Fitness Center

The fitness center is so much fun! I have really enjoyed doing it this week! I have realized it helps break up the day. Yesterday was the only time I didn't do anything at lunch time and the day seemed to drag compared to the other days. The week has also gone by so fast too! While others were praying for 5pm Friday (I was a bit too but that was because Mommy is coming today) I was fine.

I stuck to my schedule and decided that that is not enough. There are just too many fun classes and I want to take them all! Considering I haven't worked out in 6 months I am not sore at all. There are some specific points that are sore for my arms and if I am sitting for a while it is a bit sore to stand but that is all. Muscle Memory is also an amazing thing. My shoulders are coming back, my back is back to where it was, my abs have flattened more then the classes have made them, my bottom is almost back and my arms are almost back. It is pretty cool. I still have a ways too go but it is cool how fast your muscles regroup.

My new schedule:

Monday: 12:05-12:35 Circuit City
              12:35-12:45 Abs
              5:00-5:30 Elliptical

Tuesday: 12:05-12:35 Sassy Step
              12:35-12:45 Stretch
              5:15-6:00 Zumba

Wednesdays: 12:05-12:35 Strike (found out that this is kick boxing)
                     12:35-12:45 Abs
                     5:00-5:30 Elliptical

Thursdays: 12:05-12:45 Zumba
                  5:15-5:45 Abs

Fridays: 12:05-12:45 Triple Threat
             5:00-5:30 Elliptical

I accidentally left my written out schedule at work so this is what  I could remember. The only one I am not sure on is Friday's Triple Threat class. I know that class starts at 12:05 but I don't know if it ends at 12:35 and another class starts at 12:35 or if it does end at 12:45 or even ends as 12:35 and there is no other class. Either way I am there until the class(es) end or 12:45.

How do I work food? Well I have enough time to eat a Nutri Grain bar between the class ends and me getting back to work so I eat that. I eat lunch in my afternoon break like I eat breakfast in my morning break.

The classes are so much fun! I love all the teachers and my "class mates" are a hoot. So far it is the same people over and over which is great. I LOVE zumba! It is a complete blast! 

I know this can sound like a lot but it really isn't. A lot of people get to move around during the day. I am used to moving around during the day. When I was working retail I was running around during the day and then I started working at the hotel where I more or less paced around and rarely had to run up 14 flights to catch a guest before they got to a room (yes me running up those flights of stairs can be faster then an elevator in the summer). I was also standing a lot. Well that burns more calories then you realize and I am literally going to be tied to a computer and phone. This is completely fine but on top of a normal workout I would have to do to maintain/lower my current weight/size I have to do more to make up for the movement I am not doing during work. I do not want to end up with "secretary's hips" and so this is my attack. It is also a lot of fun so it doesn't seem like work. I feel better, I am sleeping better, time is moving better so I am not stuck. All this work is definitely worth it.

Right now I work 8-5 with a 12pm lunch but after training my schedule may change. I hope I keep my 12pm lunch as that is when all the classes are. My manager has seen me go to the gym during my lunch breaks and she seems pretty flexible/reasonable within reason so maybe when the time comes if my lunch breaks change I can talk with her and work something out or maybe switch lunches with someone. That is a ways away but the only downside I know of so I am not doing that badly :)