V-day update

Bet you thought from the title of this post that I was going to tell you how I spent Valentine's Day, which is today. But it's not. I don't do Valentine's Day and the reason for the title is cos I'm updating my blog on V-day. That's it :-)

Happy Valentine's Day? Why do people pick 1 day out of whole year's worth of days to get all romantic? Pay 3 times more for flowers, eat an overpriced dinner and make all the single, lonely people out there feel even more lonely and crappy about themselves. Like Christmas, Valentine's Day has been exploited by retailers, restaurants, florists and even spas. That which at its core is a religious holiday has been besmirched by the mark of capitalism. Or maybe I'm just jealous cos the husband doesn't believe in Valentine's Day... hehe...

Let me talk about my haps and mishaps at the gym. Yes, I've finally started going. Twice a week for 2 weeks now. Has it only been 2 weeks? It feels much longer....

After the first session, I thought I was going to die. Honest. Started with the cross trainer and after 5 minutes on the darn thing, I was sure my heart was going to burst. Then I thought my leg was going to fall off. After 10 mins I wished my heart would just burst and get it over with... take me out of my misery. But it didn't. Talk about my cheatin' heart... But I managed to stay on the darn thing 25 mins without embarrasing myself then Sunny made me do a series of toning exercises for the arms and legs.

I ached for the next 3 days after that and was due for the next session before the aches had subsided, so I pleaded to use the exercise bike instead of cross trainer for the 2nd session. Bad mistake. Legs hurt just as much, heart threatened just as much to burst PLUS butt now hurt too.

But the 4th session, I was almost breezing through the cross trainer already. ALMOST but not quite. The other machines were ok. I think I'm quite strong on the biceps as I've no problem there. BIG, HUGE problem is the crunches. I totally suck at ab crunches. I've been doing it flat so far and I can't do more than 5 at a stretch without taking a long break in between. Then Sunny wanted me to use this bench where I had to hook my legs around something and hang practically upside down. No way José! I'm not a bat and I might just roll off the darn thing and have my head on the ground and my butt in the air with my legs hooked around the contraption.

Oops, it's almost 2am already. I better get to bed. I need to go to the market early tomorrow morning to get stuff for the reunion dinner. Goodnite friends and fans!