Confessions of a Spinning Virgin

You know the pictures. The beautiful fresh faced fully made up female on the bike with white towel hanging perfectly around her neck. Pink water bottle in hand. Smiling.
Its NOT like that.

You think hey I used to have a bike like twenty years ago.... Used to spend hours on the thing. How hard can one forty five minute spin class be..
Then Pencil man walks in. Damn.

After feeling like a pure helpless girl having to get the instructor to adjust my bike for me (felt the need tell him that I can change a tyre but I decided to keep my trap shut and not to draw attention to myself) I hopped on...
Things were going fine till this resistance thingy. Resistance thingy wasn't so bad until standing up came into play..
I'm only being a drama queen. I knew there was going to be standing etc and he told us to keep the resistance low until we got used to the classes- apparently he wants us to come back not run for hills after the first ever session..after fifteen minutes of his class if I thought there was a hill nearby I would have taken off.

The class it self was not as bad as I thought.As it just happened to be all ladies Pencil man kept it light hearted and fun but still tough...with a little bit of banter between us all every now and then...

The Pencil Man

I wouldn't regard myself as a violent person. Heck I'm actually quite a placid ol girl. I can't understand why I am having such violent thoughts regarding pencils.
Yes pencils.

Actually I DO know why I am having these violent urges.

Michael.

"You HAVE to touch the pencil. If you don't touch the pencil during the sets you are not doing it properly and it doesn't count."

I won't even go into explaining- Because if you have ever had a PT session with Michael you will know what I mean and no doubt have these urges too. Maybe I will set up a support group...

"Pain is weakness leaving the body"

The Weigh-In...Dun Dun Duuuun

Thinking maybe its time actually include my stats. But in LaymansLaydees terms- A whole dress size. 14 to 12 . Result.

Starting/Week 2/Week 6

Weight:70/67/66.4

Body Fat %:46/40/29.4

Body Fat kg:32.2/26.9/19.7

Lean %:54.9/59.9/70.6

BMI:23.5/22.3/22.2

Waist:85/83/77

Chest:107/101/99

Hips:85/83/79

And the dreaded pictures.

Week Before I Started



Week 1



Week 4 (standing beside my beautiful size 6 sister!)



Week 6

I am happy with the results. My waist is looking more hourglass than tree trunk which is great(",) I am actually enjoying my high energy levels too. My body feels a lot stronger. Yes maybe the results would be better if I went the 6 weeks without breaking the diet- but hey! Now where are those celebratory pies...