Hello Harley!

I'm going to be in Monroe next week and will miss Fat Class. So, I went ahead and made it up this week (or they will hound me to do it nonstop).

I sat in a session with Harley, the other instructor. It's the class Lola attends and she was right there with me. First, let me say that Harley was actually not as bad as I was expecting. Someone mentioned they made the cheesecake. I was waiting for her to freak out. She really didn't. Course, I might have caught her on a good day? But, I thought she was going to be much more adamant about that kind of things.

What I wasn't expecting was how loud she was. That girl should be on stage! Talk about projection!! Wow. She actually hurt my ears. And, she likes to say OK and Alright A LOT. I counted in one 10 minute interval. She said OK 29 times, did 18 alrights, AND gave out 6 outstandings.

It's interesting to see the different dynamics of each class. One thing I immediately noticed was the PA (physical activity) of their class was much lower than our class by that week. In fact, my PA was low last week... only about 2800 and I was, surprisingly, the highest in the class. By week 10, we had so many people at 3000 or 4000. They still had so many under the 2000 PA requirement. We had little to none below it at that point. I'm not suggesting we were better by any means... but, I think the PA part might have taken more to the people in my class. I'm certain our group wasn't any more athletic in nature. And, I'm sure anyone would agree if they had seen both groups. It was just interesting to see that.

It was harder to sit through this class than the intro one the night before. Perhaps that is because I had JUST been in a fat class? Or, maybe it didn't feel as relevant or seemed redundant? I'm not sure. One thing I did enjoy, though... was getting to hear the story, again, of the guy who lost 200+ pounds through the program. I actually caught a couple of things I didn't remember from when he shared his story with my class. it's pretty inspiring. And, I appreciated the inspiration during this time of renewal with the program.