80 Squats for a cookie!!

Our wedding is just over 8 months away!! It’s not quite the final countdown, but I do have lots to get accomplished before I zip up my dress, and hopefully a dress that is smaller than I would need right now.  Recently, I was involved in a 21 Day Challenge group on Facebook.  We focused on water intake, watching calories and getting 30 minutes of exercise a day.  Do you know how hard it is to drink half your body weight of water in ounces is?! Pretty freakin’ hard!!! I was going to bathroom every 30 minutes, I swear to God.  The challenge ending just before Thanksgiving, and I lost 2lbs! Mainly because I didn’t get off my ass.  Channeling Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Minds for my day job is tough work and I was tired when I got home. Yeah! That’s my story.

So I didn’t work out at all in November, I quit the 30 day squat challenge on day 7 cause, damn! 80 squats hurt. For December I am taking Latin Dancing classes. I’ve paid for them, and I’m poor so I have to go now. Wasting money is not an option anymore. I’m about to be a wife, I must  learn to budget!!    I have now told the world I am taking dance classes. The world must now hold me accountable.

In 8 months I am going to look slim and glistening in my wedding dress. Slim, because I’m going to do this. Glistening, because our wedding is in August, in Oklahoma and I’ll be sweating like a whore on Sunday.

From the gym,

With love!

You like sport?

As I’ve mentioned in a few other posts, Korea is forcing me to lose weight.  And by forcing, I mean sweet talking me with amaretto sours all night and waltzing me out into the sunset.  It’s a beautiful romance. One that I didn’t think would happen this easily.  So in true Brooke fashion I decided to take it up a notch.  I can’t leave anything well and good enough alone.

I’ve joined a gym…

There is a gym half way between my apartment and my work.  Perfect!! Seriously. It’s perfect.  Yesterday I walked in and told the man I wanted a membership.  I didn’t care how much.  This was the only gym I knew of and with it so close it’s all just kismet right?  They were all so sweet to the foreigner who knows next to nothing Korean.

I found out that with a membership comes a personal trainer, access to all classes including spinning and yoga and even a few dance classes, plus the obvious access to gym-things.  I was pumped!!

It all cost me about $300 US for 11 months.  It was actually cheaper to get the 11 month package then go by monthly and since I’m taking this seriously I thought what the hell.

Today when I came for my first appointment with my trainer lol I was a little nervous.  But it all turned out great.  She just wanted to talk to me and find out what my goals were.  She started asking me if I had ever lifted weights before or had ever played a sport.  When I told her that I could play basketball, softball, volleyball, golf, tennis, she cut me off.  Looked at me funny and said “oh you a sport girl, very cool”  But actually no I’m not a “sport girl”.  I suck at sports, and the only one I’m good at is basketball.  You don’t really play sports in Korea.  You go to a Soccer academy after about 5 other academies.  So they kids aren’t taught a multitude of different sports like we are in the US.  I never valued my PE class until just now.

So after about 20 minutes chit chatting over things she put me on a treadmill and told me to go.  She had set the speed and the timer and I wasn’t allowed to touch it.  She left so I honestly could have slowed down, but I didn’t.  My legs felt like they might fall off, but I did it.

I have to see her again tomorrow….I don’t know how I feel about that.

From Korea, with love