Average Jane Needs Some Exercise

I knew that July would be a bad diet and exercise month for me.  Now it’s becoming clear that my excessive caloric intake and insufficiently active lifestyle are catching up with me.  Here are a few of the signs:

• The armholes of the sleeveless dress I wore yesterday felt as though they were going to saw my arms off by the end of the day.  I don’t think the dress is at fault here.
• I wore a pair of capri pants last week that I distinctly remember having to safety-pin at one time because the waist was too loose.  Now they’re uncomfortably snug and the pockets stick out funny.
• I keep telling myself that wearing a belt will help disguise my pudginess above the waist of my pants, but my mirror-editing abilities aren’t powerful enough to allow me to believe it.

It doesn’t help that I spent last week working with almost 200 extremely fit people.  "Look, here’s the out-of-shape girl, gasping for breath after her trip up the stairs with your class paperwork!"  Not cool.

I don’t think I can afford to go back to the expensive yoga classes anytime soon, but my plan is to hit our perfectly good treadmill several days a week, and get in some push-ups, sit-ups, and other exercises that are easy to do at home.  Exercise opportunities are everywhere – I just need to START DOING IT.  After BlogHer, of course…