I must be making up for lost time...

I haven't posted in over a month, and here I am posted twice in one day...within minutes.

Ha! I have stuff to say, and time to say it...it just didn't fit with my last post.

I called up Paradise Fitness to get information about fees, etc. I really want to get back on track working out more. Now, I enjoy zumba. But $5 a pop...or $40 for 10 classes...or $50 for unlimited a month...is a pretty big chunk of change for me right now. And when it's mostly cardio, and I want to do more toning, I'm wanting something different. Yes, there is a zumba toning class...but it is only Wednesdays from 530-630. I have church at 7. Not a good time for me. Yes, there are bootcamp classes that are not really cardio...but they are usually at 7 pm. I don't want to sit around for 3 hrs. after work, unable to eat, waiting to work out from 7-8. I come home hungry and want to eat, yet need to be in bed by 10 or 1030 at the latest. I don't like that scenario in any way, shape, or form.

To get back to what I was saying...I called up Paradise Fitness to see what the rates were, etc. The girl I spoke to invited me in for a complimentary walk-through and work-out or whatever. So I'm going Friday at 10 am. Ha! We'll see about this...if I'm going to start paying for something, I want to know I'm going to be doing it! I was doing very well for awhile, until it got cold. I was walking almost every day...even on Saturdays! (Miracle!) So I want to get back to that. I thought about doing something at home, but let's face it...I haven't been able to make myself stick to anything at home!

So...we'll see. All I know is, I never felt better than I did when I was doing something every day. So since I quit, I've started to feel very gross. I think my body can tell it's not getting the exercise it needs...and I think that daily exercise really was helping more than I thought. Because I can definitely tell a difference now that I've stopped.

LOOK OUT: old woman coming through...

I've been wanting to start back working out, because I haven't worked out regularly since I got sick last summer. The most "regular" work-out routine I had was when I attended Jada's Zumba class at Dothan High, but even that wasn't super regular.

If you are on FB, you may have seen some interesting pics of me and Jada dressed up like Christmas trees. ;) Those "costumes" won us both a Zumba fitness towel and a free week at Courtney's Studio. Well, I finally decided I was going to use my free week and get my money's worth out of it! (Even though I didn't actually spend any money on it...) Anyway. I started out by attending my first Booty Camp ever on Monday night. I barely made it through the first 2 or 3 songs...sat out the next 3...and had a very poor showing for the rest of the songs. I was hurting soo bad! Not to mention I felt like I was going to throw up or pass out or both!

Well, I had decided I would try Zumba in the circuit on Tuesday, a regular Zumba class on Wednesday, and Booty Camp again on Thursday. Yesterday, when I got off work, there was NO WAY I was going to work out!!! I'd been sorta' limping around because my upper legs were soooo sore and all that. I think Zumba is off the table for today, because I feel a little worse. My upper legs are still sore and even stiff! It hurts to bend down...and it has hurt, since Booty Camp, to even stand up after sitting down in a chair. I couldn't move my legs in bed last night without it hurting. I'm beginning to wonder if I actually pulled my muscles or something, because I have NEVER been this sore from a workout EVER.

Also, if I don't feel better tomorrow, Booty Camp will probably be off the plate as well, which would mean for my free week, I only got one class! :(  I should've just done a regular Zumba class to get back in the swing of things and then I could've gone yesterday AND today and definitely tomorrow! Oh well...you live and you learn.