Booty Camp Fitness

Booty Camp: Jannah Pwns The Knees

Booty Camp: Jannah Pwns The Knees

Going back to Booty Camp  was a hobble.  Week 1 had left me searching for my knee braces, limping and taking the stairs two feet at a time, very, very, very slowly.  The thought of returning for squats, jogging and deep knee bends made me kind of quesy. But I went. Sports bra, clean sneakers and all. I took it slow, low and not bouncy.   Jannah encouraged me to push it a little further and I was trying to figure out how without whining even more. Then in the middle of class I saw a Jannah have a “lightbulb”, to…

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Booty Camp: Round 2 Jannah Pwns The Knees

Booty Camp: Round 2 Jannah Pwns The Knees

Going back to Booty Camp was a hobble. Week 1 had left me searching for my knee braces just to walk across the living room. I was in pain, limping and taking the stairs two feet at a time, very, very, very slowly. So Tuesday morning as I was packing up my gear for that night’s class, even the thought of squats and jogging and deep knee bends made kind of queasy. But I went!  Sports bra, clean sneakers and all. (Though I did forget my water bottle again!) I took it slow, low and not bouncy.  Jannah encouraged me…

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Booty Camp: Round One To The Knees

Booty Camp: Round One To The Knees

First night of Booty Camp finished!  All in all the experience was great and at the end of the class  I was mostly intact with only a slight tweaking of my knee and some bruising of my ego.  But isn’t that always the way when you jump into a new fitness regime. I’m the slowest, heaviest and possibly the oldest in the crowd… so as I mentioned above my ego is getting a bit of a work out alongside my body.  But in general the crowd seems pretty non-judgy.  Trust me, that’s not always the case in groups of women……

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Fat AND Beautiful

Fat AND Beautiful

I wrote this great piece recently that I was going to title Fat AND Beautiful. It was about the people who hear me say “I’m fat” and immediately jump to reassure me that I am, instead, beautiful.  Now don’t get me wrong, I like hearing that I’m beautiful, and it’s very kind of them to be protecting me from what they see as bad self-talk, but I AM fat. Thing is, I am beautiful too. Fat is not the opposite of Beautiful, they aren’t mutually exclusive either. But it has happened a number of times and every time it happens…

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