On the third day of the 30 Day Shred. I can move my body again today. The workout isn’t even that hard- kind of old school- actually. But I have officially started the “I will not be the fattest bridesmaid” intensive workout program. (Emily’s getting married!)(!!!!)
My child is one year old. I have no excuse to be carrying around (insert specific number that I will not tell you) extra lbs. with me. The year I got pregnant I listed “be healthy” as one of my goals for the year. And that was the year that I gained a million pounds (that’s a lot of pounds to gain for an 8 pound kid!) and found out that I have a chronic illness. Well I am taking my body BACK now. Not being able to control my illness makes me want to control the aspects of health that I CAN control. Which is endurance, stamina, strength, etc. So here goes it. The DVD arrived and within the hour I was doing it. I’m going to do it every day for 30 days. No breaks. The breaks are what kills me. I take a day off, and the next thing I know it’s been two months and I haven’t done a thing.
And in honor of my new workout plan- my loving father went to the store the other day and brought home Chocolate Silk Pie and a case of Doctor Pepper. Sigh. But EVEN WITH THAT I’ve still lost two pounds in two days- which means one thing. This Shred thing is crazy, yo. I mean, I couldn’t feel my right butt cheek for awhile there yesterday. But don’t worry. It’s back.
Speaking of my Dad…(that seems like a really weird thing to write about directly after a sentence about my butt cheek) I’ve actually been meaning to blog a bit about him. I think out of everyone he probably gets the least play this here blog. Here’s a list of reasons that he’s AWESOME:
1) He brings home silk pie, which even if I complain about it, it’s SO GOOD.
2) He spends a lot of time with Camper, and is easily Camper’s favorite friend.
3) When he gets home from work he takes Camper and watches Laurie Berkner music videos and sings to him. And he knows ALL the words.
4) He rarely goes out without bringing Camper back a dinosaur or a toy fish or something awesome for him to play with.
5) He teaches Camper things like how to hit himself in the head with an empty paper towel roll.
6) He ALWAYS rinses his plate before putting in the dishwasher. (Right, Dad? Hey, remember the time you put an entire dishwasher of dirty dishes away because you thought they were clean but they were just really well RINSED?”)
7) He’d pretty much do anything for anyone. Lawful things, of course.
8) He can keep a secret for the sake of a joke like a CHAMP. I did not inherit this trait.
9) He’s got really attractive feet. Mine are just like his.
10) He really, really likes his family being home. It’s nice that he wants us around. (Good thing we provided a Grandchild, no? ;) )








