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I'm moving around a lot
Mar. 12th, 2014 05:15 pmIt's been roughly two weeks since I decided that I want to move around more often, ergo exercise some more. I had some excuses in the past year (falling in love, buying a house, etc) that made me not work out much and I probably will have an excuse in the future too. However, I like moving my body. I like feeling present, seeing how the power of my legs can help me cross distances on foot and on my bike. It makes me feel strong.
A short recap after two weeks:
1. I feel sweaty most of the time and start sweating the minute I think about walking around. This is unpleasant, but I comfort myself with the idea that I will sweat less when I burned off the 10 pounds that I piled on in the past year.
2. Related to feeling sweaty, my metabolism is turned up and where I usually felt a bit chilly, I am now feeling hot most of the time, to the degree that I kick off blankets in bed and want to wear a thinner coat outside.
3. I haven't stepped on the scale yet, because I tend to focus too much on the number instead of how I feel. I stepped on the scales a couple of times before I started and I was at 68.8 kg, roughly 6 kg above the weight where I feel comfortable. Hoping to bring it back to 63-65 ish, that might take three months or so.
I started sampling the gym's in my area: yesterday I took a Zumba class in the gym closest to our house. It was a fun class, though I believe Zumba to be a very unsafe way of moving due to no safety cues at all and the huge, uncontrolled flailing. I'll try the bigger and more luxurious gym next week. I really enjoy riding my bike again for longer distances, it is very meditative :-) Belly dance class and ballet are as usual, though I am finally seeing some slow improvements in ballet class after a long plateau. Ballet teacher is the best and I like her as a person, maybe because she also taught several of my dance friends. She sort of feels like a dance aunt.
A short recap after two weeks:
1. I feel sweaty most of the time and start sweating the minute I think about walking around. This is unpleasant, but I comfort myself with the idea that I will sweat less when I burned off the 10 pounds that I piled on in the past year.
2. Related to feeling sweaty, my metabolism is turned up and where I usually felt a bit chilly, I am now feeling hot most of the time, to the degree that I kick off blankets in bed and want to wear a thinner coat outside.
3. I haven't stepped on the scale yet, because I tend to focus too much on the number instead of how I feel. I stepped on the scales a couple of times before I started and I was at 68.8 kg, roughly 6 kg above the weight where I feel comfortable. Hoping to bring it back to 63-65 ish, that might take three months or so.
I started sampling the gym's in my area: yesterday I took a Zumba class in the gym closest to our house. It was a fun class, though I believe Zumba to be a very unsafe way of moving due to no safety cues at all and the huge, uncontrolled flailing. I'll try the bigger and more luxurious gym next week. I really enjoy riding my bike again for longer distances, it is very meditative :-) Belly dance class and ballet are as usual, though I am finally seeing some slow improvements in ballet class after a long plateau. Ballet teacher is the best and I like her as a person, maybe because she also taught several of my dance friends. She sort of feels like a dance aunt.
