Life seems to be
getting in the way of my exercise schedule so last week was not quite as active
as I would have preferred.
The week started of very well. I went to the gym on
Monday. First, I took a group session with strength training. We used free
weights and our body weight for the exercises. It was fantastic. The instructor
was this guy I totally love, he is a fantastic instructor. I’ve taken some
cardio classes with him and always come out totally wet through with sweat,
exhausted and completely happy. This session was just as good! Because I was
working late I didn’t managed to be there for his cardio class, so I took this
Step aerobics instead. It went horribly wrong. OMG, people. I felt like the
biggest idiot ever. Usually, I’m not so worried about how I look while
exercising. I’ve kind of given up on the idea of meeting some lovely sexy hunk
of a guy at the gym and make him fall totally in love with me. When I’m working
out, I usually sweat like a pig, breath like a whale and look like Charlize
Theron in Monster! What is the point of not going to the gym if you don’t give
it your all, so I sacrifice my love life for my health! Anyway, let’s get back
to this step class. I’ve done a few step classes before so I thought this one
would be the same. Those I’ve done are called Step Interval, easy step aerobics
with intervals of strength training. But no. This was not like that at all. The
instructor was nice and lovely, and smilingly saying that we would start with
some easy steps and then build on them. OK, I thought. Sounds great. Let me
just conclude that there is a reason for why I don’t do Zumba! I cannot dance
to save my life and when you add a step platform, a huge mirror and twists,
turns and twirls to the program, you can just forget it. So I left after 30
minutes of a 55 minute class. Still, got some training and most importantly,
know never to do this class again!!
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday were rests days. I should have gone to the gym or out running on
Tuesday, but life got in the way and I went out with some friends instead. It
was so great to meet up with my IMEC colleagues again, great to get to re-live
my thesis semester through them and just to talk. The best part is that talking
to my friends from my masters program always reminds me of what I want out of
live, and what I want from my live. It reminds me of my dream. It is so easy
just to get caught up in living your life that you forget about doing what you
really want. I’m very busy now working and trying to make money, establishing
myself in a new country, making new friends and doing a good job as a
kindergarten teacher that I sometimes forget about my dreams. I’ve already
realised three of my biggest lifetime dreams. I have a masters degree. I’ve
studies abroad. Not just in one country, but three countries!! And I’m living
and working abroad right now. But I still have a couple of dreams I really want
to fulfil, both professionally as well as personally. So I’m thinking to make
2013 the year for some more dreams to come true. And for all of you out there
that are reading this, I just want to tell you that all your dreams can come
true. It takes lots of work and some courage, but they can come true if you
really really want it and work for it. Belief me!
Vow, sorry for the
sermon! So, on Wednesday I had choir practice and on Thursday I had my first
singing lesson. I’ve wanted to take singing lessons since I was a teenager but
never done it before, so finally I went for it now. So Friday was finally a day
for gym again. I had to change my shifts at work and was working until 5pm, and
after a hectic week with way too much to do I gave up and went straight home
after work. No gym L I went home, made a delicious pizza
from scratch, Skyped with a lovely friend and went early to bed. Exhausted. All
weekend I’ve been working on an article and barely moved from my desk except to
go to a dinner party with some singing friends. Next week will be better, I
promise!
Regarding my diet, I
just want to say that I’ve been totally miserable for some of the days of the
week. Really craving sugar!!! It has made me irritated, frustrated, depressed
and tired. But I stuck to my plan, no sugar at all, and it is getting easier.
The hardest thing, I think, is just getting over the habit of having something
to nibble during those few hours I get these days to relax with a good film or
TV show. But it is getting easier and I will survive. I hope ...
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