Traci and I went to Houston and saw Pink at the Toyota Center. What a show! The singing was great and her acrobats were amazing. Our seats were in the nosebleed section, but at least they were in the center. Pink is in awesome shape and danced around in high heels most of the night. She was singing all the whole she was doing all the acrobatics and flying around the arena. Simply amazing!

We’re staying at the Inn at the Ballpark on the 12th floor. The hotel is super nice.

We started our day at the Galleria doing some shopping and lots and lots of walking. We had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory and it was delicious. We had enough leftover to have it again for dinner.

Our feet are killing us, but it has been a super day!

Just when things are going so well, a setback. Saturday morning it was freezing outside and our Ripple Effect workout was outside. It doesn’t take long to warm up once we start working out though. We were doing our exercises and on the third set we did jump squats. I wasn’t jumping because my knees are weak, so I was just pulsing the squats. We were sprinting to a cone and back between exercises and then we went into jumping jacks, if I remember correctly. On one of the jumps I heard a loud pop and a roll in my right thigh. It hurt like hell. First I thought it was going to be alright after stretching it out good, but boy was I wrong! I had to miss a good it of the rest of our workout with some of the instructors stretching it out and assessing it. They said it may have a small tear, but it probably just knotted up due to the cold and popped when I landed on it. I was able to walk on it and did finish the rest of the workout doing the best I could. I iced it when I got home and put bio freeze on it before I went to bed. When I got up that afternoon to go to work it was very sore, but not unbearable. Throughout the night at work I iced it and kept it elevated. I got a roller on my way to work and used that on my lunch hour. It felt okay rolling it. Sunday night it was hurting bad and I continued the ice therapy and elevation. I rolled it on he roller again on my lunch hour. I eventually put heat on it. Tonight it feels better, but still hurts. I don’t think I’ll be able to do the ripple workout tomorrow and it is really getting me down. I’m hoping it is better quickly. I’m really having bad withdrawals from Ripple Effect and I’ve only missed one workout, which I would’ve missed any way because of work, lol. I would quit, but I don’t know how! Can’t wait for the pain to go away and get back to Ripple! In the meantime I will continue the rest of my healthy lifestyle and do some other types of exercise that don’t effect my hamstring. I’m done ranting now.

What a wonderful year this has been so far. I have been having such an awesome time with the Ripple Effect. It is such hard work, but so rewarding at the same time. I’m doing things I never would’ve thought myself capable of. I can feel my body getting stronger every day and my clothes are starting to get very loose. We had a big Ripple Effect free Saturday workout on the 9th that was off the chain. They made lots of announcements about upcoming exciting things. They also announced the winners of the weight loss challenge for last month. Much to my surprise, I won 2nd place! I only lost 5 pounds, but I lost a total of 8 inches and over 7% body fat! The 1st place winner lost an amazing 20 pounds! We both did the Advocare 24 day challenge along with the weight loss challenge which gave us optimum results. I’m hoping that I can reach my weight loss goal by this summer. I will continue to participate in the Ripple Effect even after accomplishing that goal. I also signed up to go on the Ripple Effect mission trip to Guatemala in July. I am looking very forward to this experience.

This past Saturday was the last day of the weight loss challenge at Powerhouse Gym. We all weighed in and got measured. I lost 5 pounds, 5 inches from my waist and 2 inches from my hips! I was so excited. I knew about the 5 pounds, but the inches were a very nice surprise. Everyone lost one way or another, either weight or inches, or both. This is remarkable. Those of us using the Advocare products had greater losses than those that didn’t. I’m glad I decided to start using the products. They really make a difference and help ou feel better.
The next Ripple Effect started today. I had to miss the first day because of work, but I will definitely be there tomorrow. I’m looking very forward to it. Never thought I would be excited to workout, lol. This program is absolutely wonderful. The people involved in running it have the biggest hearts ever. I love the fact that nobody judges you for not having a perfect body and motivates you every step of the way toward healthiness.
Can’t wait for tomorrow night and the changes that will be occurring for the next 4 weeks! Getting stronger every day.