We interrupt this perfectly wonderful Monday to inform you that bathing suit season is less than a month away.
Apparently my neighborhood association believes May 16th is the new Memorial Day and they thought it'd be a blessing to open the pools 2 weeks early.
Sigh.
No more excuses.
Have two legs? Get to walkin'.
No weights or equipment to speak of? Pushups, walking lunges, situps and jumping jacks are just dandy. Yes, even girl-pushups work wonders.
Not a self-starter? The library has numerous dvds to check out and Netflix or Blockbuster are happy to oblige as well.
I've still got a bee in my bonnet about the Chalene Extreme Workout System (read below). What is it about informericals? Bane of my existence. I've held out 4 months. Snaps for me!
Did I mention self tanner hides a multitude of sins? My personal fave is L'Oreal Sublime. Remember, exfoliation is the key to even tanning, ladies.
30 days and counting. Step away from the Easter Candy and get moving'. Today can be that day!
Today is THAT Day (originally posted 1/09)
Have your comfy jeans become your favorites?
It's time, girls. It's time to get movin'.
I am not sure I have revealed one of my biggest weaknesses besides Salt Grass Steakhouse's Two Fork Cheesecake... Fitness Equipment Informercials
I know! How ridiculous, right? And this isn't a new thing, people! I fell prey to The Firm back in the day when they bragged of the Fanny Lifter...which was a 14" particle board step. That was back in '95 and I couldn't walk down the stairs for a week. But that same company is still around today minus the leotards, leg warmers and Janet Jones-Gretsky. Side ponytails, rule! And I STILL get sucked in anytime their infomericals are on TV. They are marketing this wacky thing called The Wave. Luckily, I have my eye on another one at this time and am hip to their schemes.
My lastest infomercial obsession features one of my favorite instructors, Charlene Johnson. You best know her for her leading actress role in Turbo Jam, but her latest is Chalene Extreme. Now, let's just ignore the fact the program is $120 plus shipping AND let's also put aside the fact that if you order anything from Beach Body.com, they'll keep sending you stuff and charging you for it even after you don't want it or need it (luckily, I know this not from experience, but reading reviews). There is just a part of me that believes I can have arms and abs like those actors in those informercials.
And I CAN...if I do the work.
You see, last February I teamed up with the bestest workout partner and lost 25 lbs. Was it easy? HECK NO! Did I sweat a lot! YOU BETCHA! I never knew I could sweat so much, but mountain climbers and squat thrusts demand everything you have and then some. No gimmicks, no pills, no pre-packaged food. Just cardio, resistance training, and eating more real food and less out of a box. And the kicker....it is an every day kinda committment or it doesn't last.
A saying often spoken in our house around snacktime is "Choose something that grows on a tree or out of the ground". Works for them, works for me. And by the way....all those companies that say their program will produce rock hard abs. Bogus. All the ab work in the world won't deliver those abs. You have to change your diet and remove that layer of fat. You should have seen the Body Worlds exhibit. All the displays looked like amazing athletes when in fact, many were obese when alive.
What program did we follow? A combination of 3: Body for Life, Jillian Michael's Winning By Losing and Gunner Peterson's The Workout. All three have set workouts in their books and all three can be checked out from your local library. Jillian Michaels is my FAVE because she does interval training: upper body, lower body and then cardio. And her program gave me results. Proof. I dig that about her program.
originally posted January '09
1 comments:
I love your public service announcement...you read like Elle Woods from Legally Blonde.
So funny! You made my day!
tnf
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