Does the workout still count?????

Every Friday I get up, get Savannah ready to school, then get the rest of my kids ready and we are out the door by 8:15 for the gym.  I teach at 8:30 a.m.  Friday morning is one of my favorite classes to teach.  Not only is it a great group of people who come, but it is a step, cycle and sculpt class.  20 mins of each - so the time really does seem to fly by.  The added bonus of teaching this class is that I KNOW I am going to eat pretty badly that weekend, and I am hoping to negate any poison I put in my body (such as . . chocolate, cookies, cake, chips, salsa, etc. etc. etc.).  So the way I look at it - I am burning the calories off before I even eat them.  Think of the math - I burn 500 calories right now, later I can eat 500 calories because I worked out!  The biggest flaw with this math is that I don't ever actually lose any weight with this mentality.  Oh well, the stuff tastes sooo good anyway! :)

Well, we had a great class, and then just for FUN I ran over to the other gym I teach at and took a Zumba class, because I have always wanted to.  Anyone ever done that before?  They really are fun!  It is basically dancing and shaking your bootie - and I mean really shakin' it - to burn calories.  So, as I danced and shook, I saw my dreams of being on Dancing with the Stars and actually winning it go up in smoke.  Yup, I am a GREAT dancer in my head.  In reality - not as great.  Don't get me wrong, I did pretty good.  I was always on beat and did the moves, but there is something about a 6 ft. woman trying to get down and funky that doesn't quite look as cute as a little 5 ft. 5 er doing the same moves.  Not to mention is there even a dancer tall enough to be my partner?  But, I digress. . . my point is I'm sure I burned off another 250-300 calories doing that.  So my tally is up to around 700?

Hmm.... enter plan that foils all workouts:  we go for lunch to Crackers and Co. for my friend's birthday.  I start good - order the spinach, chicken and raspberry chipotle salad - with dressing on the side.  Ooo . . . then I splurge and have half a roast beef avocado melt - with a few fries.  Hmm... calories start adding up.  That's OK, I worked out this morning.  Enter final temptation - I call it Satan.  It is the Texas Kahlua Brownie - the one they give you for free for someone's birthday.  I figure there are too many of us to actually get enough dessert, so I then proceed to order the Chocolate fudge cake with raspberry sauce. I will share with everyone.  I apparently started a dessert trend.  Everyone else starts ordering dessert - lemon cake square.  Mmm... sounds sinfully delicious.  Turns out - I'm right.  All desserts are incredible.  I proceed to inhale my cake, eat a little of the free brownie, take bites of lemon cakes and then roll myself out the door.  Ugh.  Hey - it's OK, I worked out and only drank Diet Coke.