Aqua

Okay, so today I went to a water aerobics class at the Sugarhouse gym.  They call it Aqua.  I'm okay with that.  I was amazingly pleased with the experience.  I've been to many water aerobics classes before... I've had college classes which even show how to teach them, what sort of things to do in teaching them, etc.  I like the method of getting in better shape, it's one of my favorites.  I'd say that today's instruction was not the best... maybe about a 4 on a 1-10 scale. 
What it's lacking in the actual activities within the class, it's making up for in the fact that my heart rate went up and I had a blast because these people know each other and spend the whole time bantering back and forth... and vaguely teasing/harassing one another.  The instructor asked my name upon my entering the pool, then the instructor introduced me to every other class participant in there.  As people arrived late, she welcomed them all by name.  They chatted about the goings on of their lives, and all-in-all it met my desire to have work-out be a social experience.  Two thumbs up for that aspect of it.   It seems like about 4/5ths of the class is made up of elderly people.  There was one lady with Down's syndrome.  There were a couple of younger mom's who were trying to lose that last bit of baby weight...   and basically I didn't feel like I was the only over-weight, out-of-shape person trying to get a handle on all this.  *gestures with hands to indicate the flabby, fatty areas*  I enjoyed the chit-chat that went on, I enjoyed the interactions I had with the other people, and I just had a great time even though the work-out itself was rather boring.  It did cover all the bases, warm-up... more intensive stuff in the middle, upper body and abs later up with the water dumbbells, and cool-down followed by stretching at the end.  It was an hour long and I think it will be a great counter-balance to the yoga of Tuesday.  So, if I can keep it up I'll do the big hour-and-a-half machine work-out on MWF and Tue will be yoga, Thu will be Aqua.  Might throw in another something on one of the weekend days if it works out that way, might not if I don't feel like it.  Weighed myself today, after breakfast but before my work-out... still same 235.  Oh well.  Not worried about it.  I'm getting to where I don't suffer quite as much as a result of the exercise. 
I'm off to make progress in another area of my life...  getting rid of and organizing the piles and piles of "stuff" that I've accumulated over the years.  Wish me luck on that one too... I need it.  I need a heaping pile of determination, dedication, perseverance, and a dash of luck to help it all fall into place.