final hurdle

i woke up and it was raining. i really did not expect rain as it was such a beautiful day yesterday but there it was, pissing it down outside the window. i got up. whether i was going to the gym or not was not a question. i was going! a bit of rain can't stop me from getting what i want. final hurdle cleared!

mark's mom offered to give me a lift to the gym. that was nice. today's workout plan was 30' walk and 30' recumbent bike but when i came to the gym there was a class about to start in studio 1. i looked at the board and it was a 'sculpt' class. yesterday i blogged that i would like to do some toning class and i thought this was an opportunity to try something new. there were old ladies waiting so i thought 'can't be too difficult if they can do it! i will give it a go!' i later found out that i was terribly wrong and that those old ladies were incredibly fit. the class was fun (there was some ass shaking action) but it was incredibly tough. it focused on thighs and stomach. i could do stomach ok (perhaps because i've done some sit ups in the past week) but the thighs! that was painful! i had to stop and start a lot. other people had to do that too though. the old ladies didn't. the old ladies kept going.
it was nice to go to a class for a change and i enjoyed it a lot. i think i will go to this class on tuesdays. it will break down the week nicely and it will add some variety to the workouts. i'm still considering the yoga class on sunday morning. that way i'd have 5 cardio days and 2 toning days. sounds good to me! there's still the issue of getting up early on sundays though.

when i came out of the gym it was still raining. i started walking to the bus station and it got so windy that my umbrella broke :/ it was a tiny little fragile thing and the wind just bent one of the metal sticks so it was hanging there in 90 degrees angle. we can buy a new one in the trafford centre today. we definitely have to go to the trafford centre because i did not do my walk on the treadmill today so i didn't make many steps so far.

i've been thinking about what would happen if i stepped on the scales next week and there would be no loss (or there would even be gain!) in the past, i would stop exercising and start eating shitloads. not this time though. i exercise seven days a week and i eat well. if i don't lose weight this week, i'll lose weight next week. it will have to come off at some point. i just have to be patient. i'm not going to give up!