Contemplating an exercise program

My doctor hollered at me the other week. Her premise: if I eat more (and eat wisely), and exercise, and take my vitamins, I’ll lose weight and feel better.

Torture.

So I’ve exercised my brain a lot thinking about it. (that counts as exercise, right?) Sure, I could walk. But that’s really boring to do alone, and right now Ken’s not able to walk with me. Or sure, I could join a gym, but right now we really can’t afford it. Besides, we were members at the YMCA before and hardly ever went.

I’ve been thinking about maybe drawing the curtains closed and exercising at home, maybe with a video. Frances did Pilates that way, with great results. I might try the Pilates, but I also need to do something energetic (so sayeth the doctor). “You need to get the heart pumping”, she says. I made strangled noises about how my heart IS pumping, but she just glared at me. I suppose she’s right.

I looked around online and found XFLOWSION with something called “Triple Training” – three workouts in one. It has moves from martial arts, yoga, and dance. I’d skip the yoga, of course. It stars Eric Paskel, who is the personal trainer to a lot of Hollywood folks. I don’t give a flip about celebrities – but have to admit, if he inspires lazy actors to work out, maybe he can inspire me to do the same.

One thing I like about XFLOWSION is that it’s geared toward breaking past plateaus in weight loss – you know how you’ll drop 10 pounds and then just stay at that weight? Since XFLOWSION’s program has so many different moves, it apparently helps you to continuously burn fat and tone muscle.  Plus with all those moves, you never get bored.

The package offers 4 videos, some audio CD’s, and guidebooks. Seems pretty thorough. I might have to try it!