Two-a-Days!

I have always said "Wonder what it is like to do what the Biggest Loser people do and work out twice a day or more?" Hmmm.... well today was the day to find out lol! As I am sure some of you experienced we got a heck of a snow storm here today and it has been steady snowing since like 7am! Me being paranoid like I tend to be I decided well, tomorrow is weigh-in day and I am NOT risking not working out, because I figured by the time I got to spin class tonight the Y might be closed because it was snowing like crazy and the roads were getting bad. Only here in Indiana do we get like 9 inches of snow in Jan. but give it about 5 months and it will be 70 degrees lol! Anyways my neighbor was going to the Y and I decided I would get my workout in now early this morning so I won't miss it tonight, because there was NO way spin was gonna happen.....WRONG!

I get to the Y, and I mention something to a few people who work there, that "yes, I am supposed to teach but it probably won't happen so I came in early". They then looked at me with a "YEAH RIGHT!" look because apparently the Y NEVER closes unless like a state wide emergency is annouced haha! So I decided ok great, I am here and I gotta work out and plan like it won't be happening tonight. So I did my normal 30mins running, 30mins on the stair stepper and burned my normal 600 calories. I then left and proceeded with my day like normal, and did sneak in a little nap, which was good cause I was gonna need it lol!

It continued to snow and snow some more, so much all the schools let out early, but guess what the Y was still going strong lol! So by about 2pm I figure yep, your going to get to go "two a days" as they call it lol, twice in one day! I got up, got my play-list ready quick, put on my new outfit and headed to the Y in the 6-9 inches of snow, thankfully my mom drove me lol. I got there an hour early and had to bring in all the bikes and I decided I would go over the songs and what I would have them do for each. It went well and I just kept waiting for people to show up. Thankfully a die-hard lady who comes every night came and we both figured it was just going to be us. Well we were wrong, all the sudden about 20mins before the class was to start people started trickling in. I was excited and nervous all at once lol! By the time it was time to start the class there were 17 people in there, which was GREAT considering it was blowing snow so hard you could almost not see lol! So I got my microphone on and started the class! See Liz' (the normal) instructor is like a legend there at the Y, EVERYONE loves her class, and it is known to be the "hardcore, intense" one, so I had some big spin shoes to fill lol. Praise the Lord there weren't a lot of new people in there so I could pretty much just start. Everything was going great, we had the lights down, and the fans blowing and the music blaring :o). I made sure it was all fast and good and got everyone into it! I was SO thankful the mic was cooperating with me and everyone could hear me well. It was just so tough at times to talk and spin lol, I am usually  just focused on breathing right, not talking too haha! The only malfunction I had was at one point I was so sweaty my fingers got wet and they wouldn't work on my Ipod touch lol, so I was trying to change the song and it got stuck, so there was like 30 secs. of awkward silence, but my friend who was in there said people seemed ok with that because it gave them 30 secs. of rest haha!

Finally after an hour of watching the clock it was done and it was a success! One guy was there for the first time and said he thought I was Liz and I had been doing it all along lol, he said "Ya coulda fooled me lol". So that felt good to know I didn't scream "NEWBIE" lol! It was also such a good feeling to watch people sweat and leave there looking tired lol. I knew then I had done my job! Everyone thanked me and seemed to be happy, and my friend who I know would tell me the 100% truth said it was great and one of the best workouts she had, had! I did catch myself really thinking, "Am I really teaching this right now, or is this a dream lol??". To think last year a spin class seemed like a joke, and now be in the front teaching these in-shape people is NUTS! I cannot express the feeling of going "full circle" at the Y. I do really hope to get my license in this and be certified and have my own class, maybe even by this summer :o). I just felt SO blessed to have the opportunity and can't wait to do it again. It feels good knowing the first time is done and that it went well :o). If anything it taught me don't be afraid of ANYTHING in life, you can do it. I am telling you that the "old me" wouldn't have gone, or even thought of spin, and now I have the confidence and teach it, it still freaks me out to think of the change lol! It was also great too because I got another great workout in and burned another 660 calories, so more than I ate burned total! I can't say going twice a day will happen too much anymore lol, but I do know now I CAN do it, if I really want to! Here are some pictures before I went to teach. I didn't get any in the Y because with the weather being so bad I told my mom not to come in because I didn't know if anyone would even come lol, guess I will have to do that next time!

Well I am off to relax and head to bed early, my body is yelling at me in pain lol! I hope everyone had a great Thursday and that no one is snowed in! I can't tell you how happy I am that the spin is over and went well lol. Just know that anything you want like this for me, you CAN do it, it takes time but it can happen! If you have a dream of something to aspire for that seems impossible make it a goal and achieve it, because there is NO other feeling in the world, than doing something that at one point felt impossible! I can tell you that girl who sat in drive-tru's and hid in her car eating her life away, would have NEVER dreamed of what I did tonight, but that same girl also made the change and did it, I know you can too! Have a great night!

~Kassandra