Exercise: - What: walk
- Distance: 1.6 miles
- Time: 31 minutes
First exercise in a couple of weeks. I went out by myself before picking up Iz for the day. I was really looking forward to it, but it didn't go so well. I seem to be mentally defeating myself with negative talk constantly. ("Why am I exercising? I overate last night and the week is ruined.") I have negative talk issues during PMS. It is a little early, but probably the cause.
Another reason for the bad walk, I tried out the skort I bought from Terry's Bicycle company and I didn't like it. I was all excited about trying it and prepared to love it and to run out and buy more. When I put it on, if felt comfortable enough. The bike shorts are completely seperate from the skirt. The skirt is wrap around, most of it is sewn onto the shorts except for the little piece that wraps around and buckles in the front. It looked really cute, like I was wearing a skirt instead of exercise clothing. It has a lot of little pockets all over the place, I assume they are for power bars or something, they aren't big enough for much else. It does have a snap pocket on the side that was big enough for my cell phone and house keys. And the skort did a great job of hiding my thighs (you know how sometime bike shorts can feel too revealing?) So I left the house liking it pretty well. Today's walk was meant to be no pressure, just an easy walk to get back on track. I started walking into the wind and the inside part of the skort, the part in front that is sewn on, went directly into my crotch and before I knew it half the skirt had ridden up. (Don't we all love the "ride up in the crotch" look? It was the reason I started exercising in bike shorts in the first place.) I discreetly removed it then proceeded to battle it the rest of the walk. Sometimes I would lose. When I wasn't walking into the wind, it wasn't a big deal. But when I was walking into the wind (which was when I was walking on the main road) it was a constant problem. Then the fact that a casual passerby couldn't distinguish the fact that it was exercise clothing became a problem. Suddenly I just looked like a big girl wearing a short skirt that was almost obscenely riding up my crotch. (And I wonder why I am having negative speak today?)
A minor issue resulted from all the stiching on the bike shorts that held the useless pockets in place. By the end of the walk, the stiching irritated my skin something fierce.
So my review is a negative one. I might give it another chance, maybe after a wash it will be better behaved. And I think I could enjoy wearing it playing tennis. But i wouldn't advise anyone to run out and buy one. Next I try the quikwik bike shorts from Junonia (sp?).
On another, perhaps unrelated, note, I am waiting to hear about a job possibility that i am very excited about. It would mean a move and quickly. I should hear if I have an interview in the next couple of weeks. I am stressed about it and I am a stress eater. These next two weeks are going to be a struggle.
# posted by amy @ 9:22 PM
