Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year, everyone!
Down a pound this week! More importantly, I worked out today. I dragged myself upstairs to the spare bedroom turned home gym this morning to get my workout in before I ran 133 Christmas Eve errands. Ok, ok...I skipped the 72 pushups that Cathe Friedrich wanted me to do before the dozens of bench presses and flys she cranked out. What can I say? It was early. I had bed head and zero motivation to do pushups. I RUE the day I met you, push-ups...just so you know. We are not friends.
Speaking of working out, I've been waxing sentimental about workouts past. I've always loved working out at home and, over the years, have invested more and more money into home gym equipment. It's my goal one day to have a home with black granite countertops, exposed brick, a steam shower...and a MAJOR home gym. And a kickboxing instructor named Francisco who comes to my house three times a week to make me sweat, punch and jump rope like Rocky Balboa. Someone I can pay to make me cry. It's on the horizon. I'm optimistic.
BUT...20 years ago, it was Jane Fonda. When I was 15, after being a chubby kid all my life, I was determined...determined...to lose 50 pounds. I did this workout everyday. Every single day. For five months. Take a look.
LOL! But wait. That's not the funniest part. On more than one occasion, if we were visiting family or friends and I hadn't had the time to work out earlier in the day, I would show up with Jane in my hand and hijack the host's living room and VCR. Imagine...dinner party in foreground...people talking, glasses clinking...and me, in the background. On the floor. Doing this:
What can I say? I was 15 years old.
Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 07:20PM
Reader Comments (3)
Oh, let's be honest, EJ... You'd bring a workout DVD now-- to my house or Susi's house anyway! :) And we love you just the way you are!
I totally would. What can I say? I'm still 15 at heart.
I did this when i was 17 and determined to get skinny before HS graduation. Richard Simmons & Leslie Sansone were my "videos" - along with the old school Buns of Steel! I also drank Slimfast twice a day. I got skinny and stayed that way until I got married! :)