Tonight's Workout (1/7/05)

Really Good. Lots of fun.

I woke up a little under the weather this morning. My throat was tight and I had a dry cough. Plus I felt dehydrated and a little weak. But I didn't feel so terrible that I would waste a sick day, so I went to work. By early afternoon I was still feeling run down. I knew I couldn't face the treadmill again this evening and I knew I wasn't motivated enough to push myself in a self paced workout. So, I went online and found out that a club in my network was having an "Ultimate Step Class" this evening. I'm a big fan of step classes and I tried Ultimate Step at this club once before. So I ventured out of the suburbs and into the city to take this class. Although finding parking in downtown Washington during rush hour was a bitch, I still made it to class on time.

The class was great (not overcrowded like last time). There was a lot of fancy choreography to keep me moving and alert. And although I have never been more uncoordinated during a step class, I had a lot of fun and worked up a real good sweat. I felt really good afterwards, unlike the exhausted, "thank god it's over" feeling I get when I'm running. This will probably become my new Friday night ritual.

Cardio
--Step Aerobics (1 hour)
--Running uphill from my car to the club, going back to my car to get my aerobic shoes, running uphill again and changing for class (15 minutes)

Things I should not have eaten today:
- Other than this pizza I'm about to devour I really didn't eat much today. I didn't have much of an appetite for most of the day.

I currently have no plans to workout tomorrow. I'm going to stay home and clean up around here. That will definitely be a workout in itself. Including Monday I've workedout 4 times this week. School starts on Monday and I hoping I can keep up my momentum and stay on top of both school work and exercise in the upcoming weeks.

Oh, I also signed up for the Discovery Health Channel's National Body Challenge. For what it's worth, it's another venue to help me stay motivated. I get free nutrition and fitness advice. And there's a weekly show that chronicles the lives of other fat people and reveals their secrets to successful weight loss. I also get a free 8 week membership to Bally's health club, which is good because the Bally's near my work has an indoor track. I went to Bally's once a long time ago and I was totally disgusted by their aggressive sales tactics. The place was way too overcrowded and I've never seen so many thong wearing blond ponytails and torn sleeveless muscle shirts in one place my entire life. Hopefully it's changed since then. Maybe the regular people like me with their long pants and extra big t-shirts from college staged a coup and reclaimed Bally's so fat people everywhere can exercise w/o being intimidated by the beautiful people.

- Go Terps!!!