Blacking Out...Almost

Cravings : Funnel Cake

I almost blacked out yesterday. It was dang scary too. I was in the gym for my second and final appointment with my personal trainer. Started abit late because she was with another client, so I started some warm ups by myself. Soon however we got started, did another quick run on the treadmill then went on to squats and lunges. Lunges are tough..especially with weights. Next we wanted to do some cable pulls to work the chest muscles, however the machine had other ideas and was acting up instead. So we moved on to another machine that worked the same muscles. This is when all the drama started.

I did a couple of pulls and then didn't feel so comfortable. There was irritation at my lower back and it didn't seem to want to go away. I asked for acouple of minutes and then I noticed my vision begining to blur. I started to feel numbness in my face and hands too. My personal trainer was getting freaked out and asked for help. I can tell you I was freaking out myself. I thought I was having a heart attack or something (even though I would expect a heart attack to actually be painful...rest assured though. I did NOT have a heart attack.) All this while I was praying. Soon my vision was gone and though my eye were open I could see squat, I could sense my conciousness flying away as well. Fortunately other trainers came by to help. They laid me on the floor and raised my legs, then slowly I began to regain my vision and in less then 5 minutes I was able to sit up and have a drink. In about 10 to 15 minutes I was even able to resume my training. Scary...apparently because I hadn't eaten a thing since lunch and I wasn't breathing properly during my exercises, I had a lack of oxigen to my brain, hence the blacking out. *shudder* It was sort how I think death must be you know...with the darkness creeping in and not being able to do anything about it. Thank God it was just a case of over exertion. *phew*