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A few days after my doctor's visit I was lamenting to my friend Josh about the whole situation. He knew me when...you know, when I was 20lbs lighter, and basically told me to shut up about it. Good friends are like that. He concedes, yes, I am heavier, but why not focus on what my body can do? He asks if I ever did workout videos back when I was lighter...I tell him yes. He tells me to do one that used to be really difficult for me. So I do and immediately get his point. I could have done it w/ one hand tied behind my back. When I was done, I felt like I needed to go run a few miles to actually make it a workout. So, we chat again and he finishes his lecture by telling me what the workout tape confirms...I am very fit. "Yea," I say, "I'm fit AND fat." He wants to clobber me at this point but continues on saying that I need to change things up alittle. My body needs to be challenged in different ways...he tells me to ease up on the swim, bike and run and go do something else.

So I do. I bought TubroJam and have been doing that about 3 times a week. I meet two days a week w/ Bizzy and some other gals to do a 30 min run and then a 30 min set of pilates/weights/yoga. I walk. I do Core workouts. And, my body has been changing. I'm seeing results. I report my progress to Josh who smiles at me while we eat our lunch. Now, he tells me, we need to get my booty back. He says it in a way that makes me say, "Uh, oh". He proceeds to tell me he is going to start working me out. Working me out so hard that I won't be able to walk the next day. So hard, that I will be unsure if I can keep going. Boot camp, Josh's way. I am so determined I don't care. I tell him I will do whatever he asks me to do. He nods knowingly and says my body should respond well to the workouts. He does caution me to stop focusing on the number on the scale...these workouts will be to lose some of the fat and to strengthen my muscles, not to "lose weight". He reminds me I want a strong body so when I start training again for triathlons, I will have a body that can respond well to the training. Right, right, I know he's right. In that light I haven't gotten on a scale...my clothes are not as tight and I am feeling more energetic. All good things. I am ready for boot camp and whatever it may bring.

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written by Elizabeth Leadon, November 14, 2008

I love Turbo Jam!!!

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written by Susan Degan, November 16, 2008

Lalala-Ladies, Fafafa-Fellas!

It's oddly addicting!

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