Saturday work out classes

Saturday I took a class at the Y and worked really hard----so hard in fact that I could barely move on Sunday and not much more on Monday! Usually, I work out on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. (I take Friday and Sunday off). So when Monday rolled around and it was time to go work out, I just couldn't! I was too sore.

I did go today and I put in my time. It isn't good for me to take time off b/c I find my interest waning. If I don't go directly after work, before I pick my daughter up, then I don't go! We joined the Y, even though it is expensive here, b/c I needed to get rid of all excuses. They have childcare, so out goes the "I have no one to watch the kid" excuse. There is one near my house and one near my work. Goodbye "It is too far" excuse.

So, I have etched out an hour before I pick my daughter up. Sometimes I feel soooooooo guilty when I think of how many hours my girl is in pre-school. :-( I use to pick her up before 4 and now it is 5 before I get there so I can work out. And it makes me mad that I gained when I am taking precious time from my family along with the guilt that comes with, working my butt off and pushing my boundaries of comfort by being among people who are more fit! All, it seems, for nothing!

SIGH!

When I go work out I find myself getting in the zone though---pushing myself, going faster, competing against my own previous records. I find I enjoy it.

I eat too much! That is all it boils down to. I eat too much.

But this was suppose to be about working out.......and the Saturday class. I LOVE the Saturday classes, even when I am completely lost and miss some steps. I get excited about them.

What do you think?
1.) Is it better to kick my own butt and work out really hard for an hour on Saturday but not be able to work out on Monday?
or
2.) Work on for my regular barely kicking butt session (that burns calories and leaves me a little achy but able to move) on Saturday?

What's better? One hour long make-me-cry-but love it session? Or two moderate-I-am-ok-with-it sessions?

I'd like to know.
But now I am off to bed b/c for some reason I woke up at 4 a.m. and was unable to go back to sleep. YAWN! Later.