As bikini season approaches, I have been slightly obsessed with my body (more so than usual). I tried changing my diet a little (I don't eat that poorly and only drink moderately Wed-Sun) - more fiber. But I didn't notice any huge changes that would lead me to believe I was ready to enter a pageant. So I moved onto my exercise regime and with the help of a P90X infomercial, I decided that my four year long routine had led my body to believe I wasn't exercising at all (and yes, that kind of pisses me and my alarm clock off). A girlfriend said that she started kickboxing ("sport of the future,"Lloyd Dobler said with conviction) and really enjoyed it. That looked way easier than P90X which pretty much laughed at me through the Internet at me even considering it.
So as all serious exercisers do, I went to Target and got an Ultimate TaeBo DVD. Eric and I did TaeBo for like two weeks 10 years ago when it first came out which made the $13 purchase justified due to little intimidation. I jumped out of bed after only one snooze at 5:00am on Monday, grabbed my Mac and spent 15 minutes trying to get the plastic off the DVD - I should really do that shit the night before. But I didn't let it zap my budding enthusiasm to try something new and be bikini ready for my backyard as soon spring decides to stick around for a weekend in Denver.
As I stepped side to side and jabbed 1, 2, 3, 4 slowly, I thought, "this is pretty easy." And then slow went to fast and I was reminded why I don't support public exercise. Hello??? I used to be totally coordinated! 45 minutes later I was dripping in sweat and wondering if this was going to work out. But I'm not a quitter, so I gave it another go on Wednesday with very sore arms and shoulders (those speed bags really work) and I discovered Eric's large fish poster makes a great skinny mirror - my determination returned and I did a little better. This morning I noticed a real improvement - I had to turn down the volume - their counting didn't go with the movement - but I was still slow at times. And sometimes when I jump too much, it still feels like my uterus might fall out - but I am confident that this could work. Put your hammer down, indeed.
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