Everyone needs a break right...that's what I keep telling myself anyway.

Well, where do we start? I did some more Zumba last week and I still can't convince my husband to try it. He has no idea how much fun it would be for me to watch, wellllllll maybe he does and maybe that's why he hasn't. Anyway, have any of you tried it? I'm telling you it's a hoot.

So, I went for a walk Sunday, a 5K, my Honey was kind enough to tag along. It went great. I had no trouble with my knee and I have to tell you that my legs felt really strong. It has to be the combo of walking, Zumba, Wii Fit, biking and swimming. (Whoa, have I really been doing all of that...YES I HAVE.) I could feel the muscles in my legs working for me, they weren't working as hard but more efficiently. It was a good feeling. It was a good walk.

Now you'd think that with some good exercise that day I would have slept well that night right? Wrong! I barely slept at all, it was terrible. I have to tell you that typically I have no trouble falling asleep or staying there. As a matter of fact, when I decide I'm ready to go to sleep I fall asleep in a few seconds, that's no exaggeration. (It's a family trait, when we're tired we go to sleep it doesn't matter who's around or what's going on.) I'm not telling you this to brag, I'm trying to convey how bad a night this was for me. I tossed and turned and fidgeted and got up to go to the bathroom and tossed and turned and my back hurt so I rolled over and fidgeted and my neck hurt so I rolled back and my back hurt and I tossed and turned...Ok, do you get the picture? We've all had those nights. So I finally fall asleep and less than an hour later the alarm goes off and my husband gets up. I get back to sleep and he comes to wake me up as I requested so that I could get in my exercise before work. I couldn't get up, I just couldn't. I reset the alarm for 7:00 and then needed 2 smacks of the snooze before I was able to drag myself out of the bed.

One day of exercise missed and a lousy night of sleep or lack thereof, do you think I could sleep the next night....NOOOOOOOOOOO. Same thing, not quite as bad but still not good and no I couldn't get up this morning either. I'm hoping that tonight is better. Please, please let tonight be better.

I can tell you this, I will exercise tomorrow. According to my sister, you can take 2 days off, after that you start losing what you have gained. I will not miss 3 days. Pray that I get a good night of sleep and...

Don't Pity the Fat Girl.