Down the Dance Rabbit Hole & Back Up Again

Thank you so much Ember for lighting a fire under me to put up another post : )  I guess I kinda thought no one was reading.

Another month has gone by and I used my BodyMediaFit armband consistently and logged my food consistently, and still no real change on the scale or in the fit of my clothes.

I have my first ever dance weekender coming up on May 30th and I want more confidence in myself at that time than I've had the last 3 months.

So it's time to return to the Ketogenic or Low-Carb plans that have worked for me in the past. This time, I referenced a blog that I came across which puts a fresh mindset on the whole process:
http://josepharcita.blogspot.ca/2011/03/guide-to-ketosis.html

My President's Choice Sugar-free Dark Hot Chocolate addiction habit needs to go. It's far too easy to mix up a couple of tablespoons and sit down with that lovely hot chocolate flavor making everything feel alright. I don't even want to go through the list of ingredients because the undissolved chocolate sludge at the bottom of every mug is enough to tell me I probably shouldn't be drinking such copious amounts of it.

The temporary consideration of taking up running has passed after meeting with a personal trainer in her 70's (she's an athlete, don't laugh!) and discussing my knee concerns. She started me on a ball workout program which left me completely sore (as it should) and I've had a number of things going on affecting me getting to session #2.

Mostly stress and disappointment with life and disappointed that I think we all get brought up to believe that you are pretty much going to have a husband and children and a house and it's a matter of finding him and arranging all that. For the late bloomers like me, it's a huge disappointment that you reach age 40-whatever and feel left behind.

Anyways.

It doesn't help that I'm in "love" with my car mechanic who is in his 30's and has a girlfriend. Fortunately I have a car that is aging and *perhaps* he likes me a little bit (from afar) and takes care of me, going well above and beyond every time I have a car concern.

I digress again.

So the last month has been a mad blur of dance-related activities. Here's what I accomplished with my co-pilot on the project:

• built a website  (westcoastswinglondon.ca)
• established a Facebook page, group and Youtube channel for us
• negotiated and scheduled two 6-class courses for Beginner Lessons and Musicality
• designed/ordered business cards for our group
• negotiated and scheduled several other workshops & social dances for the remainder of the year
• established relationships with the West Coast Swing communities in driving distance and started to share their events so they could share ours
• the list goes on....

I am looking forward to lots of dancing coming up and whatever I do in the gym will need to be towards being a better dancer in some way or another because it is definitely a passion and the kind of thing you can always improve on (like golf!).

Thank you for reading and getting my head back in the game.