As you may or may not know, from previous posts, I am getting married this summer. And what you definitely did not know, is that our honeymoon is in Hawaii. Now the story behind my wedding dress is that I found it for $50 and it fit perfectly. It just needed some minor detail fixing and to be steam cleaned. Because the dress fits perfectly (and there isn't extra fabric to let out the seams) I cannot gain wait. And for the most part, I think I have stayed pretty consistent despite my over endulging in carbs and my laziness in the whole working out department. But Hawaii changes everything!!!! Sure my fiance would love me no matter how much weight I gain, and he certainly thinks I am attractive now, but that is not the point. The point is, I will be spending practically a whole week in nothing but my bikini. And my tummy looks a wee bit on the fluffy side as of late. (The rest of me is fine, I think. Just the abdominal region needs serious work.)
So I found this get in shape workout thingy on www.theknot.com which lines out a six month plan on how to get in shape before your wedding. The only problem is, it calls for like 40 minutes of cardio three times a week. It's too icky outside to go running outside right now. I don't own a treadmill and I have no desire to pay for a gym membership I won't probably use. I could go ice skating at the rink (but I don't own my own skates so that would be $30 a week to exercise which is more than I would be paying for my gym membership.) And you know, to be honest, I get bored out of my mind "working out". I need music, or a movie, or someone to talk to. I had a real cunundrum. How to get the cardio I need, do it at home, and have fun while I do it? Then in a flash of brilliance, brought on by Lady Gaga, Step Up 2, and many fond childhood memories, came my solution.
JUST DANCE!!!!
Now besides swing dancing, I have never had a professional dance lesson in my life. Most of what I know how to do I learned from watching other people, movies, TV shows, and music videos. A lot of it is also just moving my body. I am physically incapable of staying skill when music is being played. I should have pestered my parents for dance lessons more as a child. But despite a formal education and more often than not making a fool out of myself, I absolutely LOVE to dance. So I put together an upbeat hip-hop playlist on my iPod and have sworn to myself that three times a week I will dance to this playlist. I intentionally picked songs that require a lot of moving fast and exaggerated movements so that I will be able to keep my heart rate up. And in the spring and summer, I will probably add hiking and biking along with this. But right now I am very happy about the solution. I will be able to do my cardio in a fun and FREE way, so that I can look totally and completely kick butt on the beach in Hawaii
(if you overlook my dreadfully white skin of course.)
P.s. So You Think You Can Dance is my all time favorite competition reality TV show (followed closely by ANTM), so I thought I'd just give it a bit of a shout out here.
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