Whose Crazy Idea Was This?

I have talked about trying to get my life on track and live a more healthy existence for my remaining time here on earth. I want to feel healthy and good. I no longer want to feel like a lazy, disgusting sloth.

I am not having crazy weight loss on Weight Watchers. I tend to lose a couple of pounds and gain back a pound. You know, two steps forward and one step backwards. But, I have been trying to limit my intake and trying to watch what I eat. I indulge when I want to - but not like I used to. Just trying to eat right.

I have also taken up doing exercise classes as often as I can. I have done a few Zumba classes, a muscle buster class and water aerobics has been a favorite. I really enjoy water aerobics. Ted and KayeLynn have been going with me and it's been a lot of fun. Watching Ted is especially great.
He is all over the water. Eventually, he has this large space around him, because everyone has decided to give it to him - or else he will get in their space. It's ok - I'm glad he's liking it and doing so well at it.

Well, last night I decided to try a SPIN class. KayeLynn went, too, but it was too hard on her and caused her to tremor, so she stopped about fifteen minutes into it. So, at this point, I will tell you how it went. First off, let me explain what a spin class is. You are in a group of people who are all on stationary bikes. The instructor tells you to twist the knob to make it harder or twist it to make it easier - it gives you the feeling of going up and down hills. I sat down on my bike and started to peddle. The instructor started to give instructions. Peddle, twist to make it easier, twist to make it harder. It took me about four minutes to realized just how much I was not enjoying this class. There are a couple of bones in the nether regions of the body that rest very hard on the seat of the bike. It starts to hurt right there pretty quickly. So, at the six or so minute mark, when she says to stand up, I am pretty happy to be getting that weight up off my crotch which is on fire with pain. Yeah, that lasted about a ninety seconds. Then I am yelling "Holy $H!*". My legs are now on fire, my feet on the pedals are burning. So, I sit back down on my seat - which is instant pain on these places where my butt hits the seat. I am only about nine minutes into class. I have forty more minutes to go!!! I am not about to give up, though. I am going to keep going. So I keep pedaling. At about the fifteen minute mark, I can still feel the pain in my crotch, but it is starting to go numb. There is no way in this entire world that I am going to try and stand up and pedal anymore. I am soaking wet from head to toe and this crazy bi-otch of an instructor keeps saying "increase the tension"!! WHAT??? Holy crap. I increase the tension - and I just listen to the music. I am closing my eyes and singing the songs in my head.

OK - I am now at the thirty minute mark. I am truly thinking I should just get off this bike and give up. But, I keep telling myself that I need to just stay there. Mostly because if I get off the bike, I am totally afraid my legs will give out I will be rolling back and forth on my back while all these lunatics keep pedaling around me. I am sure they are wondering what the hell I am doing in their class anyway. She says there are three more songs to go - I have been doing this for about forty minutes - I can do three more songs. Just close my eyes and keep pedaling. Three songs down - I AM DONE!!! My legs are jelly, my ass is in so much pain where those two bones hit the seat, my crotch is numb, my hair is soaking wet. I stretch. I put my seat and bike away after wiping it down. I leave and tell myself that I will never do that again. I'll stick to water aerobics, Zumba, muscle busters, step class, walking. I probably burned more calories in that fifty minutes that I have doing anything else. But, today, every time I sit down and feel those bones, and the muscles in my neck and shoulders, I am reminded of why I didn't like spin class.