Did Me Some Yoga!

One of my goals for this past year has been to do yoga once a week. We've had our Y membership for a year now and I've known they offer yoga classes. but I never got up the courage to go to a class. Finally this week I sent out an email to my girlfriends and asked if anyone wanted to join me for the beginner's class. My friend Mandy wrote me back telling me she loves yoga and would love to join me.

So tonite, I entered the world of yoga! and it was great! It was challenging, and invigorating. I couldn't hold all the poses for as long as the instructor did, but I felt exilerated when I was able to even get into a pose.

It was a small class with just 4 of us and the instructor, so she was able to come over and help us with our posture and balance. Afterwards I felt like I had run a race, but was curiously relaxed at the same time.

Hubby encouraged me to go again! I think I'll take him up on that offer before he remembers that means watching our son for the evening =)

So how bout you? Have you tried anything new lately? Ever done yoga? Do you like to drag a friend with you when you try something new?

Deep Water Aerobics

have you done water aerobics? in the deep end? wow! what an experience. i think i've discovered muscles i didn't know i had.

tues morning i donned my black, modest swimsuit and headed over to the YMCA. i went over to the pool and found a back floaty that i would use for the class. the other gals wore the ankle floaty's but i wasn't sure that would work for me so i stuck with the back one. the instructor was great and didn't make me feel like a duffus. half way thru i was feeling the effects of the cardio workout. my muscles felt ok, i was just feeling winded.

about 40 minutes into the hour we swam over to the ledge and did some exercises on the wall. by the time i got out i was feeling pleasantly tired. but it wasn't until today, a day later, that my muscles started letting me know that they are definitely not used to working that hard. i AM SORE! but not discouraged. in fact, i'm kind of liking it and proud of myself.

i'm planning on going every tues morning and i'm looking forward to the day when my muscles won't be sore.

Y~M~C~A

it's official, i signed up for the 12 week wellness challenge at the Y. i met with my trainer, nicole, a cute little early 20's brunette. now you might be envisioning a short barbie doll, but she is nothing like that. and in fact 4 years ago she lost around 90lbs! i was so impressed with her story and how she was able to lose the weight over a period of 2 years.

we decided on what i like to do for exercise, what i might like to try out ie: deep water aerobics, and how often i will work out and what i will do. and who my support team will be.

michael has committed to work out with me once a week. we started that friday afternoon and it felt good to have someone holding me accountable to get out of the house. i also have several friends who will be cheering me on thru email, phone calls and ESP! you too can be part of my support team by leaving me encouraging comments to this post and others that will track my progress. i know have a long way to go to reach my long term goal, but for the first 12 weeks i'm committed to working out 4x a week and losing 12 lbs. nicole and i will be meeting every week to review my progress, see what's working and what isn't.

so cheer me on! and if you exercise regularly let me know what you like and what you don't. i love to hear others success stories, or if you need encouragement to go for it, i can cheer you on too!