In my quest to look better naked I have started doing several things.  Jim is acting as my and my friend Courtney’s personal trainer.  The type of trainer who just happens to be getting in shape right along with his “clients.”  We do some sort of cardio workout 5 days a week and strength training 3 days.  Weekends off.  First off, let me qualify myself as a “never worked out before” type of girl.  In my previous life, I only ran if someone chased me with a weapon or announced “free cheesecake!”  So, this is no small thing in my life.  I am serious about getting in shape, being healthy, and living a long active life with my husband and kids.  Maybe it is because I turned 30 this year.  I tend to think it has more to do with getting winded from a game of “Ring Around the Rosie” and having to shop in the “Big Women’s” section at the store.  Have you seen those clothes?  I have seen drapes with more flare!

One of the homework assignments the Nazi trainer gave us was to find a motivational picture of what we are working towards.  We will put it in our binder and look at it every day.  As I was scouring the net looking for good pictures of Sharon Case and Vail Bloom (both of The Young and the Restless) I realized, my motivation really has little to do with what I will look like.  Sure, I would love to get back into my size 7 jeans and have someone besides the Hespanic men look twice at me, but honestly, I just want to be able to wake up energized.  I do not want to take a nap in the middle of the day just to make it to bedtime.  I want to be able to play with my kids longer than just a couple of laps of tag.  I want my husband to see me across the room and think, “Damn, she’s hot.”  Oh wait, he already does.  Gotta love a chubby chaser.

I am so blessed to have Jim and Courtney to help motivate me.  They make it fun.  They make it something I actually look foward to.  Well, that and the idea of having the opportunity to have 2 full hours without the kids pulling my hair and screaming for sippies.  Plus, there is prime people watching to be done at a gym.  You have the old men who come around 9 am after just having drank coffee together and gossipping at the White Steamer.  They wear jeans.  Something about that is weird.  Then there are the Mennonite women in their long cotton skirts and doilies on their pony tails.  Our most sought after show is definitely the psycho woman who goes 10 mile and hour on the elliptical machine.  Good fun.

Today was weigh in day.  I have to admit, I was shocked that 1.) I weighed as much as two jr. high children 2.) I weighed in front of God and everybody right there in the gym 3.) I didn’t really care.  I look forward to the future when I can see that my goals are becoming a reality.

Oh, and I have to do my homework so here are my motivational pictures:

Sharon Case

Vail Bloom

But honestly, I would be perfectly peachy to have the body I had back in the day.  I am guessing having two children has made my hips physically wider but I can deal with that.  Jim says the hippier the better.  That’s good.  Makes me want long hair again too.  My friend Elizabeth who is a hair dresser says big 80’s hair is coming back so a perm may be in my future.  I know that will make Jim happy too.

Yea, that's me....sniff

Why didn't I just maintain??