Kicked in the ass...repeatedly

It has been an extremely busy day today. Yesterday I said I was going to try a spinning class and I followed through. In fact I not only did a spinning class, but I also attended a kick boxing class and a yoga class in the evening.

I rarely venture out and try fitness classes because I am always weary of the cheesy factor. So to start this morning I set my alarm and got up for spinning class. As usual, I was fashionably late, but there were plenty of bikes left. Being the introvert that I am, I headed for the back end of the room away from as many people as possible. The closest person had to be about two or three bikes away on both sides of me and it so happened that my bike was stationed closest to the mirror. Anyhow, I was spinning illiterate lol. I tried to hop on the seat but it was super high. lol. I'm always awkward in situations when I feel like people are looking at me. lol. After a few moments of fidgeting with the seat, I finally got myself semi-situated. I never thought to adjust the foot pedals and when I placed my foot in the sling I couldn't get it all the way in. Since I didn't want to waste anymore time I just left it. Boy did I regret it!! lol. I'm all for any exercise that involves sitting on your ass, but as the workout progressed my butt ached and ached and ached even more. If any of you all have ever spinned you'll know when I say my butt ached I don’t mean my butt cheeks. lol.

The experience was made even more awkward by the 40-year old, balding, narcissist to the right of me who kept trying to look past me to stare at himself in the mirror. I just don’t know why he didn’t choose the bike right next to the mirror. He literally looked in it every two minutes. What’s more hilarious is that anytime he had to stand he stuck his butt, in spandex, out all awkward in the air and then would try to check himself out in the mirror while he did it...WOW. lol I couldn’t even get into my zone. When the class finally ended my butt was in pain. As I walked out I thanked my lucky stars that I chose a bike FAR, FAR away from people because apparently someone in there did not believe in wearing deodorant! The stench literally sat in the air. I am gagging as I write these words. It was foul. So needless to say I will not be attending another spin class for as long as I live. The next week will reinforce this as I will remember every time I try to sit down.

As for the evenings classes well they were not a complete fail. I showed up for kickboxing at around 5:30 with my already aching butt. lol. When I arrived the music was already going and people were stretching. The music selection was fantastic and circa 2010 so I figured it was going to be an awesome hyped-up class. Once again I was wrong. The instructor did not care to perform any moves properly. It was just awkward...a lot of quick hitting the pretend punching bag but while you do it shake your ass back and for unrythmically. There were even like border line spirit fingers! Everybody knows there are no spirit fingers in kick boxing. Never again. I felt like a dumb ass. Since no attention was paid to proper kickboxing moves everybody just flailed around like hens running from a fox. I suppose I can't complain because I got a good sweat in but beyond that it was a disaster.

Yoga on the other hand was definitely my favorite class of the day. It began as soon as kick boxing ended so I barely had enough time to recover from my sweaty dance kick boxing session. I don’t know why it never occurred to me to do a quick retouch on my toes before going. LOL! As soon as I took off my shoes and socks I noticed my second toe had a chip. lol Se la vie...ha-ha. Anyhow the class seemed very simple but physically it was extremely challenging. We did everything pretty much in the dark which I loved because I was able to just completely relax and take in the spirit of the class. The end was left off with a meditation just laying there in silence with light airy music playing in the background. It was beautiful. My whole body felt like it was floating gracefully in a clear pond with lotus flowers surrounding me. I will definitely be going back to yoga!

So overall it was a great day. I was excited to see that my body could actually handle three fitness classes in one day. lol Check out my dinner:

I had a six inch, roasted chicken breast sandwich on honey oat from Subway and some grapefruit on the side. So lovely...lol.




My after dinner snack was super scrumptious. Well in my opinion at least. My husband thinks its disgusting lol. Here it is:

Its a cucumber, peeled and sliced swimming in lemon, lime, salt, and chili powder. Yum!!

Only time will tell if I regret today’s workouts tomorrow. Hopefully I can get out of bed in the morning. lol. Either way I'm proud of myself for taking a chance and trying something new. It never hurts to try something new!! Happy Workouts to all!!!