First contradance

[breakinglight11]

Went contradancing with morethings5 last night, and got to see captainecchi, electric_d_monk, natbudin, and v_cat. It's something I've been wanting to try for a while, and when Lise mentioned it recently I figured now was a good time. The dancing turned out to be really fun, and not too terribly difficult to pick up. It probably helped that Jonathan very kindly showed me how the steps beforehand, so when the caller called them out, they were a lot easier for me to follow. He was such a good partner. :-) Unfortunately, by the end of the fourth dance I got so dizzy I was slightly motion sick, which worsened with the car ride home, and didn't go away until I finally fell asleep. Blast my so very fragile equilibrium.

Still, it was fun and fantastic exercise. And Nat showed me this really cool iPhone application that helps track calorie intake and burn when you're working out and watching what you eat. I'm thinking it might be worth downloading, at least to get an idea of what sort of numbers attach. I've had weird eating habits in the last week or so, but I have been working out pretty consistently. That reminds me, I need to keep taking weekly pictures to monitor my tummy progress.

Comments

[laurion]

Amanda and I have also been regular attendees to the Monday contra, but I was busy with the show this week, so we weren't there this time. Come again!

[breakinglight11.livejournal.com]

Cool! It'd be great to see you there.

[lisefrac.livejournal.com]

Are you going to make a belly flip-book when you're done? ;)

[breakinglight11.livejournal.com]

Lise, you are a GENIUS. ;-)

In all seriousness, it helps me keep perspective on how I'm doing. If I can actually compare images and see a difference, it keeps me from being like, blah, working out does nothing, I'm never going to look all that good, wah wah wah.