So I'm finally taking this weight loss thing seriously. I've been eating really well lately and exercising every day. Monday night I went to a step aerobics class. I still haven't received the cross trainers I ordered almost two weeks ago because of Hurricane Sandy, so I was forced to wear my running shoes and that sucked, but the class was fun and quite the workout. Last night, I decided to go to my first spin class ever. It wasn't so hard, but I kinda forgot about my broken tailbone. It's only been eight weeks and that's the first time I've been on a bike of any sorts since the injury, and boy did my tush hate me after an hourlong class. During parts of the class/course (you adjust the resistance to pretend you're riding up a hill and whatnot), we'd stand up on the pedals. That was nice relief, but as soon as I sat back down, the pain was unreal. I guess the doctor wasn't kidding when she said this is one of those injuries that can take months or years to heal.
Either way, I felt great afterward. Tired, drained, and sore (probably from both hot yoga on Sunday morning and aerobics Monday) but exhilarated My plan was to go home, have a small dinner, shower, and settle in to watch the election results. However, I completely forgot about a Junior League conference call, so I did that while eating, and by the time we finished, results were already starting to pour in and I could not tear myself away. I would have fallen asleep in my sweaty gym clothes had the house not been -5238 degrees. I forced myself to change into clean, warm, dry clothes but when the election was finally called shortly after 11 p.m., I gave up all intentions of good hygiene. To be honest, I didn't break much of a sweat during spin because I was babying my poor rear, so I wasn't THAT disgusting (yes, I'm trying to convince myself as much as you).
I tried to stay up to watch the Obama's and Mitt's speeches, but I woke up some time in the middle of the night (morning) and turned off the TV. I watched Scott Brown's (I always want to call him Rick Scott for some reason) concession speech, which was incredibly classy and respectful toward Elizabeth Warren, whose speech was a little too scripted for me but at least it was a victory speech.
We are expecting the first snowflakes of the season today. It won't amount to much here but if it's going to be this cold, it might as well snow! Figures that it's going to be back up to 60 this weekend. I'm finally over my cold, thanks in part to two bottles of Maximum Strength Mucinex® Fast-Max™ Cold, Flu & Sore Throat Liquid, a clean diet, lots of water, and exercise. The last part is debatable. I can't decide if one should "sweat it out" or "wait it out" but when the latter didn't work, I decided to give the former a chance. Maybe I was already starting to recover, but I have to believe that getting exercise when we're only a little bit sick is a good way to tell our bodies to stop whining.
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