Sorry that this is late- it's the beginning of my semester final exams at school, and I've been slammed!
On Wednesday the 29th, I went over to Sara's and danced for about an hour with her. It was pretty fun, and while it is difficult sometimes, it doesn't really feel like exercise. I really liked dancing to "Maneater" by Nelly Furtado, but Sara is more of a "Soulja Boy" fan, apparently.
Thursday was a bit different than my normal schedule. I had classes as usual, and I also had a choir rehearsal for our upcoming concert. I decided that after class I'd eat some dinner, rather than waiting until after the rehearsal to eat. We don't know how long those are going to last, and I was already feeling hungry. Normally I would have gone to the gym right after class, but a change is a good as a break, right?
After rehearsal, I went to the gym. It was much less busy than the last time, and I saw my friend Hana as I was coming in. I felt proud that I was there, and that I'd had a school friend witness that I really am going! I changed and went straight up to the track for my first two laps. I have noticed that when I'm stretching before getting on the elliptical, it's getting easier to reach my toes on one side, but not the other. I think that is probably because the left leg is the one that I curl under me when I'm sitting, so it's more used to being contracted.
I resolved to do my entire 30 minutes on the elliptical this time, since I'd skimped the last time. I kept the resistance at the slightly higher rate that I had moved to on Tuesday. It wasn't so bad, and while I really wanted to stop at 20 minutes, I managed to make it 30 and a HALF minutes. That extra half was my way of telling my body to shut up and listen! I do need to work on getting back to my plan of extending the time, but after a month of not going it's like I went back to (nearly) square one. We'll see how it goes. I only did one cool down lap this time, because all of the guys that were down in the basketball court were shooting basketballs at the hoops, and some of them had very poor aim. I got tired of throwing balls back to them, and I was also feeling really self-conscious at being the only girl there. The plan is to work out again on Tuesday, if I have time. I have some final papers due that I haven't even started, so that is my fault for procrastinating!
