Improvements
Today is a better day. I can feel it. The sun is shining, I feel well rested, and TOM is leaving. All these factors, plus, hey, it's Friday, can't help but make it a better day.
Yesterday, I was pretty upset for much of the day. My friend H insisted we go to the Boot Camp class at the gym. We had been planning to go anyway, but she demanded that I attend, saying it would get my mind off things. And boy, did it ever. We had to leave work at 5:30 to make the 6:00 class which in itself is a bit cheeky, especially since I didn't roll in until around 10:15 yesterday. Given how slow we are these days (thank you credit crisis), no one really cared or even noticed.
The class was exactly what I needed. High energy, high impact. The instructor was hysterical and kept making us yell with him, either doing countdowns of the last ten seconds of a particular exercise, or telling him we were still with him. If we didn't yell loud enough, we had to do push ups. After a crazy cardio warmup, we were divided into groups and did fast-paced circuits around the room, doing dips, squats, lunges, push-ups, jumping jacks (or star jumps, as they are called here) and holding plank position amongst other things.
It was perfect.
Afterwards, D and I went back to H's flat to make dinner, and ended up putting on cheesy pop music and dancing around her living room. Well, H and I danced. D just sat there, amused, and periodically shimmied on the couch.
So all in all, I'm in a much better frame of mind. So much better, that I actually got on the scale this morning. And lo and behold, I'm back below 160. Granted, it's 159.5, but I will take it, log it, and rejoice in it.
Sounds good - and cheesy pop music in the right mood is wonderful too!