My gym trainee is on vacation from work all this week. I’ve seized upon the opportunity to work out really, really hard at lunch, supersetting as many things as possible and not stopping in between sets. I’m upset that I can’t lose 5 lbs to get back int0 the 120s again, and in chatting with Vanessa’s boyfriend over the weekend, he suggested that the intensity of my workouts must’ve changed. He’s totally right. I started training my coworker in September, and that was when the weight gain started. I went from being able to fit in 7 exercises (3 sets each) at lunch to 3-4 exercises, because I have to watch her form and work in with her. She’s shown great results; I got mushy. Yesterday I did 6 exercises and today I did 5, amping up the intensity by not taking breaks and doing heavier weights. But I still haven’t returned to jujitsu. Now I’m scared to. I’ll likely get my clock cleaned all over the mat.

Well, on the brighter side of things exercise class-wise, I’m pretty sure yoga ended altho we didn’t attend the last 2 or 3 classes (Mr. W realized that the way the crazy yoga lady forced the poses was killing his back, on top of making me nauseated), and bellydancing is going to begin the day before my birthday on the 28th. I just need to remember to enroll. Haha. Vanessa already mailed in her application and fee. I think taking a whole new exercise class each year right before my birthday is a good thing. Last year it was jujitsu.