The Power Walker

When I finished the school year, I was in the worst shape of my life. I could not understand why my skin and hair looked so bad or why I started sweating when I ate. OK. So I wasn't really sweating when I ate, but a temperature of 75 degrees had me hiding out in my apartment with the AC on full blast. I did what I knew I had to do even though I really did not want to. I started exercising again, after an entire year of sitting on my ass...

When I started walking with my sister, Fitness Barbie, I could barely make it up the hill beside our apartment complex. I was breathing so hard, I sounded like some kind of dying animal. That psycho took me on an hour long power walk. Seriously, she walks like this:



Since then, I've been walking, doing yoga, and occasionally venturing to the gym for the ever hated elliptical. I put it on "glute blast" and envision how good my ass is going to look. Seriously, it's the only thing that gets me through. When my sister and I walked up the hill the other day, not did I make it without sweating through my shirt, but I wasn't even out of breath afterward! My skin and hair are also better, and I haven't had to turn the AC on in over a month.

When I started taking better care of myself I discovered a wonderful blog by Meghan Telpner, Certified Nutritionist, Holistic Lifestyle Consultant, and super cute Canadian. If you're serious about your mental and physical health, you should head over her way. It's because of her blog that I'm eating foods and doing things I NEVER thought I would even try! Anyway, more on that to follow...