Day Four: Scanning the Leaderboards

I say I am not competitive, but... Today is the first day for the posted Leaderboards for this 90 day challenge, and I was quite annoyed not see my name on the board for my gym. According to the names on the board, I should be in second place (behind a woman who has somehow lost 5.7 pounds since this weekend!) Further investigation shows that I am somehow (first!) on the board for Raleigh instead of Cary, with my name misspelled. I emailed the trainer who initially weighed me in, and I am hoping he can help. I am definitely invested in this more for personal reasons than to try to win some national competition, but I do want the pounds I lose to be counted toward my club's totals, and toward my own! It's pretty encouraging to be on the board locally, even if it's way too early to tell what will happen in the long run. I suspect that a lot of people didn't bother to weigh in so soon after the starting weekend, so next week may well change everything. (It's worth noting that the woman in the lead on the national board has already lost 9 pounds! What??!)

My walk at lunch today was GORGEOUS! It was hot as all get out, so I had to literally cool down in my office for a bit before I could eat anything, but it was so beautiful, I was glad I went anyway.  No one can say that I am vitamin D deficient this week, that's for sure!

Then Zumba--that's nothing but fun, though I will say that my arms and legs are pretty sore from yesterday's strength training. I made it through, but I had to scale back some of the arm stuff. Tiffany, the teacher for Wednesday nights, is so strong and high energy--I really, really like her. I can't wait till I learn the steps and the songs better so I can just have fun without having to concentrate so hard.

Today's Log:

Exercise: 

• Lunchtime walk: 2.14 (hot, but beautiful!) miles
• Day 4 of the 30 Day Abs Challenge (Rest Day)
• Zumba Class at the Cary gym (Holy crap! 5000 steps and 844 calories!)

Nutrition:

• Breakfast: spinach and mushroom fritata, fresh garden and CSA tomatoes, hot tea with 2% milk and 1/2 tsp raw sugar
• Lunch: salmon baked in parchment with squash, lemon, and basil, garden salad with champagne caper vinaigrette
• Dinner: Mediterranean chicken stew (with broth instead of white wine)
• Snacks: English breakfast tea (2 bags) with 2% milk and a teaspoon of raw sugar,one Babybel cheese, 36 almonds

Stats:

• Steps:14014
• Calories: 1424 consumed, 1128 burned
• Weight: 208 (home scale)