Ouch

Soooo first week back in the trenches!  It's like riding a bike....you don't forget all the stuff you learned, but when you get back on you remember all the details in an instant.  I won't say that I had a GREAT first week back, but it was a pretty solid start!  The first few days I did really well - I counted all my points and I even actually tracked them!!  It went a little downhill at the weekend, though.  I have a friend who is leaving the country for ten weeks soon so we've been spending lots of time together before she goes and that involved several meals out this weekend.  Now, I certainly could have made healthier choices, but I also didn't let myself go crazy.  I didn't track over the weekend - they were mostly local restaurants and you can't exactly calculate the points for their food cause I doubt the waitress can provide you with all of the nutritional facts for their menu! 

I started feeling a little nervous about my weekend on Sunday because I'd also been REALLY tired this weekend and didn't really do much of anything.  So, while my laundry was washing I decided to get back to the dancing.  (It also helped that there wasn't really much of interest to me on the tv...)  I put on some workout clothes and did my new-ish Just Dance 2014 for a little over an hour!  I've owned the game for several months now and have probably only played it twice before this weekend...oops.  In any case, the songs are interesting and it reminded me just how out of shape I let myself get.  Oy.  I had to drink more water during it than I used to and it was certainly a workout for me cause I could even feel a little soreness in my upper back area on Monday.

Monday afternoon I had my first on-campus Zumba class!  Holy. Smokes.  It was fifty straight minutes....no break.  I needed water after about every other song!  But...I was quite proud of myself.  It was pretty evident that most of the women there (it's a faculty reserved class) were regulars and went more than once a week...and the instructor came up to me almost immediately and said she'd never seen me before and introduced herself.  She asked if I'd ever done Zumba before and I, obviously, answered yes and said that my sister was an instructor - so she said, "oh awesome then I don't even need to worry about you....".  Yeah....no pressure.  I've taken Zumba from two different instructors before this girl (not including the few extras from the Zumbathon that Sister and I did), but I'd never done any of these songs before...well, I think we did one of them in my first class, but the dance was quite different.  Regardless, I think I actually kept up really well!  There were only a few small times when I got confused by the footwork, and at one point my thighs were BURNING from this one dance, but overall I was impressed with myself cause this chicks dances are no joke!  (For those of you who take Sisters class, it's like Girls and Footloose for the whole 50 minutes....)  I don't think I've worked my hips that much in a LONG TIME.  I didn't even mind having to grab a quick lunch and eating while I worked afterwards! I did have a strange feeling while I was changing back into my work clothes in my locked dark office (awkward!), but I felt a good exhausted and really proud of myself for doing it. 

And then the day went on....

And as the day went on....I began to FEEL my workout.  In my arms.  In my back.  In my abs.  And most especially, in my legs.  Every time I had to stand, sit, walk, or (God forbid) climb stairs...I felt it.  My body was ANGRY!  I told that to one of my kiddos who is very athletic and she said, "I don't think your body is angry, I think it's actually really happy".  So I told her that it was happy that I worked out, but it was angry that I went so long not doing it and let it get out of shape.  Monday night was fairly painful, but I took a long hot bath and just let myself soak in the water.  I mostly just grab quick showers, so it had been quite some time since I'd actually taken a bath and it felt like heaven.  I put on some good slow music and just let myself enjoy the heat.  I had taken in a book, but I didn't even need it...I just let myself fully relax and it was amazing.  Granted, it was still sore getting out of the tub, but I wrapped myself up in a big fluffy robe and then bundled up under the blankets in my bed and relaxed a little longer. 

I got up this morning and still felt a little soreness, but nothing like what I felt last night.  I think that bath was just what I needed!  Now, the class is offered multiple days a week over lunch, but because of meetings and such I can only go on Mondays, but I think even that one day a week will really help get me back on track...and the memory of that pain may be enough to not ever let myself go so long without working out!

New starting weight: 239
Week 1: -3.0
Total weight loss: -3.0
Current weight: 236

I will take those three pounds off and be super duper happy about it!!!  Let's hope week #2 is just as successful....though slightly less painful!