Saturday, April 6, 2013

Pilates

It's been forever since I have written on here.  I have been married for almost a year now!  The wedding went well, by the way...now we are prepping to go on a late honeymoon to the UK in June and...hopefully, baby time!  I am sort of baby crazy right now, and worried because I was an idiot and looked at all this stuff on the internet about being over 35 and fertility.  We shall see, I suppose.

The other news is that I started Pilates classes again.  It's been a looooong time since I did it--it was prior to my mother passing away at a place called Precision Pilates.  I didn't really like that studio much and just sort of stopped when my mom died and summer rolled around.  It was far away, and honestly, I didn't have the drive to do anything like that at the time.

Well, flash forward to 2012--broken foot, stupid walking boot, and about 40 pounds later....flash forward to NOW, and I am down about 20 of those pounds due to healthful eating and portion control.  I also kicked my Coca Cola habit, unbelievably..which took some work...I was pretty miserable going through some kind of aspartame withdrawal...and then caffeine withdrawal....and then sugar withdrawal.  I actually felt pretty miserable for a month or two:  migraines, lethargy, mood swings, the whole nine yards.  I can't say I really feel that much different physically, but my skin is the softest and clearest it has literally ever been.  I also have noticed a slight reduction in the amount of migraines that I have...and I am way more sensitive to caffeine and sugar now, when I do indulge.  Generally, I get a migraine the next day if I have too much sugar now!  So, I avoid it, though Easter chocolate made that hard!

At any rate, Pilates.  Well, with the 6/5 schedule, I have the money so I researched Pilates studios in the area and signed up for a really great deal at a place near our condo.  LOVE.  It is the best!  It is a clean, unpretentious, slightly earthy place with excellent instruction (thus far!)  I have gone to about 7 sessions so far and I am sort of obsessed.

I generally come out of class feeling taller, more graceful, inspired, and with clear vision of what I want to achieve.  It sounds corny, but it's true.  I especially love my Saturday morning classes...and those who know me will testify that anything that makes me get up at 7 am on a Saturday HAS to be pretty miraculous.  I find mornings quite upsetting...once, when working at the coffee shop back in the day, I lost the whipped cream container when working the 6 am shift.  I asked my coworker where it was and he must have thought I had lost my mind because it was right in front of  me...

I am eager to be able to do things that I couldn't do before...I can't wait to feel strong.  I have already lost about an inch or two on my hips and about an inch and a half on my waist, too!  Amazing.

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