The other day, after doing Zumba and then going out to eat, I noticed my stomach didn’t feel too hot. I didn’t really understand why because I’ve been eating quite healthy lately – loads of vegetables, dairy/calcium fortified foods and liquor to stave off any bacteria.
I didn’t really let the stomach problems get to me because I had a full calendar and, like Carly Simon, I didn’t really have time for the pain.
The pain subsided two days later, at which point I was again at Zumba and ready to do back-to-back classes. I shared my pain with Sleepless and wondered, aloud, what might have caused it. “Exercise? Maybe you actually used muscles you haven’t used in a while,” Sleepless kindly advised. “Maybe,” I said, realizing I never even considered muscle gain as a cause for pain. I realize some say ‘No pain, no gain,’ but I’ll be honest, when I gained that little bit of extra weight it was pretty painless. Thus, I think the saying should go, “No pain, some gain.”