Help! I’m melting!

No, I’m not talking about summertime in Texas. I’m talking about something so much better! My weight loss! I haven’t blogged in quite awhile but a lot has happened since I blogged last. One of the most exciting things is that I joined Weight Watchers and I have now lost 70 pounds! Crazy, I know! If anyone thought that was completely impossible, it was me! But I’m not writing today to brag about my accomplishment. I’m really writing today to talk about how much I suck at exercising.

Part of my weight loss journey has included starting to exercise. I don’t really like to exercise. I’d rather just starve myself. It’s way easier. But since I decided to get “healthy”, I realized this required me to become active. An activity I decided to try recently was a step aerobics class. I’ve never been good at sports or anything athletic, so I’m not sure why I thought it would be a good idea for me to sign up for a step aerobics class. But I did, and I soon discovered that my white girl rhythm, lack of coordination, and crappy balance (my Wii always told me I was unbalanced, the bastard was right) makes me suck really bad at step aerobics. Like really, really bad. Like, it there were step aerobics teams, I would get picked last…every…single…time. I can’t keep up with the instructor, I almost fall off the step at least 10 times per class, and I can’t make my body do the sequences she does (mainly because my memory sucks and I get my left and my right confused sometimes).

But you know what? I don’t care. I do it anyways. If I can’t keep up with the instructor, I just make up my own moves. I’m still moving and getting exercise which was the whole point in signing up for the class anyway. I make sure to stay in the back in the special aerobic ed section so I don’t mess anyone else up. And I could care less what anyone else in the class thinks of me. That’s a benefit you get by sucking at almost every group activity you have ever tried. The morale of this story is: don’t be afraid to suck at something. If you still enjoy doing it, do it no matter how crappy you are at it. Life is too short to miss out on things you really want to do, but don’t because you might make an ass of yourself.