A Little Less Jiggle

Increased oxygen and burning muscles = the pleasure of warm chocolate cake, increased oxygen and burning muscles = the pleasure of warm chocolate cake... this, among many other very strange things, is what I kept telling myself this morning when I started working out again. I figure, if I can train my brain to associate the feelings I get from cake with exercise -   I am good to go!

Today I weighed myself. It has been a long time, and I won't get into it too much in this post because this is a POSITIVE post. Numbers do not matter. What matters is how I feel, right?

Why do I think I need to lose weight? (in no particular order).

• I  want to stop jiggling when I brush my teeth.
• I want to feel good about myself. I want to look in the mirror and whistle at myself every morning - not just as self encouragement, but because I am a hot chick.
• I want to wear a T-shirt without looking like I am wearing a couple of baby swim tubes underneath it.
• I am NOT Steven Tyler. To be funny... sometimes I flap my tummy fat together while singing a Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) song (For those who do not understand - he has big fat lips and I think my belly looks like big fat lips).
• "I'm tired of sweating on relatively cool days" (movie quote: Crazy People).
• I want energy!! I get tired easy. I'm 34 (April 8th) and this should not be happening yet.
• I want to be sexy... and be able to do sexy dances and wear sexy clothes... until I'm like 85. Then I might slow down.
• I'm tired of looking like the State Puff Marshmallow Man's sister.
• I'm tired of being "the fat friend." I like to make my friends feel good about themselves, but not by making myself feel bad.
• I want to be healthy.
• I deserve this!
• For my girls. The other day Madeline and I were discussing eating healthy foods so you can grow up big and strong and she said, "Yeah! Someday I want my tummy to be big and healthy like yours!!" - Heart sank right there. I am NOT being a good example.
• For my husband. He has always wanted the best for me. He takes such great care of us. He loves me so much - even when I am a monster. He deserves a hot wife.
• I look like a "tatanka" from the side. All I need is a field of grass to graze on and I could be in the remake of Dances With Wolves.
• It's the right thing to do. I have time to do it now. No excuses!

So there you have it.  Today I did 50 minutes at the gym on the elliptical, jammin' to some pretty awesome tunes.  The lady next to me kept looking at me funny because I was closing my eyes and smiling a lot.  So I looked at her and smiled and then winked and then ended with a thumbs up.  That got her to look away.

Maybe I should have done my Steven Tyler impression for her.  Next time.