There will be no before pictures and there will be no current weights or waist measurements posted (though I think Michael Phelps and I could maybe share belts…which I have mixed feelings about.)
I am young but I am too old to feel comfortable putting all my business on the Internet. I am “friends” with some early-twenty-somethings on a social networking site and I am continually amazed with the intimacy of their uploads. One such “kid” uses his blog as his journal and regularly spills out his fears, doubts, anxieties, and defeats with such brutal honesty that I get a little embarrassed for him. It’s lovely to pour your heart out but if you’re gonna write it all down then it should probably stay on a nice safe shelf somewhere. Maybe I am just old-school like that.
And speaking of old-school, I did the 1987 Jane Fonda workout again on Thursday and it felt WAY better the second time around. A bunch of women warned me that it gets tougher to lose weight once you hit 30 and they were so right. But if loving peanut m&ms with a Dr. Pepper chaser is wrong then I don’t wanna be right. Just kidding. It really does feel a lot tougher trying to jump back into shape nowadays then it used to. I used to be able to forgo exercise for months and then when I finally made time for it, I could casually jog out the door for 3-4 miles. Not now. No way. No ma’am.
The video, ironically named Jane Fonda’s NEW Workout, has both a 35-minute beginner workout and an 55-minute advanced workout. I am still on beginner and I still have to take a little break halfway through when they start with these crazy spaced-out jumping jacks. While they jump gleefully in their pastel short-shorts and clap emphatically, I have to stand there bent over breathless and praying not to vomit. So, with this I announce a short-term goal:
Do the whole beginner workout without stopping.
Today, the challenge is on!
**UPDATE** Mission Accomplished!
Jane & the gang are so supportive. Always applauding.
