Ahh Saturday. Really, the only day of the week where most
of us feel like we are “off” from work and can rest. Unless you have to run all
the errands you did not have time to do during the week, catch up on everything
from work, don’t forget about family/friend gatherings and Oh yes. A nice 2
hour spin class. I start my Saturdays (after waking up early enough for
breakfast) in a 2 hour spin class. I usually would not have it any other way..
but today I am tired… and sore… and tired.. and did I mention sore???
Hurricane Sandy hit my part of the US hard. I live in NJ.
Leaving the school I work in out of power for 2 weeks. So in all honesty I have
no reason to be tired. My usual 4am work wake up was at earliest 6:30 for 2
weeks. An improvement! But Sandy left a lot of us fitness/health inspired
people with wayyyy too much time to sit around, be lazy and EAT EAT EAT. And I
don’t mean roasting yourself some healthy veggies and chicken (not for me.. I
am trying to steer clear of meat) but easy to grab and will not go bad.. boxed.
Processed. Garbage. Yuck!! I can feel how sluggish my body has felt getting
back to working out and how my body is craving sugar and white flour because I
let it have some for 2 weeks.
All kidding aside. Sandy hit me hard. The NJ shore is my
second home. Lavallette, NJ to be exact. So besides dealing with no gym (I did
a lot of out door running and HIIT home workouts) and eating crap.. excuse my French…
I found myself in a state of depression. Mourning the loss of my beach, ocean,
favorite places and the place where my family gets together every summer and
has no cares, worries, fears, anxieties, etc. This also opened up the door for
me to over eat to make myself feel better. At least for the 10 seconds I am
stuffing cookies into my mouth. Ugh!
Now I am done feeling sorry for myself. I have always
tried to be a positive person and focus on all the good things in situations
and in life in general. Sometimes it is hard. But I am back at it! No more
feeling sorry for myself and letting myself sit around and hurt my body by
putting chemicals in it. That just doesn’t help anyone!!
Well, I digress. That is not where I was going with this!
Oops!! What I wanted to say a few paragraphs back was… my gym re-opened and
allowed for me to take some group classes with my all time favorite instructor.
She is an inspiration to so many people. In amazing shape, is so encouraging
and positive and she is totally humble. Everyone in the gym admires her, wants
to be more like her, and looks up to her as an inspiration. She is definitely
mine! So I took an intensity class and spin class with her yesterday. Picture
Shawn-T just 10000 times harder.. that was my workout yesterday. So I am sore
today but for a good reason. Now I am dragging my butt back to the gym for 2
hours of spin. We shall see how it goes! Wish me luck!!
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