My Valentines Day present to my family and myself was a gym membership. I had been thinking about joining for a while and finally just walked in and signed us up. I got a copy of the class schedule and saw they had Zumba classes. I had always wanted to try Zumba. I had tried the videos at home but felt it wasn't the same.
Last week I finally decided to try my first Zumba class. I was so nervous. I arrived around 15 minutes early and sat in my car. I was literally shaking. I have no idea why.
I finally walked into class and looked around. There was a mixture of ages ( including senior citizens) and ethnicites and gained some confidence. I figured I knew how to dance and I'm Latina, I could show these people a thing or two about a thing or two.
When the class started the first song was Lady Gaga's Bad Romance. My first thought was WTF? This isn't Zumba music! But I figured when in Rome and got into it. 15 minutes later I was HATING LIFE. I looked up at the clock and wondered the heck I was going to finish this class. Then I realized that these past 15 minutes were just warm up.
The instructor started the music and we started to ZUMBA. I felt like my heart was going to jump out of my skin. I started to feel sick and worked my way to the locker room. I literally threw up in one of the stalls. So much for being a bad ass and putting everyone to shame. Feelings of panic set in when I didn't start to feel better. I sat in the bathroom stall praying I wasn't having a heart attack and images of the 11:00 news flashed with the headline: WOMEN FOUND DEAD ON TOILET SEAT. No, I was not going out that way. Finally after what seemed an eternity I mustered up some courage, did some self talk, and I walked outside, got some air and went back to the room. I limped in so people would think I had hurt my knee.
The smart thing to do would've been to grab my stuff and leave. But NOOOOOOOO, I had to continue. I had something to proove to myself this time. The heck with everyone else. So I paced myself and finished the class. (insert applause).
Now I know for next time to eat a better dinner because this class burns a lot of energy, and to pace myself and gradually build up some stamina. This is also a great life lesson for me. I have a tendency to jump into things right away and attack them with such vigour that one of two things happens: I either burn myself out or I get bored and disinterested. So I'm going to try and slow down, relax and try to take everything a slower pace than what I'm used to.
Last thing I learned? That for a 39 year old, I can bootie pop and shimmie with the best of them. :-).
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
The 14 Day Green Smoothie Challenge
In my quest to try new things this year I decided I wanted to try a Green Smoothie. Why? Because I heard it was a great cleanse and good for you.
I googled green smoothie for recipies and stumbled upon a Green Smoothie 14 day challenge. I was immediately intigued by the recipes and the testimonials by others on how green smoothies changed their health for the better. As someone who has a thyroid condidtion I figured I had nothing to lose and a lot to gain. I signed up and immediatly recieved my Day 1 email.
My first recipe consisted of lettuce and bananas. When I mention this to people their immediate reaction is "GROSS!". Honestly I didn't think it was gross at all, or maybe I didn't let myself think it was gross. I tossed in my bananas and blended it with water then added my lettuce and blended a little more. Surprisingly, it wasn't half bad although I didn't care for the tast of the bananas. (Yes it was the bananas that I didn't like).
I went back to the website and started reading some FAQ's. People were writing about side effects they were having, and I swear as I was reading I started to feel sick. Logic tried to tell me there was no way possible I could be having side effects that fast and I knew it was psychosematic but I didn't care. I tried to finish as much as I could and threw the rest away.
Did I feel like I failed? NO WAY. I had an idea, I tried it, and I didn't like it. I TRIED IT. I reached a goal. I didn't just say I wanted to do it and always wondered, I acutally did it and I am so proud of myself for it. I took another step in my journey and feel pretty damn good.
So what's next? I plan on running a 5k in October ( my birthday month) and have already started training on the treadmill and look forward to documenting my progress.
I googled green smoothie for recipies and stumbled upon a Green Smoothie 14 day challenge. I was immediately intigued by the recipes and the testimonials by others on how green smoothies changed their health for the better. As someone who has a thyroid condidtion I figured I had nothing to lose and a lot to gain. I signed up and immediatly recieved my Day 1 email.
My first recipe consisted of lettuce and bananas. When I mention this to people their immediate reaction is "GROSS!". Honestly I didn't think it was gross at all, or maybe I didn't let myself think it was gross. I tossed in my bananas and blended it with water then added my lettuce and blended a little more. Surprisingly, it wasn't half bad although I didn't care for the tast of the bananas. (Yes it was the bananas that I didn't like).
I went back to the website and started reading some FAQ's. People were writing about side effects they were having, and I swear as I was reading I started to feel sick. Logic tried to tell me there was no way possible I could be having side effects that fast and I knew it was psychosematic but I didn't care. I tried to finish as much as I could and threw the rest away.
Did I feel like I failed? NO WAY. I had an idea, I tried it, and I didn't like it. I TRIED IT. I reached a goal. I didn't just say I wanted to do it and always wondered, I acutally did it and I am so proud of myself for it. I took another step in my journey and feel pretty damn good.
So what's next? I plan on running a 5k in October ( my birthday month) and have already started training on the treadmill and look forward to documenting my progress.
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