Nipples and Other Girly Bits

I was having a rather bleak morning.  I woke up before my alarm clock to my son’s eager face as he informed me that he had a club meeting at school that morning.  I dragged myself out of bed and got him ready for school and then, by 7:30am, I had already been bombarded with assignments for work that had to be completed RIGHT AWAY. 

On top of it all, my throat was feeling particularly scratchy and I had a touch of a sinus headache (always get them when the seasons fluctuate).  I was dreading my 10am appointment at the gym and a thousand different excuses came to mind.

But I had to go.

Appointments are terrific for me because I am NEVER late to an appointment and I NEVER cancel an appointment — unless there’s a life threatening emergency.  I always feel absolutely horrible and the guilt is usually too much for me to even think about!

So I went.  I dragged my feet and moaned and groaned the whole way there — but in the end, I went.

AND I’M SO GLAD!!!

Today was the office first day of our small group workout session and I had a blast!

We sat around on the floor for a few minutes and wrote down our current weight, our target weight and how active we currently were.  The nutritionist collected our papers and then handed out a folder with nutrition information and a journal for us to write down our daily food diets.

She will be customizing an individual meal plan for each of us and determine how many calories we need to be consuming to lose 1-2 pounds per week.  We meet with her each week and she’ll review our food journal and make suggestions and modifications based on our success.

Then, we moved on to the exercise portion.  Our small group (5 of us) got on several treadmills side-by-side and our personal trainer coached us the entire time.  We watched our heartrates to make sure we were in the right “zone” and used weights and resistance bands while walking to make sure that our entire body got a workout. 

• Segment 1:    2 minutes – Warm-up at 2% incline (Heart Rate Zone 1)
• Segment 2:    3 minutes – Warm-up at 2% incline (Heart Rate Zone 2)
• Segment 3:    2 minutes – Walk at 4-6% incline (Heart Rate Zone 3)
• Segment 4:    3 minutes – Walk with weights (Dumbbell curl) at 4-6% incline (Heart Rate Zone 3)
• Segment 5:    3 minutes – Walk at 6-8% incline (Heart Rate Zone 3)
• Segment 6:    2 minutes – Walk at 8-10% incline (Heart Rate Zone 3)
• Segment 7:    2 minutes – Walk at 2-4% incline (Heart Rate Zone 2)
• Segment 8:    3 minutes – Walk and do Window Washers exercise at 4-6% incline (Heart Rate Zone 3)
• Segment 9:    3 minutes – Walk at 6-8% incline (Heart Rate Zone 3)
• Segment 10:  2 minutes – Walk at 8-10% incline (Heart Rate Zone 3)
• Segment 11:  2 minutes – Walk at 2-4% incline (Heart Rate Zone 2)
• Segment 12:  3 minutes – Walk and Shoulder Press at 4-6% incline (Heart Rate Zone 3)
• Segment 13:  3 minutes – Walk at Walk at 6-8% incline (Heart Rate Zone 3)
• Segment 14:  2 minutes – Walk at 8-10% incline (Heart Rate Zone 3)
• Segment 15:  2 minutes – Walk at 2-4% incline (Heart Rate Zone 2)
• Segment 16:  3 minutes – Walk and Chest Press at 4-6% incline (Heart Rate Zone 3)
• Segment 17:  3 minutes – Walk at 6-8% incline (Heart Rate Zone 3)
• Segment 18:  2 minutes – Walk at 8-10% incline (Heart Rate Zone 3)
• Segment 19:  3 minutes – Cool down at 2% incline (Heart Rate Zone 2)
• Segment 20:  2 minutes – Cool down at 2% incline (Heart Rate Zone 1)

I felt fantastic by the time we were finished!!!  That feeling has lasted all day too.  I can’t wait to go back. 

Afterwards, I went back into the womens locker room to get my belongings and head home.  While I was collecting my things, there was a woman there that was completely nude.  Now, I normally don’t pay attention to such things because after all, it IS a women’s locker room and most of us take showers before dressing and leaving.  Nudity in the locker room is quite commonplace and expected.  We politely avert our eyes and go about our own business without gaping at other women.

But what struck me was that she was having a really in-depth conversation with another woman (who was clothed) and the naked woman was seemingly oblivious to her nudity.  She started walking all around the locker room completely nonchalant about her wiggling and jiggling.  Now, she had a really nice figure and maybe that’s why she decided to do it.  But I just don’t think that I could ever find myself bouncing and bounding all over a women’s locker room completely in the buff — regardless of how fabulous my figure was.

While I don’t consider myself a prude, I hardly expected to see a woman flaunting her nipples and other girly bits in a semi-public setting.  Is this something that’s normally experienced in a locker room?