Cupcakes and Spin

It's Teacher Appreciation Week and I have had no will power whatsoever. Yesterday I consumed three mini cupcakes. Yes, three. Today one of my students brought me gourmet chocolates and I snacked on them. Seriously. NO WILL POWER.

BUT there is a light at the end of this tunnel. I joined CycleBar which is this awesome spin gym with nothing but spin classes. I don't think I've ever been in a spin class before where I didn't look at my phone or my watch because I kept moving and going. Not to mention, the instructor is all about Nsync and 90s music. Hello, soul mate.

I had to text Holrich today and tell him I couldn't come back until the end of the month. With moving a week from tomorrow, I just really need to save all the money I can right now. I'm already a member at YouFit Gym and with that and the CycleBar classes, I feel I'll have motivation to work out while I'm not seeing him. He really is the best trainer, though, and I told him that I'd prefer him over the gym and CycleBar but I had to save.

By the way, thanks for the encouragement, guys. I really appreciate you messaging me and commenting on how you are praying for me and cheering me on. It also helps to know I'm not alone in this and that plenty of us struggle with this up and down game of weight loss.


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