This time, B was not to blame.
In my opinion, several times over, B has been the reason I didn't go to the gym, although that is a pretty crappy excuse, if you think about it. "I couldn't go to the gym because my friend didn't want to go with me."
It was never like that before. I did a whole year of the gym every day all on my own. But since the two of us are in the challenge, I feel like there's no competition if B doesn't come with me.
Anyways, last night was Spin, and we got ready to go. We even got to the gym, and we even walked in! But, as I think I explained in an earlier post, the demand for the Tuesday and Thursday Spin classes is so high that you have to be there a half hour early just to get a stamp on your hand and grab a bike in the class. So B and I were there exactly a half hour early, and wondering what we should do for the half hour before the class started (you would think the logical answer would be to go work out for a half hour before the class begins, right?)
We decided to sit in the sauna for a half hour. Now, I've never really spent time in the sauna before, and I'm not so sure after last night I will again. I don't really like heat in general, so in the beginning, the sauna was pretty uncomfortable for me. But a half hour after chatting in the sauna, I was spent. We walked out of the sauna, neither of us wanting to do Spin.
But as we stood at the door of the class, we still could have done it. We could have pushed ourselves to do what we went there to do.
And then I said the word. The one word that drives both of us nuts: burrito.
So, we left the gym, and after arguing about whether or not we should actually go get one for 20 minutes, we did, in fact, go and get burritos. Now, I don't know if any of you are familiar with Moe's-it's kind of like fast food burritos, but kind of not. For some reason, Moe's feels healthier to me than say Taco Bell. Until you eat the chips that are deep-fried.
Still, even as I went to sleep I did not feel too guilty about my Moe's meal, and I did eat pretty healthy the rest of the day through. But what I did feel pretty guilty about was forcing my friend to leave the gym prematurely by targeting her weakness. Perhaps we should go at the gym separately, even though we're in this challenge together.
posted @ Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:35 AM