Another busy day at Green Mountain! Now that I am deep in my third week, I've realized that I attend fewer lecture classes because there are fewer options, or the offerings probably don't apply to me. It's kind of nice because I am getting a little more free time in my days. This is allowing me to think more and more about how I will implement my new habits into my life in Denver. I am looking forward to diving in deeper next week with this 'planning' phase and I hope to have a clear path to follow when I get home.
This morning after breakfast, I went to Ultimate Core. I really don't know what possessed me to go so something that sounded so scary, but I hadn't taken a class yet that solely focused on core, so I said, "What the heck" and went. Let me just say that my abs are still telling me about their adventurous day at school. It was a circuit class, which I love, but each station was a tool for torture. I don't think I have ever seen sweat drip off my face so quickly. I was seriously worried that the person after me would slip on the lake I left behind. Luckily, that didn't happen. I am glad I went because I do think I could continue SOME, not all of the exercises on my own. Plus, it was nice to get the encouragement from LynnAnn. She said things like, "See how much you are shaking? That's good!" Also, I was almost able to hula hoop for the first time in my life. I plan to practice it again while here. It'd be great to get it!
I went straight from Core to Aquatics. The pool felt nice after the strenuous ab work and we got to do a circuit there as well. I really enjoyed the class and was glad that I made it to the pool all three times this week. I plan to repeat that for next week as well.
Lunch today was a great black bean soup with corn chips and salad. After that I went to a lecture about managing anxiety. We did an exercise where we thought about what gives us anxiety, wrote out what our immediate thoughts are regarding the specific anxiety and then what evidence we have that lead us to believe to those thoughts. We then went through and refuted that evidence and came up with a positive thought to tell ourselves when the anxiety arises. I'd give an example, but all I could think of were work issues for me from a job I no longer have! So while I couldn't think of a concrete anxiety right now, I at least know a good exercise I can do when my next anxious moment comes up.
I decided to then take the rest of the afternoon off. I was still 'feeling the burn' from my two morning exercises, so I wanted to take it easy. Plus, it was a good time to call Joe and we got to talk for a good 50 minutes, which was great because I miss him. It was also nice to talk briefly with Mom and Ellie today too! I hope you guys are enjoying NYC!
I love water exercises! It feels relaxing but you're getting a workout. And the refuting exercise helped me, too. I tend to make my fears go extreme (who has cancer... everyone). So my counselor taught me that same tool. She also taught me to think about the now, not the future because I get bogged down in if this happens, that will happen.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're learning so much and feeling great! And making new friends :) Wish I was there with you to shop! Love, Erin