Dinner last night with a friend at Monjunis, an Italian place neither of us had been to before. I opted for an Italian Shrimp Salad and a French Martini. The salad was so-so but I’m happy with my choice because I avoided all the heavy pasta dishes on the menu.
I stayed up last night (as I haven’t been feeling tired at night) and made and froze some cookie dough for World Peace cookies. I threw a batch in the oven this morning. The recipe was difficult to me because the dough came out more like crumbly sand when I was done so I had to research the recipe to figure out how to save it. A few seconds in the microwave did the trick. I will be bringing them over to a friend’s house on Monday night for a birthday dinner.
I’m feeling the soreness from yesterday’s step class, especially in my calves. It never really matters how much I stretch after I work out, I’m always going to get tightness and soreness. Because there are no classes at the Y on Sundays, I will go and try to work out the soreness on a treadmill or elliptical for a littlle bit this afternoon. Maybe I’ll get brave and try some weight machines, too.
Today’s Weight: 151
U2 — Get On Your Boots — No Line On The HorizonA U2 song I actually like?! If I were one of those iPod totin’ cool people, this would be on it. However, I’m old fashioned and I just wait for it to come on the radio (the am/fm kind, kids).
I had to keep myself from laughing through the warm-up. It was a little reminiscent of a bad 80’s movie. My mom used to drag me to aerobics classes when I was little and I remember reading a book in the back while she and a dozen other women worked out to loud 80’s music. Sometimes I would join in. This continued even when I was in high school. I would sometimes go to my mom’s step classes at the local mega-church and pray I wouldn’t see anyone I knew.
Today’s class was about 20-25 people, mostly older but two around my age. It was in the aerobics studio of the Y which is like a dance studio with a wall of mirrors. Thanks to those mirrors I now know why I never made it as a dancer. I am tall and awkward. My arms flail and I stick out like a sore thumb.
The workout was still more intense than what I probably would have done by myself. I did enjoy the last segment where we did abs with one of those big exercise balls.
I will definitely go again, even if it’s just to hear that “I like to move it, move it” song.
Today’s weight: 151.5 (probably something to do with Sake Cafe dinner and that dessert I made for myself and my coworkers yesterday)
