Getting Back To The Gym

Good Morning Bleeps.

I hope you all had a good weekend, I certainly did. We were kid free this weekend so it was just the two of us for most of it, it was like a two-day-long date!

Saturday we went up to Blue Water, which is a lovely big shopping centre here in the South East. We did a little bit of shopping followed by a lovely light lunch of chicken breast with a side salad. I wanted the wild boar burger but I started yet another diet on Saturday because we received our third wedding invitation and it was a wake-up call that I need to get toned up so that I can wear the sort of dresses that I like. I did cheat and have a couple of glasses of wine with lunch but I passed on dessert so surely that just balances it out?!

After lunch we went to watch The Hunger Games.Phil treated us to the the "Gallery", which means you get your own entrance and lovely big, sofa-like seating. You also get chocolates, nachos and muffins, ALL of which I resisted. I know, right?! How good am I?

I am half way through the book and so there was a tiny part of me that was worried about seeing the movie before I had finished reading in case it made me not want to bother but that hasn't at all been the case. I really liked what they did with the film and although I now know how it ends I am still unable to put the book (or in my case, Kindle) down.

Yesterday I did my first ever yoga class. I was so nervous when I woke up, I did my usual symptom inventory list in my head and thankfully I was feeling OK, the only thing bothering me was the side pain and nausea that seems to be with me constantly these days. Phil was going to do it with me (he has done Yoga before) and so I wasn't going by myself, which meant there really wasn't an easy way to back out. I didn't want to back out but I was literally shaking with nerves when I got there. I was also a little worried that the pain might get worse.

I spoke to the teacher and let her know that I am waiting for my official diagnosis and that I didn't know how much I would be able to do. She was great and all through the class kept asking me if I was OK. I managed to keep up and found some of the poses familiar because my old personal trainer used to have me doing some of them. Anyone who thinks that Yoga is easy hasn't been to a class like this, I came out sweaty and my legs shaking as if I had been for a long run. Granted I haven't done any exercise in months but still, she put us through our paces.

My body did sort of rebel in the afternoon, my face went numb and there was an electrical storm raging wild through my limbs. The black floaters in my eyes were plentiful although I can't be sure if this is because I pushed myself hard in the class or if this would have happened anyway. I wasn't about to let it put me off though and called the gym to schedule my next class, which will be tomorrow. The one good thing was that the pain in my stomach/side was gone. Maybe those pain relieving endorphins had worked their magic?

Today I can hardly move, I feel like I have been hit by a bus. I am hurting in muscles that I didn't even know I had. Being an ex runner, I am used to feeling this sort of thing in my legs but I never felt such stiffness in my upper body. I am taking this as a good sign that I worked my muscles, they will tone up if they like it or not!

For any of you out there that are in a similar situation as me as far as feeling like you want to do something to increase your fitness but are no longer able to go to the gym, if you are able to find a yoga class near you then try it out. My sister has been recommending it forever (she is a huge Yoga fan and says that doing Yoga got her in the best shape of her life) and so I think she will be pleased for me, I can't wait to tell her about it.

So enough about me, how are YOU?