DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS?

this is a sp*in cycle.

otherwise known as a "contraption of torture"!

I took my first sp*in class today at our gym.

anyone else out there crazy enough to get on this thing?! :)

We get 1 free personal tra*iner visit a month and my tra*iner suggested I start taking some of the classes they offer in order to change up my routine and hopefully kick up my metabolism so I can lose a few pounds and get leaner in the process.

John has taken sp*in classes before and they have been tough on him...and he's in GREAT cardio shape.

Needless to say, I was pretty nervous to take this class. :)

I got an amazing cardio and leg workout from this class today...and I didn't even go all out (I wasn't sure how hard it would be or how long it would last so instead of going 100% hard, I dialed it down to about 75%) :).

I can honestly say I'll take this class again...maybe every Thursday.

I'm going to be really sore tomorrow though. :) I can already feel my legs getting real tired and it's A) only been 2 hours since the class and B)only 1pm here...which means I have the whole rest of the day to get thru without collapsing!

moral of the story:
don't be afraid to take new classes -even if they scare the snot out of you!

A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR ME!

Only my family and very few friends even know about this, but I joined Weight Watchers exactly 4 weeks ago. Today, I weighed in 1/2 pound UNDER my goal weight! Yippeeeee! Now I just have a few weeks of "maintenance" and then I can be a "life time member"....but even though I'm supposed to just "maintain" my weight, I think I'm going to try to lose about 2 more pounds. :)

I felt pretty silly signing up as I only had 9 pounds to lose, but I've struggled with those 9 pounds on and off for 4.5 years -ever since Andrew was born. Over the years, I've done WW on and off and had some success-but I always did it on my own (my mom and mother in law are/have been lifetime members so would give me their booklets and such). Lately, I've REALLY struggled with the weight coming off. I knew what I really needed was to be held accountable -I needed the motivation of knowing I had to step on a scale in front of someone else!

I had set in my mind that it would take 8-10 weeks to get the weight off because, in the past, when I've done this on my own, that's about how long it has taken. This time, with the accountability, it only took 4. Today I'm wearing shorts that I couldn't even squeeze into 4 weeks ago -and today they're a bit loose!

I just had to share my excitement!

To celebrate -I went to Starbuck's to get a chai tea latte. :) Haven't had one in weeks! (and boy was it yummy!)