Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Hello again, update on what I'm doing. I am now studying for my ACE Personal Trainer certification. When I pass that test I will take the ACE Lifestyle & Weight Management certification. After all that I want to get my ACSM cert too. I've decided not to instruct Boogie Box classes as I don't think my Type 1 diabetes lets me get away with teaching hour long really fast and really hard dance classes. It's like Karate which I have a black belt in, but Karate Katas in Karate are fine, but imagine doing them 1000 times faster and you will get what I would have to teach for an hour each day. Try Boogie Box and you will see what I mean. I used to teach Kenpo and that pace is just fine with me. Plus with my husband being a Orthopedic doctor and a chiropractor I have a gead start on the knowledge needed for the ACE cert. I found a great blog about ACE from a guy who keeps updating his posts so I'm going to take his advice to the T.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Well it's about time to update my blog. I'm going to be starting the class for Boogie Box instructors next Tuesday in Paco's class. Supposedly he will really give the instructors s**t when they do any little move wrong when we have to instruct 2 songs in each of those classes. But I guess that's good, I know I'll definitely catch some you know what. I've been going to Boogie Box every day, my muscles are aching like crazy daily. Well also because I work out with weights and take my dog Shaq on 2 to 5 mile runs/walks a day.

Having Celiac disease has been okay, I need to cook more Gluten Free items and since I am a pretty awesome cook (I would love to be a professional chef) I might as well start making sugar free AND Gluten Free meals. Considering I also have Type 1 diabetes I have to use Splenda or Stevia in my cooking instead of sugar which is bad for people anyway. Also Gluten free is MUCH healthier! Sure, whole grain wheat is great for those wanting to eat healthier, but who needs all those carbs?

I've been thinking a lot about my fitness modeling and the fact that I gained weight since I had all those surgeries (from being too active!) and now that I'm losing it I will have to get back into modeling in a different way, more like modeling being fit and how to exercise right and eat right. Since I've been on my new Thyroid medication Cytomel. I have been consistently losing weight AND been a lot happier, but then again they prescribe it to people for depression too! ha ha. I never had that......at least I don't think so.

Today is a gloomy day, supposed to rain after being so beautiful the past few days. I think I won't go to Boogie Box this evening as my muscles really need a break. I'll update my blog soon! Have a great day!