I Love Pilates!

Because of this stupid lung condition I've been sedentary for the last two weeks. Haven't worked out AT ALL. Woke up feeling good this morning, my chest tightness is almost gone, my energy's back and I was very anxious to have my first Pilates lesson after my major setback. Chomping at the bit even.

Since this thing started back in July, Pilates is the ONLY thing that makes me feel better instead of stressed. Today was no exception. The lovely Nina took it a little easy on me since I hadn't done anything in two weeks, but it was still work. As with every lesson I've had, we did cool and unusual things we've never done before. God, I love the incredible variety Pilates offers! "The hundred" got my heart rate up to 117, but other than that my pulse hovered around 80 the whole workout, despite doing an hour of non-stop resistance training and working up a sweat. {sigh} I was SUCH a weight lifting snob. But Pilates has shown me you can get an intense resistance training workout without lifting a lot of weight and thankfully, without spiking your heart rate. Honestly, if I hadn't discovered Pilates I wouldn't be able to work out at all right now.

I felt better after Pilates than I did even before the last time I aggravated my lungs two weeks ago. Maybe it was just finally being active, but it felt awesome! Even burned 124 calories according to my heart rate monitor. That might not sound like a lot to YOU, but after two weeks of not being able to work out, that sounds like a lot to ME!

Then it was on to Whole Foods. First a nice little lunch from the salad bar. Gotta eat lots of green stuff when you're healing. Read a Pilates magazine (am I hooked? yes, I am!), munched on loads of veggies, enjoyed my Grape Synergy (probiotics, yeah!) and just chilled for a good 45 minutes. Then got through grocery shopping, including lifting a box of 12 liters of water up to the cart, with no problem. I felt so good when I got home Mike had to practically put me in a straight jacket to keep me from overdoing it! But Dr. Mike is on the case, ordered me to go soak in the tub and unwind while he makes me dinner (have I got it made or what??)