New Attitude

Aug 06, 2010

I joined an exercise group that meets for 45 minutes on Monday and Tuesday beginnng July 12.  Here is what I told my friends about the class the day after it started:

 I got there early, about 6:45 and met Attilla, I mean Rene, the Drill Sargent (oops again) instructor.  When I saw the steps I knew I was in for it, when she asked the center personnel for a mat, I was looking for a quick exit.  Me, get down on the floor AND get back up again?  Have you ever seen a turtle on it's back, or a whale on a beach?  Well, she and the classmates asured me they would help me up (hope they brought their half-ton jack with them).  Needless to say, I was a bit apprehensive about this whole thing -- people I didn't know, actions I wasn't sure my body would do, and what if I break wind during a strenuous activity?    Well, the class started and we slowly warmed up, I looked at the clock, "that was only 5 minutes? I am not going to make it."  We kept going, I looked at the clock, "10 minutes down, and I don't think I will last".  My thighs were burning, and we were just doing the upper body still.  Then we started the leg stretches and lunges and squats.  Next, line dancing.  Finally, the steps, oh no, well they only had 3 steps and I said I would just use the floor (hard enough for me without trying to defy gravity).  Next, the mat.  I got down (oh it was soooo nice to just lie there -- it was a deception).  Next it was modified push-ups, bicycle, and 100 crunches -- yes, 100 people.  Then, after all that, it was time to stand up.  We did have small preschool chair next to me, and I was able to use that to climb up.  Ah, cool down time, breathing and slow movements, a little stretching.  The 45 minutes was done.  I was still alive, still able to ambulate, and could even breath.  All throughout this, I was thinking, "I can't do this twice a week.  I will just not come back.  I will call for a refund and find something else to do that I can do."  And with each thought (lie), I heard God's truth.  "I am with you.  I am your strength.  Do not be anxious about anything.  I will make a way for you." and many other phrases and words of encouragement He gives.    Well, today, I am still sore (a bit) and planning on going back tomorrow night.  It is time for me to move and I need to get out of the comfortable and do what seems impossible.

Well, day before yesterday, a Wednesday, I was having a stressful day at work.  You know what I thought -- "Oh I can't wait to get to exercise class and feel better".  Yes, I feel better with exercise.  I am moving better, hurting less.  AND -- big shocker, eating better. 

I have been thinking about not rejoining the group after this session and trying something else, but I know if I don't committ to something, I will do nothing.  So, I may rejoin for the next session and look for something else during it.  We'll see.  The one thing I know, (don't tell anyone I said this) I enjoy exercising.  Not the actually act, but I like what it does to my body and mind.
 

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