Two Left Feet and College Memories

I have always loved dancing and music.  If a song is on, I am into it dancing and singing along.  Now, I have never said that I sing well (or in tune or the right words), but I do love music.  When I was younger, I was a pretty decent dancer.  I won many a dance contest (and hula hoop contest) at Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. 

Now, years later, my rhythm is off and my hula hoop falls off my hips that have grown exponentially.  I have come to grips with the fact that I will never win another hula hoop contest (though I tried when I was 8 months pregnant with D and husband was not impressed).  The dancing thing is harder to give up.  So, even though I look the fool, I still dance.  I dance to Nick Jr. with D.  I dance in front of Little L.  I dance while driving in the car (stopped at a red light of course!).  I dance.  It is who I am.

So today I realized that saying I want to lose weight doesn't make the weight just come off.  Wouldn't it be great if it really worked that way?  I have a bridesmaids dress to fit in come December and I haven't really done much (other than the mentioning of wanting to lose weight).  Our family decided to take a walk around the neighborhood.  One lap around the outside is a mile while snaking through the neighborhood is a little over 2 miles.  Now, I haven't been walking in a while and it was creeping up on D's bedtime, so we did the one mile walk.  It was hot outside, but it is Texas folks.  Then, I decided that I needed to step it up a notch. 

I decided to do a workout video too.  Now, to do a workout video, it has to be energetic and engaging.  I usually like a dancing workout video.  As I am dancing and working out, I am immediately brought back to my college days.  My college roommate and I used to "Sweat to the Oldies" and other dancing workouts.  My roommate was much more coordinated than I was and could get all of the moves.  She stuck with the workouts much better than I did, as I was a "workout dropout". 

Maybe this time I will stick with it for a longer period of time.  We can only hope.