both on Saturday and on Sunday.  I've found, so far, that if I do that then I still manage to lose some weight, just not as much as I would have if I'd worked out and not eaten too many carbs.  I do still work out when I don't cheat, so that helps counter-act it as well, I'm hoping.

I set a goal for Shaun and I that we would both lose 20lbs by our birthdays, which is 4 months away.  That means 5lbs a month, 1.25lbs a week.  I think that is definitely do-able, considering I tend to lose 0.7-0.9 per day when I'm behaving.  The trick, of course, is to lose it and keep it off.  Tricky indeed.