The challenge has begun! I finally opened my Your Shape last night and set it up.  It has been sitting on my table for about a week and a half now and I haven’t touched it.  It was almost like there was a scary monster in the box that I was afraid to unleash.  The time finally came that I could not put it off any longer, so I put on my workout clothes, laced up my Earth Footwear and hooked everything up and gave it a try.

It was really easy to set up and it’s really cool how it shows you on the screen. Here’s a quick Whrrl showing a few screen shots as I got started.

I started off with a 15 minute workout and needless to say Jenny kicked my butt (and a few other parts of my body too).  She didn’t give me a break until 12 min into the workout! Come on Jenny lets start this off easy please, I really don’t want to pass out in my living room, it will freak my dogs out.

As I went through the exercises which consisted of jumping jacks, step touches, side steps, turn steps, and various other squats and steps I learned a few things about myself:

1.  I am really out of shape, that workout was the longest 15 minutes of my life.

2.  It’s a good thing I never became a dancer because I have absolutely NO rhythm, I was tripping all over the place

3.  I don’t like to exercise, I kinda already knew this but last night sealed the deal.

As grueling as it was I felt really good after I was done.  I am feeling the pain today but its a good pain, its a pain I need to feel.  I know this is going to be a long journey and one that will not happen overnight, but I am ready and I am looking forward to feeling better both physically and mentally as make this major change in my life.

Week 1 Questions

As part of this campaign we will be given weekly questions to answer and discuss so, here are this weeks questions and my answers.

When beginning an exercise program:
What are your expectations?

• I expect to loose weight and tone my body.

Why do you want to make a change?

• I want to have more energy, be able to keep up with my kids, and live a healthier life.

What you are looking forward to most about the challenge?

• The support of the other challengers and the community

What you are least looking forward to about the challenge?

• Changing my eating habits and giving up my beloved Pepsi

What are your short term goals?

• To feel better, have more energy and build up my stamina

What are your long term goals?

• To loose 80 pounds, I am 265 and would like to be 185.  I have a dress from 15 years ago I would love to get back into.

To wrap up this post I am going to show you my before picture, I can’t believe I am putting this out there for the world to see but it will be all the better when I show off my awesome after photo!

Thanks for your support, and make sure you check back next week, I will be giving away a copy of Your Shape so you too can challenge yourself to get fit!