4:45am......my brave, but, oh so loving husband slowly wakes the bear to start the first day of boot camp. I'm totally exhausted even though I made every attempt to get in bed early. Thank goodness I prepared my gym bag last night with my new hand weights, towel, yoga mat, & water, since mornings and I have an extreme love-hate relationship. It was all I could do to navigate myself to the bathroom and find the toothpaste. So here I am, excited to start my new healthy lifestyle, I eat a piece of fruit, drink a big glass of water to get that hydration and off I go. Wow, it's really dark out at this time of the morning...no, stop it, move forward, you can't go back to bed.
OK, so, I get to my destination called "hell", because that is where my body will be sending me when this hour is done. Meet and greet the other boot campers, and realize, hmmmm, I really have my work cut out for me. How thin and pretty and super fit they were, ( forget that they have youth and months and /or years of doing this form of torture) , along with the happy, energetic instructor. REALLY?????? Who gets that happy this early????? Well, I'll tell ya Haas, people who get off the sofa and refuse to be sucked into mind-altering shows like Jersey Shore or Housewives of 'who cares " where they're from. Yes, I am a victim of this and I will freely admit it. Which is why I have come by this awesome figure so naturally.
So, jumping jacks, crunches, lunges, interval/obstacle course, running/walking, etc,etc,etc......have now replaced my old life of lounging.
Anyway, what a nice surprise to find a group of women who were very nice and welcoming, since I had visions of rock hard bodies with eyes of fire waiting to unleash their wrath of distaste towards the aging, overweight newcomer who obviously won't be able to keep up.
So I welcome those, who choose to do so, to follow along with me on my journey to turn back the hands of time with hard work and sarcastic humor. Because you're not really living unless you're laughing.......
