Essentrics, shoes and shoes

I went to an essentrics class today at Lead Pilates and it was just as great as the other classes I have taken.  I really, and truly love going to classes there!  But I found doing the class in bare feet this time was not great - my poor little feet got sweaty and started to slip a bit.  Which got me thinking that I sure do wish those shoes I had purchased (they are kind of like the "barefoot" vibram shoes but without the individual toes) had worked out for me.  But alas I had to return them.  At the time I had also tried on a whole pile of the Vibrams but none fit properly - they all put pressure on my one little toe in an unpleasant way.  Oh well.  I guess maybe I will just have to settle for some of the toe socks with the little grippers on the bottom.

But on the other front regarding shoes I did get a nice pair of sandals at this big shoe sale today.  They were marked down a long way and they were really comfy - it will be nice to have a slightly dressier sandal to wear this summer.

TRX butt kicking

Well my TRX class kicked my butt today in a good way.  Lots of work on the legs (they were like jelly when I was done).  But I am still going to do at least some of my physio exercises tonight.  Want to keep working on that mini-goal and I am a long way away from it yet.  Although I would say I probably did about 35 or 40 squats today so maybe that counts off the squats portion of things for today - I will just do the other ones.

Also took my brother's dog for a little walk/run tonight too.  So all in all it was a good active day!

More than I thought

So today I was over making brunch at my sister's place.  And back before I got my wii fit (sometime around August) I had done a mii on the wii fit at her place.  So I thought hey I should check what my weight was then.  And low and behold it was 111.3 so two KG higher than what I was at the start of January when I started doing the Weight Watchers. So since August last year I have actually lost an additional 2K.  So that is kind of nice to know.

Today I got back into the my routine on the wii.  It is kind of funny how, after doing the pilates for quite a while now, the yoga on the wii fit seems really slow.  But it is really good since it is also good for a person to be able to hold a posture for a while as it works the body in a different way than the movement that goes on in Pilates.  But I was surprised that my pilates work hadn't improved some of those things a lot more - but like I said it is a different kind of work.  So I think I am going to set myself up a short routine and try to start doing it a little more often to get that kind of work into the mix.

Changing my layout again!

I always seem to be making tweaks and adjustments to my blog here.  Just looking for the thing that works - although I suspect there is nothing that will work all the time, there will always be a new thing that I want to add to help me along or something I want to take out because it is no longer helping me along.

So today I am thinking that the short term goals on the side don't really add anything for me in their current state - but I do think I still want to have a short term goal along the side.  Just want it to be different than the things that are there now.

I also think I can dispense with the little table where I was reporting the number of minutes I was spending on my workouts - doesn't seem like that is the most important thing to me right now.  The big thing for me is whether I am getting something physically and mentally from the workouts.  So I can talk about that without some table listing minutes spent.

On the note of getting something from my workouts - I had a good one this morning on the wii fit - haven't done one of those routines in quite a long time now.  The big thing I noticed is that when I did the downward dog I was really surprised and impressed with how much difference I feel in my arms and how they feel when doing it. They are definitely getting stronger and I am very happy with that since I didn't really realize how much work they are probably getting from my pilates and other stuff!

Run for the Cure

I just signed up for the Run for the Cure for Breast Cancer. If any of my rare blog visitors feels like they might want to donate you can find my donation page at http://www.runforthecure.com/goto/crystalizing

I don't imagine I will actually run very much of the 5K.  It will really be more of a ralk (1/4 run and 3/4 walk - although I admit that is probably a generous estimate of the amount of running I will do).

Today signaled my return to Pilates class.  It felt so great to get moving again.  Although I do think all the time off left my back a little bit susceptible to a little twinge - so I will keep my eyes on myself to make sure I don't load work into my back when it is supposed to be elsewhere.

Would rather have gained

I had an overly high loss of weight this week and honestly I would rather have had a gain because I am sure this loss signals the loss of some hard earned lean muscle.  And I just feel generally like a sack of poo because I am sick.  Well hopefully I will start feeling better soon.  I am really missing my workouts.

Who'da Thunk It

Having been sick this past little while I haven't been working out at all (got a walk in the one day and my physio exercises a couple times) but I can say that I am just dying to get back to my workouts.  I miss them so much.  A year ago I might have said maybe I would miss it if I started up with squash again but anything else workout like I would have doubted that I would be so into it.

Yet here I am wanting mostly to get over this nasty cold so that I can get back to my workouts.  And there it is a change in my mental state that is really and truly meaningful and something I can see myself taking through the rest of my life!

New Pics - April Comparison

Well I am down with a really rotten cold so I had to miss pilates class today.  But once again I have to say that the change, especially in my side view, really has to be credited in large part to my pilates at Lead Pilates.  I am sure that I could have lost the weight I have lost without it.  But I don't believe I could have come anywhere near so far in flattening my abdomen without the pilates.

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Late pictures

Well today should be the day I post my comparison pictures - with the new one for the start of the month but I am going to be waiting until tomorrow this month - since I have a stinky cold and didn't want a giant red nose in the picture.  Hopefully tomorrow will be a little better.