Monday, October 10, 2011

Rise and Shine

I am sitting here, writing this blog even though I'm totally exhausted. I started my challenge again. On Saturday I got up at the crack of 8:45 - ON A SATURDAY, to get dressed and bike over to yoga at 10:00 a.m. It was a really good class. The instructor was new to me. A small, but spunky girl. She was pretty hilarious and made some jokes that I heard in between "pulling is the object of stretching" and could only really laugh at as I came out of the pose. It was a nice experience, to laugh a bit while exerting myself like that.

On the note of waking up early on Saturday to go to Bikram, I will say that I made my first social sacrifice to honor my pact. I was out having a good time on Friday and I made myself go home before midnight so that I would have enough rest and not be discouraged from going to the 10:00 a.m. class.

Sunday was a similarly positive experience. It was by far the most crowded class I've ever taken. But, somehow that allowed for more positive energy. I also bought lights for my bike on my way home! This is good news, well, kind of. Now, I don't have any excuses for sleeping in on those days when I have to get the 7:00 a.m. class in. I also got myself some new tires. This has made for a much more pleasant ride.


And... guess who went to class at 7:00 this morning - that would be me. I even entered myself into the studios current 30-day challenge. I added myself to the board and got to put three stickers up showing that I've done three days already. A bunch of people are already 10 days in since they all started on October 1, but I am not discouraged. And as an added bonus, the instructor today "started" my 2 month membership as of today. That means I got nearly 2 weeks of free bikram. That is nothing to scoff at, considering I went 5 times in those two weeks, that is at least a $100 value. ugh, bikram is expensive... me and my champagne tastes.


Now, after an exhausting day of touring NYC, I am just about ready to conk out here on the bed and get to sleep.

Happy sweats readers :)

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