I have been wanting to work out for a while and today I finally made an effort to go to a group training session. Mind you, I have NEVER gone to the gym and the last time I worked out was as a teenager (give or take) 10 years ago. And it was never anything intense and I had a tendency to sit on the sidelines.

Now, the type of exercise was CrossFit which is intense as it is, never mind for a beginner. But I felt ashamed to sit on the sidelines. so I kept going even when I felt like I couldn't. My clothes were also less than appropriate because I wasn't prepared (primarily due to the fact that I didn't believe I would actually ever go), so I was wearing the pants of a VERY synthetic '90s tracksuit and a regular bra under two shirts.

I already felt tired after the warmups, but I persisted with the exercise sets regardless. The sets consisted of three types of exercise interchangeably. I could tell I was doing some things wrong, but of course, I was too shy to ask anyone else or even the trainer to assist me, even though he was happy to help.

I felt out of breath and achy, which I presumed was normal, but I also felt a little dizzy and out of it. Most likely at least in part to not drinking enough water and not having eaten enough beforehand.

When I got home, I still didn't feel like eating, but I ate a little bit. Then I took my medicine (anti-depressant sleeping aid bullshit) and sat around leisuring while waiting for it to take effect.

Then I felt a horrible rush of nauseating panic and even though that mostly went away, I haven't managed to get any sleep. And now I am sitting here, knowing that I will have to miss a lesson tomorrow because of the mistakes I made.

Note: forgive me if there are any grammar mistakes or general fuckery, I'm very tired while typing this.

TL;DR I fucked up at my first attempt to exercise by being ill-prepared and overexerting myself.

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