Body Snatchers

If you head over to Dana’s and read down a ways you’ll see a post about missing body parts. I must confess that even as young as I am (just 23) I have experienced similar problems. My once svelte body has been switched with a chubby little woman who has a round little Buddha belly instead of the 36 inch waist that she was used to. And when I say 36 inches, I mean at the just above the hip line where I wear my jeans- not at the true waist where  you’re supposed to measure and its higher up and therefore skinnier. So you can imagine my chagrine when I measured my waist recently at the high spot and it was more than the low spot used to be.  Cuz I have a dunlap tire around my waist here guys and that did not please me. I decided at that point that it was high time I finally did something about it instead of just complaining. So I started drinking these green smoothies that aren’t actually green but they’re good for me I guess with all the veggies and fruits and what have you. And I started doing yoga. Seriously every morning I get up and do a half hour workout.

When I started all of this, I was sceptical. I hate exercising because I always get bored with it and I never see enough results to feel the effort was worth it. Plus, that elusive and mythical endorphin rush that everyone says comes with a good workout? Thats similar to the high you get from good sex or really good chocolate? I didn’t believe in it because it had never EVER happened. All I ever felt at the end of a workout was relief that it was over and dread that I was going to have to do it again soon. Well thats all been different since I started this yoga stint. I get up in the morning and am excited (Seriously!) to be doing my yoga. I get done and feel this delicious all over feeling of… well its kinda like my entire body is saying “Sweet mother of god YES!” just like it does after good sex or really good chocolate. “Huh” I said to my husband the other day (after the good sex), “Thats what I feel like after doing my yoga! I guess that wasn’t a myth after all kinda like the G-Spot. You just gotta work it right and you’ll get there.” He laughed at me but in a good natured way.

And along with all the happy feelings that don’t require men or vibrators or anything else extra, theres the fact that I stepped on my scale yesterday morning and I was down 10 pounds from my starting weight. And I put on a pair of jeans and the dunlap along with its nasty cousins the muffin twins was gone. I haven’t quite lost the pooch yet, but its going away along with the cottage cheesy look to my thighs and butt. My husband enjoys the yoga because he likes to watch moves like extreme forward bends (I can put my head on the floor now) and downward facing dog, plus me setting such a good example with my workout has encouraged him to get back into shape as well so we can strut our stuff on the beach at the family reunion without out fear of having to swim with our shirts (and board shorts for me) on over our swim suits.

The final bonus to all of this is (as I just found) the fact that Netflix has a couple of DVD’s called “Hot Yoga” and “Hot Male Yoga” altho they apparently offer more eye candy than yoga instruction. Ehh, if it will get you started, why not give it a shot? *grins*

So I’m fighting back against the body snatchers and I guess I just wanted to share that with you guys.