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DEL.ICIO.USMardi Gras, exercise and beads..
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Well, Mardi Gras did not take too big of a bite out of me. I successfully avoided as much of the heavy New Orleans food as possible. Staying on my feet for all the parades and moving around a lot helped me get a little exercise in. Walking to the car after one parade on Sunday, I was carrying two bags loaded with beads. These bags easily weighed 40 lbs each. I used the 6 block walk to the car to do some curls with the bags…talk about improvising for exercise!
Unfortunately, going hard & heavy every day from sun up to well past sundown took a heavy toll on me this week. I am exhausted. I feel drained & out of my own element. I have not made it to the gym at all this week & probably will not be able to go until next Monday.
But on the good side, I am still losing weight! In my post from last week, I said if I came back from New Orleans at 210 lbs, I would be happy. Well, as of this morning, I weighed in at 207.8 lbs! My body fat is up a little, but still down 4 percentage points from when we started this almost 6 weeks ago! So I am going to try & take this weekend to recharge, finish my recovery, and come back strong next week!
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