I have another 3pm clock in time for work, so my options for classes would be limited again- or so I thought!!! Apparently Vixen Fitness has an abundance of classes, AM and PM, on Saturdays! So I had some choices on classes. Sunrise Yoga looked appealing to me, but it was at 10am, so just too early for the day. I decided on TWO classes- surprise surprise!!
First class was Rockin' Hard Beach Bodies with Marissa! Obviously I wanted a rockin' hard body, and the wedding is going to be on a beach, AND the instructor shares my name, so this class seemed to be a no-brainer!! I was one of three girls in the class and it was chalk-full of cardio!! Forgetting a towel, I had to use my shirt to mop the sweat from my forehead! Luckily I have a large storage of energy, endurance and stamina, but by the end of the hour class, I was running on fumes. Training my body, which is sore and tense from the Power Yoga yesterday, to get used to all this increased physical activity is hard!! I really regretted having signed up for 2 classes. I didn't know if I would be able to get through it!! But I was already at the studio, I had already committed and signed-up, so I needed to follow through. As extra motivation, I pulled up a picture of me in my wedding dress that I had taken at the fitting. I reminded myself why I was doing all this and what I hoped to accomplish.
Second class was Stretch and Flexibility with Heather. I have always wanted to increase my flexibility and be able to do a full split. If I thought this was going to be an easy class- I was dead wrong! Yes I did not sweat because it was not high energy, but the amount of strain on my muscles was through the roof. I was already exhausted from the Beach Bodies class, and all the various positions that Heather had us stretching in was so strenuous that I actually thought about quitting the class halfway though! But I've quit every other workout thing I've tried so I HAD to see this through for my own sanity. Heather had us work on splits on both legs and a middle split. I cannot do a split, so she had myself (and another less flexible girl) go down as far as we could, and use a big foam roller to hold ourselves up so we can deepen the split to get our muscles used to it. The one position that stood out the most to me was the backbend (aka "wheel" in yoga terms.) Now, I can do a decent "bridge" position:
My body doesn't do wheel!! I tried to put my hands down and straighten them and lift my body- but I collapsed. I tried again and I collapsed. Finally Heather came over. She wrapped her arms around my waist and lifted my torso up so I was forced to straighten my arms. I felt like my spine was going to snap!!! I was gasping for air. My back has never experienced being bent that direction and at that angle! Heather kept telling me to breathe and just as the pain was becoming unbearable, she let me go. We did the exercise one more time and it was not any easier!
When the class was finally over I was so grateful! As I stood up to put my mat away, I almost fell over! My left foot erupted in pain. I had an incident about 5 weeks ago in which I was walking my 140lb dog Nimbus. I was looking to the right and he was sniffing a tree on the left. Suddenly he pulled with all his might! He had seen a wild rabbit and was ready for the chase! Well he jerked my foot so badly that I bruised the muscle or tendon in my foot that sits just above the heel. I ended up having to walk with a small limp for about 2.5 weeks but then it had lessened to a dull pain. The doctor had said that I simply needed to ice it and stretch. I did both, but the dull pain remained. I guess the intense stretching from the class reminded my body that something was wrong in my foot! I had to perform in 6 shows that evening and while I tried to hide my intense limp, one of my co-workers said I looked like the Hunchback of Notre Dame! I immediately became worried that I was going to have to quit going to Vixen until after my foot had healed. It hurt to put any amount of pressure on my foot, so just walking was torture! How could I do anything like spin class or dance class or ANYTHING?! I came home and cried a little. Day 2 of my new Movement, and I might already have to quit!
As a sidenote: At my job they started a 30 day weight loss challenge! We get weighed by a manager and 30 days after we get weighed we'll get reweighed. The goal is to lose at least 100lbs within the entire department, and the "biggest loser" (based on body percentage lost) will win a prize!! Because I've already started this Movement, I thought, "This weight loss challenge has come at the most perfect time!!"
Food Journal:
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs with a small handful of ham chunks cooked in.
Lunch/dinner: I had a repeat of yesterday. I purchased another large shrimp fried rice and had half for lunch around 3:30p and the rest for dinner around 7:30p.
Cheat: those damn cookies! They tempted me again! But I only had 3 this time!
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