So, my friend Awesome from my last post told me that I was allowed to tell you that her name is Leah. I don’t take back the fact that she is awesome, though… because she is.
Spinning was great. It has the potential to be my favourite thing ever. Why do I say it has the potential to be my favourite thing ever instead of saying that it is my favourite thing ever? I will tell you why. My butt hurts and I am out of shape. There is no flaw with spinning. There is flaw with Caity. However, I am fixing that! If I keep going to spin class my butt will get used to the seat and not hurt and I will get in shape therefore spin class will be my favourite thing ever.
On Saturday, Leah and I did not stop. Even though my butt hurt and we were sore (okay, so I was sore – Leah is in way better shape than I am) we got up early and went to Pilates class. Pilates is all about core strength and flexibility which are things that I do not possess much of, if any at all. Leah and I decided that we will continue to go to Pilates even though we both don’t like it very much because it is good for us. I also joined Leah’s gym on Saturday after Pilates while she did another spin class. I told you she was in better shape than I was. I did go on the treadmill for a little bit while I waited, though! I’ll get there!
Today, we didn’t give up! Can you believe it? We did “freestyle treadmill” and I walked at my usual pace, 3.0, but I did it at a 3.5 incline and I walked for an hour! I was so proud of myself! Especially since it was the morning and my legs were SO SORE from the past 2 days. This also meant that Leah was doing some running but I think it’s great to have someone like Leah to work out with. We keep each other motivated and we believe in each other and that is so important. Plus, we have our own goals but we are excited for each other and find ways to accommodate both sets of goals.
See what happens when I don’t blog for a couple days? There is too much to say and not enough fun pictures. Eww.
We went to Target today and I got this awesome water bottle. It took me over 20 minutes to pick it out and I was so indecisive but I am glad I was because I am in love with this water bottle. It’s so perfect in every way. See how much it makes me smile? There are pictures of me smiling more but it looked kind of creepy so I posted this one instead.
I even decorated my new water bottle with STICKERS!! The sticker on the left is supposed to be Leah because she has dreams of France and she had pigtails when I met her and the one on the right is me because I wear glasses sometimes and I want to wear cute sundresses eventually and I have brown hair. The coffee cup is because we have gotten Starbucks after every workout, haha.
Also, I would like it to be known that I am going to fill it up a million times and drink enough to fill the ocean every day because I am so thirsty ahhhhh! I am so energized and happy and optimistic right now!
You should call yourself awesome because you are! I wish I could get that motivated on exercising. It still a chore to me and not something I truly enjoy doing.
Congrats!
Yay Caity!! :D That is soooo awesome! I can’t even find the motivation to do my Wii Fit lately :s But reading this post (and the fact that starting tomorrow is when I have been planning on getting back into a routine) is soooo motivating! I won’t be a gym rat myself, I admire you for that! A friend and I tried the gym a couple times and just couldn’t get into it…probably because neither of us were use to working out lol. Good luck with your goals!
And I love the water bottle, but mostly the stickers!! I WANT! :D They are so cute! I should start decorating stuff with stickers again. I’m always so stingy with mine because I don’t want to put them on something I will throw out…but I think it’s time to get over that lol.
This is all AWESOME. You’re working out (good for your body and your mind) and hanging out regularly with a friend (good for your SOUL). Keep up the good work, hotstuff!
yay, glad you’re having a good time with your workout buddy :)
Pilates and yoga definitely get easier the more you do them. My cardio workouts never seem to though. I don’t get blisters anymore which was the worst part, so I guess that’s good :D
I am so happy that YOU are so happy! ~ It’s GREAT to see you this energized! ~ I love Leah! It was wonderful to see her today. I think the name “Awesome” fits her nicely! You two are a “perfect fit.” You complement one another very well. ~ Keep up the good work! ~ Love, Mom xoxo
Very awesome. I wish I had a gym buddy like that! But I like trail running in the spring and summer, so once it gets to be light out once I get home from work hopefully I can run around my apartment complex.
But definitely a big congrats on this one!! It’s hard to get into a new routine. :)
Can you share with us how you’re able to get motivated to go to the gym? I have never been comfortable going to that sort of place. I should I *should* but can never make myself. I think it’s great that you’re so happy and doing so well. :D
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I'm Caity! I am a New Yorker who married a Kiwi and recently moved across the world to New Zealand. I'm a math teacher who enjoys the outdoors, photography, video games, music, and general geekery.
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