Well, I kinda let things get out of control. Between mid-April and June, I had only 2 hikes: Red Rock Canyon near Vegas and Bastrop State Park here in Texas. The short walks were completely gone. Diet went completely to hell. About Wednesday or Thursday of last week, I weighed myself, and I came in at a whopping 215. Not so good.
So, desperation set in: I signed up to take a Krav Maga course at Windy Sports and Fitness. The course is evenings Monday through Friday. I'm going to try to go Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. I started on Friday the 18th.
The course was intense, maybe too intense for me. There originally was an introduction to Krav on Saturdays, which I planned on attending, but they cancelled it. So they called me and told me that I could meet with the instructor for 20 minutes before class. He seemed nice. Tough, but nice. Then the actual course started. I had to leave at one point to run to the bathroom because I thought I was going to throw up. Seriously. I wretched a few times, and then got my fat ass back out into the class. The instructor smiled at me, asked if I was ready, gave me a quick hug, and then quickly went back to barking orders at the class (me included). I had to run off one other time, because I was getting dizzy, probably from shortness of breath. Then I caught my breath and got back in there.
And I'm going to go through it all again tonight.
I was sore all weekend. It probably wasn't the best way to recover, but Hubby and I went to a wine festival here in town. Lots of tastings. I had to keep telling Hubby to slow down as we wandered the festival because I was so stiff. Between my pathetic performance at the Krav class and the dehydration from the wine festival, my weight dropped to 212. And that was after a big lunch on Sunday.
God give me strength to just make it through the class tonight. I just don't want to leave the mat again to go running to the bathroom, fearing I'm going to spew. I'm only praying to hang in there. Maybe eventually I can hope to do a good job, but for now, I'll settle for just making it through the entire class without my brief "breaks".
I've signed up for a month at this gym. If I can handle it, I'll sign up for a longer membership. It's definitely more intense than a leisurely walk to the park and back. Hopefully, I can hang in there.
You will kick ass! It's going to be tough but you can do this! Just keep going even if you have to take your workout a little easier than everybody else at first. It won't be long before you are up to speed and not in danger of hurling. ;) Go get them!
ReplyDeleteWoohoo! Awesome, girlie! Keep it up and you'll definitely stop taking "breaks". For now, and maybe for the next week, though, those breaks are your body's way of saying that you're challenging yourself--in a good way! Just don't give up--let your body get used to having to work a bit. =)
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys. I appreciate the encouragement. I'll let you know how it goes. I'll try to be better about keeping up my blog, too. Thanks again.
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