My new workout videos came over the weekend and I did the Self Magazine: Your Best Butt Fast! (Really, that's what it's called, I didn't insert the exclamation point for emphasis on my own =P ) and feel fantastic! <--That one was me =) It's a 40 minute video and I admit that I didn't do the last 10 minutes of it for the sole reason that the end was Yoga inspired and I need a little build up to attempt Yoga again. Really, really hard for people with bad balance and who are also overweight. I'm standing there trying to do downward dog or whatever it's called and my big ole butt is pulling me down to the ground oh no!
Tomorrow I will try to do the whole 40 minute workout though because I know that nothing gets easier until you do it and do it and do it some more!
On a more humorous note I have a story to tell.
Last night my cousins decided to have a grill out at our house to celebrate fathers day. My uncle lives next door but we have a larger backyard so it was held at our house. Not a lot of fun for me because those mouth watering burgers made me try to convince myself that I could have a bite. I sat there for a good 10 minutes eyeing everyone around me to figure out who might let me have a bite of their burger since I couldn't very well make one just to waste it. Thankfully, I managed to reign myself in before doing something I'm not supposed to...well, kind of
You may notice that I don't say it would have been a decision that I would have regretted or that I shouldn't because it would be bad for my body or what not. Nope, I'm just not supposed to because the Doctors said so. =P I've been at this long enough to know that a couple of bites of burger on a wonderful bun will not kill me. In fact I would probably L-O-V-E-I-T! But it's against the rules and if you go against the rules then you don't lose as much weight so no hamburger for me...instead I ate 3 bites of potato salad. ...for those of you not paying attention that is also on the NO list under No Starches but I rationalized that it was better than a hamburger since the salad was made with low fat mayo and splenda and really, I was doing everyone a service because my mother was the one who made it and she needed a taste tester. So it's actually her fault! There, completely rationalized so there's no next day guilt to contend with. =)
As for the funny part? I can only be thankful that this happened toward the end of the night so that only a handful of our cousins were still around to see. Basically what happened was that I found out one of our cousins and her family would be in Myrtle Beach the same dates that we would be and was talking on the phone with her as I walked through the living room when my pants fell! On the plus side, this only happened because I've lost so much weight, YAY!, but on the other hand it wasn't a lot of fun to stand there for a second as everyone paused in what they were doing to process what had just happened before bursting into gales of laughter! My 2 little cousins, ages 8 and 10, laughed so hard they were sitting on the floor holding there stomachs.
Did I laugh too? Bet your life I did! People who can't laugh at themselves are just no fun after all.
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