"I'm Jewish, Dot's Jewish, you're...blue-ish."

Well I survived two hours of dance class last night and I'm not even slightly sore. And Alyne did a bunch of isolation work including shimmies, Egyptian downs and omies, so the fact that my legs and ass aren't screaming gives me great hope for the future. I also seem to have a pretty good handle on the "Goddess" choreography and am now trying to tighten up the bits and pieces that need it and work on my timing a little. Still, not bad for only having seriously worked on the piece for about 4 hours total.

Finally got to spend some serious dance time with xleste who's picking up moves beautifully (much faster than I did, that's for sure). I was also glad I'd thought to include an overskirt I put together a few months ago in my dance bag. Sometimes being a packrat is a good thing, as xleste had forgotten her workout clothes. Between Alyne and I we got her suited up, though it was an...interesting combination. I turned to her at one point that night and said, "You do realize Alyne's probably going to videotape this. That outfit will be immortalized." She just groaned, but sure enough Alyne brought out her brand new camera and we videotaped us doing the piece a few times through.

We didn't actually leave class until ten or so at which point I had enough energy left to fill up my car, feed the cats, take a nice hot shower (which may be why I'm not stiff today, actually) and then pass out. I can already hear that sleep-dep machine humming. I picked the wrong week to lay off the caffeine.

One thing I did notice last night was just how flabby I've gotten in the past couple of months. Some of it may be water weight, but even so it's becoming absurd. I'm right back up the weight I didn't want to be and thought I wouldn't be seeing again for a long, long time not that long ago. But here I am again, utterly disgusted with myself and unsure just what it is I'm doing so wrong these days. Going back to 200 calorie lunches is starting to seem like a good idea again. *sigh*

Perhaps I can get away with just knocking off a few hundred calories or so a day. I certainly shed the pounds quickly enough at 1,200, though it didn't seem sustainable. I was hoping that increasing my activity level would do the trick, but no good. I'll mention it to the doctor today and see if she has any suggestions. In the meantime, no fat yogurt is going to be my very best friend.