Friday!!

So - yesterday there were some crazy storms in my neck of the woods. Seriously, it looks like tornados went down very narrow streets and just trimmed up all the trees... and destroyed some fences, siding, and roofing. Really, it was just some bad high winds but a good amount of people here are still without power and have lots of clean up to do. This is my excuse as to why I did NOT make it to the gym yesterday.
(Really, its a good one. I didnt have a car, my husband had it and was caught in the storm and then horrible traffic - so I missed my class.)
Any who - I decided I would make today count since I missed yesterday. I did a Zumba class and a Dance Party class, ran a mile and did the elliptical for about 15 minutes. My butt hurts. It's funny because these girls who teach the classes are very sweet - and very skinny. Class was not so busy so I felt like more people could look at me and I got kind of self concious. While doing zumba this image came to mind - made me smile cause on this particular morning, it felt REALLY true

I mean dont we all think we are Jessica Alba dancing in the rain when we dance to "Im sexy and I know it" or how about when we dance to "My hips don't lie"? Really I feel like majority of us are an uncoordinated mess and that is okay. I mean really, the idea is to keep moving until we come enough to learn the step and lose the weight to look doing it, right?

So then later in the afternoon, I decide its time to go back to the gym - the kids were sleeping and the husband was on the Xbox, I really had no excuse. So I go and I was feeling SUPER tired. Well after a few of my favorite dances that make me feel like I can do some bad ass moves I notice in the mirror I am sweating in all the wrong places. Think Fergy -

Yep. FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC. Here I am thinking Im Jessica Alba and I am sweating like Miss Piggy. Yuck - but at least I knew I worked hard.

The point I am getting to is this - You may look weird or silly when you first start out but keep doing it. Eventually I will have Jessica Alba's abs and I will have the confiedence to rock out like Fergy while rocking the sweaty pee looking spot :)

Really, I dont care what I look like to anyone else, anymore. I strutted around being a 227 lb girl thinking I was the shit because my husband made me feel like I was the best thing since sliced bread and tries to build my confidence and my friends dont care what I look like. So now that I want to look better. live healthier and rock some cute clothes, I think how can working out make me look worse than that 227 lb woman who thought she was all that to begin with. She was just not all that healthy.

Here's to an active weekend! 

-Kayla-