Torture that I paid for.....

How can one be so stupid.
I was feeling disconsolate this afternoon. I just couldn’t settle down into the day for some reason. After irritating myself for most of the afternoon, I decided to go down to Hoan Kiem Lake to do some constructive tourist shopping. I saw my favourite spa whilst walking around, and thought ..... why, not???

I went in and booked myself for a back massage. Aaaaaaaand....... a body slimming wrap. Hell, why not? Always wanted to try it, see if it’s worth the money you pay. I then went around and did my tourist shopping.

At the appointed time, I went back and had my back massage which was most enjoyable. Then came the body slimming wrap.

What I envisioned was me lying there with seawood-goo smeared all over me with cling-wrap to finish the job. What really happened was first a full body scrub. That was not bad, albeit very sandy. :) I had a shower, with the girl leaving me one of the throw-away undies. Now, as I have explained in previous blogs on 24.com, I’m a wee bit big for the teeny thingies. But she carried on so much that I squeezed in. I will not expand on that.

Okay, I then returned for the treatment to continue. The girl then put a gel on me. Gel??? Oh well. She asked me to turn around and after about 5 mins, there was heat building up on my back and the back of my legs. But.....this is normal, right???

They then plonked me in the sauna for a bit. By that time I was reaaaaaally hot. My skin was burning. And suddenly I had this random thought ..... seeing that I have this sensitive skin......maybe my skin don’t like the gel??? Oops. NOT the way to find out.

But, I stuck out for a few more minutes, and then almost ran out. She asked me to shower, but it felt like I had been tanning without any suntan lotion on for 4 hours. I was SORE. Very. Even the cold water was hurting me. I was really panicking. I could just picture blisters forming on my body and not being able to move for a few days.

I was shivering and hot at the same time. I went back, and told her that I think I might have made a mistake in not trying out the gel first. She fetched her supervisor, and they explained to me to just be patient. I was very much burning - really felt sore.

They put more cream on me, but that just seemed to heat me up even more. I was reallllly not happy.

I got dressed again, and went to pay. By the time I was going downstairs, I could feel a slight difference in the quality of the heat. It no longer burned my skin, but seemed to be under the skin. This burning continued all the way home. It is now an hour later, and I just have a slight tingling feeling.

I think this tought me one thing – losing weight fast is not really fun. Either you starve, or you burn / are in serious pain. Tomorrow, I’ll go back to taking long walks. That does not hurt so much. What scares me is that I’m actually contemplating if I could deal with another session. Am I really such a baby? Well, we’ll see. If I think of how much I burnt, I doubt it. But, if I think of how energised I feel.......maybe I will.

Till I blog again!