I HATE EXERCISE

Exercise is torture!

Some people get an endorphin high and energy after working out. I don't. I don't know what they are talking about. I don't think I have ever felt it. What I have felt is sore muscles, an aching back, and a desire to crawl into bed.

Even when I was younger and healthier and skinnier I hated exercising. Any sort of physical agility test always got my anxiety level up because I was always so close to failing. Especially anything with a timed run in it. (Even now, I am hesitant to take a job that is 19 miles away because they require a 1.5 mile run or 3 mile walk - I don't think so).

I know people who enjoy 100 mile bike rides, 25 mile runs......masochists, that's what they are. I wish I enjoyed physical exercise, but it just makes me tired and sore. Walking, which WW encourages for beginners is B-O-R-I-N-G. Not even iTunes helps. Plus, my neighborhood is so small, I've seen everything around here hundreds of times.

I have tried all sorts of exercise DVDs and gizmos. We own a Wii, Wii Fit, Jenny McCarthy's In Motion (please I really don't want to see my fat lump on TV while I am trying to do jumping jacks.) Even Leslie Sansone walking DVDs. It's hard to do it when I am trying not to trip over all the toys in the living room. I value my sleep too much to wake up early and try to get it in before the kids wake up. Even when I was that motivated, the kids invariably woke up in the middle of it.

It all comes down to the fact that I am a physically uncoordinated lump and it has only gotten worse as I've gotten older. I have no hand/eye / body coordination, and cannot move my body like I want to. I royally suck at Wii games that have anything to do with the balance board. I suck at all games that require me to try to put some type of ball into some type of circle, catch or throw some type of ball with any sort of speed and or accuracy.

I really used to enjoy dancing. When I was younger I would turn the music up really loud and dance, dance, dance. I never had any lessons, because my folks couldn't afford it. Now, I feel too old and too fat to walk into any sort of dance studio and ask to take lessons. Oh, and also, no time and no money also make it pretty hard.

I was good at tackle football when I was younger, as long as I was on the defensive line.

I did earn activity points today though! We took the kids to the Mac Aquatic Center and let the kids swim and splash. I got my points by swimming and pushing them around on a raft while I kicked. I really got my heart rate up.

So, that's it for tonight. I can get rather long winded, but I find this very therapeutic. If you have any suggestions for me for fun activities that are cheap and don't include anything that looks like exercise please let me know.