Fitness Rule Number One?

Amazon princess tried her first barre class last night. The morale of the story? Don't push yourself too hard too fast, and don't forget that you have to do something you love.

First of all, let me say this: I'm okay! They worked me to a nubbin, and I poured sweat and had shaky muscles. However, they stretched me out very well, so I don't have any residual ouches this morning.

That said, important lesson of fitness learned last night. I was in a class that was out of my league. Waaaayyy out of my league. I asked the teacher about this, explaining about my fitness level with an honest eye. 65 pounds overweight. 50. Should I do this?

I expect that she was thinking that you can't get there without doing this. So I took the class and had to make several stops in the action because I didn't have it. So much of the class was not fun. Lots of calisthenics and some weight lifting. A little bar work, but again, more calisthenics. So, a little of the class felt like dancing, but very little.

Part of me wants to stay and do it. If I can do this class, I would have gotten into shape. I think it might be wiser to return in 20-30 pounds. This body I have right now is hard to move around physically. Perhaps the newer body wouldn't be.

So, I made the decision this morning not to do it again. The reason is two-fold. I didn't like it enough to be enthusiastic about it, and I would be doing it to prove to myself that I could. I don't think that this is the way to go--deciding to pursue fitness because you are stubborn. I also need to work my way up to this. The second reason? I didn't have much fun. And that's gotta be what I'm looking for, to stick with it.

Today, I discovered an adult ed class I can take for free. Adult Ballet. Probably more of what I'm looking for as a dancer, and a good way to move in the right direction. It doesn't avoid strength training entirely, as dancers get some good strength training. So I will do that, and the college will pay for it. I will watch my diet and lose weight, and some day, some day I may return to the barre class and do better.

Or I just might stay with the dancers and do resistance training on the Wii. That's for the future to know.

Anyway, I feel good about this decision.

Mirrored from Writer Tamago.

And That’s the Novella!

A few months back, I had an open invitation to revise and resubmit The Ground is Full of Teeth, my weredog novella. No guarantees, as always. I did want to do this, but I wanted to wait until the novel was done. THAT took me longer than I thought it would, but now that The Vessel of Ra is out and about, the novella was the natural next step.

I am pleased to say I handily made my goal of getting it out by the end of August. I am now ready to begin new projects.

Next up? I begin the next Klaereon book, writing just enough to be ready for Paradise Icon. The working title is The Big Book of Borgia, hence shorthand 3B. No, of course that won't be the real title, but it describes the conceit nicely.

Like I said, just enough for Paradise Icon. Then, a couple of tiny projects, and back into the novel with feeling!

Also an FYI...I have sent out 150 queries this year. Wow. Doing my part. I'll let you know if anything comes of any of it, of course.

Working now. Catch you all later. I probably won't do this tomorrow, because it's all sorts of beginning of the year teacher jazz. Hope to see you on Friday.

Mirrored from Writer Tamago.