Last night while on vacation I went with my two sisters to
one of their favorite work out classes.
Hiphop Fitnezz and HipHop Abzz. http://www.zumbahappy.com/ (This is the link to the place)
First I would like to add a disclaimer to this blog post, I,
Alissa Sarate, have a tendency to shake my money maker in ridiculous,
inappropriate fashions. I am not
inappropriate in that I do this on bar tops or poles, but in the privacy of my
own home. I thoroughly enjoy listening to hip hop music
with absurd base that when my car is empty, my speakers shake!
I haven’t worked out in a while, as my body hurts so much
most of the time. It’s the result of
carrying so much extra weight. I run
around after three kids all day, and I’m just plain old lazy by the end of
it. It’s one of my major excuses and I
just need to bite the bullet and start working out. So, it’s been a while and I went with my
sisters to this zumba like class.
My sisters and I, are quite different. One of my sisters is a hard core super
workout, eat right fitness freak. She
had her own battle with weight after getting married. Her and husband decided to make a choice to
lose weight and eat healthy. They are
dedicated their P90X and insanity workouts, protein shakes and KMA, zumba
classes. My husband, her and her husband
actually went running in the 90 degree weather yesterday. My other sister, made a choice while in high
school to get healthy. She worked out
really hard, training herself to run, and eat right. She lost 50lbs. I’m so proud of both of my sisters and their
dedication. I pray that both of them,
never have to experience what I am going through with my weight. I know God is going to use this in my life,
not sure how yet, but All for God’s glory this weight will come off of me.
So before the class, I had already had the fuller Alissa
planting the seeds of doubt and failure in my mind. I’ll just sit down if it’s too much. Stand in the back so you can half-ass
it. But I got there and the skinny
Alissa coached me through the whole time!
I almost feel psychotic. The
whole time I’m dancing and working out and singing along to the songs, while in
my head I am saying, “Go Alissa, Push, Go!
Hold your tummy in, squeeze your tush, breathe, shake shake shake, don’t
give up, don’t be that girl!!!!!!!!” All
this replayed in my mind over and over and over again!
I did keep looking at the clock, but I wasn’t going to give
up. My one sister kept telling me, “it’s
okay to take a break if you need to”.
And I appreciate that, because I knew it would be okay, but I didn’t
feel like I needed one.
And to my surprise I made it through the class, I had to
modify some parts because I just could not jump and go crazy at the end,
instead I just bounced. But I did
it. I walked into the class assuming I
would have a heart attack and die, but I made it to the end and I loved every
minute of that dance workout.
YAY. I can do it
again. And I feel like I shaked a lot of
Mommy frustrations out of my body! I
highly recommend it for any mom would loves to shake it and needs an out.
After such a work-out and being up still for a few hours, I
needed a snack before bed. I got a
banana and a handful of strawberries and a squirt of fat-free whipped
cream. I drank a couple glasses of ice
water and I gave myself a pat on the back.
I did good. And I’m proud of
that.
It’s in those moments and small
decisions that count the most. I know it
is hard at that one moment when you are looking at either a glass of lemonade
or an ice water, or a bowl of ice cream or a bowl of fruit. Don’t look at the whole picture and imagine
yourself never indulging again, but think of it in that one instance and how
good you will feel and strong you will feel in making the BETTER decision!
Feeling super good this morning! Alissa
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