I'm feeling really unfit at the moment. I have little or no muscular tone and my cardiovascular fitness is probably the lowest it's ever been. For a few years after my Dance degree I could manage a ok level of fitness with not too much effort but as the years push me further from those active days I'm amazed at how weak I've become...
Last night Steve and I crashed in front of the TV after a DeLoreans rehearsal and flicked onto the most disturbing program about young body builders in the UK. There pursuit of the body beautiful was extreme and mentally and physically unhealthy. It reminded me of modelling culture, the aim may be a little different but the obsession and esteem wrapped up in appearance is the same.
I would really like to be fit again. I would like to loose about a stone in weight because I know my body is better when I'm a little lighter, but how do you go down the path of wanting to treat the gift God gave you with respect and not fall afoul of vanity or insecurity? I guess talking to my girlfriends about it and asking them to watch my approach was a good start. Focusing on healthy eating rather than dieting is my second step and thirdly as swimming, jogging and the gym are all out due to distance, injury, cost or sheer hatred I've decided to browse through the free video podcasts on the itunes store. xc