Feeling good, looking good?

So yesterday I posted my schedule for my workouts for the week, right? Well I am feeling the pain today. Even before I left for my workout in Sierra Vista, I was hurting. My abs were tightening and twisting and just making their presence known! I’m really glad that the workout for Fit club wasn’t a hard one. We did the Slim in 6, which is ok. I like the lady and everything but I need a little more movement. But the upside to doing her workout is I’m going to stretch out all those muscle that I am building without having to be on the floor doing just yoga (which I am doing now with a friend) or Pilates (which I haven’t tried). I’ve been on the move for most of the day so my stomach hasn’t had a chance to stop but now that everything is done and I am feeling it. I sat down and now my stomach is hurtin’.

So now that I have worked my abs out yesterday with my ab ripper and Zumba and then did Slim in 6, I was hurting. AGAIN! But it’s a good hurt. I also weighed myself today, i’m down 2.6lbs in one day. I forgot how much changing my food cleans me out! I’ve been in and out of the bathroom a lot today but it’s good. My body is getting rid of junk. At this rate I should lose 5lbs this week. Yeah! Now if I could only get my abs to stop hurting.

Getting my body back

So I have been doing Zumba for over a year, Belly Dance for a year and have just added P90X to my workouts. But my problem is my diet. I’ve fallen off my Atkins and really need to get back on it. SO I am. I did the Ab Ripper DVD from the P90X set and it kicked my butt!!! I didn’t like it. I am determined to master this one and move on and have abs of steel.And I want to train for a half marathon. ( I have a lot of plans don’t I?)

So here is m plan. I am giving myself a little over 3 months to get this one DVD mastered. I am going to lose 40lbs (yes I know that sounds like a lot but it’s not really for my frame), and if I can find a half marathon here in the state, do one of those. But here is the break down of what I will do during the week.

Mon

• teach my Zumba class
• do a P90x/Tae Bo DVD
• do the Ab Ripper DVD
• Walk Nala for at least 30 min
• Yoga

Tues

• GO to Fit Club and do a Beachbody DVD
• Teach Zumba

Wed

• Teach Zumba
• Do a P90X/Tae Bo DVD
• Ab Ripper
• Belly Dance

Thurs

• Yoga
• Teach Zumba

Fri

• Ab Ripper
• walk Nala for 2 miles

The weekend will have plenty of stuff as well, a hike or walk, depending on the weather but the week is mapped out. Not bad, I think, and totally manageable. Now that it’s been written down I am committed to getting it done. Now I have to work on my diet. Going back on Atkins means that I have to watch my carbs, drink more water (which should be easy with all these extra workouts), and really paying attention to what I eat. I can do this. I know I can.

Buyer beware

I teach Zumba and, as the holidays approach, I wanted to do something that would help my community. I decided to hold a Zumbathon fundraiser for my local food bank. It was simple, a dollar and 2 cans of food and you can dance. I put up flyers, told my classes, handed out leaflets, advertised all over the place. But there was a hitch. I need a sound system. So I ordered a really nice set of speakers, stands, and a cordless mic The speakers and stands came straight through Amazon but the mic was coming from an outside company. I didn’t realize that until after I had already ordered everything.

Anyways, the speakers and stands sent me an email telling me when they were shipped so I had a tracking number to see when they should arrive. Great, going just like planned. Nothing on the mics. My speakers and stands arrived one day BEFORE they were suppose to. I thought that was great, gives me more time to play with them and get used to the way they work. Still nothing on my mic. I finally sent them an email, through Amazon.com, asking what was going on with my mic. They said it was ready to ship out the next day. Then, six days later, I get an email saying that the mic was backstocked and is now something that they will no longer being carrying. But I’m getting a refund.

WHAT?!?!?!?!? How can you tell me that it’s ready to ship one day and then tell them  that you don’t have it and won’t get it??!!?!?!? I was also asked, on the same day, to write a review of what I bought. I wrote a great one for the speakers and stands and told the truth about the mic. A few days later I’m sent an email, again through Amazon.com., telling me that they are very sorry for the inconvenience  and frustration that they cause and would I accept a $10 gift card from Amazon.com? I wrote back saying that if I had known about them not having it I would have bought something else, instead I had to scramble to find a mic. Yes, I will take the gift card but it will NOT be used to buy anything from them.

 

So today they sent me an email back, with the code for the gift card and asking me to remove my post bad mouthing them. Should I? I don’t think I should, what I wrote was the truth. I will add to it and say that they fixed it by offering a gift card but that doesn’t erase what happened. What do you think, should I take back my original review or leave it?